Welcome to all new readers of this newsletter, we hope you enjoy it and would like to thank you (in advance) for taking the time to 'pass it on'  to those you know who are involved in training, learning, development, management and quality improvement.

A little about us at OFQT

We are passionate about improving the standard of training management, systems and provision so that it gives businesses a real return on their investment in training.

We are the first and only company in the UK working with the International quality management standard specifically designed for training - ISO 10015(+).  We are also working with other quality management standards in training, two of which have been developed as part of the Leonardo da Vinci initiative funded by the EU.

This makes us uniquely placed to help you make your training the very best that it can be and ensure that it actually improves performance.

This newsletter brings you the latest news from OFQT and is now produced six times a year.  It is designed to be quick and easy to scan, offering links to further information.

This edition focuses on an exciting European collaboration, research, new professional memberships and our TWO 2009 Excellence Awards!

• Joining forces with IFTDO

Thank you for your continued interest in OFQT, we hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and look out for our next one due to appear in your inbox early June 2009.

Józefa Fawcett

OFQT Founding Director / Editor 'Pass It On'

OFQT and ECLO - a transnational dissemination partnership

ECLO is The European Consortium for the Learning Organisation, a global association devoted to the sustainable development of all aspects of learning and personal and management development.

It was established in 1993 as a not-for-profit organisation based in Belgium and its origins were founded during an IBM organised conference with the Katholik University of Leuven (BE) on Instructional Design held in 1991.

The success of the conference generated great interest in the establishment of a network that supported corporate training and human development. After several meetings, ECLO was born with IBM, K.U.Leuven, K.U. Nijmegen (NL) and CIMID becoming prominent members of a small organisation. 

16 years later, ECLO continues and is one of the longest surviving Communities of Practice (CoP) in the World.  It brings together leading academics, corporate executives and consultants from different countries, institutions, cultures and backgrounds, and provides them with unparalleled benchmarking and networking opportunities.

ECLO is dedicated to the promotion and development of the Learning Organisation concept and in collaboration with OFQT will disseminate the good working practice that emanates from case studies and a variety of EU-funded research projects.

This year is ECLO's 16th international conference to be held on June 18/19 2009 in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands  June and once again OFQT will appear as a speaker, having won the ECLO Highest Impact Award as voted by the conference participants in 2008.

E-mail jim.jack@eclo.org for more information and to register.  Please note that readers of OFQT's 'Pass It On' are entitled to a 50 euro discount - just quote OFQT when booking.

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September 2008

Joining forces on the world wide stage with IFTDO

Józefa Fawcett, OFQT Business Development Director is pictured here with Anthony J Twigger, a former Executive Director and now Adviser to IFTDO Executive Board at his Swiss office base.  

IFTDO was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1972 and is a diversified network of human resource management and development organisations linking HR professionals in HR societies, corporations, universities, consultancies, government organisations and enterprises. Through its member organisations it represents more than 500,000 training professionals in 50 countries around the world.

OFQT was delighted to be accepted as an Associate Member of IFTDO in March 2009.  We have great synergy regarding our aims which are to:

• Be a unique and effective resource to the HRD profession working for the quality improvement of training provision

• Promote the concept of HRD as an effective organisational tool across all sectors of society, in order to increase personal and organisational effectiveness.
  

Click here to learn more about IFTDO and their work around the world.

... that OFQT undertakes research?

KnowledgeWorx is the research division of OFQT, focusing on how people learn and ways to enhance this process. 

We do this through research, evaluation and cognitive mapping to support attitudinal development.

After some four years of in-depth research and validation we have developed a unique online mapping tool that measures how an individual currently uses their knowledge, skills and attitude in different situations. 

This can be used to

Click here to learn more about our mapping tool and the other activities undertaken by KnowledgeWorx

OFQT and the Chartered Quality Institute

David, OFQT Founding Director is a member of CQI and writes:

"The CQI exists to help make business better through the promotion of a quality management approach, based on planning, measurement and improvement.  This is in total accord with OFQT and we are delighted to announce that all of our future programmes, workshops and master classes that take place in London will be held at the CQI Institute"

Click here to learn more about CQI

UK 2009 Global HR Excellence Award

Józefa Fawcett was named as the UK winner of this Award and formally received it from Dr Ulrich Schweiker (representative from the Advisory Council of the World HRD Congress) and Marc Alen, President of ECLO at the ECLO/VOV Flemish Learning Network in Brussels on 19th March 2009.

Emerald Literati Network - 2009 Award for Excellence

David Simmonds was named as a winner of this Award for his article "A model for outsourcing HRD"  - David is already a published author with four books currently in print that are used widely by business and academia. He is to receive his Award in Newcastle in June - more information and pictures in our next newsletter.