NPOKI/LINGOs Fall 2009 Members Meeting
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Innovations in Learning in International NGOs
London, UK – Thursday, September 17th and Friday, 18th, 2009 – The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
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Washington, DC – Wednesday, September 23rd and Thursday, 24th, 2009 – The Nature Conservancy
LINGOs (Learning for International NGOs) and NPOKI (NonProfit Organizations Knowledge Initiative) will co-host a two-day meeting focusing on major innovations in learning across the international NGO sector. These meetings will contain three thought-provoking key note presentations that will lead into practical solutions from a variety of international NGOs. The three keynotes will be as follows:
Technology Assisted Learning: a keynote from Clive Shepherd from Fastrak Consulting. Clive is a consultant specializing in e-learning, blended learning and communications. He works with a broad range of public and private sector organizations, helping them to effectively harness the benefits of technology for workplace learning.
Learning as a Driver for Improvements in Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness: A keynote from Sue Todd from Corporate University Exchange. Sue works as an advisor to Global 2000 organizations on all aspects of designing learning strategies, monitoring the impact of learning and development on business performance, and implementing enterprise-wide learning technology infrastructures.
Using Data Visualization to Track Global Trends: Daniel Lapidus, IT Developer from the Gapminder Foundation will demonstrate how to transform your organization’s static results data into enjoyable, animated and interactive graphics. Anyone who has seen the TrendAnalyzer software (now owned by Google) will attest to its incredible fluidity; providing smart interpretation of huge datasets and user-friendly representation of historical information, using graphs, movement over time,visual aggregation and disaggregation, and drill-down functionality.
We’ll showcase work of our member agencies:
Innovation Fair from LINGOs and NPOKI Member Agencies: Members will focus on learning opportunities and tools used to support organizational goals and objectives and to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of programs. This will be highly interactive session, allowing individuals to interact with each other and drill down into the specifics of various solutions.
Member agencies of LINGOs include over 40 international NGOs: Save the Children, Habitat for Humanity, The Nature Conservancy, Care International, Mercy Corps, World Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Vision International, Catholic Relief Services, Plan International, Oxfam, etc. (A complete list along with access to their learning portals can be found here.
NPOKI members include organizations that are at the forefront of providing access to safe and affordable health services globally, including a focused response to the spread of HIV/AIDS, including PATH, Pathfinder, International Planned Parenthood Federation, and HIV/AIDS Alliance. the complete list can be found here.
Who Should Attend: Chief Learning Officers, Learning and Development Directors, Knowledge Management
Professionals, Senior Learning Advisors, Chief Information Officers, and Chief Technology Officers who work for international NGOs. (If your organization is not a member of LINGOs or NPOKI, you will be invited to participate on a space available basis.)
Cost: London or Washington Meeting is £ 122 GBP / €140 EUR / $200 US
To register: Registration is required. Please visit: http://ngolearning.org/fall2009meeting/default.aspx Exact venue information will be provided to registered participants.
Format of the Meetings: These meetings will be highly interactive and participatory, allowing individuals time to network and share experiences.
What is LINGOs? LINGOs is a consortium of 40+ international NGOs that share learning resources and
experiences. By providing the latest learning technologies and courses from our partners, LINGOs helps these non profits to increase the skill levels of their employees. To learn more about how your organization can benefit from LINGOs, go to www.lingos.org.
What is NPOKI? NonProfit Organizations Knowledge Initiative (NPOKI) is a collaboration of international
health organizations, funders, partners, and in-country nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) at the forefront of providing access to safe and affordable health services globally. NPOKI provides its members information management and support systems that can track the performance of large numbers of projects in a variety of countries against strategic goals, align financial investment with results, and allow NGOs to collect, analyze and share information across program, departmental, institutional and geographical boundaries. For more information go to: http://www.npoki.org
Questions About These Meetings? Go to http://ngolearning.org/fall2009meeting/default.aspx or contact Linda English from LINGOs at Linda@lingos.org or Stacey McKeever from NPOKI at smckeever@npoki.org
