Grace Hill and Alpha Risk Release Compuer-Based "Risk Management II" Course

October 06, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
(Augusta, Georgia) – Grace Hill, Inc., announces the debut of “Risk Management II: Risk, Liability & Crime Awareness”, the newest computer-based course offered within Gracehill.com’s Apartment Management Learning Center at http://www.gracehill.com. “Risk Management II: Risk, Liability & Crime Awareness” is the second in a planned series of Risk Management titles. The course was written by Alpha Risk, the leading multi-housing risk management consulting firm, and is suitable for all management and maintenance professionals. The course, which is available for online delivery via high-speed Internet connection, is highly interactive and engaging with full voice-over narration, interactive exercises, and pre-and post-testing. “Risk Management II: Risk, Liability & Crime Awareness” heightens the multifamily professional’s knowledge and understanding of risks present in the multifamily workplace. Topics include best practices for personal safety; recognizing risk and liability hazards in multifamily communities; and crime prevention, awareness, and response, including communicating with the media.

“This course will help multi-housing professionals to make their communities a safe working and living environment for everyone,” said Mark Franco, Sr., Alpha Risk’s President. “We’re pleased to team up with Grace Hill in order to convey critical risk management standards that every multifamily community should follow. A bit of education goes a long way towards reducing risk.”

Joseph P. Bailey III, Grace Hill's President and founder, said, “Our aim is to help our clients improve on site practices in order to create and maintain safe workplaces, and ultimately reduce their exposure to risk. This course will help them do exactly that. The fact that they can access it online which reduces their cost and time to train is just the icing on the cake.”

“Risk Management II: Risk, Liability & Crime Awareness” is available for $99 per student or included in Grace Hill’s Unlimited Training Subscription for an additional $0.02 per unit, per month. Additional details and a free course preview are available online at http://www.gracehill.com.

Other titles available within Grace Hill’s Apartment Management Learning Center are:
• Fair Housing (English and Spanish versions)
• Fair Housing II
• Leasing For A Living
• Advanced Leasing
• Conflict Resolution (Associate and Supervisor versions)
• Customer Service As A Competitive Advantage (English and Spanish versions)
• Help Wanted! How To Hire, Keep & Inspire Quality Team Members (authored by Deb Bronson)
• Internet Leasing
• Resident Retention for Today’s Savvy Customers (co-authored by Mindy Williams)
• Preventing Sexual Harassment (English, Spanish, and Supervisor versions)
• Mold Awareness
• Risk Management I: Associate Safety & Emergency Awareness (authored by Alpha Risk)
• Traffic Generation
• Curb Appeal
Course descriptions and previews of all titles can be found online at http://www.gracehill.com . More property management courses are currently under development.
About Alpha Risk, Inc.
With more than 25 years of multi-housing risk management expertise, the Alpha Risk team has a solid reputation for delivering measurable results in the multi-housing industry. Alpha Risk’s associates understand the nuances of the multi-housing market, as well as the challenges that executives, risk decision makers, property owners and property managers face daily. Alpha Risk’s comprehensive approach includes risk assessment, management, reduction and training in all areas that can expose companies to risk and loss. For more information, call (305) 866-3722 or visit www.alpharisk.net.
About Grace Hill, Inc.
Grace Hill, Inc. is a privately held company founded in November 1998 and headquartered in Augusta, GA. Grace Hill, Inc. is the multifamily industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art online education, providing training alternatives that significantly reduce the overhead of educating employees and clients. In addition to offering various course titles to the public via the Apartment Management Learning Center at www.gracehill.com, Grace Hill's in-house development team creates customized training solutions for individual clients, including property owners, managers, and suppliers. For more information call toll free (866) GRACEHILL (866-472-2344) or visit www.gracehill.com.