For Release 9 a.m. CST
January 15, 2003

LTC Consultants and Little Planet Announce Phase II of
eLearning Alliance for Long-Term Care Insurance

NASHVILLE, TN - January 15, 2003 - LTC Consultants, the nation‚s leading third-party training company for long-term care insurance, announced Phase II of its newest LTCI training venture with eLearning specialist, Little Planet Learning, today. The new web-based training program, a three-year joint project, now allows marketing organizations to link to www.LTCUniversity.com and offer the course plus optional CE credits at a discounted price to agents and brokers who do business with them.
" LTCU is the future of agent training in the long-term care insurance industry" according to Phyllis Shelton, President of LTC Consultants. "At a time when marketing organizations are trying to find ways to increase sales results while reducing travel and overall training costs, eLearning can help achieve those by saving up to 80% vs. traditional classroom training." says Shelton. "We will never sell the masses until we are able to train the masses, and LTC University makes that possible 365/24/7 to anyone with a 56K modem or higher."

Bill Pomakoy, Vice President of Marketing for LTC Consultants, says "What really brings the training to life is our partnership with Little Planet Learning, a company that has built its reputation by adding Disney-quality animation and incredible interactivity to adult learning content." Bill Nelson, Little Planet‚s President and an Academy Award-nominated producer, combines cognitive science with technology through a long-standing relationship with one of the world‚s leading cognitive scientists, Dr. John Bransford, author of "How People Learn", and Director of the Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University. Little Planet has the international e-learning contract with McDonalds, Inc. and is currently conducting an e-learning course for high school principals with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

"This teaching method is entirely different than live training." Shelton says, "I‚m amazed at how much knowledge can be transferred effectively in a game-based, interactive format that‚s really fun! The fourteen lessons and quizzes with an emphasis on ethical selling and a final exam are so interactive there‚s never time to get bored."
According to OnLine Learning magazine, "the US poured more than $1 billion into eLearning last year, and that figure is projected to increase tenfold by 2003".

eMind, the company chosen to administer optional CE credits, has approvals for distance learning in 48 states.

Contact: LTCinsuranceINFO@aol.com
Bill Pomakoy
800-844-4893 Ext. 12