Julia Doherty of Green Umbrella talks planes, trains and automobiles In the last few years, I have travelled all over the UK and seen the inside of many different hotels, airports and train stations. Most people who travel for business will tell you that it is not as glamorous as you may think. However, I still get a thrill when I […]

It’s Tuesday morning. The dreaded morning!  The dreaded networking morning! The morning where you have to stand up in front of everyone and speak for 60 seconds about your business. A very long 60 seconds that seems to drag on for a life time. You are sitting there, only half listening to other people giving their pitch whilst the rest […]

Our first network event of 2017 was member hosted by one of the founder members of the Trainers Network Northamptonshire (TNN) – Serena Dolby. Serena organised what is the largest network event we’ve had to date  – 45 people booked on, with 35 attending on the day, at the Volkswagen National Learning Centre (NLC) in Milton Keynes. It was also […]

Team building is all about understanding, developing and maximising the potential of the people in your business and can be highly effective in forming stronger relationships amongst colleagues, contributing to a more productive and happier workforce. So how can you ensure your team building event really is valuable? Teamscapes Learning in Northamptonshire share their top tips: Always set a goal […]

(OR, Why I Had to Become a Learning and Development {L&D} Professional) It was 1979, Jimmy Carter was in the White House and Margaret Thatcher had become the UK’s first female Prime Minister. I ‘fell’ into a job in banking because it looked like times were about to get very hard economically in the UK, and it appeared to be […]

Social learning by Kay Buckby This blog is based on a session I facilitated for the TNN in March 2016 on the subject of social learning. I’m a facilitator. I’ve never been particularly interested in technology, but I am a dedicated Learning and Development (L&D) professional. What surprises me is how many L&D people are reluctant to embrace social learning […]

It’s occurring to me more and more that as a facilitator, trainer and coach, self care is really important.  Many of you reading this blog will ‘be in service’ of others.  You will be giving your time, knowledge, expertise and energy to others on an hourly, daily even weekly basis.  You could be travelling to far flung corners of the […]

When I started my career there were no such things as training courses or HR departments. I simply turned up and got on with it. I decided to write my personal history of training. And in the case of my very first job, turning up meant boarding a plane from Gatwick via Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico and boarding […]

Thanks to the generosity of the University of Northampton, a donation was made by members of the Trainers Network Northamptonshire (TNN) to the mental health charity, MIND. Members of the Staff Development Department, Frank Jordan and Deborah Forbes, kindly hosted the June 2016 TNN members event. Frank delivered an informative session on the Vision for the University, including the move […]