In order for an organization to join LINGOs as a member and to receive the following benefits, you must be an international NGO working outside the US or Europe with at least 3 country field offices. You must also agree that the benefits will be applied toward the development of the skills of your employees with the major focus of employees in the field. To determine if your organization qualifies to join LINGOs or which of the two levels of membership is best for your situation, contact Marian Abernathy at Marian@lingos.org.
All LINGOs member agencies receive the following benefits:
(For more information about any of the tools or courses listed above, visit Learning Tools or Courses.)
Level 1 membership, at a cost of $4,300/year (plus a one-time $1000 initiation fee), includes all of the above plus:
- Access to a LINGOs-branded Learning Management System portal that links students, provides a standard catalog of courses available to LINGOs members, allows members to upload custom courses, and generates custom reports on student attendance.
- Access to 100 seats in the eCornell series.
- Training for the agency LMS administrator in student registration and other LMS functions
- Access to the Mindleaders LINGOs curriculum which includes online courses in the area of Information Technology, Management, Instructional Design, etc. (Access to 500 licenses for a unique course with a reduced price after reaching this number.)
Level 2 membership, at a cost of $8,600/year (plus a one-time $1000 initiation fee), includes the above plus:
- Access to 200 seats in the eCornell series.
- Access to a hosted LMS sub-portal that allows the member to change the branding - adding member logos and changing communications
- Training for the agency LMS Administrator to learn how to register, setup the site, and manage the students.
- Ability to upload courses that no other agency can view
- Capacity to build a customized catalog of courses
- Control over how students register for courses
- Access to the Mindleaders LINGOs curriculum which includes online courses in the area of Information Technology, Management, Instructional Design, etc. (Access to 1000 licenses for a unique course with a reduced price after reaching this number.)
- A catalog of standard preloaded courses (called the Quick Launch)
- Ability to create a unique web address for the portal (such as careacademy.org)
Note: There's a minimum of a $2,000 fee to move from Level 1 to Level 2 or from Level 2 to Level 1, if you are migrating student records, hierarchies, etc, from one portal to another.
Note: Membership runs from January 1st to December 31st. If you join through out the year, you will pay a pro rated fee, based on when you join.
Note:Membership is granted to an agency, so for example Save the Children US and UK are two different agencies. Member benefits cannot be extended either to partner and or implementing organizations.
All LINGOs members have the following responsibilities/commitments by becoming a member.
- Contribute with human interest stories and/or case studies of how LINGOs products impact positively their work (two stories/case studies per year)
- Become an active member of LINGOs members community