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TED Talks: JK Rowling - the fringe benefits of failure

02/05/2010 - 09:59 - 641 reads
JK Rowling
At her Harvard University commencement speech, 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers.
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It’s good to talk: 82% of managers say ‘a chat’ is the best way to learn

02/04/2010 - 14:01 - 266 reads
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Managers find an informal chat with a colleague is by far the most frequent and effective learning activity according to a new report.

Waste not, want not!

02/01/2010 - 15:33 - 745 reads - 2 comments
Rubbish sign
UK organisations could be wasting an estimated £9.5bn on training each year, according to a new study. Kevin Lovell reports.

Training industry up in smoke? Not likely!

02/01/2010 - 14:51 - 1848 reads
Smoke
The results of the TrainingZone and Bersin & Associates first ever training study are in.

How green is your training?

02/01/2010 - 12:36 - 840 reads - 1 comment
green training, green globe, eco world
With increasing emphasis on ensuring our carbon footprint is minimal, we look at ways in which trainers can green-up their training.

Government launches National Apprenticeship Week

02/01/2010 - 10:59 - 223 reads
Apprentice
The government today launched National Apprenticeship Week and have urged young people to consider the benefits to their skills and career of becoming an apprentice.

Fury over training firm closure

01/29/2010 - 17:12 - 715 reads
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Two of the UK’s biggest training firms have folded, leaving thousands of students potentially cash-strapped and without places.

Which training trends will be prevalent in 2010?

01/29/2010 - 16:18 - 2176 reads - 3 comments
television
From bite-size learning to social media, we asked attendees at LT2010 what their top trends were for this year.
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Answering the question

01/29/2010 - 13:41 - 775 reads
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The answer to the question 'what do you do?' is much more important than you think. Melissa Kidd explains.

TED Talks: Open-source learning

01/29/2010 - 12:25 - 530 reads
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This week's TED Talks features Professor Richard Baraniuk who explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system.
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Incorporating social learning into the blended learning mix

01/26/2010 - 12:36 - 909 reads
Social learning culture
L&D professionals know that about 80% of what people learn on the job is through informal means, but most are only starting to consider ways of harnessing social learning to deliver business benefits. Vincent Belliveau reports.

NLP: Discovering excellence

01/26/2010 - 12:01 - 1492 reads - 11 comments
Brain, NLP, mind, neuro
Sue Knight discusses the power of NLP and how 'modelling' can help us learn.

A - Z of freelance training: Part 3

01/26/2010 - 10:12 - 1093 reads - 3 comments
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In the third part of her series on successful freelance training, Sharon Gaskin takes us from K to O.

MPs slam Train to Gain scheme

01/22/2010 - 15:52 - 455 reads
Big Ben
A scathing report released this week has slammed the Train to Gain scheme for poor implementation including overspending and unrealistically high targets as well as the lack of prevention of fraud.

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Editor's note

Welcome to TrainingZone, the independent champion for the training community.


We are already a month into the year and we have the first major industry event out of the way. You can follow the action from Learning Technologies in our new dedicated 'Live events' page and find out who won our training heaven and hell competition. If you are looking for work, why not use our brand new jobs board run by Changeboard - you never know, you might find your next dream job!

February also sees us running another great webinar: 'Making online training as effective as in-person training' which will kick off on Feb 18th at 3pm, so make sure you register. Finally, the results of our training industry survey in association with Bersin & Associates are in - thanks to everyone who took the time out to complete it.

As always we endeavour to make TZ as relevant and interesting as possible, so if you have any ideas or would like to blog for us, drop me a line at editor@trainingzone.co.uk.

Verity Gough

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