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Chicago, IL – October 30, 2006 – Leading mobile learning expert Tim Keelan will share trade secrets at the Technology Professional Services Association 2006 Summit in November in Washington, DC. Keelan, founder of StoryQuest, Inc., along with Gregg Blatt, Senior Vice President of Sales, Keane, Inc., will present “New Approaches to Sales Enablement.” Attendees will learn first-hand how Keane developed and rolled out a mobile and global sales enablement program from zero to done in just five months.

Keane is a business and IT services firm that delivers application and business process services to help clients reduce costs, enhance organizational flexibility, and improve their business and IT performance. In 2005, Keane partnered with StoryQuest to apply mobile audio learning technology to better enable its own sales force. Within five months, StoryQuest developed and implemented a global, mobile sales enablement program that was immediately accessible to Keane’s entire global sales force. Together, Blatt and Keelan will share their insights into the process and outcomes of this revolutionary approach to sales training. “Keane has a powerful story to tell, but sharing that real-time with resources throughout the organization is challenging,” says Blatt. StoryQuest made that happen.

“It was invaluable to me to actually hear other sales people in Keane share how they won deals and articulated value propositions. It helped me prepare and get an understanding of what we have done so I can help provide more value to our clients,” says Caperton Birne, a new account manager with Keane. The complete story can be heard by attending the TPSA conference or by contacting Tim Keelan at StoryQuest.

About StoryQuest:
Chicago-based StoryQuest, Inc. helps clients capture and share the voices, experience and stories of their success with staff, customers and partners to deliver easily accessible mobile learning solutions. StoryQuest combines its own knowledge-harvesting methodology along with cutting-edge production and distribution tools to help users learn faster, remember more and save the company time and money. StoryQuest has produced mobile learning solutions for Keane, Lucent, TPSA, RSA Security and others. President Tim Keelan has traveled the world studying the application of story and narrative for training and organizational learning. Prior to StoryQuest, Tim spent 15 years selling IT professional services, most recently as a Director of Sales for Cap Gemini Ernst and Young. For more information about StoryQuest, visit www.storyquest.us or call (312) 258-0111.

About Keane:
Boston-based Keane, Inc. (NYSE: KEA) helps clients to improve their business operations and IT effectiveness by delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services designed to achieve near-term and sustainable business benefit. Keane maintains regional offices across North America, the United Kingdom, India, and Australia. For more information, visit www.keane.com.

About TPSA:
The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) is the first and only organization for executives who create, produce, deliver, manage, measure, and optimize technology services in the world’s leading corporations. Member companies represent a diverse group of market segments including hardware and software products, systems integration, on-demand hosted applications, and value-added solutions. Through membership collaboration and management expertise, TPSA provides the information, concepts, models, and best practices required for success in the critical professional services component of the technology enterprise. TPSA is part of the Point B group of associations. For over 16 years, Point B has successfully managed industry groups, including the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA). More information on TPSA can be found at www.tpsaonline.com.