What is it with business people and meetings? I’ve lost count of the mundane, ineffective and downright pointless meetings that I have had the misfortune to attend so far this year. If one more person drags me half way across the country to attend a meeting about the meeting before it I’m pretty sure I will throw myself out of the meeting room window.
As part of our continual programme of improvement, this month UK Training News launches a new-look shop. The all new UK Training News Training Shop features an enhanced interface, with separate sections for different areas of training.
These days it seems that everyone aspires to slick PowerPoint presentations. A laptop and digital projector send words, pictures and graphs flying, twisting and blinking across a screen. It can look very impressive.
Feeling burnt out from all those demanding training sessions? Or maybe you want to make a real difference. This month I am not talking about helping your clients, but about those in a far less fortunate situation.
As we report in this issue the IT training industry is now into its third concecutive year of recession. Although there are some positive signs for 2004, there are some measures training companies can take to ensure positive results this year.
We are at the start of "the internet age" and online training is growing. Fast. Witness recent news stories about IT training and Europe wide surveys. One survey reported a 70% year-on-year increase.
Investors in People have seen a dramatic increase in employers signing up to their standard, as we report in our news section. This is great news for British industry, and of course for the training sector.
Training manager or training provider? Either way, UK Training News is a new resource for you. Ahead of the official launch in a couple of months time we are previewing a selection from our web site.
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