Older News
The information in this section has been directly transferred over from our old website. It has had little editing and might be hard to read, but it may be worth the effort if you are interested in where we came from, or want to pick up the pearls of wisdom within.
CONSULTING WORK AND OTHER NEWS 2008-2009
We are delighted that the Australian Flexible Learning Framework has funded us with Innovations Funds to continue the good work on QR codes in training. Graham Clark is project managing the 2009 project and the original Telematics trust finded project.
ASPIN has been assisting two peak bodies in Aged Care and Baking to develop their eLearning strategies.
Margaret Aspin as been invited to be on the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia professional development advisory panel.
Margaret has been invited to run several PICS, COTA, Infoxchange and council workshops on successful grant and tender proposals. Margaret already delivers many of these highly regarded workshops. Clint Smith and Lyndon Shea, two of Aspin's outstanding consultants also deliver the workshops and Val Evans delivers the online version and writes tenders for clients.
Earlier News 2008 - Project News
Department of Human Services
Office of Housing
Project name: Carlton Project Evaluation and Baseline Report
Consultant: Ron Aspin
Length: 3 months full time
RMIT
Project: Useability Study of Certificates in IT e-learning plus recommendations
Consultants: Margaret Aspin, Graham Clark
New Horizons
Project: AQTF2007 re-registration audit (VETAB)
Consultant: Margaret Aspin
Department of Defence
Project: fmedge facilities management training
Consultant: Margaret Aspin
Database Consultants Australia
Project: The Care Manager training
Consultants: Margaret Aspin, Graham Clark
REED
Project: Tender Writing courses, workshops and online
Consultants: Margaret Aspin, Lyndon Shea, Clint Smith, Phil Boyd
Scope
Project: Moodle LMS hosting and management of e-learners
Consultants: EINTEL, Alick Marks
Western Health
Project: Moodle LMS hosting, training and management of e-learners
Consultants: EINTEL, Margaret Aspin, Alick Marks
Infoxchange
Project: Grant writing courses
Consultant: Margaret Aspin
All our eLearning development projects will be showcased on our new Aspin eLearning web site which is currently being developed by the e-learning team. Projects include Scope financial training and induction, UCMS Certificate II and III in Customer Contact, State Library Victoria contractor induction, IGA Supermarkets Victoria and WA inductions. We will be alerting all members of our database about the launch. Please contact us on info@aspinonlineconsulting.com.au if you would like to get our Ezine.
BSB07 News
Aspin Training will be delivering new qualifications and new units from the new Business Services Training Package. Vist our Aspin Training web site to view these.
Open Source Hosting and Training
At last! Open source systems for small to medium enterprise budgets and operations!
ASPIN is delighted to announce it is now providing training for the following Open Source systems, on behalf of Enterprise Intelligence Systems:
Open Bravo. This is an enterprise system just right to meet the budget and operating needs of small to medium businesses with warehousing, financial, management, and many other features. Our training is available at the workplace and online!
Sugar CRM. This customer relationship management system is very fast and easy to learn, minimal training will get you there! We like it so much that we use it every day to manage our customer database needs. We couldn't afford expensive systems but we wanted what the big companies can afford, and we want something easy to log into over a web page. This one was just right and has made a big difference to us.
Zimbra. We were sick of email systems that we couldn't log into easily when we were out of the office and we really like Outlook. Zimbra is a dream come true. It looks so similar to Outlook and in the office we still use Outlook if we like – it all works together perfectly. Everyone in our company is raving about how it has improved our calendaring and communications. Some training to get you started and you are up and running straight away.
We are starting to get our training prepped for Enterprise Intelligence Systems new offerings in reporting and other management tools.
To find out more about the systems, hosting and support visit http://www.eintel.com.au/
To get some training happening ring our training team on 03 9898 4732 or email us on info@aspinonlineconsulting.com.au
What is Open Source and why would I bother?
Open source systems do not require licence costs and so are affordable for Small and Medium Enterprises. The systems are able to be customised because the way they are made is open to see and change. This is unlike expensive vendor software which you pay licence fees for, and wait in hope for new features to come out. Ben and Ben from EINTEL have spent 2 years investigating the best Open Source for small to medium enterprises and have selected outstanding, easy to master systems. Ben and Ben are located at the ASPIN administration office at Box Hill North. You are invited to call into can drop by our offices and talk to them personally!
