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The TrainingZONE LearningWIRE - Issue 34
8 February 1999
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
The Learning Community
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Editor's Note
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This issue includes information about further new resources posted to the
Toolkit area of the TrainingZone which are free for trainers to download
and use in their own work. We're always interested in hearing from
trainers and others about resources which you would like to see published
in this way - with full credit - for others to use and learn from.
Learning at Work Day occurs this year on 20 May. What will you be doing to
extend learning in your team and throughout your organisation. The
Campaign for Learning has plenty if ideas to stimulate creative planning,
so do look at the reference link provided below. We'll try and feature
some of the best ideas - so let us know your plans.
Tim Pickles,
Editor, LearningWIRE and TrainingZONE
mailto:tpickles@trainingzone.co.uk
New Materials in the TrainingZone Toolkit
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Five further resources have been added to this expanding resource library,
all available for free download in Word format. Do you have resources
which you'd like to see published for others to use and learn from? All
materials are fully credited to the author and copyright owner. Get
yourself known as an author! Contributors information is available at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/toolkit/contribute.html
Team Development
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*** Stress Audit
An introduction to the different dimensions of stress within work teams and
groups and an exercise to explore how these dimensions affect different
people. From 'Meeting the Stress Challenge' (Russell House Publishing).
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/toolkit/resources.html#team
Personal Development
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*** Myths about stress
A summary of some common myths and misunderstandings about stress and how
we are supposed to cope. How well do you manage? From 'Meeting the Stress
Challenge' (Russell House Publishing)
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/toolkit/resources.html#personal
Organisational development
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*** Defining monitoring and evaluation
A short handout looking at the differences between monitoring and
evaluation and introducing the concepts of performance indicators and
quality measures. Also includes the practical worksheet 'The 5W-H approach
to monitoring and evaluation'.
*** Three approaches to monitoring and evaluation
Three different approaches to monitoring and evaluating projects explained.
*** 100 suggestions to monitor and evaluate
A helpful, practical and thought-provoking guide offering dozens of
suggestions on how to monitor and evaluate projects
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/toolkit/resources.html#orgdev
TRAINING-RELATED NEWS
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New software for writing training manuals
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Information Technology have produced new software which assists the
creation of printed training manuals. 'Write First Time' offers a series
of templates which can be used with Microsoft Word to ensure consistency of
style, design and layout enabling the author to concentrate on the content.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2880&d=1
People Management magazine
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Current issue contains feature articles on: graduates swamping the jobs
market, managers use of IT to gain business advantage, HR policies in small
businesses, reactions to the planned Fairness at Work legislation - plus
many other news stories and jobs all available online
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/feats.htm
Adult and Community Learning Fund
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This is a source of funding for innovative and sustainable projects
involving partnerships between agencies to promote community-based
learning. The fund aims to bring new people into learning, develop basic
skills, build the capacity of local organisations and communities and
promote local partnership working. There is a prospectus available online.
Applications for the third round of funding will open shortly in Spring
1999.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2911&d=1
INTERNET MONITOR
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Learning at Work Day
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The Campaign for Learning has published details and an information pack
about this year's Learning at Work Day which takes place on 20 May.
There's plenty of suggestions and ideas for creative ways of engaging
everyone in the workplace in the process of learning - without it seeming
like 'back to school'. Why not try to get your manager involved? Without
a focus on learning throughout the organisation, you probably not even
standing still, but going backwards!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2878&d=1
Learning for the 21st Century
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First report of the National Advisory Group for Continuing Education and
Lifelong Learning is fully available online. The report includes an
interesting agenda for action over the next five years.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2889&d=1
TEC delivered training
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Results of a major survey into work-based training delivered throughout
England and Wales by Training and Enterprise Councils for young people and
adults during 1998. Covers Modern Apprenticeships, National Traineeships
and similar programmes. Information and statistics about the programmes,
their take up, use, throughput and sectoral analysis
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2903&d=1
Insights Training and Development Ltd.
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Creative and graphic website for this established company offering an
approach to professional and organisational development based on the work
of Carl Jung. The site includes free download of a self-assessment
instrument.
http://www.insightsworld.com
Office 2000 special offer
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If you want to take advantage of the Special Offer which enables you to
trial beta versions of Microsoft's new suite of products including Office
2000, you still have ten days to do so. You can get it from the Microsoft
website for only 159 pounds.
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/preview/
What brings repeat visitors to your website?
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According to Forrester Research, these are the factors driving
repeat visitors to their favorite Web sites:
High-quality content: 75%
Ease of use: 66%
Quick to download: 58%
Updated frequently: 54%
Coupons and incentives: 14%
Favorite brands: 13%
Cutting-edge technology: 12%
Games: 12%
Purchasing capabilities: 11%
Customizable content: 10%
Chat and BBS: 10%
Other: 6%
* Source: Forrester Research Inc. (http://www.forrester.com)
Media Field Study, Jan. 1999.
EVENTS DIARY
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Our online events pages are now ready to be made live. All we need is your
input. So if you have conferences, seminars, courses or events which you
would like to let our readers know about, do get in touch. Posting your
information to TrainingZone brings it to the attention of a highly focused
group of people interested in training, learning and staff development. And
for all you potential participants at such events, keep watching the site
and we will tell you when the pages go live.
'Making learning a priority for you and your organisation'
10 March 1999, London
A participative one-day event run by Peter Honey focusing on the latest
thinking about learning and previewing the 'Live and Learn' flexible
learning pack and video - with plenty of samples, discussion and new
learning.
mailto:helen@peterhoney.co.uk
About Sift
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