Skills Development training for all budgets - Including those who have none.
What is PayWhatYouCan.Training?
It’s an opportunity for you to gain new skills - at a price you can afford, even if that means free.
COVID-19 has affected so many people in so many ways. Many have found themselves unemployed, some are working from home. Even businesses keeping their employees on payroll have had budgets slashed.
It’s left a lot of people with time on their hands, so it's a perfect time to learn new skills. This initiative makes it affordable by allowing people to pay what they can, if they can, to attend training.
Our audacious goal
100,000 learners in 11 weeks
We’ll need over 150 trainers and a whole lot of administrators.
How It Works
You search
available courses
You register and pay
what(if) you can
You attend
the virtual training
Who Is It For?
People looking to develop the skills they need, to survive and succeed in a virtual workplace
People whose career has been disrupted by COVID and are looking to move to a different career field.
Companies and organizations who want to provide access to a broad range of learning options, while their employees or members are working from home.
Distribution of Funds Raised
Where Does The Money Go?
A not-so-well known fact is that most instructors are contractors that are hired by the day. Like you and I, they are experiencing the same financial effects as most of the people attending this training. Most of the money raised through this campaign will go to them.
This project wouldn’t exist without an entire team of people - web design, web development, PR, marketing and administration. Some of the money will go towards trying to compensate them.
Note: Supporters are the core team who helped design, develop and launch this project. We have assigned a value to their contribution which is discounted from the normal cost of their service. If we raise enough funding through the 30% pool to settle these costs, the proportion to the instructors will be increased.
Who Is Behind This?
This project was conceived by the team at LastMinuteTraining.ca on March 23, 2020. But it was brought to life by an extended team of supporters:
Web Development
Website Design
PR
Project Management
Seed Money to help things move along quicker was provided by
Getting Involved
As an Instructor
We are looking for 150 instructors to help reach our goal. As an instructor, there are different ways you can support us:
Provide some training sessions
Promote the program to your contacts
Recommend or refer other instructors
Help other trainers deliver by sharing materials
Donate time to the project
You can get more information here
or reach out to Jeremy@lastminutetraining.ca
As an Employer
Employers - we need you as well. Whether you have a budget for training or not, you can get involved:
Contribute funds to help this project grow
Promote our program to your employees
Recommend or refer other companies who might want to get involved
Donate time to the project
You can get more information here
Reach out to Jeremy@lastminutetraining.ca
As a training company
Training companies join our cause. Together we can reach 100,000 learning in 11 weeks. Here’s how you can help:
Donate seats in your GTR classes
Promote our program in your marketing
Recommend or refer other training companies or trainers who might be interested.
Donate time to the project
Reach out to audrey@lastminutetraining.ca
As an industry, in kind or monetary sponsor
Industry groups - help us help your membership
In-Kind Sponsors - we need your services
Monetary sponsors - get involved to help us reach even more people
You can find more information in the sponsor section below or reach out to louis@lastminutetraining.ca
Our Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Financial Sponsors
If you like this project please consider contributing to it’s success and we’ll include your organizations logo here as a thank you.
In Kind Sponsors
A project like this has many components, consider donating your product or service to the program. A great example would be for virtual platforms like Webex or Zoom to get involved. Or perhaps a curriculum provider? We welcome your submissions.
Industry Partners
Our industry partners work with us to help create industry tracks containing training that is valuable and helpful to their membership. Our first sponsor Pave.Bot is helping us create an automotive track.
Training Partners
Training Partners are training companies who donate seats in their existing virtual training classes to our program.
Here Are Some Of Our Instructors
Bruce McVicar
Carol Rice
Debra Fox
Karin Carlson
Rod Lis
Joy Jolie
Cathie Godfrey
Esther Pettigrew
Lucy Langstaff
Sonia Grossi
Andrew Jenkins
Corey Atkinson
George Torok
Mark Ellwood
Sonia McKay
Beverly Guest
Cynthia Whalen
Greg Lutes
Mike Aoki
Steve Slaunwhite
FAQs
Is this eLearning?
No, this is virtual instructor led training. Real/Live instructors delivering in real time using virtual platforms. We like the fact that this allows our participants to actually interact with each other. Especially during these times of isolation.
What happens if I cannot attend after
I register?
If you cannot attend and you know this in advance of the class please log in to your profile, find the course you cannot attend under my registrations and hit the cancel button. That will free up the seat for someone else. If you have paid money you can either reach out to us for a refund or take a different class. If we don’t get a request for a refund we’ll consider that a contribution to the program :)
Do I need a computer and internet
to attend?
You need some kind of connected device that can run the virtual platform.
When will this end?
It is our sincere hope that there is no need for this program after the end of June. With proper care and physical distancing we can turn the tide of COVID-19 sooner rather than later. If it turns out we are still in a significant lock-down position past the end of June we will try to continue the program until such time as it is no longer needed.
Can I arrange private training for my company? Yes, we’d be happy to make arrangements to teach your team.
Can I become an instructor?
Yes, please reach out to Jeremy on
our team.
Jeremy@lastminutetraining.ca
Is there a minimum contribution?
Sometimes. Please remember that every contribution incurs fees from the credit card processors and adds work to our administrators. We recommend that if you are planning to contribute less than $ 6.00 that you consider taking the course for free if that is an option.
Can I contribute without taking a course?
Yes, we have many ways to contribute. The easiest is to just spread the word to everyone you know.
Contact
If you are an Instructor or an employer
Reach out to
Jeremy@lastminutetraining.ca
If you are a training company
reach out to
audrey@lastminutetraining.ca
If you are an industry, in kind or monetary sponsor - reach out to
louis@lastminutetraining.ca