METS Center Meeting the National Training Needs of Corporate America
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METS Center Meeting the National Training Needs of Corporate America
Erlanger, KY/November 3, 2003-The student of tomorrow is the employee of today. That’s the way the staff of a new corporate training center, located in Northern Kentucky, sees things.
Northern Kentucky University’s Metropolitan Education and Training Services Center for Corporate Learning—The METS Center for short—officially opened its doors in late September to an enthusiastic reception. The $12 million building boasts $5 million worth of high-technology communications equipment. Through the end of September, more than 5,000 people had already attended events there.
Believed to be the largest university-affiliated center in the country devoted exclusively
to corporate learning, the 43,600 square-foot facility is stocked with such innovations
as:
A 150-seat “smart” auditorium with two eight-foot rear screen projectors, a smart
plasma screen that acts as a telestrator, digital recording and editing devices,
multi-location videoconferencing capability and audience response technology
Banquet facilities for up to 400
In-house education and professional development programs covering such topics as
strategy, finance, information technology, human resource management, interpersonal
behavior, customer service and general business or industry-specific programs
Three computer-based training rooms with 30 work stations, ergonomically-correct
chairs and optimally designed acoustics
A “Star-Trekian” Executive Boardroom, among many other amenities.
The mission of METS is to enhance organizational effectiveness and competitiveness by being the preeminent and most trusted source for employee development and performance improvement services in the Midwest.
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Center officials maintain an almost evangelical zeal about
the continuous need to
train employees. “There’s simply no question: Regions with the best
learning resources expand more rapidly and outperform the competition. And
no region has a finer learning resource than The METS Center,” stressed METS Executive
Director Rob Snyder. “This facility exists because corporate leaders told
us they need to provide technology-based professional development programs for their employees without incurring the cost of purchasing, housing, staffing and maintaining
that technology.”
The center is conveniently located near the I-275 Mineola Pike interchange, less than five minutes from the main terminal of Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.