e-Learning Chinese Version now in Production

In response to the requests from our Chinese participants, the Chinese version of the PPMS/DMF as well as the implementation and change management modules is now in full production. Shooting began in December 1 with Edan Empainado as our videographer. This time, we have a special star in the person of Rebecca Hong. Rebecca is a linguist and the current District Governor of Toastmasters International (www.chainatoastmasters.org) representing District 85, Mainland China.  She also works as facilitator and consultant as well as co-owner of TeamsWork (www.globalteamswork.com), a training-cum-consulting house in Shanghai .

Together with her husband, Rebecca took the TOF course in Luang Prabhang last (21-29 July 2009). She was so excited after the course and is looking for potential clients for PPMS/DMF workshops. She wanted to start with non-profit organizations and associations and then move on to government entities and perhaps even ADB. She helped Andrea and Pet in the conduct of the recently concluded TOF Shanghai (from 17 to 25 November, 2009) where a total of 27 participants were trained.

In an interview, she said that the whole exercise was her first experience in doing the translation and then presenting the content in the internet. This was her first time and she is glad she took the challenge although she wished that the materials would have been less formal and allowed the use of colloquial. She was glad that she took the entire e-learning course before taking on the translation and presentation assignment from ADB. “I really learned and understood more after I took the e-Learning course in addition to the TOF.”

Her loving husband is a trainer and facilitator, an executive speech coach and a certified member of the International Association of Facilitators. She continues to learn from him as they journey through life together.

Andrea and Peter expect the Chinese e-learning version to be online by the end of January, 2010.