20thAnniversary review QED Consulting celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. Here’s a 20-year dateline: 1988 (June 13) Quality Educational Development, Inc. began operating 1989 First QED product launch – SST – Software Shell for Training© 1991 Launched The Diversity Game© 1992 Won HR Executive’s Best New Training Product award for The Diversity Game© 1993 Launched the Global Diversity Game© 1996 Sony Electronics wins Better Business Bureau award for marketplace ethics with Sony’s Ethics in Action© program, designed by QED 1997 Name change to QED Consulting, LLC 1997 Launch of the Change Cycle Game© partnered with Interchange International 1997-2007 Launch of South African, Australian, New Zealand and UK versions of the Diversity Game, as well as a custom version for International NGOs doing emergency relief work, with help from a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2002 Publication of Lost in Cyberspace© simulation 2003 Launch of Global Words for Global Leaders© video in partnerships with Cross Cultural Communications 2004 Launch of the Global Diversity Survey© (GDS), paper and online 2005 Launch of the Coaching Development Assessment© (CDA) online 2007 Launch of the Global Leadership Survey© (GLS) online 2007 Publication of the Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarks© Between 1988 to 2007 QED has worked on every continent and delivered a variety of training programs and consulting in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, UK, and USA.   Alan Richter recognized by Diversity Journal – July/August 2007 Edition Alan Richter was part of the Cover Story/Special Feature titled "The Pioneers of Diversity - Blazing the Trail". He was recognized as one of 40 diversity pioneers to predict where the diversity movement was going in the next ten or fifteen years. The answers covered a broad range of outcomes.   3rd Q 2005 highlights: QED Consulting provided the following services during the 3rd Quarter of 2005: General Business Skills training in Liberia Strategic global business consulting in Saudi Arabia Conflict Resolution skills training in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Switzerland, and the US Global Diversity training in the US, the Netherlands and Switzerland Leadership Diversity training in the US, the UK, Canada and Switzerland Global Culture training in Mexico, the US, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore Mediation training in Chile and Kenya Global Ethics training development in the US Business Strategy simulation in the US Global Project Leadership training in Canada   Advisory Boards – March 25, 2005 QED Consulting joined the EFMD's (European Foundation for Management Development) Certificate of e-Learning (CEL) Advisory Board. www.efmd.org