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September 2011Recommended Resource: The Plain English Campaign's 'A-Z of Alternative Words'
This handy resource will help you keep your writing clear and simple, giving hundreds of alternatives to some of the pompous words that can litter our writing.
2012 Schedule Launched
Our schedule for the next 12 months is ready. Countries covered are Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines ...read more
Training for Save the Children (South and Central Asia) completed
A training on Developing Project Proposals concluded successfully in August for Save the Children on Project Proposal Writing ...read more
ELD in East Africa, July 2011
Two courses were run in Kenya in July 2011, as well as a customised training for Tearfund UK ... read more
New Distance Training Programmes Launched
Two new Distance Training Programmes have been launched on Case Study Writing and Project Proposal Writing ...
Training for Save the Children (Indonesia) completed
From 16 - 20 May, ELD Director Neil Kendick conducted an in-house training on Project Proposal Writing for the Save the Children Indoesia Country Team in Jakarta ... read more
Training for UNFPA, Sierra Leone completed
From 6 - 10 June, ELD Director Neil Kendick conducted an in-house training on Reporting Skills and Proposal Writing for the UNFPA Country Team in Sierra Leone ... read more
L'Art de Rédiger des Rapports
Our Reporting Skills Tookit is finally available in French / Notre Toolkit sur les techniques de reportage est enfin disponible en français ... read more / lire la suite
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CUSTOMISED TRAINING FOR ORGANISATIONS
Customised Training services are courses delivered directly to your organisation, team or partners. This provides opportunities to:
- Approach training as a staff and organisational development exercise
- Ensure all staff acquire even skills and are on the same wavelength
- Develop the organisation's work, for example, by developing the same project concept
- Focus on the unique challenges facing a particular organisation
Customised Training can also have further advantages of greater time flexibility, possibility for follow-up and reduced cost per person.
ELD frequently provides training directly to organisations and their partners. While this often means adapting existing training modules to suit a particular organisation, this can also require completely designing courses from scratch based on the client's specifications. Most popular courses include Reporting Skills / Professional Writing and Project Planning / Developing Project Proposals.
All Customised Training programmes are developed through discussion and negotiation with clients, and conducted by highly experienced resource persons with extensive development knowledge and understanding of the local context.
Some recent Customised Training assignments have included:
Monitoring and Evaluation Skills for Tearfund (Nairobi, Kenya)
July 2011 - you can see a report from this training here.
Proposal Writing Training for Save the Children South and Central Asia
August 2011 - you can see a report from this training here.
Training for UNFPA (Sierra Leone)
Reporting Skills and Proposal Writing training for UNFPA, Sierra Leone (June 6 - 10 2011). See a report on this training here.
Training for Save the Children (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Project Proposal Writing for the Save the Children Indonesia Country Team at Jakarta from 16 - 20 May 2011.
Training for Save the Children Alliance Child Protection Initiative (CPI)
Training for the CPI on Project Proposal Writing (Feb 2011).
Human Resources Management Training for RDRS Bangladesh
A team of RDRS staff had joined ELD's Project manager's Toolkit training in Nepal earlier in 2010. They were so impressed, they came back in December, this time for a custom-designed training on HRM. Although just 3 days, the course covered a range of areas such as change management, getting the best out of diverse teams, handling grievances and measuring performance. Depsite time pressure, we even managed to include (by popular request) some work on presentation skills.
"The depth of knowledge of the trainer is really remarkable. He is versatile and meticulous … (and) very talented."
Training Participant
Professional Writing Training for the International Finance Corporation (Kenya)
In October 2010, ELD director Neil deisgned and delivered a four-day training plus coaching for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group in Nairobi, Kenya. The participating IFC Advisors were a multicultural group - African, European and American - and used the training as a platform not just to develop their writing skills but to also to develop case studies, brochures, reports and concept papers.
"Very practical - the skills learnt are very relevant to IFC's work."
Training Participant
Facilitation and Presentation Skills Training for SNV (Bhutan)
ELD Nepal Training Manager Uttam Uprety visited Thimpu, Bhutan, to run a customised five-day training on Facilitation and Presentation Skills for nine SNV Advisors. Combining both essential theory as well as opportunities for frequent hands-on practice, participants described the training as "excellent" and "useful for my work".
Reporting Skills Training for the Inter-American Development Bank (USA)
ELD Director Neil spent February 2010 in Washington training IDB's Grants and Co-Financing Management Unit on Reporting Skills. All participants on the training were involved in developing donor fund reports for regional projects.
"A great course that definitely helped me become a better writer."
Training Participant
Case Study Writing Training for SNV Asia (Laos and Cambodia)
This assignment was part face-to-face and part distance learning. After initial workshops were run at 4 locations in South-East Asia, participants drafted Case Studies and sent these for feedback. A final batch of Case Studies was selected, and these were developed further with their authors before final editing for publication.
"I truly appreciate your professionalism."
Laos Portfolio CoordinatorReporting Skills Training for World Vision International (Canada) in Rwanda
More than 20 participants from various World Vision International country programmes came together in Kigali for training on Reporting Skills & Professional Writing.
“This workshop opened my eyes. I used to be afraid of reports, but now everything is clear.”
Training ParticipantProfessional Writing & Presentation Skills for Biodiversity (Italy) in Turkey
A senior staff of Biodiversity in Rome was coached in Turkey on Professional Writing and Presentation Skills in the South of Turkey. One major output was an abstract developed for the IAALD XIIIth World Congress to be presented in early 2010.
"The training with you was really good and the mindmapping is getting clearer to me day by day. I look forward to following up and preparing the paper for IAALD."
Other recent customised services in Nepal included a customised Presentation Skills training for the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) as well as a Case Study and Newsletter Writing Workshop for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Please contact us to discuss your organisation's capacity building and training needs.
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