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December 2016

• Bob Little sang with the choir of the London City Livery Company, the Worshipful Company of Carmen - and was also a soloist - at its Carol Service in the church of St Lawrence Jewry, next to Guildhall, in the city of London.

• Bob Little chaired a session at Online Educa, Berlin, on the subject of current trends in online learning technologies. Those taking part on the 'panel' of speakers, including Bob, are all members of the international e-learning think-tank, The Company of Thought.

November 2016

• An interview with Bob Little was published in a Croatian daily newspaper - the 'Evening Post' - in connection with a major conference being held in Zagreb at the end of the month, at which he spoke. Click here to read the interview.

January 2016

• Bob Little - on behalf of a number of anonymous judges, around the world, from the corporate e-learning sector - published the seventh annual Movers and Shakers lists covering corporate e-learning in the World, North America, Europe, the UK and the Asia-Pacific region.

December 2015

• Bob Little made his debut as a conductor, conducting The Carmen Singers in two items during the Worshipful Company of Carmen's Carol Service, held in Temple Church, in the City of London, on 4th December.

November 2015

• Bob Little was the tenor soloist at the Aldenham Sailing Club's annual dinner.

July 2015

• Bob Little was interviewed - about business-to-business PR tips and techniques, as well as trends in the corporate online learning industry, by Learnnovators. You can read the interview here.

• Bob Little was also interviewed, for a podcast - published by Mind Tools - on the subject of instructional design. His co-interviewee was the New York-based instructional design specialist and teacher, Frank Troha.

June 2015

• Bob Little spoke - on 'Global trends in online learning technologies' - at an e-learning conference organised by the food company, Podravka in Koprivnica, Croatia.

• Bob Little became one of the founding principals of The Company of Thought (TCoT), an international think which aims to report and comment on trends within the corporate online learning technologies industry worldwide, independent of any vested interests. TCoT's founder principals are Craig Weiss (California, USA), David Patterson (UK) and Bob Little (UK). Other founder members of the think tank are: An Coppens (UK/ Sweden/ Belgium), Iva Matasic (Croatia), and Graeme Coomber (UK/ Australia/ Singapore).

March 2015

• Bob Little agreed to speak - on 'Global trends in online learning technologies' - at an e-learning conference taking place in Croatia in June.

• Bob Little was among the choir who led the singing at the Worshipful Company of Carmen's Foundation Day Service. The service was held at the church of St Martin-within-Ludgate, close to St Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London, on 27th March.

February 2015

• An interview with Bob Little was published in Christopher Pappas' eLearning Magazine. In the interview, Bob discussed - among other things - how to do PR successfully for clients in the online learning technologies sector around the world.

December 2014

• Bob Little spoke on 'Learning isn't changing', as part of the 'Business Educa' stream at this year's Online Educa Berlin conference, held in Berlin in early December. You can read a summary of his presentation here

• At the end of December, Bob Little retired - after serving for some six years - as the Central Baptist Association's representative on the Board of the ecumenical charity, Workplace Matters.

• Bob Little and Helen Little were among the choir who led the singing at the Worshipful Company of Carmen's Carol Service. The service was held at St Michael's church, Cornhill, in the City of London, on 9th December. The organist was Jonathan Rennert.

October 2014

• Owing to encouragingly high levels of demand, Bob Little's book, 'A Perspective on Pendley: a history of Pendley Manor', published in July by The Endless Bookcase, has been reprinted.

• Bob Little has been confirmed as one of the speakers at this year's Online Educa Berlin conference. Now in its 20th year, the event, which attracts education and learning professionals from all over Europe, takes place in Berlin in early December.

• Bob Little was among the choir who led the singing at the Installation Service for the new Master of the Worshipful Company of Carmen. The service was held at the church of St Magnus the Martyr, near The Monument in the City of London, on 15th October.

July 2014

• Bob Little's book, 'A Perspective on Pendley: a history of Pendley Manor', was published this month by The Endless Bookcase. Copies of the e-book version of the book are available from Amazon, The Endless Bookcase, Nook UK and Nook USA. Copies of the softback version are available from The Endless Bookcase, Pendley Manor (personal callers only), Tring & District Local History & Museum (personal callers only) and Bob Little.

• Bob was interviewed, on 28th July, by Nick Coffer on his radio show - on BBC Three Counties Radio - about the history of Pendley Manor.

