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LearningWIRE - Issue 17
11 September 1998
A FREE electronic newsletter for net enabled people engaged in training, learning, coaching and staff development.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
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Copyright (C) 1998 Sift plc. All rights reserved.
May be reproduced in any medium for non-commercial purposes as
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In this issue:
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- Developments at Sift
- Management Development
- News Stories
- Internet Monitor
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Developments at Sift
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During the past couple of weeks, Sift have transferred all our
main sites to Netcom's web servers in Bracknell. This should result in
very faster access and download times and the servers are closer to the
central Internet backbone in the UK. Unfortunately, the move has led
to some technical difficulties which means there have been occasional
breaks in service. With the introduction of some software upgrades,
these should be sorted. We apologise for any delays you may have
experienced.
Last weekend, Sift also moved to smart new office accommodation. The
new address and phone number are given at the end. If you're really
keen, you can even look at a picture of the offices at
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk !
Tim Pickles,
Editor, LearningWIRE and TrainingZONE
mailto:tpickles@sift.co.uk
Management Development
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Management Charter Initiative
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METO is the new National Training Organisation for Management and
Enterprise launched in July 1998. It is an alliance between the
Management Charter Initiative (MCI) and the Small Firms Enterprise
Development Initiative. METO aims to develop Britain's competitiveness
by leading the agenda for management and enterprise. MCI have
relaunched their catalogue containing various guides to management
development, the MCI management standards, and various business
development products. There is an on-line version at the rather
unwieldy http://management-charter-initiative.org.uk A series of
workshops on the Management Charter Initiative are also scheduled for
this autumn in Leeds and London. Details from MCI Freepost, WC 5434,
Russell Square House, London WC1B 5BR
New publications from Peter Honey
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Peter Honey Publications have announced a series of new practical
publications scheduled to appear this autumn. Amongst the ones to
catch my eye were 'The Learning Company Toolkit' being written by Mike
Pedler, John Burgoyne and Tom Boydell, and 'The Competencies Toolkit'
being written by Graham Robinson and Paul Whiteley. Current Peter
Honey publications can be browsed at
http://www.peterhoney.co.uk
Toolkit for Managers
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Also in the pipeline to appear early in the new year is a new 'Toolkit
for Managers' being written by Penny Sharland and Tim Pickles to be
published jointly by Pavilion Publishing and Gower. This will
complement the existing highly successful series of 'Toolkit for
Trainers' and 'Toolkit for Managing Change'. The new toolkit will
provide more than 60 practical models and tools to help managers
integrate many of the more innovative and radical ideas about
organisational and management development into their practice. For
further information, contact
mailto:penny@framework.org.uk
http://www.pavpub.com
News Stories
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BT to revolutionise humble phone line for Internet usage
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BT have announced plans to offer a new service splitting a conventional
single phone line into various high capacity data and voice carrying
lines. The new mass market digital communications service will for the
first time allow UK customers to surf the Internet at high speeds and
use the telephone simultaneously over their existing telephone line.
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/artprt.cgx?article_id=1569
Live internet session on the millennium bug
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The Department of Trade and Industry has issued a Press Release warning
that the millennium bug is still a very real danger especially to small
business. In order to publicise the problem and to address some of the
issues, Action 2000's chairman, Don Cruickshank, will be hosting a live
internet chat on the Enterprise Zone website. SMEs are being urged to
take part in this and to post their questions and voice their concerns
on the site either before the live session or between 10.00 and 11.00
am on Tuesday 15 September when Don Cruickshank will be online to
answer them.
http://www.enterprisezone.org.uk
TimeQuest
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FranklinCovey have released details of their autumn programme of
TimeQuest seminars aimed at increasing productivity through values-
based time management
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/artprt.cgx?article_id=1591
Internet Monitor
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Experiential Education Directory
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Roger Greenaway maintains an excellent website and directory related to
all aspects of experiential education. He has also started publishing
a free electronic newsletter for anyone interested in this area which
includes reviews of topical sites.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rogg/websites/hi.htm
Revolution News
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Revolution Consulting is a recent US-based organisation working with
groups and companies to achieve significant transformations in the way
they do business. They adopt a strong value-based approach centred
around visions of what is desirable and achievable: "Work as if you
don't need the money, love as if you've never been hurt, dance as if
nobody is watching." For more information, and copies of their
challenging newsletters, visit
http://members.aol.com/rcubedjws
Group dynamics and training
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An article on the importance of trainers understanding group dynamics
including some different practical approaches to the topic.
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/Editorial/opinion/learn.htm
In-the-job learning
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An article arguing for a switch in focus from On-the-job training to
the notion of In-the-job learning
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/Editorial/opinion/view.htm
TEC National Council
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The main website for information and links on English and Welsh Training
and Enterprise Councils is at
http://www.tec.co.uk
Asymetrix
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South African based company offers computer-based learning management
systems as well as authoring products such as Tool Box 2 to help you
create your own customised courseware for computer-based training.
http://www.asymetrix.com
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About Sift
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Sift plc is a leading developer of online communities. Based in Bristol, Sift has developed AccountingWEB for professionals in the accountancy profession, and BusinessZONE. At the 1997 Online Information Exhibition at Olympia, Sift were voted European Information Product of the Year (and also runner up as Internet Product of 1997).
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