Hi Paul, I probably seem a bit of of touch with the English technical scene, being based in Edinburgh.
On 23 Oct 2009, at 20:10, Paul Robinson wrote: > > You talked to anybody else involved in NWDC yet? I've not seen any > traffic on the (closed*) list around it. If you want some help getting > word out through that bunch, I can see what I can do. Is this the NWDC? http://nwdc.org.uk/ That looks just the sort of thing I was looking for. If you know people in those communities I'd really appreciate you passing a message along or putting me in touch. > > In fact, have you even posted to GeekUp yet? Not seen anything. > Apologies if I missed it. No I haven't (yet). Thanks for pointing it out to me.. > > they can get a book and do that. You need to explain why your course > is so much better than any other route, and what they'll be able to do > when they walk out of the classroom at the end of it that they don't > now, and probably wouldn't know getting through any other route. > Yet we still go to School and University. I wonder how to answer that - after all _you_ can get it all from books and experience. I did. The advantage of a course is that it accelerates the process, providing structure and feedback: the ability to ask questions and get receive constructive criticism. That is generally applicable to all face to face teaching. The best way to make it specific to to these courses is to emphasise the teaching and technical, track-record. > And bear in mind people are watching their spending right now - even > employers - so you need to be very, very careful with pricing. We're > in the most price-sensitive market around training now in living > memory, I reckon. I know. That's the reason for the discounts. NWRUGDISCOUNT > > * We're a cabal. :-) > At least we're not a scary army, like the Mac Dev community ;-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattgemmell/sets/72157622638614888/ ---------------- Paul Wilson http://edgecase.com http://merecomplexities.com http://scottishrubyconf.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
