We are Gail Terry Grimes and Claude Whitmyer of FutureU and we're here to help. This web site is about blended or virtual courses, how to design them, how to build them, how to teach them and, yes, even how to build a web site to sell your online courses. If you are an individual wanting to learn for yourself any of these aspects of course web site creation, then you may want to check out our coaching or workshop pages.

Wise Counsel and Expert Advice

If your an entrepreneur or organizational decision maker looking for some wise counsel and expert advice about starting or growing an online training business or a technology-mediated distance learning program, then the consulting services described on this page are probably your best bet.

These services are about strategy, development, deployment, and evaluation of larger projects—either for individual entrepreneurs creating a new income stream or expanding an existing one or for organizational teams or whole organizations who want to adopt virtual collaboration as way to decrease meeting production and travel costs or a way to more effectively and efficiently deliver critical training content. Regardless of the size of your team or company, if you're a decision maker puzzling over how to start or improve your online training or learning programs we offer consulting services targeted to your need.

During the last decade we have served executives and managers, deans and department heads, instructors and learners providing resources, research findings, content, coaching and consulting to support technology-mediated distance learning. Our services include:

• How to fund, develop, and administer your online initiatives.
• How to teach, train and learn in a virtual or blended online course space.
• How to use technology tools to develop and deliver instructional content.
• How to prepare individuals for learning online.
• How to use technology to improve communication and collaboration in the training or class room.
• How to organize and prepare content for efficient sale and delivery to end users over the Internet.

An Approach to Match Your Needs

For more than 10 years now, Gail Terry Grimes and Claude Whitmyer have been preparing people to make the most of their organization's investment in technology for teaching, learning, communicating and collaborating. We're proud of the relationships we've built and the impact we've had.

Because every organization is unique, we tailor our approach to your needs. We work with groups of all sizes—from individual coaching to organization-wide projects—and with all levels of expertise—from absolute beginners to power users who want more.

Consulting Outcomes

Our consulting offers you these valuable outcomes:

Your blended or virtual course or program successfully launched or expanded.

• One or more courses up and running.
• Greater clarity about future needs for funding and training.
• A thoughtful ongoing discussion about online learning.
• A written transcript of that discussion--the starting point for FAQs.
• An established relationship with experts and peers for future advice and support.

Your instructors...

• ...performing online better than you ever thought possible.
• ...trained and ready to inspire and guide others.
• ...fully ready to focus on the content and instruction, not the delivery system.

The confidence to proceed with additional technology-mediated distance learning.

Whatever your consulting need, we're ready, willing, and able to help. Contact us to discuss your needs.