Case studies

Working with CABI, over the course of 4 ½ years, I grew their global academy from zero to 28,000 users, from over 140 countries.

The assignment

• Setting up a sustainable and scalable technology infrastructure
• Internal awareness-raising of the capabilities of the CABI Academy
• Promoting the work of the CABI Academy across the global agriculture sector
• Growing a new team, consisting of permanent and freelance team members, from across CABI's global offices
• Defining quality standards around online learning
• Planning and taking through annual budget proposals of over £500,000
• Taking the Skills for Agriculture framework from nothing to a fully-fledged product, mapped to courses from providers around the world

The outcome

The CABI Academy is now used by thousands of people - having an impact on the quality of advice given to smallholder farmers around the world

"Mark is a hugely experienced, knowledgeable and well connected professional in the learning technology space. He is also a highly decent human being and fun to work with. We have already recommended him to other companies and know we will likely call on him again when the need arises."

I worked with MIX Diversity over the course of several months to help them successfully launch their new online learning product at the Learning Technologies show.

The assignment

• Strategic advice on how to best deliver online learning to different customer groups
• Providing guidance and support during their project to select a suitable learning platform
• Configuring TalentLMS and Rustici Content Controller to work together to support their corporate clients
• Defining and documenting the processes to onboard new customers
• Coaching the team on how to work on the exhibition stand

The outcome

MIX Diversity has now gone to market with a large suite of high-quality online courses, able to be delivered via their own platform, or via their customers' learning systems - whilst retaining full control of their intellectual property.