Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

How do you ensure staff and volunteers have the essential skills they need to meet increasing demands when you only have a limited budget? At a seminar in March, Martin Baker, from the Charity Learning Consortium, and Andy Lancaster, from the CIPD, will explain how...
Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

Putting Social Technologies to Work

Putting Social Technologies to Work By Perry Timms There are certain phrases you are unlikely to hear and one of those that springs to my mind is “please don’t put your mobile phone down, I’d love you to spend some more time using it.” The...
Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

Engaging Today’s Online Learner

Engaging Today’s Online Learner Laura Overton demonstrates how learning from marketing experts can help you engage your learners. 44% of L&D leaders say that their learners are reluctant to engage with online learning.[1] Engaging today’s online learner can be a...
Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

The future of L&D

Volunteering can develop the skills individuals and organisations need to be fit for the future.” Peter Cheese Learning and development has never been more important in a world that is changing so fast. The impact of technology on the nature of work and the working...
Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

The Psychology Behind Learning

How do we learn? Lucy Standing, Head of Training at the Association for Business Psychology and founder of neuTrain, looks at the psychology behind learning: Why does taking notes help us remember what has been said in a lecture? Are you more likely to remember the...
Meeting the skills needs of the third sector

What’s all the fuss about MOOCs?

The next big killer application on the internet is going to be education. Education over the internet is going to be so big it is going to make email usage look like a rounding error. John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems 1999 A world without computers seems unthinkable....