Earlier news 2008
Read about our earlier 2008 projects
2008 kicks off with a range of new projects for our consulting, eLearning and training arms. January and February consulting projects have included the Facilities Management Defence Project, RMIT design of the Diploma of VET Practice and New Horizons RTO Strategy. These projects are largely around mapping, course design and development of learning resources as well as assisting with building strategy and goals for AQTF 2007 Excellence Criteria.
ELearning projects include, online inductions for the State Library of Victoria, SCOPE Financial eLearning, UCMS Online Induction, IGA Western Australia Online Induction, and International House Sydney.
Training projects include continuation of 2007 students, and two new qualification courses in business for SCOPE. We are also providing a large assessment process for essential leaders programs at SCOPE.
Our New Office
Throughout September Aspin together with Enterprise Intelligence Systems moved into Station Street, Box Hill North. Our new spacious and efficient offices enabled us to collaborate our administration, marketing, training and support centres, together with our multi media and local training studios within the one vicinity.
You can find us at;
1/935 Station Street
Box Hill North
(03) 9898 4732
Online Inductions
UCMS, IGA Supermarkets and many others have learnt how to save time and money through atheistically pleasing online induction programs, which introduce new or old employees to the policies and operations within your business.
Beginning with a consultation with both Margaret and Andy, you will be provided with an economical and easy way to induct all staff members, via web based visual representations of all vital principals and procedures, to ensure effectiveness within your workplace.
Click here to view some examples of our online programs.
Latest exciting news on Teleworking!
The Telework Australia web site is now up and running at www.teleworkaustralia.com.au. Visit to see excellent information, case studies and resources for businesses and individuals.
Margaret Aspin was interviewed by Channel Seven Sunrise program about Teleworking and will be running a Telstra Business breakfast in Sydney on 7th December 2007.
In October we formed a relationship with two organisations to bring a one stop ‘Consulting, Recruitment and Training' solution to businesses needing flexible workers in Australia. Our partners Telework New Zealand www.telework.co.nz and we will be provide consulting, RTEL www.rtelsolutions.com.au will provide the recruitment of Teleworkers for businesses and we will provide training for the Teleworkers and businesses. Contact us to discover more about what this could do for your organisation.
Interview with Ben Sommerville
Ben Sommerville is part of Enterprise Intelligence Systems, a software systems company that has formed a partnership with ASPIN. Amanda Elfverson asks him a little bit about himself and his business.
What is your Background?
Having begun in publishing and newspapers, I moved into telecommunications with a strong interest in business systems. Here, I began to focus on the development of software systems, and ways to implement the chosen packages for each individual client.
When and why did the company first begin?
Enterprise Intelligence Systems first began in 2006, when Ben and I were working on a project for a client. We couldn't find any appropriate software systems available for our client to use, and began to look into ‘Open Source' packages, software released freely to companies, without a license fee, and can readily use their source codes. From further research into the way this company operates, Ben and I decided to form Enterprise Intelligence Systems, which provides software for small to medium businesses to get their business started. Throughout 2006, we spent much time collecting packages which were most suitable for what the majority of our clients want, and at the beginning of 2007, we brought our packages to market.
What are your great plans for the future?
To have continual growth and recognition within our market and to be the premier company for Australian's to purchase!
What is the connection between Enterprise Intelligence Systems and Aspin?
Other than sharing an office, Aspin provides us with the training materials needed for the implementation of our packages. They are much better at training than we are!
Austrac Seminar
Margaret is running a specialist facilitation and training workshop for Austrac on 25th October 2007 on Virtual Teaming. The workshop will enable analysts who are already working apart to focus on and enhance their remote working capabilities. The team hope to incorporate new strategies for remote and virtual working.
IH Sydney
We are currently developing an online course for IH Sydney who deliver the English teaching qualifications. The course will enable their many clients to study flexibly in 2008.
New partnership to improve job outcomes through Teleworking in Australia
We are now part of an important Australian partnership which seeks to recruit, training and support Teleworkers. Our recruitment partners RTEL Solutions specialise in recruiting Teleworkers for medium to large businesses and government.
We are the training partner providing training in how to Telework for the individual and managing Teleworkers for companies and government departments. IT and OH&S support forms the reminder of the partnership, making the whole thing a one stop shop for organisations needing a ready workforce.
