| 2009 |
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| 2/7/2009 | FREE teleseminar on how to access £1000 training grant for London-based organisations |
| Are you based in London and interested in getting 1,000 pounds worth of training FREE?
Then, join this FREE 40-minute telephone seminar (teleseminar) on Thursday, 2nd... |
| 2/7/2009 | Personal Security in Emergencies |
| A four-day foundation course to discuss, learn and apply approaches and measures to improve participants' personal security when living and working in insecure environme... |
| 6/7/2009 | UK Corridors of Power |
| If you want your advocacy work to change government policy, you need to know how the UK decision-making process works and who the key political players are. This 2 day c... |
| 8/7/2009 | Introductory Certificate in Project Management (accredited) |
| This course takes the traditional Project Management 'bottom-up' discipline to incorporate a broader overview. It is designed for people who wish to gain an understandi... |
| 8/7/2009 | Project Planning Using a Logical Framework Approach |
| Logical frameworks encourage transparency and flexibility in planning a project with stakeholders. They are a powerful way to focus ideas, co-ordinate resources and pinp... |
| 8/7/2009 | Pathways to Quality |
| Quality assurance is now a well established part of life in the voluntary and community sector. But what does quality actually entail? What different approaches are th... |
| 9/7/2009 | Understanding the Voluntary Sector |
| This course is intended to provide the opportunity to learn from experienced advisers to charities about the environment in which charities operate and the particular as... |
| 10/7/2009 | Save the Children Emergency Response Challenge |
| In the aftermath of disaster, could YOU react fast and save lives?
Imagine being first on the scene at an emergency:
* An earthquake has hit, devastating busy citi... |
| 13/7/2009 | US Certificate in Security Management (credit rated) |
| We are pleased to announce that our industry-leading credit-rated course Certificate in Security Management will now be running in Washington in the United States from 1... |
| 14/7/2009 | Managing Your Finances |
| Sound financial management is crucial to the sustainability of any project or organisation. This workshop builds on Introduction to project budgeting to improve your cap... |
| 14/7/2009 | Investment Training for Charity Directors & Trustees FOUNDATION |
| Although Trustees usually delegate the day-to-day management of their investments, they retain overall responsibility. If you wish to gain a greater understanding of the... |
| 14/7/2009 | Managing Your finances: advanced project budgeting |
| Sound financial management is crucial to the sustainability of any project or organisation. This course builds on Introduction to project budgeting to improve your capac... |
| 15/7/2009 | Fundraising From America: An Introductory Seminar for Beginners |
| If you are a member of a fundraising or development team and want to tap into the $306 billion given annually in the USA but are not sure where to start then this semina... |
| 16/7/2009 | Foundation course in monitoring and evaluation (2-days) |
| This two-day core course is based on the CES self-evaluation model, which is an aims and objectives model of evaluation with a strong outcomes focus. This introductory ... |
| 21/7/2009 | Impact Assessment: What Difference Did We Make? |
| NGOs are increasingly required to report on the impact of their development or humanitarian interventions, in order to show:
• accountability to both donors and stakeho... |
| 24/7/2009 | Everyone's a Customer -for Customer Service Excellence |
| Delegates will leave this half-day workshop with tips on how to:
* deal with angry/difficult customers
* identify areas to promote customer service excellence in their... |
| 29/7/2009 | Understanding your Finance, Accounts & Budgets |
| Understanding your Finance, Accounts and Budgets –A practical, interactive one-day workshop for budget holders and Managers from non-financial backgrounds
In this wor... |
| 29/7/2009 | Understanding your Finance, Accounts and Budgets |
| This interactive one-day workshop will:
*increase your understanding of financial information, accounts and budgeting,
*give you confidence to ask probing questions a... |
| 30/7/2009 | Everyone's a Customer -for Customer Service Excellence |
| Delegates will leave this half-day workshop with tips on how to:
* deal with angry/difficult customers
* identify areas to promote customer service excellence in their... |
| August |
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| 12/8/2009 | Implementing PQASSO (2 days) |
