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Avon: Raising the Bar with Online Education. Article presented by: Jamie Pryse Jenny DeKorte. History. This year Avon is celebrating its 120 th year anniversary of empowering women around the world Since 1886, Avon has offered financial opportunities for women
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Avon: Raising the Bar with Online Education Article presented by: Jamie Pryse Jenny DeKorte
History • This year Avon is celebrating its 120th year anniversary of empowering women around the world • Since 1886, Avon has offered financial opportunities for women • The world’s largest personal sales organization • Grosses $8 billion in annual revenue
Independent Representatives • Works with 5 million independent representatives around the globe • Meeting the challenges of a diverse workforce, one solution has been more innovative training • This training includes a mentor, training materials supplied by Avon, and new online courses
Avon’s Beauty of Knowledge Website • Provides 19 courses on topics ranging from makeup application to money management • Offers standardized training • Now possible to take courses on their own schedules • In seven months 850,000 courses have been completed
Citations "Welcome to Avon." Avon. 2008. 22 Feb 2008 <http://avon.com/>. Jones, Tegan. "Avon: Raising the Bar with Online Education." Chief Learning Officer 6.2Feb 2007 46-56. 22 Feb 2008