Second City Communications and Corpedia Launch Volume 4 of RealBiz Shorts Ground-breaking Ethics and Compliance Library of Short, Funny Videos

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Second City Communications and Corpedia announced the launch of Volume 4 of the RealBiz Shorts ethics and compliance video library, the cutting-edge communications series that is helping hundreds of global companies improve their compliance cultures by using social learning techniques to draw attention to key policies and resources, increase retention of their messaging and change perceptions around these important issues. This latest volume adds videos with a focus on ethical leadership.

“Employees have limited time and short attention spans, and more social forms of training and communication, like RealBiz Shorts, help compliance professionals connect with colleagues by making them laugh, think and retain messages. Ultimately we’re trying to influence behavior, and you can’t do that unless you get employees’ attention”

RealBiz Shorts videos are utilized by more than 2 million employees in 200-plus companies, primarily Fortune 1000. The RealBiz Shorts library includes over 100 videos that enhance training within general risk areas in ethics and compliance, compliance topics specific to the energy and life sciences industries, and sales. The library continues to grow as additional volumes will be released in April and May, and again in fall and winter.

“RealBiz Shorts keeps expanding in response to the huge demand from our partner companies for short, funny content that better engages their employees around key risk areas,” said Steve Johnston, president of Second City Communications. “Employees have limited time and short attention spans, and more social forms of training and communication, like RealBiz Shorts, help compliance professionals connect with colleagues by making them laugh, think and retain messages. Ultimately we’re trying to influence behavior, and you can’t do that unless you get employees’ attention,” added Johnston.

RealBiz Shorts is co-developed by Second City Communications, the business solutions division of the world-renowned comedy institution, The Second City; and Corpedia, an NYSE Euronext Company, which provides a wide variety of innovative ethics and compliance solutions. RealBiz Shorts videos are developed in close collaboration with ethics and compliance thought-leaders, from companies across many industries, so videos reflect relevant, hot topics in the workplace. The latest video additions to the RealBiz Shorts library were featured at the Global Ethics Summit 2013.

“We continue to produce new videos and evolve the RealBiz Shorts library based on ongoing feedback from our client partners,” said Tim Erblich, president of Corpedia. “RealBiz Shorts resonates with audiences because they are a reflection of the common ethics and compliance challenges happening right now in the workplace. We are excited to make more videos to reach and break through to people in new and different ways.”

About RealBiz Shorts

RealBiz Shorts, the innovative social learning video service developed by Second City Communications and Corpedia, An NYSE Euronext Company, is expanding with new plug-and-play subscription content addressing common challenges employees face in the workplace.

Subscribers to RealBiz Shorts can access dozens of videos in more than 16 languages addressing a wide range of important issues — including harassment, conflicts, information security, FCPA and corruption, reporting and retaliation, privacy, political contributions, and using social media appropriately. RealBiz Shorts are easy to use and integrate within any existing training or communication solution to reach employees in a variety of ways – including via e-mail, newsletters, on company intranets, via mobile media, and across numerous social media outlets. Learn more at: http://realbizshorts.com/ethics/.

About Second City Communications

Second City Communications (SCC) is the business solutions division of the world-renowned improvisational theatre company, The Second City. Drawing on The Second City’s 50-year legacy of connecting with audiences through powerful, incisive content, SCC works with hundreds of Fortune 1000 clients each year in blended learning/training programs, internal communications initiatives, and brand marketing assignments. http://www.secondcitycommunications.com.

About Corpedia

Corpedia, An NYSE Euronext Company, offers a wide variety of innovative and user-friendly compliance and ethics solutions. Developed and implemented by a team of experts with years of experience and industry insight, our compliance risk assessment solutions identify, quantify, and provide actionable plans for mitigating and preventing compliance breakdowns. Corpedia’s e-learning programs bolster these assessments by familiarizing employees with all facets of regulations affecting their company and offering the most measurable outcomes for their compliance and ethics initiatives. With over 800 customers in more than 150 countries, Corpedia delivers the right compliance and ethics solutions to the right people at the right time. www.corpedia.com.