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Spirituality’s place in project management

The importance of developing a workforce’s spiritual intelligence as well as its intellectual and emotional abilities is set out in three programmes recently uploaded to the PM Channel (www.thepmchannel.com), an online television channel specialising in project management. The programmes feature Alan Harpham, who, among other things is the Chairman of Workplace Matters, an [...]

Solving parking enforcement problems cost-effectively

  LogiXML (www.logixml.com) the provider of next generation, web-based business intelligence (BI) software, is demonstrating its technology at Parkex, Europe's largest dedicated trade Parking Exhibition, which is being held at the National Hall, Olympia, London, on 17th and 18th April.   Known for pioneering a highly embeddable web-based architecture for integration within other products, LogiXML [...]

Blended learning project on EU governance

People working for the European Commission, Parliament, its Bodies and Agencies will now have access to state-of-the-art online blended learning materials and programs on EU decision making, law and policies. The contract to supply these materials has been awarded to The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA, the leading centre of European learning and development [...]

Chaplains to the Emergency Services wanted

Workplace Matters (WM), a charity which has over 50 years’ experience providing chaplaincy to a wide range of organisations within the private, not-for-profit and public sectors, is launching a recruitment drive for people to serve as chaplains to the emergency services in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.   Most of WM’s chaplains – who give [...]

Champagne flows for e2train

E-Learning Age, the magazine which organises the UK’s E-Learning Awards has announced that e2train – the supplier of learning, performance, talent management and succession planning technologies - has signed up as exclusive sponsors of the event’s champagne reception.   The E-Learning Awards (www.elearningage.co.uk/categories.aspx) – which, this year, incorporate 17 categories - are open to anyone [...]

By | March 7th, 2012|Categories: Learning Technologies|Tags: |9 Comments

Recycled computers help autistic Matthew

Waste King, the environmentally-friendly specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has found an unusual outlet for it to recycle old computers. It has given a number of old computers – discarded by its customers – to Matthew, a young man who has severe autism and a complete fascination with computers. Matthew will take these computers [...]

By | March 7th, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , , |4 Comments

Realising the benefits of ‘BI’

Having enjoyed 80 per cent year-on-year growth in 2011, LogiXML, the web-based business intelligence (BI) software specialist, is expanding its Partner Program in North America and Europe. According to Brett Jackson, CEO, LogiXML, the business intelligence and analytics market is large and continues to grow. The code-free development environment of LogiXML’s flagship product, Logi Info, [...]

By | February 28th, 2012|Categories: Business Technology|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Colin, the Giant African Land Snail, continues his charm offensive

Colin, the Giant African Land Snail which the environmentally-friendly specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, Waste King, saved last year from being consigned to the ‘great green bin in the sky’ by one of its customers, has become both a teaching aid and a great hit with Sophie Dowling’s class at St Cuthbert Mayne School, [...]

By | February 24th, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , |6 Comments

Mobile learning English iPhone application

    goFLUENT, a lprovider of business English via distance learning, has launched a Business English Training iPhone App. This App, which has been approved by Apple and is now available on Apple’s App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gofluent-elearning/id484994915?ls=1&mt=8), is the mobile version of goFLUENT’s e-learning portal for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users.   Christophe Ferrandou, CEO [...]

By | February 22nd, 2012|Categories: Learning Technologies|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Waste King’s weapon is environmental friendliness – and professionalism…

Customers choose to use Waste King - the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company – primarily because of its environmental friendliness in guaranteeing to recycle at least 85 per cent of all the waste that Waste King collects. In reality, the figure is now over 90 per cent. A recent survey of Waste [...]

By | February 16th, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment