Aspire Squared consultants and associates include experienced trainers with experience of the skills, information management and social research sectors. We are pleased to offer the following training and development events which can be offered as on-site workshops:
Information management
I’ve spent the last two weeks organising the marketing of our range of regulatory support for awarding organisations. I’ve designed a marketing leaflet to emphasise the challenge of regulation now that Ofqual has published its new arrangements. The image for the front of the leaflet gives the message that regulation is negative, that its impact is to delay, confuse and restrict any organisation which wishes to push ahead successfully in business. The key image shows ‘one-way’ signs pointing both left and right, a ‘do not enter’ sign, a ‘dead end’ sign and a ‘stop’ sign all in bright reds and yellows. All of them together threaten to seriously impede your progress!
There is some scepticism about the effectiveness of the Data Protection Act for regulating access to personal data on social networks. I recently conducted two short surveys (April and May 2011) as part of my research at City University London. The surveys set out to identify the main issues that concerned users of social networks and the views of data protection and information governance professionals about the use of social network services in the work place.
For the full 8-page report see Social_Networks_Haynes_ 2011. Read more 
