Gain much more than momentum.
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Are you on the learning map?

This is your chance to show what your workplace is doing for Learning at Work Day 2008 and find out what others are planning up and down the country. Add your details and create the first country-wide Google map of learning.

If you still want to tell us what you are doing for Learning at Work Day but don't want to publicise your events, let us know by registering here.

Build up interest for Learning at Work Day within your organisation by using our promotional tips. Make sure your colleagues know what's happening for your Learning at Work Day by using our downloadable posters.

 

Hoping to gain much more than momentum this LAW Day?

Then enter our best event award. Investors in People is sponsoring the Learning at Work Day 2008 best event award for 'business improvement through learning'. This will be awarded to the one organisation that can best demonstrate the business benefits that have resulted from it's Learning at Work Day learning and development activities.

To find out more about Learning at Work Day, on 22 May, and how to enter for the award visit www.learningatworkday.com

 

Want to order cheese in French?

London Languages can help. They are offering free language tasters at your office in Central London for the week of Learning at Work Day (19-23 May). London Languages can offer:

  • a complementary 30 minute Taster Session in French, Spanish, German or Mandarin with some useful words and expressions for a trip abroad
  • a Language Stand hosted by tutors with learning materials, language tests, quizzes, fluency assessments

London Languages specialises in corporate language tuition. For more information contact Lynn Ansell at lynn@londonlanguages.com or call on 020 7233 8205.

 

A chance to widen horizons

OpenLearn offers free higher education to everyone plus the opportunity to talk and learn with others all around the world. OpenLearn is an initiative from The Open University, which gives free access to its course materials in thirteen subject areas ranging from Arts and History to Society and Technology. You and your colleagues can take part by visitng
www.openlearn.open.ac.uk

Open Learn, in tune with Adult Learners Week, encourages people to pursue adult learning - either to catch up on skills not learnt at school, to learn for or at work, or to learn for fun.

More free resources ...

Want to make positive changes in yourself and others?
Want to deal with a problem in a completely new way?

Join Margaret Parkin, author of 'Tales for Trainers' and corporate storytelling expert on Thursday 22nd May - Learning at Work Day for a Tele-class on 'How to use Storytelling at Work'. This 45 minute tele-class will give you new ideas and practical insights that you can use straight away to motivate and mobilise individuals, teams and organisations

There are a number of free places for those booking before 9 May for more information, go to www.success-stories.co.uk

Shrink your business carbon footprint

It's easy to start saving energy in the workplace and take those first steps towards reducing your company's carbon footprint. For example, turn off the photocopier overnight and you could save enough energy to make 30 cups of tea.

For more energy saving tips, and for information about the range of products and services available from the Carbon Trust to help shrink your company's carbon footprint visit
www.carbontrust.co.uk/shrink

Memorable Learning Offer!

Do you or your colleagues want to remember everything you learn on Learning at Work Day? On 12th May, Brain in Business™ will host a FREE lunch-time teleseminar - Sustain Your Learning™ - for those holding Learning at Work Day events. In this 60-minute special, Ann and Stella will share methods they use to help people retain learning - with up to 100% recall!

Phone lines are limited to the first 60 people, so don't delay and register today, at Brain in Business

For more resources to use for your Learning at Work Day visit our A-Z resources section.

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