by Learning Pool on February 8, 2010
Welcome to the Learning Pool Blog - feel free to subscribe for free updates by RSS or email. Thanks for visiting.Many of you will be familiar with the debate raging on the web right now about how rubbish Internet Explorer is. Just in case, here’s a summary of the argument:
It ignores internet standards so when companies [...]
by Learning Pool on January 28, 2010
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is, in partnership with its national stakeholders, updating the existing training strategy for local (parish and town) councils and wants your views!
The survey forms a pivotal element of the National Training Strategy (NTS) review, and was kicked off in December. It is open to anyone, especially those people and organisations with an interest, commitment [...]
by Learning Pool on January 11, 2010
With the 2010 conference season just around the corner and job stability uncertain for some now could be a great time for brushing up your networking skills.
If you’re the shy and retiring type like some of the team at Learning Pool (ahem) take a look at these top five killer networking questions below and then [...]
by Learning Pool on January 4, 2010
Reflecting on the busy year that’s been 2009, these are the top 10 things that have given me most professional pleasure this year:
1. The Club
Welcoming 50 more public sector organisations to the growing Learning Pool ‘club’ including our first Scottish authority, our first Northern Irish authority, our first charitable organisation and 5 more housing associations.
2. [...]
by Learning Pool on December 16, 2009
We’ve built a brand new reporting engine for all Learning Pool DLEs so we can now give you more flexible, rich, reports on all aspects of your DLE.
What’s new with your DLE management information?
• Reporting dashboard giving a high level snapshot of activity
• A range of course and DLE usage trend reports
• Improved data mining [...]
by Liz Azyan on December 14, 2009