Give something a three-latter acronym and it sounds important and powerful: HMG, USD, CID, and JCB. Then there’s CPD: not the carbon disclosure project but Continuing Professional Development. In reality, training while in employment. Many professional bodies have CPD requirements for their members: they have to keep their noses to the grind stone by keeping their knowledge and Read More
Category: E-learning
Social Media and the Law – Elearning course now live!
Do you really know what you can and can’t post? Take our elearning course for just £9.99 and find out. Read More
You need the permission of a trademark owner to use their trademark in your content. True or False?
If you’re not sure, buy our Copyright and Intellectual Property (IP) elearning course today! It’s essential for anyone who creates, edits, publishes or distributes content. And it’s only £19.99! Read More
Expert help with your writing, when you really need it
We all know what it’s like being trained. Especially if it’s a good course, with an inspiring tutor. You eagerly soak up the top tips and new ideas, and resolve to apply new lessons back at your desk. Then time passes, and while you are making every effort to control bad habits, and learn new, Read More
Managing up and down: Part 2
Here’s another thought about managing and reporting up and down to go with my top 10 tips of last week: When reporting up or down tell people what you’ve got, not what you’ve done. So many people report up by telling people what they’ve done rather than what they have achieved. We don’t want the Read More
Facebook: violence and competition
“Facebook is fuelling violence, claims judge,” says the headline. For the second time somebody on the bench has raged against Facebook. People say things on Facebook which cause a rumpus when they meet face-to-face. And then they’re in front of the bench. I can imagine a judge in Mesopotamia some 5,200 years ago raging about Read More
Why e-learning works
Companies expect to do more e-learning and mobile learning this year, according to a recent survey from the Centre for People Development . Nearly 90% of those questioned said they intended to offer more e-learning and mobile learning. It might not have been a highly scientific survey, but the results make sense to us. When Read More
Quiz your readers
When we are putting together our e-learning courses we spend a lot of time thinking about how best to get the information across. We’ve always used quizzes so that learners can check how much they’ve taken in. So it’s good to see new research highlighted by web guru Jakob Neilsen in his blog that shows Read More
NEW online Certificates for journalists
We’re really excited about our new partnership with the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) to offer two new journalism certificates. Here’s what’s happening: We at ContentETC have partnered with the PPA to develop and launch two new journalism certificates, available online and designed for writers and journalists who want to earn recognised journalism credentials. These new Read More
E-learning best for knowledge and skills
E-learning is a strong tool to impart knowledge, fact-based training. This was my central message at the EventUK conference and exhibition today in which I was a panel member. It is also works to train in skills as you can see from our portfolio of skills e-learning courses. Our number one selling course is Writing Read More