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Facebook and social networking should be embraced by L&D professionals

Learning and development professionals should embrace Facebook, blogging and Web 2.0 technologies as powerful tools within their organisations, according to Nick Shackleton-Jones of the BBC Academy. Delegates at the CIPD’s annual conference in Manchester, as in Harrogate last year, always seem… continue

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Budget 2009 | It’ll leave you gasping for air

Lots of questions about what the 2009 Budget will entail, and at the moment, your guess is as good as mine. Actually, probably not as good, but not far off. Sunday will likely see a few leaks from Wednesday’s Budget,… continue

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CMI leadership conference wrap up

At the 2009 CMI Management & Leadership Development Forum today. The majority of participants (around 40) say they’ve seen their learning & development budgets cut. This was warned against several months ago as one of the causes of the 90s… continue

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Top 10 learning and development tips

Visitors to last month’s Learning Technologies conference gave their top learning tips to help share best practice learning and development with peers. Software provider Premier IT asked visitors to its stand provide a top learning tip and a Top 10… continue

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Skills tsar Chris Humphries warns against “the wrong sorts of training”

As unemployment hits 1.92 million, and another government minister is criticised as being out of touch with stark reality of the downturn by saying there was “light at the end of tunnel”, one man brings a little more sense to… continue

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Redundancy tips for employers

Redundancies are difficult for employers, and one mistake may result in severe consequences, financial or otherwise, for the organisation.  Here are some top tips from jobs board Monster and Insala, talent management software provider, on tackling redundancy situations. Establish an… continue

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World of Learning 2008

Up in Birmingham this week to catch up on the latest from the world of learning and development. Stalls, speeches and awards all pointed towards a brave new world for training in the upcoming recession.… continue

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Skills | Chinese takeaway the UK’s skills secrets

Imagine Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson on the eve of a massive Champions League game popping over to Spain to give the Real Madrid coaching team a few tips on how to beat his side. Or England cricket coach Peter… continue

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Silly Season | it’s already here

August is usually the height of the silly season  when the media is forced to search for ridiculous stories as little of serious note is happening. You know the sort of thing: crop circles indicate alien invasion soon; deck chair… continue

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Leadership training | Banking crisis proves its shortcomings

Scarcely a day passes without news of another major bank losing billions because of poor investments in so-called financial instruments – the sort of deals that Arthur Daly would have turned his Crombie collar up at. Doesn’t this indicate serious… continue

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