Comments on: Where is the GHG Management Institute located? http://ghginstitute.org/2010/02/17/where-is-the-ghg-management-institute-located/ Online Training Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:22:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sidney Clouston http://ghginstitute.org/2010/02/17/where-is-the-ghg-management-institute-located/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Sidney Clouston Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:37:58 +0000 http://ghginstitute.org/?p=1934#comment-506 Hello Michael: In my White Paper that is titled "Addressing the Millennium Development Goals and the Transportation Fuel Issue" I included a quote from the Secretary General of the United Nations. "......We cannot do business as usual." I marvel at the Copenhagen CoP 15 with 30,000 people flying and training or motoring to discuss lowering the ppm of the greenhouse gas CO2. Is that some kind of Oxymoron or the old business as usual, or both? We can do face to face on Skype with Video and Voice. We would have issues with lower revenue at many business places so we need to have a transition training for Travel Agents and Bell Hops. They could be Personal Trainers or become a type of Meals on Wheels Entrepreneur for those Slaves of the monitor and the keyboard such as I. Hello Michael:

In my White Paper that is titled “Addressing the Millennium
Development Goals and the Transportation Fuel Issue” I included a quote from the Secretary General of the United Nations. “……We cannot do business as usual.” I marvel
at the Copenhagen CoP 15 with 30,000 people flying and training or motoring to discuss lowering the ppm of the greenhouse gas CO2. Is that some kind of Oxymoron or the old business as usual, or both? We can do face to face on Skype with Video and Voice. We would have issues with lower revenue at many business places so we need to have a transition training for Travel Agents and Bell Hops. They
could be Personal Trainers or become a type of Meals on Wheels Entrepreneur for those Slaves of the monitor and the keyboard such as I.

]]> By: Michael Gillenwater http://ghginstitute.org/2010/02/17/where-is-the-ghg-management-institute-located/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Michael Gillenwater Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:51:04 +0000 http://ghginstitute.org/?p=1934#comment-455 Sunil, Great comment. And very predictive. What you describe is exactly the strategy we are employing. We are already beginning to set up regional centers through partners in a few parts of the world as pilot projects and launching a training workshop program called ghgLIVE. The latter is starting in North America as we get it going, but the plan is to then go global. And as we launch our professional certification program, we will also begin enlisting those of you that go through it to be our local trainers. Its all part of the master plan. Its just being implemented step by step. Too slowly in my opinion, but resources are in short supply these days, so we are doing our best. Thanks for the suggestion. It is excellent! Michael Sunil,

Great comment. And very predictive. What you describe is exactly the strategy we are employing. We are already beginning to set up regional centers through partners in a few parts of the world as pilot projects and launching a training workshop program called ghgLIVE. The latter is starting in North America as we get it going, but the plan is to then go global. And as we launch our professional certification program, we will also begin enlisting those of you that go through it to be our local trainers. Its all part of the master plan. Its just being implemented step by step. Too slowly in my opinion, but resources are in short supply these days, so we are doing our best.

Thanks for the suggestion. It is excellent!
Michael

]]> By: Sunil Bhandari http://ghginstitute.org/2010/02/17/where-is-the-ghg-management-institute-located/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Sunil Bhandari Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:41:24 +0000 http://ghginstitute.org/?p=1934#comment-454 Michael, Thank you for your insight. This is very helpful. The only suggestion I would have is to factor in not only the cultural and language differences, but also ability and interest of the target audience to use the technology we are using to deliver our training modules. Infrastructure these days is improving a bit, but in many of the developing countries we still have power disruptions and other infrastructural challenges that further complicate training delivery challenging. To keep these challenges in mind, instead of being totally virtual, GHGMI should consider adopting to some kind of hybrid approach. One suggestion would be to develop local expertise in various countries (much broader range than just few countries) and make these people to be the face of the GHGMI. These on-site trainers should facilitate delivery of recorded training, gather feedback and work with the training development team to make these trainings more effective and hopefully bring these to a point where these can be delivered without any on-site facilitator. I am assuming that GHGMI might have to customize these trainings specific to countries or at least regions to make them more effective. Thank you Sunil Bhandari Michael,
Thank you for your insight. This is very helpful. The only suggestion I would have is to factor in not only the cultural and language differences, but also ability and interest of the target audience to use the technology we are using to deliver our training modules. Infrastructure these days is improving a bit, but in many of the developing countries we still have power disruptions and other infrastructural challenges that further complicate training delivery challenging. To keep these challenges in mind, instead of being totally virtual, GHGMI should consider adopting to some kind of hybrid approach. One suggestion would be to develop local expertise in various countries (much broader range than just few countries) and make these people to be the face of the GHGMI. These on-site trainers should facilitate delivery of recorded training, gather feedback and work with the training development team to make these trainings more effective and hopefully bring these to a point where these can be delivered without any on-site facilitator. I am assuming that GHGMI might have to customize these trainings specific to countries or at least regions to make them more effective.

Thank you
Sunil Bhandari

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