This partnership builds on our strength in Teleworking training and opens the doors for many willing workers in all areas of Australia. Teleworkers work in all industries. They may be mums returning to the workforce or mature aged workers and any other person who wants life/work balance.
Teleworkers normally work from their own home or in a supported community establishment. They may work full time or part time and live any where in Australia. Backgrounds are very mixed and so is the type of work needed. Editors, designers, trainers, marketers, and many more skills sets are needed by Australian businesses.
New Consultants
Consultant - Dr Helen Paige
With more than 20 years experience in corporate education, Dr Helen Paige is an expert connector of ‘people, places and ideas'. Consulting with Aspin Group Australia-wide in the areas of applied knowledge management, team building, leadership and change management, Helen is an inspiring professional and much sought after national and international presenter.
Having worked in America, UK, Amsterdam, Japan and Sri Lanka, Helen is recognised as a leader in the field of applied knowledge management and strategic business management. As the Regional Director of Gurteen K-Cafes in Australia and through her own AKN (Advance Knowledge Networks) business, Helen regularly speaks and facilitates at national and international forums on the critical benefit of managing knowledge and creating knowledge pathways within organisations.
Helen's corporate creativity extends to the kitchen as founder of Fun. Food.Focus. Team building, change management and professional development have never been so much fun, as participants learn and cultivate new skills during a ‘hands-on' cooking experience.
Helen is a skilled business mentor and coach and is experienced in chairing and facilitation within the public and private sectors. She is an internationally published author and holds a Doctorate in Education, a Master's Degree in Policy and Administration, and degrees in law and social science.
Consultant - Darren John
Aspin Group is proud and privileged to have highly-qualified trainer, Darren John, as one of the members of our consulting team. Darren has an extensive background in Social Work and Business and has been designing, facilitating and evaluating a vast range of group work practices for over 15 years. After establishing two successful companies in Sydney he spent six years at University studying Social Work and Psychology whilst continuing to work in Medical Research.
He has since integrated his Business and Social Work skills to design, facilitate and evaluate a variety of group work practices. Darren is dedicated to providing groups for adults and children that incorporate a self help model that encourages people to take ownership in understanding themselves and create their own destiny.
He has also developed a workshop, Managing Challenging Behaviours, for professionals working in community service industries seeking to gain more skills and knowledge to address and manage challenging behaviours. The majority of Darren's expertise has been gained from working with high risk clients in secure welfare settings.
Together with Aspin, the group programs are custom designed to meet the client's needs and designed to help people deal with grief and loss, anxiety and depression, build self-esteem and confidence and address drug and alcohol abuse and family violence. Darren has extensive experience in the community sector and has been delivering training in challenging behaviours for many years.
Darren has also been delivering an Anger Management Program throughout Melbourne for the Department of Human Services which is continuing to grow. He currently manages a crisis accommodation facility and continues to provide training in the fields of anger management and, working effectively with high risk clients.
Darren has developed cutting edge courses
New consultants working with us this year are Sherinda Shea and Lyndon Shea. New Training consultants are Louise Osidacz and Lucia Doherty.
Knowledge Management and the Paige Group
Congratulations to Dr Helen Paige who has announced the formation of The Paige Group. Helen is one of Australia leading experts in Knowledge Management and is renowned for her KM cafés and Fun food focus days.
Click here to view their website
Flexible Workforce Management Conference
Margaret addressed the conference on “Managing remote teams –addressing the fear factor of mistrust.†Organisations are increasingly expanding their operations and setting up offices in different locations. Successfully managing the challenges of working in a remote environment provides organisations with substantial benefits. Technology is the primary driver for increase in remote teams as it allows an array of communication methods which enable remote teams to operate more efficiently and cohesively.
News for Teleworkers Australia
If you want to know more about Aspin's links to Teleworking, then visit the Telework Australia website and you will find information on workshops in the Strategic and Management of Teleworkers, and training packages available with Aspin.
Successful tender writing and grant courses
We deliver a successful tender wrting courses both in workshops in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane plus the online tender wrting course to cleints of Tender Connect (Reed).
Trainers: Lyndon Shea, Phil Boyd, Margaret Aspin, Phil Walsh.
