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Blogs Communication Community and social media Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Delivering learning & training Economics and finance For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For HR For L&D managers For new to L&D For senior L&D Marketing Reflective practice Sales & customer service

Behind the scenes of planning a new learning event: The emotional rollercoaster is real

Kirsty Lewis has a meltdown about the numbers for her facilitation festival, despite amazing plans Well we have made it to March 1st and that date is exactly 100 days […]...
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Blogs Communication Community and social media Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Delivering learning & training Economics and finance For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For HR For L&D managers For new to L&D For senior L&D Marketing Reflective practice Sales & customer service

Behind the scenes of planning a new learning event: Exploring ticket sales tactics

Kirsty Lewis on the ups, downs and wild ideas behind getting people to SOFest 2025 How are you? If you are new to this blog it is all about my […]...
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Blogs Communication Community and social media Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Delivering learning & training Economics and finance For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For HR For L&D managers For new to L&D For senior L&D Marketing Reflective practice

Behind the scenes of planning a new learning event: Show me the money

How much does a new learning summit cost? Kirsty Lewis shares an eye watering amount This month I want to share the emotional rollercoaster that is creating a festival from […]...
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Blogs Communication Community and social media Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Delivering learning & training Economics and finance For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For HR For L&D managers For new to L&D For senior L&D Marketing Reflective practice

Behind the scenes of planning a new learning event: The workshops

Kirsty Lewis focuses her new festival planning on the different themes and workshops we need For those of you who missed the previous blog, let me catch you up: Imagine […]...
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Blogs Communication Community and social media Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Delivering learning & training Economics and finance For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For HR For L&D managers For new to L&D For senior L&D Marketing Reflective practice

Behind the scenes of planning a new learning event: The journey begins 

An honest account of the roller coaster of creating a newconference, with Kirsty Lewis About five years ago I came up with an idea of an event whereby 100 facilitators, […]...
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Labour’s return: Implications for skills and development

Labour’s election victory reshapes the UK workplace: implications for skills, technology, safety, and mental health The Labour Party will be in Government after the 2024 UK election, for the first […]...
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Communication Economics and finance Employment For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For HR For L&D managers For new to L&D For people managers For senior L&D Health and social care Managing teams Mental health Opinion Wellbeing

Leading by example: Encouraging mental health conversations in the workplace

Anita Guru moves through the cost of mental health challenges and focuses on how workplaces can be more open For Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 this year’s theme is “movement”. […]...
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The strategic L&D blueprint: leveraging LearnOps for competitive advantage

Ryan Austin does a deep dive into the transformative potential of LearnOps as an approach to aligning L&D with organisational strategy in this epic feature In today’s evolving business landscape, […]...
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