posted 10 August 2000 09:21 AM               

Interesting that this should come up again. Im sure there is a market out there somewhere, especially for a company or someone with a good/established name (such as yourself) to offer on-line training.

At the moment i am searching on behalf of a client for trainers/companies that can offer training in certain areas. ie I have found and contracted with a software trainer who has trained EVERYONE in the company up to a certain standard (In the Office package). He also takes all new recruits, checks them and puts them through the same standard course to ensure that everyone in the company is on a broadly similar level.

I am looking for a trainer who will do something similar for Problem Solving Technics and Teamwork.

The niche i think would be somewhere in the region of 'Basic Quality Management Knowledge'. As a HR manager or a QM Manager, i think i would be prepared to stand up and justify the money if i could direct the staff or new recruits to an online company, in the knowledge that in three weeks or three months they come back with at least a bsaic knowledge of QMS's. To me it would offer a cheap simple solution for training.

Just a thought.

Regards

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Andy B

posted 10 August 2000 09:52 AM               

I do seem to remember a web site which was set up as a sort of clearing house for on-line training but can't remember the name or anything.

Anyone out there want to partner in such a venture? Maybe we can find venture capital, get a site going, go public, sell tons of stock and then sell our stock and retire on a few hundred million...

VENTURE CAPITALISTS WANTED -- CONTACT [email protected] AND MAKE CHECKS PAYBLE TO ME, TOO!

posted 12 August 2000 08:34 AM               

If the problem is only technical - it is easy solvable.
I have been dealing with the issue of distance learning at the St.Petersburg University (Russia) for a couple of years. I am acquainted with all this technology staff and pedagogical approaches. Moreover I have a lot of materials to be published and used for teching Quality.
One problem is in enterprneural approach to this business. Another thing is respectable name in the quality world on behalf of whom I could start this training.
So any offers are welcome. All programming at least, can be easily done by St.Petersburg programmers. Their work is of extremely high quality and is cheap, as you know.

posted 14 August 2000 08:06 AM               

If I was a good, aggressive business person I would have done this a few years back. When I did discuss it and asked about people interested in partnering a while back, the response was essentially mute.

So far I hear that you can provide course material and that you know of people who can do the web code. I'd say your next needs are:

Obtain some sort of accreditation (after making course and have defined content, etc.)

posted 15 August 2000 09:16 AM               

Have you thought about in-house training?

Jim

posted 15 August 2000 11:50 AM               

You could try www.imc.org.uk/imc/home.htp.

I have read about this organisation and it may offer what you are looking for.

Don Reid