Raising the profile of charity learning

July 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Several members of The Charity Learning Consortium are taking an active part in the World of Learning Conference (WOLCE) at the NEC in Birmingham on 27 & 28 September – including Consortium founder and Managing Director Martin Baker.

Nancy Ouma, Assessment & Training Manager at VSO, will be presenting on the hot topic of social learning. VSO is using social media really creatively, using a Moodle forum to help train its volunteers.

Peter Coley, Head of Learning & Development at St Mungo's, the charity which helps homeless people, will be focusing on what happens after training, and – vitally - how you get behaviour to then change. He also focuses on this subject in a recent post on the Charity Consortium blog.

“L&D professionals have a key role to play in ensuring that as much learning as possible is retained, and more importantly, applied in the workplace, to ensure ROI is delivered and that the business case for learning continues to resonate,” Peter says in his blog post.

Gareth Gilleeney, Learning & Development Manager at housing and homelessness charity Shelter, will be joining Martin Baker on the lunchtime panel debate. Martin is the founder and Managing Director of the Consortium and CEO of leadership and management online development specialists LMMatters. The topic up for debate is: ‘How can L&D deliver with reduced time and budgets?’

Martin Baker commented: “I’m really pleased to see Charity L&D get the recognition that it deserves. Doing ‘More for Less’ has always been a mantra in charity L&D, and it’s great to see our members talking about the innovative, cost effective work that they are doing.”

Charities get a special 50% discount via the Consortium to attend the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition. Members of the Consortium should use the code CLCMEM when booking, charities who are not members but may be interested in the work of the Consortium, please use the code CLCNON.

The Charity Learning Consortium will also be exhibiting at WOLCE – come and see us at stand number E140

For more details of the packed World of Learning Conference programme, visit its website at www.learnevents.com

About the Charity Learning Consortium:

Efficiency through collaboration

The Charity Learning Consortium (CLC) enables cost effective eLearning in the Third Sector. We're the largest group of UK based charities collaborating to make eLearning affordable, with almost 90 charity members. The CLC makes online learning available to countless volunteers and around 100,000 Third Sector staff.

Charities join to save money, but also benefit from networking with others with similar goals, sharing resources, ideas and best practice. Members also enjoy special discounts and specialist workshops designed to help them make the most of eLearning.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do.

Find out more at www.charitylearning.org

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The Charity Learning Consortium (CLC) enables cost effective eLearning in the Third Sector making online learning available to countless volunteers and around 100,000 Third Sector staff. Find out more at www.charitylearning.org