The Learning Practitioners Association: representing all individuals substantially engaged in or actively working towards consultancy, design, development and delivery of training interventions whose recipients are outside statutory education.

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Welcome to your TrainerBase update 272.

As the Learning Practitioners' Association which now incorporates TrainerBase, we continue to make progress with our engagement with the purchasing community. Carol Lewis our Business Development Officer is speaking to dozens of training officers, managers and directors in organisations such as County Councils, through manufacturing to large retail stores. With this engagement and the increasing number of purchasers signing on and using the TrainerBase web site it is even more important that members improve the appearance of their profiles.

In this weeks article which is on our .info web site I am taking populating a Full enhanced profile a little further with:

• Adding images and links.

In the previous article I outlined:

• Activating your profile, selecting a style and starting editing pages.

And in Future articles I will provide tips on:

• Search engine optimisation

• Resources, courses and programmes

If there are other topics about which you would like an explanation, please feel free to get in touch.

And do remember that the ability to find work via the site is just one of a number of benefits of being part of the Learning Practitioners Association. Others include:

• discount insurance
• free copies of TJ

What other benefits would you be interested in?

Top

Of course there is the usual activity taking place on the site and you should visit regularly to ensure you do not miss out.

Opportunities

A large number of contract opportunities were posted on the site last week. Have you seen if your next job has been posted?

News stories

We are always keen to receive news stories from members; this is great FREE advertising.

Discussion forums

Ron Rosenhead and Jane Chilman have asked questions on the Discuss page. Sheridan Webb has asked in the Members only forum.

The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition is the premier event to discover the essential suppliers, skills, inspiration, ideas and advice to ensure you are delivering the L&D solutions your organisation needs to stay ahead.

New members

New members of the Association include:
Martin Quiery, Nicki Davey,
Steve Craig, Paul Wilson,
Giovanni Trolese, Peter Mayes,
Stuart Preston, Peter Bartlett.

Downloads

Joy Wilson and Nicki Davey have recently added some resources to the Downloads section.

Number of FREE downloads on the system: 1,698.

Downloads in the past 28 days: 474

Useful Stuff

Joy Wilson is writing a series of articles on:
Working in the Middle East.

Do you have contributions that would be of interest to visitors and raise your profile? Let us know.

User statistics

Current total number of active web site users: 5,932 of which 4,166 are UK based.

Currently signed up for the newsletter: 4,946

Currently signed up for offers and ads: 5,321

Current association members: 498. Is this the economic climate hitting. The number and value of opportunities contracted via the site is holding up (over a dozen posted last week alone), if not improving.

Number of new member types in the past 28 days;

• Basic user (potential purchaser) 24
• Supplier 2
• Trainer 37

Profile views in the past 28 days; 3,893.

• Traceable: 394 (registered user on TrainerBase)
• Non traceable: 3,499 (unidentifiable visitor, search engine robot)

The top searched for subject in the past 28 days out of a total of 138 different subjects are:

• Management Development, Leadership, Coaching, Finance and Accounting and Communication Skills

And what are the top keyword searches being used in the general Search filed on the site: well here they are:

• invoice, tna, time management, coaching, opportunities, training needs analysis, jobs, kolb, trainers, assertiveness, proposal, resources, open and closed questions, open questions, sample invoice, managers guide to tna, export, insurance, evaluation, questioning, train the trainer, pdp, appraisal forms, first aid, customer service, learning styles, coaching exercises, project management, trainer, appraisal, tenders, presentation skills, management, rates.