We are currently delivering our ‘Successful Tender Writing' courses www.reedconstructiondata.com.au to the clients of REED (Information Services and Construction Data). The companies include Clipsal, Mack Trucks, Kimberley-Clark and many more. Participants attend workshops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth or enrol in the online course and have mentoring and coaching session with our expert tender trainers. We continue to deliver the workshops for Infoxchange with many clients from Health and Community Services
www.training.infoxchange.net.au
Successful tender writing and grant writing courses for Infoxchange and Central Bayside Division of GPS
We deliver the same course but with a stronger grant submission focus for Infoxchange approximately every 6 weeks and also for other organisations in Health and Community Services, most recently the Bayside Division of GPS.
Trainer: Margaret Aspin
Care Manager training
We have the contract to deliver Care Manager training to cleints of Database Consultants Australia (DCA) and are delivering in theior Melbourne and Sydney offices.
Trainers: Trevor Stone, Margaret Aspin
Police Academy Corporate Governance Project Evaluation
Police Academy Corporate Governance Project Evaluation. January-February This evaluation focusses on the learning journey of the Victoria Police Education Department as they bring a new Corporate Governance model into operation.
Consultants: Margaret Aspin, Ron Aspin.
Justice of the Peace online course
January- March. This course is being developed for The Department of Justice and Attorney General (Queensland) and Southbank Institute (Queensland).
Project Management and Instructional Design: Margaret Aspin, Sherinda Shea.
Multimedia development: Andy Bloye.
Mapping project for New Horizons Learning Centres
December 2006- March 2007. This project involves mapping Certificates in IT for this international training company.
Project Manager: Margaret Aspin
Mapping: Trevor Stone.
Champion IGA Supermarkets online induction
December 2006- February 2007 plus updates in 2007. This project for IGA and SGILS involves developing the online induction program for all new staff.
Multimedia: Andy Bloye.
New Brisbane, Adelaide and Box Hill offices
We have opened two new offices in Brisbane at level 34 Riparian Plaza 71 Eagle Street Brisbane and in Adelaide at level 24 Santos House 91 King William Street Adelaide.
Our administration and multimedia department will be based in our new Box Hill North location. The Box Hill office is in an excellent location and will commence in September.
*Note: Box Hill office no longer exists, we are now situated in Camberwell
CONSULTING WORK 2006
Developing an online induction program for clients in Bendigo. The online induction is for Champion IGA Supermarkets and will be completed in late January 2007.
Delivering a successful grants and tender writing workshop for Infoxchange.
Mapping nationally accredited training for New Horizons Learning Centres.
Tender writing for the NEPS Centre.
Delivering professional development in e-learning for RMIT staff.
Developing John Holland Group online induction materials.
Event managed the Victorian E-learning Conference 12-13th October 2006. This conference had 265 delegates from vocational education and training in Victoria. The conference showcased Learnscope, New Practices, OTTE E-learning Grant, and many Australian Flexible Learning Framework projects plus other e-learning innovations. It was funded by the Office of Trainng and Tertiary Education, eWorks, ACFE and the Australian Flexible Learnign Framework.
Delivering Knowledge Management Training to staff of AMES New South Wales via DiscoverE live classroom.
Facilitating a Reframing the Future groups for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
Celebrating the Going Virtual Conference. Margaret was the co-chair of the conference with Dr John Gundry from the UK.
Developing e-learning materials in Asset Maintenance for Queensland client.
Scoping online counselling for a counselling organisation in Victoria. (now completed)
Working with SCOPE to deliver staff training in the upgrade to the latest version of CARE MANAGER and Customer service Training. (now completed)
Managing up a government funded trainer and assessor network focussed on training and assessment for remote and virtual workers. Funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Network
Working on the e-Performance network for HR and Training and Development managers in Australia (ABC)
Delivering IT training to pharmacists across Victoria.
Delivering training in TAFEVC to a range of RTOs.
Developing a government funded e-learning industry demonstration for the John Holland Group and MLA.
Delivering professional development and coaching on e-learning development of Medication Administration to Western Health.
On the Steering Committee for a Teleworking project run by the Federation for Australian Agricultural Women (FAAW) funded by the Office for Women.
Delivering training in managing teams that work apart for the Australian Government.
VICTORIAN E-LEARNING CONFERENCE 'CONVERGE'
The conference is finished and was a great success. The conference showcased the Victorian Learnscope and OTTE E-learning Grant projects, other Federally funded Flexible Learning Framework projects won by Victorian TAFEs, Adult and Community Education and private Registered Training Organisations. The event was held at Victoria University Sunshine Conference Centre on October 12th and 13th. Conference site.
