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TurningPoint Skills Workshops

Are you a TurningPoint user? Are you wondering how far you can go with the software? Are you trying to encourage colleagues to use the system? Our skills workshops might be just the thing you need.

What will I get from one of these workshops?

Over the course of 90 minutes we’ll take you on a journey through the software, giving inspiration based on real-life experience of how it will benefit everything from your team meetings to training and consultancy sessions. The precise content we cover will vary from one workshop to the next because it will be based on you and your needs.

What is this going to cost me?

Nothing. Zip. Zero.

This sounds great. Why should I bother paying for one of your 'real' training courses?

The Skills Workshop is designed to help you understand when and why to use TurningPoint, whereas the full training course is designed to show you how to use TurningPoint.

This means that on the real training course you will follow the trainer through a series of tasks designed to teach key features, while in the Skills Workshop you will experience a more informal session. 

Am I a guinea pig, or has this been done before?

We've run plenty of workshops like this. The quotes down the side of this page highlight what some of our previous delegates had to say about their experience.

The feedback looks good but I'm nothing like those customers.

We will find out more about you before the workshop so that we can tailor it to your environment and your needs. However, you'd be surprised how transferable some of our anecdotes are. We've seen secondary school pupils benefitting from the insights of the corporate world and vice versa on more than one occasion!

Is there a minimum or maximum number of people?

Since this is a workshop it works best with 5 or more people. At the top end we've delivered it to groups of 40 but then it becomes more of a lecture and so is harder to tailor. In short, though, we're flexible!

I’m cynical. If I invite you in are you going to try and sell me something?

Nope. Not at all. If you happen to be interested in buying or renting some more TurningPoint anyway then that’s a different conversation which we'll happily have. Other than that, there are no hidden costs, no underhand motives, and no hypnotists on the team that might try and break your will using dark arts.

If this isn't a trick sales pitch, then why are you doing it?

We simply want to open your eyes to quite how versatile this product is. You already own it and the chances are you're not using it as widely as you could. We want to help change that. And if you think about it we do get something out of it beyond the feeling of good karma. If you use TurningPoint well then one day somebody is going to see you using it or hear you talking about it, and become interested in it themselves. In fact, here's a quote from a previous delegate explaining this in his own words:

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What's the catch then?

Erm, we can't think of one. Feel free to tell us if you spot one though!

Okay, I'm interested. What do I do?

Register your interest via this short application form and we'll get going from there.

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Testimonials

“TurningPoint is instant, thought provoking, and forces everyone to participate, all factors which change the usefulness and shape of the results.”

Dave Thompson, Inspector for ICT, Worcestershire LEA

"TurningPoint is certainly an effective tool that can be used right across the curriculum."

BETT Awards Judges

"I've got the voting system working perfectly - 8 statements on screen, 3 rounds, 4 votes, 4 votes, 2 votes, and in each round you can spread the votes. At the end it's a piece of cake to tally up in Excel."


Richard Taylor, Adviser (ICT), School Improvement Service, Northumberland County Council

"The use of TurningPoint addresses many of the issues around assessment for learning. It allows the teacher to assess on a range of measures including individual performance and group performance against a particular teaching point."


BETT Awards Judges

"This is a hugely flexible product that could have a significant impact on teaching and learning across all phases and subject areas."


BETT Awards Judges

"The software is quickly mastered by totally inexperienced users. The product is easy to use in real time and very flexible."


BETT Awards Judges

"All members of the educational community can be supported through use of this product. Evidence of this came from a range of sources, for example, LA advisers using it to monitor the student voice related to Schools of the Future, teachers using it to test recall of historical facts and pupils using it to express opinion about the impact of WW2 on people at the time."


BETT Awards Judges

"Analysis of performance enables teacher planning to meet pupil needs identified through analysis of data gathered in a session, using principles of assessment for learning.  This provides opportunities to tailor content to meet the needs of individual learners and the ability to track learners' progress, either by following their activities or by reporting on tasks that are assessed."

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"The open-ended nature of the 'Turning Point' kit provides a flexible resource that teachers can tailor to enhance teaching and learning strategies to support creativity."

BETT Awards Judges

"The product facilitates discussion and collaboration. It encourages participation by all including normally reluctant contributors who lack confidence. It involves all pupils and builds the confidence of more timid learners."


BETT Awards Judges

“I'm thrilled to bits! Was a bit anxious about how to use it but in fact it took me just half an hour to produce a set of slides for different materials with 2 simple responses for each, conductor or insulator. The children voted for what they thought, then tried out the materials in their circuits, and referred their results back to their original responses on the slides. Fantastic!”

Pam Marsh, St Mary's Catholic Pri...

"To summarise my feedback would be that the voting is easy to set up, easy to use, simple to understand, has lots of tools to allow instant feedback and has the ability to collate/ present data in an easy format."

Mark Weller, Infrastructure Specialist, Research Machines PLC

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