Learning Academy Box Sets

Take the opportunity to gain accreditation in a specific subject. Our Box Sets are groups of related modules that help you focus your learning. The full box set cost includes your accreditation. To complete accreditation, you need to watch all five modules and send an email to accreditation@theforum.social to describe what you have taken from the modules and how you have applied these in your role.
Each Box Set costs £325 +VAT. (Free to anyone on an Assisted Learning Pathway). Click on the descriptions below to book your place now.

Student takeaways

One of our members from Lifeplus completed the Capacity Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting box set these are the headline takeaways:
- A small impact in your field can have a good effect higher up in the ranks at board level i.e. matching up with a higher strategic objective

- Planning teams need to collaborate with other areas/organisations, engage stakeholders

- Increase Operational effectiveness - As a team, we have vastly increased our communication channels

- Improve and manage the flow of your data cycle and version control

- Long Term: Financial and Budget Planning – Operational: Drives capacity, scenario planning, and risk

- In the middle of a transformation/plan, the challenges are still there, and targets not being met --> this must lead to evolving the approach to capacity and demand

- Improve the quality of the data, focussing on what/why/how, determine what happened to the customer base

- Demonstrating Value and ROI – benefits achieved, costs avoided, risks avoided

Published on 05 August 2020

Box Set: Telling a Story with Numbers

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The Modules

The Pyramid Principle For Effective Communication
Like us our stakeholders have limited time, we rarely read every emails and report we receive end to end, and neither do they. We may have just a few seconds to land our message and get our audience to take action or read on. The pyramid principle is a simple technique to help you structure your communications and reports to quickly answer the “So what?” and land your core message.

Emotional Engagement & The Power Of Stories
Often facts and data will not get our message across. We need to understand our audience and use emotional engagement techniques to bring our insight to life. In this module we explore some simple emotional engagement techniques to make your communications, presentations and reports more meaningful. We also explore the power of stories in understanding our stakeholders and overcoming their fears and doubts.

The Pattern Of Great Presentations
In this module we look at how techniques from great speakers through history can be used to bring your presentations to live and bring your audience on your journey.

Data Visualisation
Explore effective ways of presenting data in a meaningful, interesting and engaging way. Improve the way you inform and persuade your key stakeholders.
- Understand why your existing reports don’t excite or engage your stakeholders
- Learn the basics of data visualisation and how to communicate information
- Apply “2 key questions” and start the use the tools and resource you need

Layouts & Structure
Whether we are producing dashboards, reports or presentations layout and format is key to landing your message. Learn how to make it easy for the audience to follow your story, draw their focus to what really matters and avoid unnecessary distractions.

The cost of this mini series including accreditation is great value at £325 + VAT and free for students on our assisted learning pathway.

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