Your digital goody bag…

May Members’ Meeting, Wednesday 18th May 2022

Useful resources and updates
Martin Baker, our CEO
@MartinCBaker

The Charity Learning Index (CL Index)

The CL Index is a new assessment tool exclusively for members of the Charity Learning Consortium. The questionnaire has been created by award-winning learning specialist Andrew Jacobs. Get in touch with your membership manager if you’re ready to take part, or find out more here.

The little book series

We hope you are enjoying the little books that were handed out at the end of the day. If you didn’t manage to get one, or would like to read more in the collection, you can download them all online here.

The Charity Times newspaper

If you haven’t managed to get your hands on a copy of The Charity Times newspaper, don’t worry! You can read the digital version, as well as find out all about the benefits of your CLC membership, here.

The Learning and Development handbook by Michelle Parry-Slater

A practical guide for L&D professionals wanting to move away from traditional classroom teaching but not sure where to start. Full of practical tips and advice, this is urgent reading for anyone in the learning profession. For a 20% discount on this book, please use our discount code: AHR20

Sessions and workshops

Case study: Recover, refocus, rebuild: The story of BH Live learning
Sarah Stickland, Learning and Development Manager at BH Live

BH Live is a charitable social enterprise that operates in the leisure and events industry; two sectors significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this session, Sarah shared the journey of the BH Live learning and development team as they have recovered, refocused and rebuilt.

Check out the slides below for a reminder of their story and the three main learning points that were discovered along the way.

Slides: The story of BH Live Learning
Video: Charitable trusts
Video: We are BH Live

Pain-free induction design

Gill Chester, Founder and Lead Developer at Little Man Project

In this interactive workshop, Gill explored a model that you can use to design induction programmes for staff and/or volunteers. She shared the ‘stepping stones’ to follow and build upon until you have a framework for your programme.

Below you can find a digital version of The little book of Induction and in the slides there are free templates to design your own programme.

Slides: Pain-free induction design

The little book of Induction

Group notes: New starter vs organisation wants

Group notes: Topics by type of induction

Group notes: Bad and good induction experience

How to create a learning plan for EDI
Nathan Nalla, CEO and Founder at Be The Riot

The session focused on themes from our report: How to create a learning programme for equity diversity and inclusion (EDI). This interactive workshop was about asking questions, sharing top tips and taking away practical ideas.

Questions: Things to consider when designing your EDI learning programme

Be The Riot services brochure

Creative ways to get people excited about L&D
Mandy Johnson at Sketchnotes UK

In this session, we discovered how you can engage your staff and volunteers and get them excited about learning and development. Mandy shared her top tips for creative content, as well as prompted discussions around marketing the great things an L&D team offers.

Slides: Creative ways to people excited about L&D

Seven steps to build a coaching culture
Jo Wright, CEO at Coaching Culture

Jo walked us through the ‘Coaching Culture framework for success’, which aims to inspire new thinking about how to harness the power of coaching conversations in organisations. She shared the seven steps to building a coaching culture in this interactive and practical session.

Slides: Seven steps to build a coaching culture

Find out more about Coaching Culture

The Charity Learning Index – Networking
Andrew Jacobs at Llarn Learning Services

The Charity Learning Index (CL Index) is a way for you to benchmark against yourself, as well as other members of the Consortium. It is designed to give you valuable data to help you show the value of L&D. In this session, members learnt more about the index and heard from members that have already tried and tested it.

Slides: The Charity Learning Index