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.

The trusted place for trainers, learning developers & training advisers

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Welcome to the Learning Practitioners' Association update 281.

Are you missing out?

2010 will soon be upon us:

So what is there to look forward to:

• In early January we will be deploying the new Association web site and the more focused TrainerBase site.
• At the end of January we will be launching our new Association brand identity and logo.
• On the 27th and 28th January the Association will be exhibiting at the Learning and Skills Exhibition at Olympia (stand 190).
• During 2010 we will be implementing our new membership structure to appeal to a wider audience.
• The refer a friend reward is increasing to £25.
• Early in the year the Council will be seeking election of new members.
• Our second AGM will be held on July 2nd.

And other activities we are looking to engage in:

• Workshops on winning contracts
• Webinars on skills development
• HRD in April showcasing members and services
• A member event in July to support the L&D community
• WOLCE in September showcasing members and services

Your views on us

You are registered as a user with the Learning Practitioners' Association and have limited access to our TrainerBase web site and are not eligible for any of the benefits of membership. We are interested to understand your position.

Are you aware of all the member benefits of the Learning Practitioners' Association?

What are we not providing as a trade association that you feel we could?

What could we do to help you decide to become a member?

Many thanks.

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

As a member you would gain access to the hundreds of opportunities that get posted on the site. Has your next job has been posted?

News stories

We are keen to showcase member successes.
Send us your news stories; this is great FREE advertising.

Discussion forums

You are not alone; as a member you can ask a question of your colleagues in the  Members only forum.

New members

And recent new members receiving the benefits of the Association include:
Malcolm Pitcher, Andy Bibby,
Nigel Szymanski, Todd Heskett, Jonathan Hill, Stephen COLLIER, Beverley Moore, Dave Blackwell, Cathryn Bouaouina, Adrian Pitt.

Downloads

Do you want to generate prospects interested in what you have to offer; the Downloads page is the ideal platform.

Number of FREE downloads on the system: 1,793.

Downloads in the past 28 days: 485

Useful Stuff

Members get the opportunity to raise their profile by writing materials for the Association.

Joy Wilson has contributed another insightful article in the Useful stuff section on
Working in the Middle East.

Useful statistics

The Association publishes data, statistics and information about activity including:

• Current total number of active users.
• Current total number of UK based users.
• Number of members of the Association.
• Number of new registrations including number of new potential purchasers registering.
• Number of profile views in the past 28 days including how many are traceable to potential purchasers.
• The top 5 subjects being searched for.
• The top 30 or so keywords being used by users of the TrainerBase.
• Number of visitors to the TrainerBase web site in the past week.

The above information is advantageous to members looking to position themselves favourably in the learning and development market.