• Bob was one of the performers at Tilehouse Street Baptist Church in Hitchin, at a concert as part of the church's 'Holiday at Home' season of events for the elderly and infirm.

May 2014

• Early in May, Bob Little gave a talk on the history of Pendley Manor - at Pendley Manor, in Tring, Hertfordshire - before an invited audience. Bob's book, 'A Perspective on Pendley: a history of Pendley Manor', is due to be published in June by The Endless Bookcase.

• Bob Little joined five other musicians in a concert to raise funds for the charity, Christian Aid, in May. The concert raised £546.12 for the charity.

January 2014

• This month, Bob Little Press & PR began working with three new clients and re-signed a previous client.

December 2013

• Once again, Bob Little was the tenor soloist at the annual Anglo-Latin American Foundation Carol Service in St James's Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, in London's West End. Among the congregation were a number of South American ambassadors, along with members of the British aristocracy. In all, some 250 people attended the service, which raised money to help children's charities in South America.

July 2013

• ME Construction, a London-based specialist refurbishment contractor, the UK's fastest growing privately owned construction company and currently 93rd in the Fast Track 100 list, published in The Sunday Times, engaged Bob Little Press & PR as its PR agency.

• Bob Little, along with other professional and semi-professional performers – under the banner of The Little Singers – performed a concert at All Saints' Church in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, to raise funds for The Children's Society.

June 2013

• Bob Little sang the role of Alfred and, in Act II, also appeared as one of the 'star guests' at the party in the opera, 'Die Fledermaus' (The Bat), written by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genιe. The opera was performed by The Pirton Players.

May 2013

• This month, Private Eye (number 1339, page 16) magazine published a story from Bob Little. It marks Bob's debut as a contributor to the Eye.

• Bob Little sang in a concert raising funds (over £510) for the charity, Christian Aid. The concert was held under the auspices of the St Albans Music Club.

April 2013

• Bob Little sang the part of John James Box, in a production of 'Cox & Box', at The Queen Mother Theatre, in Hitchin. In addition to being booked to sing in several concerts over the next few months, he is also scheduled to sing the part of Alfred in a production of 'Die Fledermaus', in Pirton, in June.

December 2012

• Bob Little sang in a number of carol services, including - as a soloist - at a service arranged by the Anglo-Latin American Foundation which, since its foundation in 1987, has raised nearly £400,000 for over 100 children's charities.

The service was held in St James' Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, in London's West End. Bob also sang in carol services in London's St Martin's-in-the-Fields (with the London Transport Choir) and at All Hallows by the Tower (with the Carmen Choir).

November 2012

• 'Perspectives on Learning Technologies', an e-book by Bob Little was published by the Endless Bookcase 

http://www.theendlessbookcase.com/ebooks/

and http://www.theendlessbookcase.com/ebooks/e-books/perspectives-on-learning-technologies/

The e-book is also available on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-On-Learning-echnologiesebook/dp/B00A9K1VVS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353416335&sr=1-1

The price on Amazon is £6.48 + VAT and the price on The Endless Bookcase is £6.28 + VAT.

• Bob Little was asked to sing the part of John James Box, in a production of 'Cox & Box', taking place next spring at the Queen Mother Theatre, in Hitchin.

October 2012

• Bob Little was one of the judges for this year's Training Journal (TJ) Awards – which are due to be presented at The Brewery, in London, in November.

July 2012

• Bob Little Press & PR client, Waste King, was featured in the Daily Telegraph - see: http://bit.ly/PTHt55

• The previous day, Waste King had been featured in an article in the Appointments section of The Sunday Times

• The following week - in the wake of this publicity - Waste King directors, Glenn Currie and Andy Cattigan, were special guests on the Nick Coffer Afternoon Show on BBC Three Counties Radio.

• Bob Little performed in a concert in Hitchin as part of the 'Holiday at Home' programme for the town's senior citizens.

• Bob Little was one of nine musicians - including the professional actor, Stuart Nurse - who helped to raise £800 for the Children's Society by performing in a fundraising concert at All Saints' Church, Berkhamsted.

April 2012

Bob Little made his debut with Chambermade Opera - in a charity fund raising concert in Great Missenden. Chambermade Opera is dedicated to raising funds for good causes via its performances.
 

March 2012

The Endless Bookcase published an e-book version of 'Edgar Evans - Extempore', the biography of one of the founder principal singers of the Royal Opera, at Covent Garden, after the War.