NEW TOOL FOR TRAINERS
We recently competed mapping and developing the Teacher's Guide for this new e-learning tool. The Suicide Assessment & Intervention: Men at Risk eLearning tool plus Teacher's Guide is a valuable training resource for teachers of specific units within the (CHC02) Community Services Training Package, and other Training Packages. It is appropriate to be used in several core units and elective units in nationally recognised qualifications. The tool is acknowledged as an important resource in the assessment of risk of suicide and intervention strategies and is endorsed by a range of agencies and initiatives. ( beyondblue, Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention)
The teacher's guide is designed for teachers in registered training organisations who deliver units from nationally recognised training. It provides mapping documents for:
(CHCCS501A) Assess and respond to individuals at risk of self-harm or suicide
(CHCTC4A) Provide competent suicide intervention over the telephone
(CHCTC3A) Provide counselling in crisis situations
(CHCTC2A) Undertake telephone counselling
(CHCCS403A) Provide brief intervention
(CHCCS402A) Respond holistically to client issues.
Learners in the above units may come from, or be entering into:
The tool is also suitable for several units in Public Services, Correctional Services, Health Training Packages.
Interested RTOs can see a brief evaluation demo of the tool on Crisis Support's web site http://www.crisissupport.org.au/
It is best for RTOs to register interest in the tool PLUS the TEACHER'S GUIDE with Michael Ried or Tim Chamberlain at Crisis Support, as they will be able to explain cost, licensing for education and use on flexible learning labs etc etc. Michael is mried@crisissupport.org.au and Tim at tchamberlain@crisissupport.org.au Both are at 03 8371 2800.
‘SUICIDE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION:MEN AT RISK'
RTO NEWS
On 23 March 2006 we became a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). All information about nationally accredited training we will deliver is now available on our new ASPIN training site.
We moved into Level 27 Rialto South Tower 525 Collins St Melbourne 3000.
Phone 03 9935 2851 Fax 03 9935 2750
The new office comes with excellent training rooms and is a quick walk from Southern Cross (Spencer St) Railway Station.
CONSULTING NEWS
NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - PHIL WALSH, NEW MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPER - ANDY BLOYE, NEW TENDER WRITER - TESS EVANS, NEW CONSULTANT - DR HELEN PAIGE
NEW TRAINERS: TONY HUGHES AND TREVOR STONE
Tony Hughes will be joining us as the trainer for Diploma of Business (Frontline Management) and the Certificate IV in Business (Frontline Management). Margaret Aspin will deliver the Diploma of E-business and the Certificate IV in E-business.
Tony has been delivering accredited Frontline Management training for the last 5 years.
The part he enjoys most is facilitating the exchange of experiences between participants. He finds people learn as much from each other as they do from himself.
Tony has been involved with accredited training since 2001 when he joined Futurum Australia (RTO) as a Project Manager, managing the training for their key retail account, Baker's Delight. This involved delivery of both retail and frontline management training. He has been managing my own training consultancy since June 2004. Organisations provided with frontline management training by me have included Retirement Services Australia, Sensis, and the Pharmaceutical Society of Aust.
Prior to entering the training industry, Tony had a long career in the clothing industry. For many years in senior management positions with companies such as Levi Strauss (as Marketing Manager) and Bluegrass Clothing (as Managing Director). During the 90's he ran his own successful clothing retail business before selling it to move into training and development.
Trevor Stone
Trevor Stone has joined us to deliver Certificate IV in e-Business and is currently delivering CARE MANAGER (management software for community services and health) for our client SCOPE. Trevor is a systems administrator with government, university and TAFE experience. More about Trevor is on our Training site.
Phil Walsh
Phil Walsh joined usin late June to be the new Business Development Manager for ASPIN training. See About Us for his bio.
Andrew Bloye
Andy Bloye started with us in July 2006. Andy is working on the Going Virtual web site, the OTTE funded Victorian E-learning Conference as both web designer and on the event team, and on WebCT projects. Andy has a background in hospitality management and recently undertook a career change to multimedia development. Andy continues his studies and works part-time for Aspin.
Tess Evans
Tess has had a long history in training management at NMIT. In fact Tess was Margaret's original manager in TAFE! Tess has now moved onto the next phase and is consulting with us, particularly high level consulting in tender writing and RTO management issues.