| PQASSO is the Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations. This course covers all aspects of introducing and implementing PQASSO through self-assessment ... |
| 17/8/2009 | Training of Trainers Workshop |
| Effective training is essential to ensure aid workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they require to deliver successful humanitarian programmes. This course ... |
| 18/8/2009 | Foundation course in monitoring and evaluation (2 days) |
| This two-day core course is based on the CES self-evaluation model, which is an aims and objectives model of evaluation with a strong outcomes focus. This introductory ... |
| 22/8/2009 | So You Think You Want to be a Relief Worker? |
| This dynamic one day workshop is essential for everyone considering working in the humanitarian sector. You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers and lear... |
| September |
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| 1/9/2009 | Designing effective questionnaires |
| This one-day course gives participants an overview of the key principles involved in questionnaire design. It is a highly participatory course combining presentations an... |
| 7/9/2009 | What is Social Return on Investment? Introductory briefing- half day |
| Social Return on Investment (SROI) is an exciting way to measure and account for the value you create with your work. The methodology is relatively new to the UK, but th... |
| 7/9/2009 | Essentials of Humanitarian Practice |
| A stimulating and interactive course that puts you at the forefront, exploring your own motivations for working in the humanitarian sector. This course allows you to fac... |
| 8/9/2009 | First steps to monitoring and evaluating outcomes |
| This introductory course on outcomes links monitoring and evaluation to project planning. It is ideal for those at the start of a project that are new to monitoring and ... |
| 9/9/2009 | Collecting qualitative and quantitative data |
| This basic course will give participants a taste of the various tools and techniques available for collecting monitoring and evaluation data. Participants focus on what ... |
| 10/9/2009 | Analysing data |
| This basic course covers both qualitative and quantitative analysis, beginning by exploring the differences between the two and their respective purposes. Participants ... |
| 12/9/2009 | Waste Prevention Training |
| Friends of the Earth Scotland runs a national waste prevention project which is running training days across Scotland in September. If you feel you have what is takes to... |
| 16/9/2009 | Advanced course in monitoring and evaluation (3 days) |
| This new three-day course uses CES’ model of self-evaluation to enable participants to develop their understanding and ability to implement an outcomes-focused self-eval... |
| 29/9/2009 | Implementing PQASSO (2 days) |
| PQASSO is the Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations. This course covers all aspects of introducing and implementing PQASSO through self-assessment ... |
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| 15/10/2009 | Trauma, Empathy and Common Sense Conference |
| This conference will explore the impact that children’s traumatic experiences (adoption, domestic violence, broken attachments) may have on their lack of empathy and con... |
| 19/10/2009 | Foundation course in monitoring and evaluation (2 days) |
| This two-day core course is based on the CES self-evaluation model, which is an aims and objectives model of evaluation with a strong outcomes focus. This introductory ... |
| 22/10/2009 | Understanding the Voluntary Sector - Bristol |
| This course is intended to provide the opportunity to learn from experienced advisers to charities about the environment in which charities operate and the particular as... |
| 22/10/2009 | Implementing PQASSO (2 days) |
| PQASSO is the Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations. This course covers all aspects of introducing and implementing PQASSO through self-assessment ... |
| 26/10/2009 | Certificate in Security Management (credit rated) |
| Given the insecure and often rapidly changing environments in which aid agencies work, safety and security management is not an optional extra. It needs to be at the he... |
| 28/10/2009 | Running effective focus groups |
| Focus groups can be a very useful way to collect evaluation information. It takes skill and knowledge to run a focus group well. CES is pleased to be able to offer this ... |
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| 8/12/2009 | Introduction to Charity Finance ADVANCED |
| This course can be treated as a natural follow-on to the introductory course. The topics are the more difficult and contentious areas of charity finance, and its format ... |