Working in the international development, relief and conservation sector is unique: the issues we address, the cultures in which we work, the terminology we use differentiate us from other sectors. With learning content available in multiple languages, training courses available from both private companies (including Harvard Business Publishing, eCornell, Mindleaders, CEGOs and others) and custom-built courses developed by and specifically for our sector, LINGOs learning is designed for International NGOs.
Staff at LINGOs member agencies have access to world-class learning - regardless of where they are, what language they speak and the time zone in which they work. A Learning Management System provides a convenient location to find the information at anytime from anywhere. Rapid e-learning development tools enable members to deploy the information quickly; members deliver interactive courses via virtual classroom; and on-line and an on-line-360 assessment tool helps individual professionals to stay on top of progress… to name just a few examples.
LINGOs membership provides value through increased capacity and productivity, improving your impact per dollar spent. But the easiest way to justify a LINGOs membership may be through avoiding travel costs and developing your own training infrastructure. For the cost of one or two international trips, your entire organization can have access to world-class learning. In return, most agencies use over $50,000 of value from their LINGOs membership.
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LINGOs provides world-class learning appropriate for,
accessible by,
and affordable to NGOs,
helping member organizations save time,
improve knowledge transfer,
reduce travel costs and risks and
deploy scarce resources more strategically.
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Community
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helps you solve distribution, organization and development challenges
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gives your staff access to courses designed to support your mission
Catholic Relief Services distributes
supplies in Purri, Pakistan
Photo from USAID
LINGOs Membership Qualifications
Membership to LINGOs is available to non-governmental organizations whose primary mission is to promote international development, relief, conservation or social justice in three or more countries. Supporting organizations, such as foundations and multi-lateral institutions, may be eligible for a custom-package of services.
LINGOs Membership Levels
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Budget (Level 1) Membership is appropriate for small international NGO who wish to access LINGOs’ learning courses through a shared learning portal which does not allow for agency-specific branding, customized reports, or alignment with other systems.
Standard (Level 2) Membership is designed for any-size international organization who would like to access LINGOs learning resources, while retaining the option to brand their learning portal, generate customized reports, and align their learning systems with other internal systems.
Enterprise (Level 3) Membership is designed for international NGOs whose work is managed via a global confederation and who would like the convenience and efficiency of managing their LINGOs resources through a single membership.
Extending Learning Resources to Developing Country Partners
LINGOs membership provides access to learning resources to an organization’s staff. To extend this access to partner organization in developing countries, LINGOs offers to Level 2 and Enterprise members the Developing Country Partner Portal, a separate installation of the Learning Management System (LMS) and access to selected courses. After a one-time initiation fee of $500, the annual cost of the portal is based on the number of seats used per year and any access fees for courses which LINGOs purchases from external partners.
Features comparison by level Detailed PDF
| Budget Level 1 |
Standard Level 2 |
Enterprise Level 3 |
|
| Membership Dues* (2010-2011 rates) |
$4800/yr +
$1000 initiation |
$9600/yr +
$1000 initiation |
$23,000/yr +
$3500 initiation |
| LINGOs Online Community and LinkedIn Group | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eligible to participate in eLearning Global Giveback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access to LINGOs shared learning content through LMS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to brand and host your own content on LMS | Yes | Yes | |
| Training session for the agency LMS Administrator | Yes | Yes | |
| Custom Branded Partner Portal for developing country NGO partner organization staff | Extra fee | Extra fee | |
| SCORM Dispatch | Extra fee | 1 installation | |
| Access to LINGOs-member custom-developed courses and virtual classroom events | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access to eCornell courses at $45 per person per course | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access to courses from other LINGOs partners and members discounts on other LINGOS-negotiated conference feeds, courses, etc. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Premium Membership to the eLearning Guild | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Insights Preference Evaluator and Insights Discovery (# of staff) | 50 | 100 | 250 |
| 10 supervisor licenses for Blackboard Collaborate for online learning events | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Articulate Storyline rapid eLearning authoring tool (licenses) | 2 | 6 | |
| Articulate Rapid eLearning Studio v2009 (licenses) | 2 | 4 | |
| QuickLessons web-based e-learning authoring tool | Yes | Yes | |
| Easygenerator online authoring platform | Yes | Yes | |
| eLearning Art templates and images | 2 basic licenses | 1 plus license (5 users) |
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| iMindMap mindmapping software (25 licenses) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FeedbackToGo: on-line 360 feedback tool | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*Note: Membership is from January 1st to December 31st. Organizations joining during the year pay a prorated fee based on membership date. There may be fees associated with changing between categories.
Developing Country Partner Portal Costs
| Registered Users | Annual Fee |
| Up to 500 | $2000 |
| Up to 1000 | $3000 |
| Up to 5000 | $6000 |
| Up to 10,000 | $8500 |
| More than 10,000 | $8500 + 0.25 per user over 10,000 |
By providing us with the resources to learn (better, faster, cheaper), LINGOs has allowed our employees, teams, departments, and country affiliates to measurably improve performance that directly translates into increased health impact.
Marie-Laure Curie
Deputy Director, Learning and
Performance at Population
Services International, PSI
LINGOs Board of Directors