Dr Helen Paige
Dr Paige is a Knowledge Management expert and is based in Adelaide, South Australia. Dr Paige recently delivered training in Knowledge Management to our AMES NSW clients. Read about this online case study on our seminars page.
Going Virtual 06
GOING VIRTUAL - The Future of Work
The Third Annual Asia-Pacific Conference on Remote, Virtual Working
Melbourne , October 25-26, 2006
Going Virtual was another great success this year with an outstanding line up of speakers.
A report on 2005 is below and a report on the 2006 conference will be added in November. More information is available on the the Going Virtual website.
2005 report by Margaret Aspin
We've just returned from sunny Brisbane where we ran two workshops and Margaret co-chaired the Going Virtual 2005 conference. Last year our speakers were clear about the need for a focus on people not technology in virtual teams and the need for better management skills in managing virtual, remote workers. This year our speakers included Monika Altmaier from Seimens in Munich, Dr Laga van Beek from DCITA, Mike Sinclair from Shell plus many other excellent people from government, academia, vocational education and training, and industry. This year speakers focused more on Teleworking , management of remote workers, eLearning and mLearning training issues, and case stories from people working successfully in this way. This year has been a big year for teleworking in Australia , with government research, many new mobile tools available, and an interest in attracting and retaining older workers.
Attendees asked our team (Margaret Aspin, Dr John Gundry from Knowledge Ability, and Kathy Nightingale from TNI) to hold another conference in 2006 as this event was seen as the premier event both organised and delivered by specialists in the field. The team are already discussing which city the conference could move to in its third year, plus some new ways to include many more from vocational education and training and academia.
More about the conference at www.goingvirtual.com.au
Dr Gundry visits Australia regularly and meets with government, education and training and industry.
E-PERFORMANCE NETWORK
We are working with the ABC and eWorks to put the ePerformance Network online. Moodle is the tool used for this network. The network looks at perfomance management tools for Human Resources and Organisational Development managers.
E-performance Network - Exploring E-tools for improving business results for training
Electronic tools are providing new opportunities for integrating learning and work. There are now collaborative web-based approaches for identifying skill gaps, matching individual and organisational needs, planning and providing learning environments, supporting application of outcomes in the workflow, and tracking impact on the organisation's performance.
This network will explore emerging models, systems and tools for supporting the transfer of learning outcomes from training into performance improvement results in the workplace.
The group will identify available e-performance tools, arrange online demonstrations and discussions, and gather case studies and lessons learned from organisations who are using these approaches. The network will be of value to anyone interested in planning, supporting and evaluating performance improvement strategies in their organisation.
Contact Margaret at marasp@aspinonlineconsulting.com.au to find out more. You may also like to go to the network at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=439
You may be asked to register before being able to log in.
FAAW Teleworking Project
Margaret is on the steering committee for the Federation of Australian Agricultural Women's Teleworking project. The project aims to provide data on, and to enhance opportunities for teleworking by rural and regional women through research, the dissemination of findings to key stakeholders and the establishment of a database on the FAAW website. Visit the web site at http://www.faaw.org.au/ to discover more.
WHERE IS TONY?
Tony is working full time for the Australian Army. Tony is a Corporal in the Military Police and we are proud to release him to work for our country. Tony's other news is he graduated from RMIT in 2005, and now has yet another spectacular looking certificate to frame for the office wall. Andy Bloye is our new multimedia developer. Andy worked on the Going Virtual website, the Victorian E-learing Conference 'ConVerge' website and event team, The John Holland Group induction program, and multimedia projects in WebCT.
OUR CURRENT OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS
We moved into a new training office in the Melbourne CBD on October 16th 2006. The consulting arm is still based in Eltham.
New details
Melbourne CBD (training office)
Level 27 Rialto South Tower
525 Collins St Melbourne 3000
Phone 03 9935 2851
Fax 03 9935 2750
2005 News
Small Business EXPO in Nillumbik 2005
We were at the business EXPO at Ashton Manor in Diamond Creek on Wednesday 19th October 2005. This was a great opportunity to meet and talk with people and businesses in the north eastern region of Melbourne and their training needs. We conducted surveys about their own or their staff's training needs, and gave hands on opportunities to find out more about eLearning and mLearning.
Successful training for pharmacists, GPs and drug and alcohol workers 2005
On behalf of the PSA (Vic Branch), we project managed the Pharmacists as Partners in Training Strategies on Alcohol and Licit Substances project October 2004 – June 2005.
