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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Getting in touch - Please allow me to see you when you are online

We're coming up to ten years of training in Melksham - and over those ten years, I have trained (literally) thousands of delegate here (Wow - what a lot of business for Melksham!). Add to that at least the same number of delegates trained on customer sites, and all the people I taught in the previous 10 years at Harwell ... and I know a lot of people. So please forgive me if you get back in touch and I don't remember whether it was Tomcat Deployment or Perl that I taught you ... actually, I do quite well with "I've come across that name" and recognizing faces as someone I know, but my correlation's a bit crap at times.

I'm happy(ish) to accept Skype connection requests from past delegates, and people who are looking to get in touch within our business areas - looking for hotel rooms, to book courses, or to ask questions about those things and what we teach. But I don't want to accept requests off topic - where an acceptance means that I'm then open to sales messages on anything from Viagra to having contract software written for me. If you are going to ask for a Skype link - PLEASE amend the "Please allow me to see when you are online" text to something that gives me a reminder or introduction. I was going to plead a gentle movement towards older age as I wrote this message - but looking at the numbers above, I'm going to plead weight of numbers. To which I should add 900 people who'll be known to me (by handle at least) via the First Great Western Coffee Shop, the 750 who are signed up on TransWilts railway matters and smaller numbers through the Chamber of Commerce, and so on. Yes - I am happy(ish) if those groups contact me by Skype too.

But why do I only say "happy(ish)" and not "delighted".

It's all to do with my day job.

I'm a teacher. I stand in front of a group of delegates, I talk to them, I answer their questions, I demonstrate things. And I can't be constantly disturbed by telephonic systems where the person getting in touch expects a response in a few seconds, or even minutes, and feels that I've slighted them if they don't get that response.

So - I'm delighted if people email me in my subject areas - my email address is all over the place, and there's a web page where you can get in touch - [here] - too. Most of the time, I'm online even during courses so a headline pops into my mailbox within a few minutes, and urgent requests can get dealt with. And - yes - I can (and do) phone back during course breaks, or arrange a time when I can take calls.

I'm always delighted to talk with people about their training and hotel needs. It makes for a far better course / stay than a generic / vanilla one. And by helping me make such a call at a time when I'm not called out from the current delegates, you're also ensuring a quality call when I can concentrate. As an added bonus, we end up paying for the call ;-)
(written 2010-07-21, updated 2010-07-30)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
G501 - Well House Consultants - Customer Service
  [72] On Customer Service - (2004-10-03)
  [91] On line every 24 hours - (2004-10-17)
  [126] Feedback shows the tip of an iceberg - (2004-11-22)
  [150] Confession - (2004-12-13)
  [189] Tuesdays and Fridays - (2005-01-25)
  [195] Customer service - examples to warn us - (2005-01-30)
  [233] Giving customers best value - (2005-03-02)
  [265] Business practise, 2005 style - (2005-04-03)
  [327] How far should our support go - (2005-05-28)
  [350] Want to be one better - (2005-06-17)
  [393] Trainer answers phone - (2005-07-28)
  [440] Upgrade! - (2005-09-09)
  [482] Different ways of selling - (2005-11-01)
  [552] Keeping Customers Informed - (2006-01-02)
  [566] May all your screw-ups be big ones - (2006-01-16)
  [569] Instructions for bright people - (2006-01-19)
  [609] Been on a course, but still not got it? - (2006-02-16)
  [621] And the staff put the icing on the cake - (2006-02-23)
  [628] Active Learning - (2006-02-28)
  [650] A person of few words - (2006-03-18)
  [717] A customer service company - (2006-05-11)
  [725] Better communication - (2006-05-19)
  [841] Forum help - a push in the right direction - (2006-08-21)
  [852] Eventful evening - a lesson in looking after contacts - (2006-09-02)
  [944] Just ******* Google it - (2006-11-25)
  [961] Products that our customers want more of - (2006-12-03)
  [966] CSL, KISS and RTFM - (2006-12-05)
  [1007] Friends and family - (2006-12-25)
  [1046] Bounce, bounce, bounce - (2007-01-20)
  [1262] Keep in touch with PHP, Perl, Python and old friends too - (2007-07-09)
  [1319] Customer feedback - lifeblood of a business - (2007-08-25)
  [1434] Market survey - to learn, to prove a point, or to sell your product? - (2007-11-17)
  [1446] An answer to a student asking 'Help' - (2007-11-27)
  [1516] Pictures you can use - for free - from our library - (2008-01-23)
  [1606] Sheep Shearers, Marathon Runners and Ocean Sailors - (2008-04-09)
  [1637] Providing exceptional service - and carrying on doing so. - (2008-05-09)
  [1835] 23:30 bookings and midnight checkins - (2008-10-12)
  [1985] Learning to program as a part of your job - (2009-01-10)
  [1991] Rules for a King - (2009-01-13)
  [2015] Service Excellence Awards - (2009-01-30)
  [2049] Why Choose Well House Consultants for your course? - (2009-02-20)
  [2102] What do people think of our Apache httpd / Tomcat course? - (2009-03-24)
  [2124] Building down expectations - (2009-04-09)
  [2236] Alumni - revisiting and supporting the old University - (2009-06-13)
  [2258] Questions I have been asked on answering the phone - (2009-06-26)
  [2530] Taking a knock over Santa - (2009-12-08)
  [2650] Getting a phone line changed ... - (2010-02-25)
  [2961] Initial handling of phone calls and walk in visitors - (2010-09-19)
  [3073] Customer Service - the boundary - (2010-11-27)
  [3103] Thank you - and Happy Christmas - (2010-12-24)
  [3271] The importance of feedback - (2011-04-30)
  [3294] It's not just about the jam in the sandwich - (2011-05-19)
  [3378] New product - ensuring that supply matches demand - (2011-08-03)
  [3808] Can you put names to faces? - (2012-07-19)
  [3835] The Information age - not yet truly with us? - (2012-08-12)
  [4077] Palty or Parliamentary? - (2013-04-30)
  [4078] Train works for me! - (2013-05-02)
  [4232] Not wanted here - hotel guests who will not be happy - (2013-12-30)


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