Bob Little Press & Public Relations - Training Synergy providers of computer-based IT and learning skills training


Media Centre Training Synergy David Field (left) and Daniel Hanlon – directors of Training Synergy. Cherie Booth QC with (left) David Field and (right) Daniel Hanlon Click the link for appropriate press release The Changing Focus of End User Training 4 June 2007 According to the training solutions provider Training Synergy, distinctions between what has been traditionally segregated as IT and business skills training are becoming much more blurred. The company, which delivers some 40,000 end user training days a year, on bespoke systems, believes that courses now need to reflect how a user engages with technology and exploits that technology to the best of her/his ability, rather than trying to change the user’s process to match the technology. Keeping Homeworkers working! 31 May 2007 Working from home offers advantages to both employees and employers but, in today’s technology-dependent work culture, any technology problems - encountered away from the organisation’s IT department - can cause anything from worker frustration to serious productivity problems. So Training Synergy, the training solutions provider, is offering a course for homeworkers which not only delivers PC and networking basic skills but also ties these in with the homeworker’s organisation’s best practice processes and procedures. Training Synergy sponsors IT Trainer of the Year Award 22nd May 2007 Training solutions provider, Training Synergy is sponsoring the IT Trainer of the Year Award at this year's British Computer Society (BCS) IT Industry Awards for the third year running. Training Synergy facilitates the use of the NHS's 'Choose and Book' scheme 22nd February 2007 Training solution provider Training Synergy has helped The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to implement 'Choose and Book', a national service that, for the first time, combines electronic booking and a choice of place, date and time for first outpatient appointments. Training Synergy investment in its staff pays off for all concerned 19th February 2007 Training Synergy, the training solutions provider which holds 'investor in people' (IIP) accreditation and ISO 9001:2000 quality management certification, is developing its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy and encouraging some novel CSR activities from its staff. Cherie Blair Opens New Training Suite (see picture above) 15th February 2007 Cherie Booth QC, the wife of the Prime Minister and patron of the charity Victim Support London (VSL), has officially launched VSL's new training suite of three training rooms and a breakout area at its offices in Finsbury Square, London, and which have been donated, rent free for one year, by Scotia Bank. Training Synergy is re-accredited for IIP and achieves ISO 9001:2000 24 January 2007 Training Synergy, the training solutions provider, has recently had its status as an 'investor in people' (IiP) reconfirmed, following receiving IIP accreditation in 2003, and has also been awarded ISO 9001:2000 quality management certification. High street bank’s staff trained by Training Synergy in use of new counter terminals 18 January 2007 Systems integrator Getronics partnered with training services provider Training Synergy to provide training resources for the implementation of new front office counter terminals to some 10,000 users within 1,643 branches of a major high street bank. Training Synergy helps British Energy_s XP migration project 12 December 2006 Training solutions provider, Training Synergy, has provided training support to a Windows XP rollout throughout British Energy offices in the UK. Training Synergy sponsors BCS Award 8 December 2006 Training solutions provider, Training Synergy, sponsored the IT Trainer of the Year Award at this year's British Computer Society (BCS) IT Professional Awards, held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, on 7th December. British Computer Society enlists Training Synergy's help 7 December 2006 Delegates following the Synergy Training Accreditation (STA) Project programme are taking part in a British Computer Society (BCS) pilot to gain the BCS's new Accredited Course for Tutors and Trainers (ACTT), which is a new and exciting tailor-made BCS Qualification intended for established tutors and trainers involved in the delivery of training. The pilot runs until July 2007, with a view to the ACTT being formally launched in September 2007. High street bank’s staff trained by Training Synergy in use of new counter terminals 6 December 2006 Systems integrator Getronics partnered with training services provider Training Synergy to provide training resources for the implementation of new front office counter terminals to some 10,000 users within 1,643 branches of a major high street bank. Institute reaccredits Training Synergy 30 November 2006 Training solutions provider Training Synergy has had its Institute of IT Training (IITT) accreditation as an external service provider renewed for a further 12 month period. Training Synergy has held this accreditation since 2004. Proof of the pudding' for new Academy 5 July 2006 The first graduates from the Accelerated Trainer Academy (formerly the Spearhead Trainer Academy), are now delivering training on behalf of the ATLAS consortium to help it supply Increment 1 of the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) project. The DII(F) project is intended to replace numerous individual information systems throughout the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with a single, more efficient information infrastructure. Value for money theme voted a hit at Healthcare Computing 28 March 2006 Training Synergy’s stand at this year’s Healthcare Computing conference and exhibition, organised by the British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum and held in Harrogate in March, attracted a steady stream of visitors. Value for money is Training Synergy’s theme at Health Infomatics 22 March 2006 At this year’s Health Informatics conference and exhibition, organised by the British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum and being held in Harrogate, from 20th to 22nd March, staff from Training Synergy - one of the UK’s largest training solutions providers - will be discussing how the company is meeting the demands for greater flexibility, scaleability and value for money in today’s training workplace. Survey confirms the value of IT training 22 March 2006 A recent evaluation of the NHS Basic IT Skills (ECDL) Programme, carried out by NHS Connecting for Health, has shown that staff who master basic IT skills are not only channelling millions of pounds back into the NHS but are also spending more time with patients. Training Synergy at Learning Technologies 24th January 2006 At this years Learning Technologies exhibition, at Londons Olympia 2, on 25th and 26th January, staff from Training Synergy - one of the UKs largest suppliers of freelance IT trainers - will be discussing how the company is meeting the demands for greater flexiblity, scaleability and cost-effectiveness in todays training workplace. STA pupils at Training Synergy 11 January 2006 A group of telecoms engineers are the latest people to become graduates of the Synergy Training Accreditation (STA) Project programme. Insurance company’s flexible friend 6 January 2006 When a large insurance company wanted to upgrade its company-wide computer system to Windows XP and standardise its email browser as Microsoft Outlook XP, along with introducing new user domains and refreshing its stock of computers, it turned to Training Synergy for help in implementing the accompanying training for its 12,500 or so staff throughout the UK. New academy established to develop IT training consultants 17 November 2005 To help meet the corporate and public sector’s increasingly demanding standards for IT training, two of the UK’s largest trainer resource providers, Training Synergy and BroadSkill, have established Spearhead Academy – the UK’s first college developing candidates to become qualified IT training consultants.