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  • Hi Norma, are you aware of the PM4NGOs initiative launched by LINGOS earlier this year? This is a PRINCE2-aligned project management certification emerging for international development NGOs. There's been some very strong recent takeup from World Vision and the IADB.

    http://ngolearning.org/pm4ngos/default.aspx
  • I am a PRINCE2 trainer and consultant. I have often wondered why the third sector does not take up P2 to the same extent as their colleagues in the public and private sectors. I have devised a P2 course aimed at the third sector but have had great difficulty in persuading anyone that this is a viable product. I have spoken with senior figures in the civil service, funding bodies as well as chief execuitves and managers in the voluntary sector. They all agree it is a good idea but no take up has followed. I have even offered to deliver the course for free, as a pilot.Can anyone shed any light on this?
  • Hi everyone
    If you've implemented a moodle in your organisation or are about to, join the moodle users group to benefit from development top tips.
    Thanks
    Jo
  • Link again to the Charity sector e-learning benchmark is here:

    http://tinyurl.com/TMCharitybenchmark
    Research | Emerald Works
    Discover the evidence to help you create a real impact on your business and improve day to day performance.
  • Joanna - thank for setting this up - we're a not for profit organisation but our focus is on providing free stuff to support use of learning technologies in the workplace so this is a great group to join and we'd love to be part of the discussions.

    Something you might be interested in is a piece of research in conjunction with the Charity Learning Consortium that we did to benchmark the use of learning technologies in the charity and voluntary sector. Group members can get hold of it " target="_blank">here.

    Here are some highlights - interested in what you think!

    More than 80 charities – representing more than 50,000 staff and volunteers - took part in the survey, carried out by independent e-learning analysts Towards Maturity in partnership with the Charity Learning Consortium (CLC). Findings revealed that:

    Learning technologies are helping charities to deliver more for less:
    The top four benefits of adopting learning technologies are: improving flexibility of learning; improving access to learning; cutting costs and increasing reach – important to organisations often relying on part time staff spread countrywide.

    Moving forward, they are expecting even more from their investment:
    Over 2/3 of participants are looking for their investment in learning technologies to help increase staff retention; to improve training quality; to increase the number of qualified staff; to enhance the induction process; to reduce time spent learning; and to improve administration efficiency.

    There is tremendous enthusiasm to adopt new approaches to learning:
    72% say their internal learning teams are willing to embrace change.

    More than 60% are looking to increase their allocation of budget in this area:
    With the emphasis behind investment being more about improving learning delivery and its impact, rather than just finding a ‘cheaper option’
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Looking for a charity with Kirkpatrick experience to share

I'm looking for a charity, housing association or not for profit with Kirkpatrick certification - or which has applied Kirkpatrick principles to its work - who'd be willing to share their experience on the annual, worldwide charity Evaluation webinar with the Kirkpatricks (provisional date August 29th). I'm not necessarily looking for a 'job done, complete success' story - charities are great at sharing their experiences of challenges faced along the way, and it's this which can prove…

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Charity Learning Award Winners 2012

I thought that this would be of interest to the group:A list of the Charity Learning Award winners 2012 is on Training Journal:http://www.trainingjournal.com/news/articles-news-clc-announce-winners-of-charity-awards/ More information about the individual awards, and why they won, is on the Charity Learning website: http://www.charitylearning.org/news-events/news/inspirational-charities-win-top-elearning-awards/  With more about the RNLI's Award for Best Overall Programme on AskGrapevineHR…

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Great news for L&D in the third sector

I'm sure that you will have seen the announcement of Dame Mary Marsh being appointed to lead a review of Leadership & Skills in the third sector. This has been widely reported - which is fantastic for raising the profile of L&D in the sector!Here's the news on Third Sector magazine & The Guardian - but it was widely reported elsewhere.I thought this poll on The Guardian was interesting, although the results were not entirely unexpected - 70% say there are serious holes in their charity's skill…

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Influence how a £40m+ fund for learning is spent!

The UCT (the Ufi Charitable Trust) intends to use the proceeds of the sale of Ufi Limited - which exceeds £40m - to the mission of achieving "a step change in adult learning and employability for all in the UK, through the adoption of 21st century technologies”.If you'd like to influence the way that the UCT will use those funds to achieve its mission then it's worth spending just ten minutes filling out it's online survey. I think that this is well worth doing, and it would be great for the…

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