This insightful account of what national and international artistic life was like at the time is interwoven with fascinating anecdotes about famous people of the day set against a colourful local historic background. For more details of the e-book (price £4.97), click here
 

January 2012

• Bob Little has provided the voiceover in English for a series of English/Czech language e-learning products, marketed by EducationOnline.cz, a company based in Risuty, in the Czech Republic. For a sample, visit http://youtu.be/p80lb2IWY1w

December 2011

• The Endless Bookcase published Bob Little's (first) e-book. The e-book is called 'How to get off the Sofa and Sing like a Professional (Opera) Singer'. It is priced at £3.68 and is available from both Amazon and The Endless Bookcase. For more details, visit http://bit.ly/tFnis7 and http://amzn.to/vbkbjs

• Bob Little sang at a number of concerts and special services, including the annual Installation Service of officers for the Worshipful Company of Carmen (held at St Bartholomew the Great Church, in the City of London) and the Worshipful Company of Carmen's Carol Service (held in Guy's Hospital Chapel, in London).

November 2011

• Bob Little broke new ground by moving to the other side of the judges' desk - for the first time ever - to co-present two shortlisted entries in The Learning Awards (the winners' names are due to be announced in February 2012). The judges for these awards - presented by the Learning and Performance Institute - shortlisted Bob Little Press & PR's Switzerland-based client goFLUENT in the Training Department of the Year and Staff Development Programme of the Year categories.

• Bob Little was appointed as Chairman of EPICC, the commercial arm of Workplace Matters, an ecumenical charity which takes Christian values into the workplace. EPICC, which was launched officially in November, helps organisations wanting to make the workplace a better place to be; where people want to work because it gives them real meaning and purpose; which enable people to develop to their full potential in body, mind and spirit, and come to work as their complete selves.

September 2011

• Bob Little was one of the judges for this year's Training Journal (TJ) Awards. Bob helped to judge the Best e-learning Programme of the Year Award [The award was won, at the TJ Awards Dinner in November, by Domino's Pizza Group UK & Ireland Ltd].

July 2011

• Bob Little was one of eight musicians who helped to raise over £1,000 for the Children's Society by performing in a fundraising concert in July at All Saints' Church, Berkhamsted.

• At the end of the month, Bob sang a number of roles in Putteridge Bury G&S Society's production of ‘The G&S Sketch Show' at Henlow Theatre, in Bedfordshire, and then at the Pavilion Arts Centre in Buxton, Derbyshire, as part of the Fringe at this year's International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival. It was Bob's debut as a soloist at this Festival.

May 2011

• The project management training and development specialist, Project Agency, and Quasar, an IT training specialist which recently launched a series of video-based online learning materials, have become clients of Bob Little Press & PR.

• Bob Little was one of ten musicians who helped to raise nearly £450 for Christian Aid by performing in a fundraising concert in May for St Albans' Music Club. During the previous week, Bob sang the role of Dick Dauntless in Putteridge Bury G&S Society's production of 'Ruddigore' at the Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin.

March 2011

As a result of visiting the Rev Michael Banfield and his chaplaincy team at Luton Airport last summer - in his capacity as a Board Member of EPI Workplace Ministry, the St Albans-based ecumenical charity which takes Christian values into the workplace - Bob Little wrote a paper setting out some 'standards' for establishing and running an airport chaplaincy. This paper was, subsequently, published (online) and has been used as a guideline in re-establishing the airport chaplaincy at Melbourne Airport in Victoria, Australia.

Bob Little has been engaged to sing in the opening concert of the Fringe at this year's International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Buxton, Derbyshire, being held in July and August. The concert - called 'The Gilbert & Sullivan Sketch Show' - involves Bob in singing excerpts from the Savoy operas, in the roles of Colonel Fairfax (The Yeomen of the Guard), Richard Dauntless (Ruddigore), Strephon (Iolanthe), the Defendant (Trial by Jury), Hilarion (Princess Ida) and Luiz (The Gondoliers).

Bob Little sang with the Carmen Choir - the choir of the Worshipful Company of Carmen - in their first public performance. The choir sang at the Carmen Company's Foundation Day and Rededication Service, held at St Michael Paternoster Royal, in the city of London. The service is held annually to commemorate the Foundation of the 'Fraternyte of Seynt Katryne the Virgyn and Marter of Carters' on 19th March 1517, from which the Carmen's Company originated. The service also celebrates the life and work of the Company over the last 494 years.

