Partners and General Technology PM Services Membership Content/Impact
Vision: Anyone working to reduce poverty and alleviate suffering in the developing world will have access to world class learning opportunities at little or no cost Mission Statement: LINGOs promotes sustainable global development by increasing the skills of the people delivering programs around the world Through the application of state-of-the-art learning technologies Through collaboration among organizations delivering services Through public-private partnerships to bring new resources to the sector
2006 Serve Staff of iNGOs 2009 iNGO Staff and partners 2011 Anyone LINGOs Mission Evolution
Possible Participants: GOAL Sudan (partner w TNC) Possible: Aga Khan Foundation Afghanistan (partner with Islamic Relief or ACDI/VOCA) 2 more possibles LINGOs Objective Create more automated resources – allow us to scale up Test new approaches - Gather data
89 MindLeaders courses to be added soon: Communication in the Workplace (3 courses) Customer Service for Managers (2 courses) Customer Service Fundamentals (5 courses) Project Management Professional Certification 2011 (8 courses) Access 2010 (1 course) Excel 2010 (1 course) Excel 2010 MOS (2 additional courses) Outlook 2010 (1 course) PowerPoint 2010 (1 course) SharePoint 2010 (1 course) Word 2010 (1 course) Word 2010 MOS (3 additional courses) Cisco SWITCH (7 courses) Cisco TSHOOT (9 courses) CompTIA Security (10 courses) VMWare Certified Professional VCP-410 (11 courses) Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 MCTS (10 courses) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database Design MCTS (13 courses)
Web Conferencing Tools: Default version will switch to Blackboard Collaborate v11 on or around December 31, 2011 LINGOs support of Elluminate Live! v10 will end on December 31, 2011 Blackboard Collaborate support of Elluminate Live! v10 will continue until December 31, 2012 Additional “What’s New in Bb Collaborate v10” webinars by LINGOs on: 10/20/2011 – 12:00 PM Eastern 10/27/2011 – 8:00 AM Eastern Session(s) in Spanish to be scheduled in November or December LMS Administrators Community: Updates coming soon
PM Capacity building WVI – East and Southern Africa GEPAL – Guatemala, Panamá, Paraguay, Brazil IAP – Haiti ChildFund – Guatemala and Americas RedR (UK) and InsideNGO (US) Productizing Role of technology Evidence of impact Access local NGOs
9 “A dream come true” - WVI It allows us to be more effective in planning, making decisions and obtaining results. By implementing the tools we can optimize our resources, manage ongoing projects well and look for new opportunities – CIAM Panamá We are using the Work Breakdown Structure, RACI and the whole PMPro Guide to prepare and write new projects and obtain financing from international organizations AMA - Guatemala Honestly I think that the PMD Pro training is the most important training that I have attended since I joined Plan 7 years ago, because it gave me the tools and a better understanding of what is expected and how to assemble a Project in a development organization like Plan
LinkedIn Groups : LINGOs = 520+; GG = 350+ Blog: relatively small reach; great potential = 147 followers FeedBlitz: distribution (Announcements, LMS Admin, Key Contact, Blog) Virtual Coffees: monthly, member-led
Desire for more – from members, from eCornell (Q2: 374 completed; Q3: 276) Present system Limited number of free seats available Demanding Member Agency Administrator role Discounted seats $286/seat 2012 eCornell LINGOs agreement Unlimited number of seats (per session, and per member agency) All seats available to members on discount site: - Staff members can purchase for $45 + $5 for course notes -Agency prepay (min 50 seats) for $40, includes course notes -Agency buy Dedicated section $500 + $35 per seat, includes course notes. Minimum of 20, maximum of 32 students. Member Administrator must monitor monthly: Ensure that only member staff access via discount site