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TrainingZONE LearningWIRE - Issue 212
15 July 2002
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
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REFERENCE: Going soft on skills!
NEWS/FEATURES: Being an Investors Ambassador, a trainer's
experiences of e-learning
COMMUNITY: Effective ways to job shadow, latest reviews...
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Editor's note
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Investors in People has become a well-established initiative in
the last few years, and many Training Managers now have direct
experience of the scheme. Many will remember the sheer amount
of paperwork involved in the earlier incarnations of the award -
those flags and plaques don't always bring back good memories to
those in HR given the task of 'making it work'.
This week, we spoke to a man whose passion for the positive
effects of IiP is such that he has a formal role as an ambassador
for the qualification. Find out what Harold Russell, Investors
in People programme director at Lloyds TSB has to say about why
IiP works at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85465
Elsewhere, we look at how easy it is to adapt to training online,
as Kathleen Hopper, an experienced IT trainer describes her own
experiences of adapting her existing training skills to the new
medium.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85592
Stephanie Phillips
Editor, TrainingZONE
mailto:editor@trainingzone.co.uk
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REFERENCE
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Going soft on skills!
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This week's Library focus is on the softer side of skills for
business.
Magic Meetings
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This 40 page Self-Study Pack produced by Bryan Edwards helps to
provide the knowledge and skills required to run efficient,
effective meetings, covering when and when not to meet; success
factors of an effective meeting; preparing to run the meeting;
environmental factors in running meeting; skills required of an
effective Chairperson; the main stages of a meeting; running the
meeting; 3 steps to assertive behaviour to handle difficult
meeting participants. Get more details and a sample before you
buy at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/3001
Team Leadership Skills
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If you need some ready-made materials, this pack is for you. A
fully designed 1 day course, it includes tutor course notes,
full colour overheads / PowerPoint slides, delegate manual,
exercises and role plays. Course objectives cover action-centred
leadership; the activities of an effective team leader;
differences between a leader and a manager; pitfalls of being too
task, team or individually focused; S.M.A.R.T. tasks/performance
objectives; performance standards and how to communicate them to
staff; influencing techniques including assertiveness. The course
includes a set of role plays and case studies. More details are
at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/3000
For training materials, in-depth features, practical exercises
and more, visit the Library at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/ppv
Oracle
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Wouldn't it be great to manage to your business using hard facts
not feel? It's difficult to make informed decisions without the
latest information. Yet this is what most businesses do. They
rely on data from last month or last week. What if you could see
actual head count levels, or revenue levels on a daily basis?
Click here to find out more.
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NEWS AND FEATURES
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TrainingZONE's news is created daily - get your regular updates
at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/index.html
Adding value in training - what you told us!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85725
Communication skills lacking at the top
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85763
Being an Investors in People ambassador - featured interview
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85465
E-learning - A trainer's experience
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85592
New initiative to help deaf become learning advisers
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85840
Engineering sector moves towards a skills council
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85985
Want to track down a key feature we've published? Topical
Briefings contains a wealth of original articles, interviews and
features only seen on TrainingZONE. Browse the archive now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/topicalbriefings/
Make sure you can access the many free services and resources on
TrainingZONE by profiling now.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/profile
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New from COROUS, the Open University's corporate arm: Create, a
process which can turn any text into well-designed online
learning programmes. Create transforms Word documents prepared
by course writers into engaging courses for online delivery and
can be used to convert existing material into effective online
learning experiences. For more details, see
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/adredirect/corous1.html
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COMMUNITY
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Reviews
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/reviews/
TrainingZONE's reviews pages continue to grow - this month, our
team of intrepid reviewers has cast a careful eye over the
following:
The five dysfunctions of a team, author Patrick Lencioni
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/81986/678
Life coaching, author Gina Harris
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/82839/678
Food safety induction course, publisher Creative Learning Media
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/82847/678
Find plenty more reviews of training and learning materials at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/reviews/
Any Answers
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/anyanswers/index.html
A selection from this week's questions:
- Can anyone advise on effective ways to launch a job shadowing
scheme?, asks Teresa Haskins
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85844/728
- What do people spend on training as a percentage of payroll or
per employee?, asks Richard Rogers
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85602/728
- I Need to pick your creative brains for a 'questioning skills'
exercise, says Lisa Birch
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85499/728
Thanks to Wayne Thomas, Gill Wright and Colin Hamilton,
who were among those sharing the benefit of their expertise with
other members this week.
Make sure you receive your fortnightly edition of the Any Answers
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