{"id":8395,"date":"2011-02-04T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=8395"},"modified":"2025-04-01T07:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:44:13","slug":"gold-and-silver-for-happy-at-the-iitt-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/gold-and-silver-for-happy-at-the-iitt-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold and Silver for Happy at the IITT Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy Computers was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/learningnews.com\/news\/happy\/2011\/happy-computers-wins-gold-silver-at-it-training-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarded Silver<\/a>&nbsp;in this year\u2019s IT Training Company of the Year Awards. The judges described Happy as \u201ca shining light in the IT training sector\u201d, going on to say that \u201cHappy\u2019s success is based on providing \u2018experiences\u2019 rather than selling packaged \u2018products\u2019.\u201d This was the twelfth year that Happy has been a finalist. The company has won Gold twice, Silver four times and Bronze on three occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/nadya-nathan-a-rising-star.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13385\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Nadya Nathan, a rising star<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nadya Nathan: IT Trainer of the Year 2011<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadya joined Happy straight from university and quickly took on major responsibilities. 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