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Happy New Year
Welcome to the first TrainerBase update (number 247) of 2009.
Many of the pundits within the media along with government are
telling us that 2009 is going to be a challenging year. Bring it on:).
Last year ended on a high for the Association as we have increased
our membership by 20% and our revenues by 40% over the year.
TrainerBase has high hopes for the Association and its members and
expects to increase the value of contracts won via the site from the
estimated (based on our own research) £1.65 million to over £2 million.
Key to this is our new Commercial Manager, Barry who will have a focus
on purchasers and raising awareness of the benefits of using the
Association to source independent trainers including expansion of the
Brokering Service recently trialled successfully.
TrainerBase is pursuing a number of avenues including ISO, SFEDI, LSC
and QCA with regards to The Standard; the expectation is that it will
become a 'main stream' accreditation seen as the 'de facto' for the
independent sector. To find out more about how you can benefit from the
Standard and the CLP accreditation we have spaces left on the following
free workshop.
- Saturday 24th January 2009:
De Vere Venues, Staverton Park, Daventry Road, Staverton, Daventry,
Northamptonshire, NN11 6JT. Northampton and Rugby main line stations
are both approximately 12 miles away.
To book your place on either of these workshops please email
heatherg@trainerbase.co.uk
or call 01239 711544.
Purchasers are telling us that they are being more considered with
their budgets and are looking for ways of maximising their spend. Using
the Association will grow in popularity and CLP will become part of
their selection criteria.
All the best for 2009 and we look forward to:
Helping trainers find business and business find
trainers.
Peter
Peter Mayes
Chief Executive
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In this update
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Opportunities
A list of contract opportunities. Average value
£12,500. Could you be missing out?
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New members
Recent members who have joined the site.
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Discuss
Forums for user and member dialogue.
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Subjects
Details of TrainerBase and member surveys on
training related topics.
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Statistics
For those of you interested in numbers, here you
will find current and new membership, trainer
searches and subjects being searched for.
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TrainerBase is please to announce that we are Exhibiting at Learning
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The following
have been posted on the site in the past
week or so:
Please do be aware that some opportunities are posted and then
removed before they appear in the weekly update. It is advisable to
check the site periodically as I do not always send out alerts. If you know of a friend who would be interested in any of the
opportunities posted on the site, please feel free to forward them this
email (not give them details of the opportunities) and ask them to use
this referral code when joining the site: - TB21!*USERID*!07. You will
be rewarded for referring the friend.
When considering applying for an opportunity, members should check
the requirements including; Subject, Sector Skills and Level Experience.
If you do not match the requirement you should not apply for the
opportunity, this practice is becoming very unpopular amongst purchasers
and other trainers.
If you are interested in using this facility as a way of sourcing
independent contractors but are not sure about the best way to approach
it, please feel free to email
info@trainerbase.co.uk.
Notice:
Opportunities are restricted information for subscribers only and
must not be distributed to non paying members or associate groups.
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We welcome the following new members to the site:
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TrainerBase is please to announce that we are
Exhibiting at Learning Technologies.
Visit us on Stand 35.
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TrainerBase has 2 forums for dialogue and discussion; the Discuss
page in the Common links is the open forum for all users; the Members'
Forum is for subscribers only to comment and share information that is
more commercially sensitive or specific to the Association.
Recent posting include:
Open Forum
Members' Forum
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Somewhere in the region of 100 new 'subjects' were added to the
system last year. This year we are off to a good start as we have added
a new Sector Category - Financial Markets. The subjects within this are:
- Equity Markets:
Funding corporate growth through public share issues and ownership.
Also includes the trading of corporate ownership in order secure
returns beyond market expectations.
- Fixed Income:
Focusing on an investment strategy that secures, regular low risk
income (interest) without the aspect of corporate ownership. For
example, the Bond market.
- Portfolio (Fund) Management:
The construction and maintenance of a collection of assets that
together contribute to a singe investment strategy. This entails the
protection of returns through efficient risk management.
- Risk Management:
The financial models used and measures taken to offest adverse
markets conditions with regard to protection of investment returns.
- Derivatives:
The understanding of instruments that are derived from standard
equity and debt securities, also commodities, e.g. Futures, Options,
Swaps, etc.
- Compliance (Regulation):
Understanding the laws, conventions and trends that seek to protect
investors and ensure safe markets. A key area in current economic
circumstances!
- Investment Strategies:
The approaches taken to secure 'alpha' (above the expectation)
returns. These range from the simple and passive to complex and
active.
- Trading:
The offering here in one of understanding the attributes of a
successful Trader. This includes stock picking via fundamental
and/or technical analysis, position maintenance and risk management,
together with the necessary discipline with regard to market entry
and exit points.
Part of the Associations approach to getting more contracts for
members will be the development of ties with other sector organisations;
the Financial Markets being just one.
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As a way of gauging how busy and popular TrainerBase is, the
following statistics might be of interest to you:
- Average monthly visitors to the site (2008): 40,000.
- Current total number of active members: 6,408 of which 4,384 are UK
based.
- Currently signed up for the newsletter: 5,122
- Currently signed up for offers and ads: 5,656
- Profile views in the past 28 days; 4,553
Number of new member types in the past 28 days;
- Basic user (potential purchaser) 13
- Supplier 1
- Trainer 63
- Change Management, Management Development, Leadership, Business
Development, and Finance and Accounting, are the top searched for subject in
the past 28 days. A total of 127 different subjects were searched for.
- And what are the top keyword searches being used in the
general Search filed on the site: well here they are: tna, invoice, kolb,
proposal, open questions, presentation skills, training needs analysis,
assertiveness, coaching, nebosh, opportunities, train the trainer,
invoices, communication, pdp, sample invoice, appraisal forms,
appraisals, management and mental health. So when was the last time you checked your Keywords in Edit
Profile, to ensure you are being found? And how many of you have your
name in your keywords?? I advise you to add it as this search facility
is being used to find individuals and it does not currently check any
other attributes other than the keywords field.
TrainerBase has started a major marketing
campaign to raise the profile of CLP amongst the 1,000+ purchasers listed as
wanting to be kept up to date with the Association. TrainerBase is also
actively seeking requests for recommendations within various digests and
online communities. And we are now receiving up to a dozen phone calls or
email requests a week for trainers or recommendations.
If you would like to be
part of these campaigns please
sign up to the CLP accreditation.
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TrainerBase is keen to get feedback about the site, the updates and
other notifications. If you want something considered, then we need to
know. Can't guarantee that we can do anything, but unless we know how
can we consider it.
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Regards
Peter
Founder and Chief Executive
TrainerBase
The Association for Learning Practitioners
01239 711544
peterm@trainerbase.co.uk
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