February 2011

The Paris-based - but globally operating - business English language training company, goFLUENT, engaged the PR services of Bob Little Press & PR.

January 2011

Bob Little was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM).

November 2010

Bob Little chaired the European e-learning Summit, held in Sheffield. The event, organised by Learning Light and supported by learndirect and Creativesheffield, brought together Europe's top e-learning strategists, content and systems developers.

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Bob Little sang the part of Jesus in a performance of Roger Jones' musical about the life of Peter - called 'Rock'. The performance took place in St Albans. In December, Bob is scheduled to sing in a concert of Gilbert & Sullivan excerpts in Ampthill, Bedfordshire.

Bob Little has been engaged to sing the part of Richard Dauntless in a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera, 'Ruddigore', by Putteridge Bury Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

October 2010

The Guardian's Tuesday 12th October edition (Education Guardian, page 9) carried a feature, by Louise Tickle, on Bob Little Press & PR client Learning Light and the application - in Nigeria - of e-learning materials its has developed to recycle electrical and electronic waste safely. You can read the article

Bob Little sang the part of Colonel Fairfax in Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Yeomen of the Guard', in a production by the Putteridge Bury Gilbert & Sullivan Society, at the Queen Mother Theatre, in Hitchin, in October.  More...

July 2010

Bob Little Press & PR partners Bob and Helen Little began writing and broadcasting a weekly 'religious news round-up' programme on Radio Verulam ( www.radioverulam.com ) as part of the Faith Alive magazine show, broadcast on Sunday afternoons. The five minute religious news programme is broadcast around 2.10pm each Sunday.

Bob Little helped to raise nearly £900 for The Children's Society by singing, as a soloist, in a charity concert at All Saints' Church, Berkhamsted. Bob sang operatic excerpts from composers including Handel, Bononcini, Mozart, Sullivan and Puccini, as well as songs by Quilter and Loewe.

May 2010

• Bob Little Press & PR joined the The Prince's Mayday Network (http://www.maydaynetwork.com/what-is-mayday).

Convened by Business in the Community, the Network is a collaboration of businesses at all stages on the low carbon journey.

Named after the international 'Mayday Mayday' distress signal and founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2007, the Network's aim is to inspire, engage, support and challenge as many businesses as possible as they work together towards a sustainable future.

• Bob Little took part - via Skype - in a seminar for second year students of public relations held at a university in Prague in the Czech Republic. Bob took questions from the students - who are all from Belgium but who are studying in the Czech Republic.

The seminar was conducted by Dr Ladislava Knihova, who is on the staff of the university. Bob discussed some of the general principles of PR, explored how PR has changed in recent years with the advent of online PR and social media, and answered some questions. A podcast of Bob's contribution to the seminar is available here

• For the second successive year, Bob Little was asked to help judge the 'Best E-learning Programme' category of the annual Training Journal (TJ) Awards. The Awards will be presented, in London, on 21st September.

• As if to confirm Bob Little Press & PR (BLPPR)'s worldwide credentials, the BLPPR website has been visited in the last month by viewers in 25 countries covering all the world's continents except for Antarctica.

To date, the UK leads the way with 59% of the visitors to the website, followed by the USA (12%), India (11%) and the Czech Republic (5%). Next on the list comes Eire, France and Canada.

• Bob Little has been engaged to sing the part of Colonel Fairfax in Putteridge Bury Opera's production of 'The Yeomen of the Guard'.

March 2010

Bob Little played the roles of the disciples Peter and Thaddeus in a new play for radio about The Crucifixion. The play, which was recorded in March, was broadcast in April – on Good Friday – on Radio Verulam. Helen Little was also in the cast – playing the role of a serving girl.

Putteridge Bury Gilbert & Sullivan Society recruited Bob Little to play the role of Luiz in its production of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera, 'The Gondoliers', scheduled for performance in April.

January 2010

Bob Little was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London by Redemption and also admitted into the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Carmen by Redemption.

According to the City of London's website  'One of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence today is the granting of the Freedom of the City of London.  It is believed that the first Freedom was presented in 1237.'

The website also says: 'Although the Freedom is not an honour or award except in the case of Honorary Freedom, many people who have lived or worked in the City are proud to become part of the City's history by becoming freemen. The Freedom remains a unique slice of London history and the City of London is keen to maintain it as a living tradition.'

November 2009

Bob Little was elected and admitted as a Freeman to the Worshipful Company of Carmen.

The Worshipful Company of Carmen is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Originally the City's carters, 'carmen' were first recorded in London in 1277.

