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An elearning cautionary tale I: What went wrong with the online training scheme

As promised, this post offers my perspective on what went wrong with the training scheme scenario I described a couple of weeks ago: (Original post: An elearning cautionary tale I: Our online training scheme). What went wrong Fundamentals The problems started immediately with the MD’s own attitude. On one hand, it’s great that he takes [...]

How to set up your brand new blog

Starting a blog is simple if you use a site like Blogger or WordPress.com. You just enter your details and away you go. Or you can have more control over design and plug-ins with a WordPress blog on your own hosted site. In either case, there are other things to think about, which are best [...]

An elearning cautionary tale I: Our online training scheme

Picture this scenario: The MD of a mid-sized service sector organisation attends a business networking lunch where someone from a learning software company gives a presentation showing an exciting-looking product designed to be up and running quickly and easily. All you need to do is set it up on your server, add some text and [...]

Building your internet presence wisely

Have you ever seen one of those property shows on TV where the amateur developers decide to forgo the services of an architect and go directly to the builders? At worst, the build ends in disaster. At best, they experience unnecessary and expensive delays, backtracks and panic-stricken compromises… The analogy of the architect, builder and [...]

UK Government IT projects: maybe it’s not the IT that’s the problem

We hear a lot of complaints about bloated government IT projects being doomed to failure, but what if it’s not the IT project that’s the problem? Could the NHS’s well-meaning attempt to allow us online access to our own medical records fail for other more mundane reasons? Case in point… I recently received a letter [...]

6 ways to treat job candidates humanely

How humane is your recruitment process from the candidate’s perspective? Caveats It is true that this post is not about either web strategy or online learning, but I’ve recently heard the sad tale of a friend’s quest to find new employment, and memories of my own experiences with the recruitment process from both sides of [...]