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TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 341
17 January 2005
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
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1. Feature: Evaluation 2 - Methods, Models and Approaches
2. Parkin Space: Reclaim the Power of your Presentation
3. The Way I See IT... Weather Forecasting for Training Managers
4. Case Study: Royal Mail delivers First Class HCI Service
5. IIP Tells Employers to Invest in Skills
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Editor's note
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In the week that yet another report warns of a worsening skills
crisis in the UK, Investors in People is urging employers to
invest in the development of their staff to reap the rewards in
their business. The IIP appeal follows evidence that while
bosses recognise the importance of staff development in boosting
productivity, they are reluctant to invest in their employees to
achieve it. Indeed TrainingZONE member Patricia Cross is facing
this very dilemma this week and needs your advice on how to
persuade her MD that cutting back on the training budget will
hit the businesses bottom line.
To read more on the skills shortage, follow the links below, to
offer your advice to Patricia, go to:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135683/728/608/626
Kind regards
Claire Savage
Editor, TrainingZONE
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Feature: Evaluation Part 2 - Methods, Models and Approaches
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In the second part of this short series, Martin Schmalenbach
ventures beyond Kirkpatrick to look at other approaches to
evaluation.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135728/680/608/626
Parkin Space: Reclaim the Power of Your Presentation
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"PowerPoint is audience-abusive, presenter-addictive." Godfrey
Parkin presents his tips on how to avoid death by PowerPoint.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135676/680/608/626
Case Study: Royal Mail delivers First Class HCI Service
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So far 22,000 employees have signed up to the Royal Mail's Home
Computing Initiative, heralding the scheme a success.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135713/680/608/626
The Way I See It... Weather Forecasting for Training Managers
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Leave the barometer behind, Jim Sullivan argues that integrated
learning management and personal development systems can take
the guess work out of complex training needs.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135364/680/608/626
Feature: Homeworking Is It For You?
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Ever fancied a commute that takes a minute rather than an hour?
Sandra Beale looks at the pros and cons of working from home.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135495/680/608/626
Bank Predicts Worsening Skills Gap in 2005
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Research from Lloyds TSB predicts the UK's skills gap will
stretch this year, making it hard for employers to fill
technical positions.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135645/680/608/626
IIP Tells Employers to Invest in Skills
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Investors in People is calling on businesses to put their
employee's skills high on the agenda to boost productivity.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135440/680/608/626
Free Seminars at Learning Technologies
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A guide to the 14 free presentations offered at this month's
Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135716/680/608/626
Learning Technologies 2005 - Olympia 2, London, January 26-27
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Resources: Organisational Development
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documents. The folder includes: Organisations and the New
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Browse all 1500 documents in the TrainingZONE Library:
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Community
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the
community:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/anyanswers/index.html
Sara Barrett needs your advice on how to get the best out of a
limited training budget.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135724/728/608/626
Amanda Williams has no less than six training qualifications,
but wonders where next?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135705/728/608/626
Patricia Cross wants to know how to convince her MD that cutting
back on training and development is wrong.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135683/728/608/626
Karen Collins would like to hear from anyone with experience of
training/developing managers and employees within self-motivated
teams.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135624/728/608/626
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