LearningWire #94 - Contracting with trainers, Budget implications, training effectiveness, accelerated learning

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LearningWire #94 – Contracting with trainers, Budget implications, training effectiveness, accelerated learning

By TrainingZone

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LearningWIRE #94 27 March 2000
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk The Learning Community
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1. Budget implications for the sector
2. What is best practice in contracting with external trainers?
3. HRD 2000 previews as the largest training show this year
4. Assessing training effectiveness
5. Ten keys to accelerated learning

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Latest News
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Send us news for inclusion at https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news

Learning to be promoted by TV advertising campaign
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It will be interesting to see the assessment of a new month long advertising campaign by UfI on commercial television promoting adults returning to learning. Build around three case studies, the campaign is designed to encourage adults back to learn new skills.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14249&d=1

Budget impliations for training and business
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There was an excellent response to our live coverage of last week's budget. We were able to stream the news across the site and bring you detailed analyis on the day. There are several implications for people working in our sector. Our Budget briefing is at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14428&d=1

If you are engaged in IT or looking to expand your e-commerce activities and online learning, 100% tax breaks are being introduced for the costs involved, and support will be available from the Small Business Service and learnDirect (UfI) from the autumn.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14381&d=1

The New Deal is to be expanded further, with four work/training options being offered to the long term unemployed, including a Job Grant starting at 100 UKP to ease transition back to work. Another New Deal programme aimed at single parents with children aged over five will offer them three options, plus child care support and a guaranteed financial incentive over benefits.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14497&d=1

Time Management workshop
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Tuesday's online workshop focuses on TIME MANAGEMENT. Led by Andrea McHugh, this is an opportunity to learn more techniques for greater productivity and better use of your time. It's easy to participate over lunch from your own desktop. The workshop runs on Tuesday from 13:00 BST. Join in free at:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/workshop

Learning at Work Day
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This annual event falls on 25 May 2000 in the middle of Adult Learners Week. Last year, over 1,000 companies signed up and the Campaign for Learning is looking to increase participation this year. A new aspect of the campaign is a work shadowing element in which senior managers are being encouraged to allow junior staff to shadow their role for a day.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14262&d=1

A guide to making training effective
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Following recent debate and discussion on TrainingZone about the measuring the effectiveness of training, Bill Werst of Growth Associates contacted us with his intriguingly titled feature article 'Training that produces no change is an effective as a parachute that open on the first bounce'. With his consent, the full article is available at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14243&d=1

The future of professional careers
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City University, London has received a four year grant totalling £170,000 to explore the future shape of professional careers including the implications for professional learning and CPD. They will be looking for examples and issues from people in the field.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14342&d=1

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Tenders
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Our Tenders 2000 Challenge promotes open, competitive opportunities for training and consultancy work. Post your tenders direct to the site - completely free of charge. Recent opportunities include:

** Health & Safety/Risk Assessment Training

** Media training for a management team sought

** Associates to deliver S/NVQs in Management, IT and Office Admin

** Freelance consultants of all specialisms required

** More Freelance Training Consultants wanted

Check out all the latest tenders at
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HRD 2000 Preview #2
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HRD 2000 conference runs from 3-6 April; the exhibition on 4-6 April.
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/hrd2000

David Blunkett will discuss the government’s vision of a learning culture. People need to learn continuously in order to enable them to reach their full potential. In complementary vein Ricardo Semler, the top management thinker and President of Semco will provide an insight into how organisations can challenge traditional practices and structures through empowering employees. And on the closing day of the conference, Neville Bain, Chairman of the Post Office will demonstrate that globalisation means that we need to know even more about our customers and potential customers than ever before. Organisational success is driven now by people at all levels not just those at the top.

Each week in this preview, we focus on several exhibitors.

Scitech Educational will launch The Universal Manager - a new management and personal development concept, incorporating A4 dossiers, CD and dynamic website.
http://www.scitechdiol.co.uk

Bristol based consultancy, Interaction, has an exciting state -of-
the-art prize to give away at HRD 2000. It is the 3Com PalmV, the very latest in hand held electronic organisers. (Stand 522)

learnOnline will be offering continuous live demonstrations of the system on their stand (1126). Every visitor will be offered a FREE half day workshop and six week trial.
http://www.learnonline.org.uk

RMS are launching TRAINING CONTROLLER - the exciting new system that manages all your training activity: bookings, records, evaluation and competency analysis. See them at stand 1022 on the balcony or visit
http://www.rmsuk.com.

Croner.CCH Group Limited, the UK's leading provider of HR and Training management information, have a NEW Online Stand where you can surf through their online products and pick up an Employment Key Rates & Data book.
http://www.croner.cch.co.uk

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Any Answers?
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This area of the site is taking off quite dramatically with a host of new questions and answers posted every week. It's a great place to seek inspiration and get help.

* Question of the Week *:
Alan Barker asks "What are the key issues and questions in drawing up contracts with external training consultants?" He's writing a best practice paper on the subject for the IPD and would appreciate the thoughts and reactions of others. Surely, there's plenty of reaction from both training purchasers and training suppliers.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14302&d=1

And, if that doesn't get you going, how about this question from Isabel McKenzie: "What are hard boiled egggs heavier than uncooked eggs?" Actually, it relates to a team building training game, but the explanation is intriguing!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=14269&d=1

There were twenty new questions last week. Can you answer any at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/anyanswers. Use the Comments facility to send your response to the questionner.

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WebWatch
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The best training and HR resources from websites around the world
are featured at https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/webwatch

Gower offers free activities
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The Gower Training website now offers a small selection of free 'taster' activities on its Page of the Month.
http://www.gowertraining.com

Ten keys to accelerated learning
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Featuring on the Illumine website is a summary feature explaining their ideas for how to achieve accelerated learning.
http://www.illumine.co.uk./taccel.htm

Experiences in online learning
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The report written by Epic Group for Technologies for Training into the uptake and trends in online learning is available for download at
http://www.takingtrainingonline.co.uk

IT Training courses
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CourseLeader.com is a web based portal listing 1,200 courses around the country from some of the UK's leading IT training companies.
http://www.courseleader.com

New website on adult / continuing learning
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A new site for adult and continuing learning resources, offers links, a chatroom, forum and polls, a newsletter and more.
http://adulted.about.com

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