The Carmen's Guild was founded in 1517. It became a Livery Company in 1848 and received chartered status in 1946. In particular, the Company supports the transport industry.

Bob Little sang the part of Earl Tolloller in a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera, 'Iolanthe', performed by the Radlett Light Operatic Society.

July 2009

The Daily Mirror's Thursday 23rd July edition (page 50) carried a feature on Bob Little Press & PR client Basil Plews and his new book on buying a franchise, 'The Franchise Way'.

The specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, appointed Bob Little Press & PR as its PR agency. Amnis, has recently reported strong growth over the past year. In particular, the company has seen its annual turnover rise by 60 per cent and gross profit rise by some 15 per cent, with the strongest growth in its training and transformational change support areas.

Bob Little was appointed Consultant Editor on Learning and Technology for HR-eXceL newsletter, a fortnightly publication produced in Singapore to serve readers throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Bob Little has been asked to sing the part of Earl Tolloller in a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic – and satirical - opera 'Iolanthe' by the Radlett Light Operatic Society.

June 2009

Bob Little appeared - as one of The Little Singers - in a concert at The Archway Theatre in Horley, Surrey, on 14th June.

Later in the month, Bob attended the Training Journal Awards, at The Commonwealth Club, Northumberland Avenue, London.

Bob Little returned to Radio Verulam (92.6FM and www.radioverulam.com) to co-present the 'Faith Alive' radio magazine programme with Elspeth Jackman.

May 2009

Bob Little was the tenor soloist at a concert, held on 9th May at St Paul's Church, St Albans, to raise funds for Christian Aid. The event raised over £430 for the charity.

March 2009

Bob Little was asked to help judge the 'Best E-learning Programme' category of this year's Training Journal (TJ) Awards. The Awards will be presented, in London, on 23rd June.

Bob Little was the guest on 'Tracks of your life', a Radio Verulam (92.6FM and www.radioverulam.com) programme where a guest talks about his/her life and chooses relevant music. The programme was broadcast on Sunday 29th March.

February 2009

Bob Little returned to Radio Verulam (92.6FM and www.radioverulam.com) on Sunday 15th February to co-present a one-hour radio magazine programme with Elspeth Jackman. Called 'Faith Alive', the programme had a Valentine's Day theme.

March 2006:

Bob Little chaired the Tata Interactive Higher Education Forum at the Tanaka Business School within Imperial College, London, on 29th March. 

At the Forum, e-learning specialists from a number of higher education institutions including the London School of Economics, the Open University, De Montfort University and Cranfield University as well as Imperial College, London, debated key issues relating to e-learning within the higher education sphere.
Then, after having attended almost every eLearning Network(eLN) meeting held over the last 14 years, Bob was asked to make his debut as chair of the eLN's March meeting (held in London on 31st March). The meeting examined new technologies in learning.

November 2005: 

Bob Little chaired the Tata Learning Forum (TLF) for Australasia, held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This TLF is one of a series of similar conferences, now being held regularly around the world, which bring together thought leaders in the fields of training and online learning. 

In February 2005, Bob chaired the TLF, at the Hilton Hotel, in Hyde Park, in London.

TLF events are organised by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) (www.tatainteractive.com), the global e-learning producer, and attendance is by invitation only. 

October 2005: Bob Little presented the inaugural E-Learning Awards (www.elearningage.co.uk/awards), hosted by E-Learning Age magazine (www.elearningage.co.uk) in association with the eLearning Network (www.elearningnetwork.org), at a gala dinner held at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London. 

In addition to the awards, which were sponsored by City & Guilds, the evening provided an opportunity to raise over £1,600 for the charity, Ability Net (www.abilitynet.org.uk) – a UK charity which aims to bring the benefits of computer technology to adults and children with disabilities.

Vaughan Waller, chairman of the eLearning Network (ELN), the UK's leading professional association for users and developers of e-learning, whose members helped to judge the entries and arrive at the shortlist, explained: “The primary objective of the e-Learning Awards is to recognise excellence in the e-learning industry – publicly acknowledging the programmes, projects and strategies which have enjoyed the greatest success this year.

"Crucially, the e-Learning Awards recognise contributions through the eyes of learners themselves - the users - as well as the suppliers. In this way, the awards ceremony both recognises unique, outstanding work and reflects the impartiality of the ELN and the Awards' co-sponsors, e.Learning Age magazine."