Although Pyramid Learning is a new partner, its Co-Founders – Mike Culligan and John Cropper – are old friends of PM4NGOs. In fact, Mike and John wrote the first version of PMD Pro back in 2010 and actually created PM4NGOs itself.
So in many ways, it is not ‘welcome’ but ‘welcome home’.
Mike and John have a simple mission for Pyramid Learning. They want to make quality learning appropriate, accessible and actionable. In other words, they want to help those doing good, do even better”.
The necessity for lifelong learning is well-established. Having become certified, fresh learning experiences help professionals to maintain their knowledge and keep up-to-date with the latest developments. Many professional qualifications are no longer valid for life, and holders must demonstrate Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in order to retain their credentials. PMD Pro+ offers a range of activities for just this purpose.
The PMD Pro and Program DPro certifications help you to gain and affirm knowledge of project and program management in the development sector. Becoming certified is a great achievement. But don´t stop there!
APEX Global (www.apexgloballearning.com), one of the Philippines’ leading learning solutions providers, announced that they have partnered with PM4NGO, an international NGO that promotes project management in the international development sector, to provide courses tailored towards the said sectors starting with the PMD Pro Certification.
“The development landscape here in the Philippines has grown significantly in the past few years.”, said Karthik Subburaman, ASSIST Asia’s Regional Director, one of APEX Global’s clients. “I have worked with project managers who are well versed with several international PM frameworks but are unfamiliar with how the development sector operates and carries out projects”
PM4NGOs gladly announce Weircapacity as new training partner.
Written by: Weircapacity
Over the years,
we have executed projects in small towns and rural communities across Africa
and found that a significant number of projects fail due to inadequate project
management capacity. The peculiar nature of the development sector and the
areas in which they operate makes it imperative for organizations to build
in-house capacity in project management, with a focus on development projects.
Written by: Game Changer Team
PM4NGOs gladly announce Game Changer as our new training partner.
Welcome to Game Changer! We are excited to officially introduce ourselves on the PM4NGOs blog and begin our partnership in making the world a better place. We are a global training organization and consultancy, working hard to support NGOs, charities and other development organizations in their work. Our mission is to accelerate positive change by consulting, coaching and delivering training programs to the highest quality standard. We have worked across the globe including the UK, Kenya and Bangladesh and have seen the incredible results our clients have achieved by applying the high-impact principles of PMD Pro on their projects. Perhaps seeing these results is the most rewarding part of our work and what keeps us so passionate as a team.
Continue reading “Game Changer, a new training partner”
This article was originally published on Humentum by Education Technology Insights.
According to the 2017 State of the Industry report from the Association for Talent Development, in 2016 the average employer spent $1273 per person per year on professional development, representing more than 100 billion dollars. A 2010 McKinsey study estimated that only 25 percent of spending on training led to measured results. This means roughly the GDP of Delaware worth of training each year leads to no measurable results.
This is simply not acceptable. As learning and development professionals, we have a responsibility to support not just learning but learning transfer and improved results in the workplace.
So, it’s important to ask a few questions:
These are big questions, but the proposed answer is quite simple: support learning retention. Granted, this is not a magic bullet but it’s a step in the right direction. And it can be done with a tool we already use every day, making this approach accessible and effective. Continue reading “The Importance of Learning Retention Programs”
Group photo showing participants and the Facilitator, at the end of the PMD Pro level 1 training held at Caritas Nigeria HQ in Abuja. The training had participants from Local NGOs carrying out humanitarian services and community mental health projects in North Eastern Nigeria, as well as in Benue State of Nigeria. Continue reading “PMD Pro Picture of the Month – August, 2018”
The PMD Pro 1 Training took place between July 10 and 13 in Araçuaí (Minas Gerais state) for professionals from 15 ChildFund Brasil local partners located in Vale do Jequitinhonha and Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais state). The training was facilitated by project advisors Saulo Esteves, Michel Ferreira and José Wendel. The training ended with the certification exam for 25 participants on Friday (07/13).
Saulo Esteves, Project Advisor from Vale de Jequitinhonha, the training leader, said: “The objective of the moment was to enable the certification of the social organizations participants in PMD Pro and to improve the learning of the tools so that the participants can apply them and / or co-create them in their organizations and communities. ” He also said that, during the training, participants “focused” on the moments of the classes, simulations, problem solving and practical integrative activities carried out focusing on the tools knowledge.
Douglas Soares, participant in the training and Social Educator of the AMPLIAR organization in Minas Novas (Minas Gerais city), commented that the meeting was dynamic and he was able to learn and focus more on subjects, through the approaches and dynamics of groups used by the facilitators, among them the PMD Pro Show, an adaptation of “Show do Milhão” (a brazilian TV show) – creation of the Project advisors to work in a more playful simulation issues and catch the attention of the trainers. He also commented that “can’t wait to bring the tools into the organization and further increase their impact on each project and idea.”
This article was originally published on the website of the CHS Alliance by Faye Ekong.
What makes training stick: The trainee, the training and the workplace environment.
Commitment 8 of the CHS emphasizes the importance of supporting staff to implement their work effectively. Organisations generally agree that competent, well managed, motivated and engaged staff are crucial in ensuring the communities and populations we serve receive the assistance they need. However, the question arises on how to ensure that staff are able to develop necessary competencies and more importantly succeed in applying and transferring them to their daily work.
Frequently, the default reaction by many organisations, HR practitioners and managers is to view training as the solution to address performance and competency issues within their teams. At the same time, our workforce is increasingly demanding and expecting a formal training to come their way now and again.
But what actually makes training stick after the curtains have closed, the certificates are issued and the participants have departed? How come some trainings have more of an impact than others and how come some people are able to apply their learning back in their jobs and others aren’t? Continue reading “Training is not the “Magic” Formula but the Line Manager Is”
NGOs are addressing the need for a power shift in the sector, and to do this we need to change our approach to leadership!
Social Leadership is a reputation-based form of authority, leading with humility, fairness and authenticity, grounded in reputation.
Working with expert Julian Stodd, founder of Sea Salt Learning, Humentum has been offered free access to their latest MOOC focussing on social leadership. Join leaders from around the world as we work towards shifting power in the right way!
In this MOOC explore 9 aspects of Social Leadership:
CURATION – finding your space,
STORYTELLING – understanding narratives and power,
SHARING – adding to the signal, not just making more noise,
COMMUNITY – visible and hidden communities and our roles within them,
REPUTATION – our actions have impact, how we influence this,
AUTHORITY – types of power, awarded to us, if we earn it ,
CO-CREATION – co-creative process in communities,
SOCIAL CAPITAL – drive for equality and fairness in everything we do
COLLABORATION – the pinnacle and the start of Social Leadership.
