At ILX Group, we have been at the forefront of Digital Learning Best Practice, so we are delighted to have been shortlisted with Virgin Media for the e-Learning Awards 2012. To complement the glittering event at the London Marriott Hotel on 8 November we are running a series of articles to demystify digital learning. This is the first in the series.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

This much loved phrase from the Dr Seuss book for children has a lesson for adults: reading is an important way to learn and to advance your career.

We may be a little PRINCE2 obsessed here, but we’ve noticed something: some decisions by national team coaches and managers have shades (some paler than others!) of PRINCE2 Principles about them.

Mr Chen is a remarkable man.

In 2008 he saw London win the Olympics for 2012 and his imagination was captured. He decided to pedal his rickshaw 60,000 km and across 16 countries from China to London in order to spread the Olympic spirit.

Part two of our suggestions for learners and trainers to improve their learning journey.

There’s a scene in the film City Slickers (city folk go cattle driving, yeehaw!) where the Billy Crystal character, Mitch, tries to explain to his friend Phil, how to use a VCR (yeah, it’s an old film). Phil, though, doesn’t get it. He seriously doesn’t and, you know that he’s never going to get it.

Everyone can have a brilliant idea for a product or service. The trick is to make sure that you follow the right steps to turn the idea into reality. PRINCE2’s themes help ensure this. They are the seven critical aspects of project management that, addressed and considered throughout the project, make it a success.

Whatever business you are in and whatever role you play PRINCE2 Foundation project management training can help you. Here are some reasons why.

Mobile phones are for more than calling and texting as our Digital Learning for Business Report demonstrates. Here are 12 apps to improve your efficiency and effectiveness as a new or experienced project manager. *

What makes PRINCE2 such a successful methodology (when it’s used properly) is that it understands that projects, like journeys, are best managed in stages. And although, it’s the Project Board that decides on the number of stages, project managers need to understand the process in order to deliver what the board and the project need.