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If you are interested in coaching in business, do try the CIPD’s new magazine Coaching at Work. A free trial issue is available www.cipd.co.uk/coachingatwork/presales/freetrial.htm
www.associationforcoaching.com
The Association For Coaching is an independent non profit organisation with the goal to promote best practice, raise awareness and standards across the Coaching industry, while providing value added benefits to its members - whether they are professional Coaches or Organisations involved in Coaching.
www.edintrain.com
Edinburgh Training Centre: Scotland's largest independent, purpose-designed Training Centre. We can accommodate all of your training needs in our large, custom-designed, modern training environment. We have a range of excellent training rooms, full Technical and Administration support on-site, and refreshments and catering in our coffee lounge and private restaurant.
www.j50.co.uk
J50 provides "Just-in-Time" learning and support, using LearningGuide. LearningGuide addresses the big issue: in many organisations, 80% of learning happens informally, in the workplace, on the job. However, most businesses spend up to 80% of their training budget on formal learning (ILT and E-learning) - away from the workplace. User organisations include Deloittes, Scottish Criminal Records Office, TNT, Heineken, Barclays, Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal's Office, Organon, IBM, Thetford, Océ, and many more...
www.etopiasolutions.co.uk
Etopia assist in applying popular software products to the real needs of organisations through increasing staff abilities and developing application based bespoke solutions.
- A unique "mentor" service which builds a partnership between in-house client skills and the expertise of Etopia consultants.
- Building tailord solutions that match the unique requirements of each client.
- Flexible event delivery across the UK.
Etopia's services range across three categories
- engage - Specific learning objectives based around modular e-learning sessions
- enable - Tutor-led modules selected, tailored and delivered by experienced consultants
- enact - Design of development projects in a mentored client/consultant close partnership
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikiquote, a free online compendium of quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, including sources (where known), translations of non-English quotes, and links to Wikipedia for further information! The English version of Wikiquote has 8,421 pages so far with many thousands of quotations and proverbs.
www.businessballs.com/lifecoaching.htm
Businessballs is a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations. The website was launched as Businessballs.com at the end of 1999. It actually began a few years earlier as an experimental online collection of learning and development ideas. The philosophy of the website is (hopefully) ethical, practical, innovative, compassionate and enjoyable.
www.coachingnetwork.org.uk
The Coaching & Mentoring Network ("The Network") was established to provide a service both for people who provide coaching or mentoring services and for those seeking them.
We are a service which aims to de-mystify coaching and mentoring services and make them more accessible in the business and broader communities;
a resource centre on the Internet for information and services relating to coaching and mentoring.