At the annual Carlson International Business Conference, held February 9-12, 2000, TRAINING SOLUTIONS, Inc., was given the following awards:

• Double Diamond Award (for achieving one of the highest sales categories for 1999)
• Three Star Distributor Award (for recruiting over 20 new distributors during 1999)
• Sponsor of the Year Award (for recruiting the most new distributors during 1999)

TRAINING SOLUTIONS, Inc. is now ranked in the top 5 of the USA distributors and is ranked in the top 10 of the distributors worldwide. There are currently over 5,000 Carlson distributors worldwide.

The Carlson International Business Conference, representing the largest gathering of independent trainers and consultants in the world, explores leading-edge approaches to improving individual and organizational performance in today's diverse workplace.

The Carlson Learning Company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a leading, international publisher of quality learning resources in the areas of personal development and performance improvement. Carlson's learning instruments and programs are used by business and educational organizations in over 80 countries, worldwide, and have been translated into seventeen languages.