e-Learning ambassadors spread the word

Posted on 13 August 2010 by Christine

TPAS e-learning ambassadors avatarThis Summer, as part of our three-year e-learning project for TPAS (the national Tenant Participation Advisory Service) Make It Happen trained online a number of TPAS E-learning Ambassadors – @mbassadors for short. Their role, amongst other things, is to advocate for the TPAS e-learning programme and to provide peer advice and guidance for other e-learners.

It’s great to see Leeds Federated HA, who take pride in being a ‘people’ organisation, highlighting the important role that e-learning @mbassadors can play:

Leeds Federated is proud to announce that Sue Howlett an involved tenant has taken on the role of E-Learning Ambassador for TPAS to promote Easy-Learning online.

Sue is part of a team of trained E-Learning Ambassadors who will continue to work with TPAS to explore new technologies and develop innovative new courses, content and ideas for the E-Learning programme.

Congratulations to Sue, her hard work and commitment has led her to take on opportunities at the cutting edge of tenant involvement.

Read the full article here: Putting Tenants at the Heart of TPAS E-Learning Programme

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A new dawn in tenant social networking

Posted on 3 August 2010 by Christine

TPAS National Conference and AGM, July 2010Last month Make It Happen set up the TPAS eNetwork, a new social network for members of the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) to extend and compliment the e-learning project we are developing with them. We introduced the social network at the recent TPAS National Conference 2010 where we delivered two workshops to discuss how social networking on the internet can help empower communities. The slogan for the conference was:

A new dawn in tenant empowerment!

And we wanted to find out:

How can TPAS eNetwork help empower tenants and residents?

We asked members how they might want to use TPAS eNetwork and what features they’d like to see. Here are some of the ideas that came up: Continue reading →

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TPAS Conference 2010

Posted on 23 July 2010 by Dane

It’s that time of year again!
A new dawn in Tenant Empowerment
Last year the crew from Make it Happen attended our first TPAS (Tenant Participation Advisory Service) conference and it was great. This year it’s even more exciting for us as it involves the launch of the Community Empowerment Fund supported national e-learning project and Make it Happen is the major partner. We are delivering a couple of interactive workshops and networking like mad (dancing too!). Also in attendance (amongst the other 700 delegates) are the recently trained TPAS ‘e-learning @mbassadors’. The e@m’s will participate in our workshop and will be generally promoting all aspects of e-learning to their fellow delegates. There are plenty of other exciting things to do at the conference such as bingo and … oh, yes – dancing!
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e-learning for Guide Dogs

Posted on 22 July 2010 by Dane

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Make it Happen is pleased to be working in partnership with Volunteering England and JLJ Associates to develop multi-media e-learning resources and activities for the The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. The new e-learning course is designed for new staff and people who manage volunteers at Guide Dogs, and will be launched in mid Sept 2010.

People with their guide dogs

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The benefits of e-learning

Posted on 15 November 2009 by Christine

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TPAS Annual Conference July/Aug 2009

Posted on 13 August 2009 by Dane

TPAS annual conference 2009For the past 21 years the TPAS Annual Conference has been the premier event in tenant and resident involvement. Dane and Christine from Make it Happen are attending the three day event gathering video footage for use in the new TPAS Virtual Learning Environment. We are looking forward to meeting some great people, having a great time and shooting some great footage too!

Over the past year there have been a number of changes to the governing of housing services which include the introduction of the Tenant Services Authority, Homes and Communities Agency and the National Tenants Voice. In this years conference programme, TPAS have identified the following four key areas highlighting opportunities of involvement for both tenants and landlords EXCELLENCE, SCRUTINY, RESIDENTS AT THE HEART OF CHANGE and MY HOME, MY COMMUNITY. There is a fantastic programme of debates, workshops and visits which will hopefully invigorate and educate delegates leaving them empowered with knowledge and skills to get involved.

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