{"72588":{"#nid":"72588","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Global Learning Ctr. Named Alumni Meeting Facility","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Global Learning Center has been named the official meeting facility of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. The center, located in Midtown Atlanta in Technology Square next to the Georgia Tech Hotel, has been a partner and host for alumni functions since opening in 2003. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an affinity partner, the Global Learning Center will host events during Homecoming and Family Weekend as well as four additional alumni events during the coming year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve always been impressed by the Global Learning Center\u0027s people, their responsiveness and support of our needs,\u0022 said Jim Shea, vice president for fundraising and business development, Georgia Tech Alumni Association. \u0022The facility is first-class and provides a convenient location and a distraction-free environment to provide alumni programming.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Georgia Tech Global Learning Center is an ideal location that is convenient for corporate meetings, management conferences and training seminars,\u0022 Shea said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center also provides a gateway to lifelong learning opportunities at Georgia Tech. It is specifically engineered to support a variety of meeting needs including video conferencing and webcasting and is home to more than 500 corporate meetings and professional education courses annually.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Building support for achieving the mission of the Alumni Association is always a priority for us,\u0022 said Joe Irwin, president of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. \u0022Our alumni expect high-quality products and services from us, and the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center certainly meets that expectation.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The center\u0027s professional staff pride themselves on delivering a hassle-free meeting experience so this endorsement by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association is gratifying,\u0022 said Tim Copeland, director of marketing and sales for Distance Learning and Professional Education at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Companies are beginning to assign a greater strategic value to meeting planning,\u0022 said Copeland. \u0022Because we only focus on professional meetings and seminars, the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center provides a distraction-free environment to support meeting objectives. We take care of the details so clients can focus on what\u0027s important - the content of the meeting.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.gatechcenter.com\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatechcenter.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Global Learning Center - When Meeting Outcomes Matter"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Global Learning Center has been named the official meeting facility of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. The center is located in Midtown Atlanta in Technology Square next to the Georgia Tech Hotel.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alumni Association selects Global Learning Center"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-10-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72589":{"id":"72589","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"}},"media_ids":["72589"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatechcenter.com\/","title":"Global Learning Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1270","name":"conference"},{"id":"1653","name":"continuing education"},{"id":"2659","name":"event facility"},{"id":"2660","name":"events"},{"id":"2658","name":"hotel"},{"id":"2663","name":"lifelong learning"},{"id":"1796","name":"meeting"},{"id":"2662","name":"professional education"},{"id":"166896","name":"seminar"},{"id":"2661","name":"training"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}