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Thursday March 18, 10:00 am Eastern Time
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EDUVERSE Attracts Award Winning Advertising Executive to Head New Advertising Advisory Board
RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1999--EDUVERSE(TM) Accelerated
Learning Systems, Inc. (OTC BB: EDUV), a technology-based developer, manufacturer, marketer and publisher of educational software products, today announced the appointment of Ian Grais as head of the company's newly formed Advertising Advisory Board.
''The credentials of Mr. Grais speak for themselves. His knowledge in the field of advertising will be instrumental in positioning
freeENGLISH correctly in order to attract Global 500 advertisers,'' explained Mark E. Bruk President and CEO of EDUVERSE. ''During this time of technology convergence, experience in traditional advertising models will empower EDUVERSE to address the concerns of advertisers in the new media of the Internet. We continue to attract more
freeENGLISH users in phase two of our Internet strategy. Mr. Grais becomes key to phase three - attracting Global 500 companies to sponsor our educational model.''
Mr. Grais is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and is currently the Vice President - Group
Creative Director for Palmer Jarvis, one of Canada's leading advertising firms. DDB Needham Worldwide of New York (www.ddbn.com), the parent company of Palmer Jarvis DDB, has 86 global offices and is part of the vast Omnicom empire with 22,700 employees and 1997 billings of $11.7 billion. Among DDB Needham's client list are McDonalds, Sony, Compaq and Volkswagen. Mr. Grais has been recognized globally by his peers through numerous international awards. Among his many credits in 1998 are Gold, Silver and Bronze-Print awards from the Clio Awards (www.clioawards.com), honoring the best in advertising excellence worldwide. Mr. Grais won a Bronze-T.V. from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival(www.canneslions.com) and was named as the No. 1 Art Director in Canada in both 1997 and 1998 by Strategy Magazine (www.strategymag.com). Mr. Grais's complete list of awards are simply too numerous to mention, he is definitely at the top of his profession.
ABOUT EDUVERSE ACCELERATED LEARNING SYSTEMS, INC.
EDUVERSE Accelerated Learning Systems, Inc. is a technology-based company focused on developing and marketing the finest in interactive multimedia educational software products. On January 1st, 1999, EDUVERSE defined the educational model for the new millennium - the best in education for free.
By combining the highest quality in educational course curriculum with a proprietary advanced learning process, EDUVERSE produces freeENGLISH(TM) - a distance education application that streams lessons, advertisements and application updates across the Internet. freeENGLISH helps anyone learn spoken English, regardless of their native tongue.
freeENGLISH is available, for free, from the freeENGLISH.com web portal and generates revenues from a mix of Internet advertising models, including: the sale of static and click-through banner advertisements, and sell-through banner advertisements for courses on EDUVERSE's EDUVERSITY.com(TM) and for products & services available from EDUVERSE's TheGlobalStore.net(TM).
EDUVERSITY.com is a Corporate Workplace University, with hundreds of online courses ranging from Finance, Languages and Softskills to Desktop Computing, Graphic Design and the Internet. TheGlobalStore.net is an e-commerce Internet portal, initially with over 131,000 popular software and hardware products available for sale.
EDUVERSE Accelerated Learning Systems, Inc. is based in Reno, Nevada. For more information on the company, call 775/332-3325 or visit the EDUVERSE Accelerated Learning Systems, Inc. web site at eduverse.com or email info@eduverse.com.
Contact:
EDUVERSE Accelerated Learning Systems, Inc.
Investor Relations, 877/623-4864 or 604/623-4869
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