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For learning and development professionals in the third sector
Silver talent: the untapped resource
Robin Hoyle believes that it’s time to challenge some long-held beliefs about older workers. He’ll be giving practical hints and tips on how to support ‘grey talent’ in a free, knowledge sharing webinar.
Too old to train?
The over 50’s make up a third of the UK’s workforce, but are the least likely to be offered training. Yet research shows that you can indeed ‘teach an old dog new tricks’. Isn’t it time to rethink your L&D policy for older workers & volunteers, asks Robin Hoyle?
Charity Learning Award winners 2013
Charity L&D professionals are often faced with an uphill task – with small teams, little or no budget for L&D, outdated technology and staff in several locations. They face these challenges with creativity, passion and a spirit of collaboration, making ‘less’ really achieve ‘more’. This evening, the Charity Learning Awards 2013 celebrated the commitment, innovation and achievements of L&D professionals working in the sector. Find out who went away with an Award.
Free Taster Lessons | Modern Life Skills
Liggy Webb is kindly inviting members of the Consortium to a free taster session in Modern Life Skills. The next complimentary morning taster sessions will be running on Friday 15 November; Friday 6 December; Monday 20 January; Friday 21 February and Thursday 6 March.
Soop up your training!
Robin Hoyle has some smart tips for writing a ‘Strategy on One Page’, an essential tool to support you, so you can focus on the really important work…
An exciting new partnership with Virtual College
Our new partnership provides an even greater choice of courseware for Members – and even more reasons to join us!
How the brain learns
Patricia Riddell is Professor of Applied Neurosciences at the University of Reading. She will be discussing ‘How the brain learns’ at the World of Learning conference at 11.15am on 1 October at the NEC, Birmingham.
Transforming workplace learning through Curation
Curation has been the latest buzz word in L&D for the last couple of years – but what does it mean? Banish thoughts of dusty relics as it has the potential to save practitioners serious time and money. Martin Couzins and Sam Burrough report…
Google supports charities ‘world changing’ technology projects
Google has announced the winners of it’s Global Impact Awards – charities judged to be using innovative technology to ‘change the world’.
Leadership lessons from Sir Alex Ferguson
In this article Sir Alex Ferguson explains the skills needed to become the greatest football manager ever.
Benchmarking – why bother?
Organisations can’t afford to stand still – and neither can the L&D managers that support them. Laura Overton explains why benchmarking is critical for business success.
Voluntary sector employee engagement up – job security down
Quality of management is a principal driving factor behind high levels of job satisfaction and employee engagement in the voluntary sector – despite prolonged job insecurity.
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