This project, funded by the AER Foundation was designed to enable health partners, in particular Pharmacists, General Practitioners and alcohol and licit drug related organisations particularly in regional and rural locations, to work in a partnership to develop training strategies.
The Project Team included Margaret Aspin , Mez Wiseman , Russ Grosvenor a Pharmacist from the PSA, Paul Lumb a Drug & Alcohol Worker and Cheryl Martin an Evaluator from the Bendigo and District Division of General Practice.
A Reference Committee was put together and advised the project team on the main alcohol and licit drug related issues within the Shepparton area. The reference committee and the project team were in constant communication through the use of TAFE VC.
The Project was piloted in Shepparton and Wangaratta and included:
The project may roll out all over Victoria.
The project has been strongly supported in the Shepparton and Wangaratta region, and the following organisations plus many more are involved in the project in some way:
If you would like more information about the project, contact Margaret Aspin on (03) 9431 1811 or via email at marasp@aspinonlineconsulting.com.au
eHealth training for Pharmacists 2005
Margaret conducted Information Technology, eHealth and PDAs training for pharmacists around Victoria for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Victorian Branch. The eCommerce resources were supplied by Multimedia Victoria http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/ , and information on using mobile devices for health has been brought together from a range of Australian, US and European sources. Pharmacists were able to join the PSA Vic eHealth Special Interest Group and keep up to date with the latest information and trends. This continuing education opportunity began with a grant from Multimedia Victoria. Contact Margaret Aspin to discover more about eCommerce roadshows and what Multimedia Victoria can do for your industry.
Toshiba Flexible Working Guide 2005
In 2004, Toshiba sponsored research which revealed that many employers still haven't learned to trust employees they cannot see. A Flexible Working guide was then written in conjunction with a special interest group including Aspin Online Consulting. The media release of the guide states:
“Toshiba was prompted to establish the Flexible Workplace Special Interest Group and develop the guide following the research it commissioned in 2004, which showed that management beliefs, including mistrust of employees, were one of the main reasons behind a slow uptake of flexible working. The difficultly in monitoring and supervising employees was perceived to be the greatest disadvantage of flexible working; in other words, many organisations simply didn't know how to manage staff when they couldn't see them. This indicated that there was scope to increase trust by using performance criteria rather than attendance-based evaluation techniques.
To obtain a copy of the Flexible Working: A Guide to Creating and Managing a Flexible Workplace or the original Mobility and Mistrust report, please visit: www.isd.toshiba.com.au/sig/downloads or contact Toshiba on 13 30 70.
To find out more about how this guide matters to education and training contact Margaret Aspin marasp@aspinonlineconsulting.com.au
New Practices in Flexible Learning Project 2005
We recently finished working with Chisholm Institute on their New Practices project which developed student communication packs. Our role was to facilitate and manage the Action Research process during the 7 month project. Visit the Flexible Learning Framework to discover more about this project and to see the packs.
ACPET LearnScope 2005
We facilitated a Learnscope professional development project this year. The project was funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. Western Health and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) are two registered training organisations in health in Victoria who formed the 2005 team. The group worked on designing eLearning products for health education, designing for the TAFE Virtual Campus, looked at health Toolboxes and worked on their action research and action learning into health eLearning. The group discovered new skills for trainers, inducting, managing and assessing online plus learn about mLearning on PDAs and building an online learning community. The group did a presentation at the Learnscope conference in Ballarat on the 14 th of October http://www.ballarat.edu.au/vfed/learning_and_teaching/educational_projects/2005/learnscope/learnscope_2005.shtml
The group are particularly interested in delivering the Infection Control Diseases Toolbox. View the Toolbox at http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/toolbox/series7/702.htm
A state based ACPET presentation took place in Melbourne in December 2005 where the team presented a digital story of their experienced.
Colleagues showcase
Andrew Olivier - The Working Journey
Andrew Olivier has arrived in Australia from South Africa and has set up his new offices for The Working Journey in Tasmania. Andrew works extensively with large firms in South Africa and Australia and has visited Australia over many years. He just grew to love the place! Andrew was one of our critical friends at our company dreaming day in 2004 and went on to deliver training to us and our colleagues. Download the latest news from The Working Journey. It is packed with excellent information of interest to CEOs, senior managers and HR professionals. The Working Journey Magazine.
