Back Issues - April 2004

• Report writing: a tried, tested and successful approach
  Writing, of any kind, can be tough. And report-writing can be particularly difficult – especially with so many strands of information to weave into a coherent whole. Clare Forrest passes on the benefit of her own experience in a common-sense and fail-free approach.
• Elusive happiness
  Peter Honey considers some reasons for an interesting paradox: the better life becomes, the more unhappy we feel.
• International opinion
  Pat Costine provides an Irish focus on some developments emanating from the Qualifications (Education & Training) Act (1999).
• The State of the Nation: e-learning in the 21st century
  Vaughan Waller reviews the state of e-learning – its ups and downs, its fortunes and follies – and predicts what might happen before the next such all-encompassing summary.
• Should you outsource your e-learning infrastructure?
  David Wilson poses this important question and comes up with some suggestions.
• Spotlight on Gunnar Brückner
  How do you deliver learning solutions that are as effective in Taunton as in Timbuktu? Gunnar Brückner is more than equipped to give you an answer, as Mike Levy discovers.
• Accelerated thinking for sale
  Clive Lewis outlines the need for accelerated learning, highlights the key areas within accelerated learning and pinpoints exactly how users can apply accelerated learning to improve their productivity.
• Netcheck
  The speeches of famous orators, both real and fictional, can be a fabulous tool for trainers. Clare Forrest reviews the wealth of material available on the website www.americanrhetoric.com, which provides such speeches online
• No one is an island
  What happens when a learner returns from a course to the workplace? Andrew Mayo examines the discrepancies between the theory and practice.