Welcome to the first edition of Nelson Croom’s new Partners’ e-Newsletter. Each quarter we’ll be bringing you news and information to help you manage and promote your online CPD courses. Recently we’ve been working hard to bring together some new resources for you and we’re now excited to announce the launch of the Partners’ Area of our website. July also sees the launch of peer-enriched learning. You may already have heard us mention this innovative approach to online CPD – keep reading to find out more. We know that it’s not always easy to remember how to find the information you need in Imago, so we’ve released some technology tips to help you – see how you can check your registration numbers below. We hope that you find the newsletter useful. We want to ensure that we’re providing you with a resource that meets your needs so if there’s anything you’d like to see here (or on the website) just get in touch and let us know! In this issue: Resources, tips and information to help you  Stimulate debate with peer-enriched learning How do you get the best from your online CPD? Get more from our technology How professional associations are helping members in the recession Course spotlight: The Budgeting Game We’ve just launched a brand new Partners’ Area on the Nelson Croom website. Designed to help you with the management, sales and promotion of your online CPD courses the pages contain information such as: Course briefs: product briefs to add your branding to, or short descriptions to use in your marketing Marketing tips and tricks: ideas to help promote your online CPD  Using Imago: get the most out of our technology We’ll be adding to the site in the coming months so if there’s something that you’d particularly like to see then just let us know. There’s been a buzz in the office the last few weeks as we’ve been getting our very first peer-enriched learning courses ready (you can read more about The Budgeting Game below). Peer-enriched learning is our new approach to online CPD. These courses provide a powerful learning experience that stimulates debate and dialogue amongst learners and provide a valuable and evolving resource of professional knowledge and experience. Alan Nelson sums it up for us: “For some subjects there isn’t a right or wrong answer – just different approaches. These are topics that we think benefit from the peer-enriched learning treatment. Of course, there will always be subjects that you need to learn about from an expert and our technical and business skills courses focus on an in-depth approach to disseminating that knowledge to the learning. But for something like how to manage the recession, that’s not always the best method. The learner knows their business inside out – we don’t want to teach them how to run it but instead to help them to think about the issues and how they can apply them in their own particular situation. In this instance, knowledge and experiences of others in similar situations and industries is very valuable and it’s that sharing of knowledge that peer-enriched learning stimulates.” Peer-enriched learning courses take a topic and encourage learners to think about their own techniques and application, share their knowledge and experience and to learn from their peers. The learning takes place in three ways: 1. Self reflection 2. Learning from the expert 3. Learning from peers Find out more about the peer-enriched learning approach   We want your feedback, tips and thoughts on how to get the most out of your online CPD. What works for you and what doesn't? Do some marketing campaigns get brilliant results? How do you keep in touch with your members? We'd like to share your experiences with other Nelson Croom partners. If you've got a tip or idea that could feature in the next newsletter, we'd love it if you could get in touch and let us know.    Our technology, Imago, contains some great features to help with the management and promotion of your courses. To help you get the most from the system we’ve published 9 tips in the Partners’ Area. For a taster, here’s tip 1 (to see the other 8 just visit the website) How do I check registration numbers? 1. Select the course that you want to look at in Imago Manager 2. Click on Usage Monitor 3. Select Usage logs: Registrations for course name 4. Your report will be compiled N.B. This report runs for the last 7 days. To select a different timescale change the option in the Period drop-down at the top of the screen. If you want to check registrations for all of your courses at one time, it may be quicker to go to: Usage Monitor > Summary Usage Charts Select Gateway Programme Registrations in the right-hand column. Don't forget to check our our new Imago tips in the Partners' Area    At a recent CPD Forum event, Alan was interested to hear details of how professional associations are helping members suffering from the effects of the recession. If you weren't able to make it, you might be interested in his blog entry on the subject.    One of two new peer-enriched learning courses, The Budgeting Game explains the barriers to effective budgeting and enables learners to create and manage more successful budgets. The author's practical experience, coupled with many hours discussing the issues in the classroom, enables him to frame the key questions and open the debate about how to create an effective and efficient budgeting process. The Budgeting Game enables learners to: choose the most appropriate budgeting method devise ways to overcome weaknesses in their current budgeting system consider ways of better communicating and presenting budgets to non-financial staff meet the varying budget preparation needs of different departments. If you haven't yet asked for The Budgeting Game to be added to your online CPD portfolio, drop us a line now. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to colleagues who may find it interesting. If you'd prefer not receive issues in the future, you can unsubscribe here (please note that this will also opt you out from Nelson Croom News and details of special offers). Registered in England under Company No. 3924989 Registered office: N307 Westminster Business Square, 1-45 Durham Street, London SE11 5JH info@nelsoncroom.co.uk www.nelsoncroom.co.uk