It’s Friday, and it’s a three-day weekend -- let’s get the party started! Sure, but first things first: before we dive into the Labor Day festivities, take a peek at this week’s news stories Facebook takes a step into education software First, some breaking news out of Menlo Park -- Facebook has announced...
This week, we announced the arrival of Darren Shimkus as our new vice president and general manager of Udemy for Business Now, let’s spend a few minutes getting to know him a little better How did you hear about Udemy I met Dennis (CEO Dennis Yang) earlier in my career, and I began following Udemy when he...
This was a big week for kids to head back to school (here in the Bay Area, at least) Of course, at Udemy school’s always in session, and we’re always scouring the news to bring you the latest interesting tidbits about learning, working, and getting ahead in your career This Google exec’s success shows how it...
The Udemy for Business team hosts quarterly HR Innovators events to connect the brightest minds in HR from the Bay Area’s best companies, and share best practices for building and maintaining happy teams Last week was the sixth event of the ongoing series, and the biggest event thus far More than 300 attendees...
Hope everyone out there had a productive week As the presidential campaigning kicks into gear, we’ll be paying attention to what the candidates have to say about education reform So far, not a whole lot Anyone notice education got short shrift in GOP debate The GOP candidates didn’t talk about education policy...
Please join us in welcoming Grégory Boutté to the Udemy team as our vice president of content! Grégory will be responsible for how we work with instructors to acquire great content and how we manage our library to deliver the best content to our students Grégory most recently was the chief revenue officer at...
So, what did you learn this week Check out our collection of notable news and ideas, and you might pick up some more knowledge Has E-Learning Gone Wild Again We’re longtime followers of Josh Bersin, one of the leading voices in the field of corporate learning Here, he puts the current surge in the e-learning space...
We are excited to announce a new member of the executive team, Rob Wong! Rob is joining as the vice president of product and will be managing Udemy’s product and design initiatives As our CEO Dennis Yang put it, Rob “had the rare combination of product vision, team-building chops, and the humility to be part...
Our VP of Engineering, Claire Hough, had a piece run on TechCrunch this past weekend, and her message deserves a broader audience As technology companies have become more successful and powerful, they haven’t always used their growing influence on behalf of the less privileged among us And yet most agree that...
Wow, another week come and gone… is it just us or is this summer flying by Enjoy this week’s roundup and hope you have fun in the sun this weekend Why Higher Ed and Business Need to Work Together Some interesting research here from the IBM Institute for Business Value reinforces that there's a skills gap between...
Today we're featuring the words and wisdom of Pablo Stanley, one of the talented UX designers working on the Product team at Udemy Pablo has researched how music can be leveraged to signal activity (rather than the usual beeps and chimes), the role audio plays in our interactive experiences, and how sounds and...
Check out some news from Udemy and other stories that piqued our interest this week Why a Mom from Nebraska Left Home to Join SF Coding Bootcamp If you’ve ever wanted to learn coding but have been telling yourself you’re not the “programmer type,” you’re going to have to come up with a new excuse Ginny...
