LINGOs provides International NGOs access to world-class learning that is appropriate, accessible and affordable for the audience of their global staff.  For the price of little more than one or two international trips, international NGOs can access learning resources via one of LINGOs’ three membership levels:

Enterprise level Membership is designed for very lager international NGOs whose work is managed via a global confederation and who would like the convenience and efficiency of managing all LINGOs resources through a single membership. 

Level 2 Membership is designed for any-size international organization who would like to access LINGOs learning resources, the option to brand its learning portal and create custom courses with rapid eLearning authoring tools. 

Level 1 Membership is appropriate for small international NGOs that wish to access LINGOs’ learning courses through a standardized learning portal with pre-set course list (updated quarterly) and the agency's logo. Level 1 membership does not include access to rapid eLearning authoring tools. A fee applies for the agency to upload its own courses.

 * Membership to LINGOs is available to non-governmental organizations whose primary mission to promote international development, relief, conservation or social justice and work with staff in three or more developing countries.  Supporting organizations, such as foundations and multi-lateral institutions, may be eligible for a custom-package of services.

International NGOs join LINGOs for

• The opportunity to engage in a community of like-minded professionals, facing similar challenges of building capacity among colleagues across the developing world.
• Access to learning resources that support building the capacity of their staff around the world to better achieve their global mission, including:
• Learning Management System (LMS) to host content and track learner progress
• Content from both the development and private sector partners
• Authoring tools to create custom content for their own staff or to share with other LINGOs members.

For specifics, see the detailed Member Benefits list below  Membership is granted to an agency and benefits are available to staff of that agency only. Member benefits can be extended to developing country not-for-profit NGO partner staff only through implementation of an add-on Implementing Partner Portal. INGOs that work exclusively through not-for-profit implementing partners, without staff of their own in the developing world may qualify for membership.

All LINGOs members have the following responsibilities/commitments by becoming a member

• Contribute with human interest stories and/or case studies of how LINGOs' partner products impact positively their work (two stories/case studies per year)
• Become an active member of LINGOs members community

LINGOs Membership Benefits and Fees: 2013

Benefit and 2013 Fees	Level 1 $1000 initiation + $4800/year	Level 2 $1000 initiation + $9600/year	Enterprise $3500 initiation + $23,000/year
The opportunity to participate in communities of like-minded international NGOs all working toward common goals related to improving learning and staff development.	ü	ü	ü
Access to the LINGOs member site (www.ngolearning.org) and LINGOs group in LinkedIn.	ü	ü	ü
Up to 25 licenses to the mindmapping software, iMindMap 6 Ultimate.	ü	ü	ü
Up to 10 supervisor licenses of Blackboard Collaborate, a tool that allows organizations to run live synchronous learning events with up to 25 concurrent attendees. Reduced price on Blackboard Collaborate Publish which allows you to repurpose recorded events from a Collaborate recording. LINGOs members may also purchase additional Collaborate licenses at a substantial discount through LINGOs. Contact licenses@lingos.org for information.   Support resources for Blackboard Collaborate are summarized: http://ngolearning.org/learningtools/collaborate/default.aspx	ü	ü	ü
Access to an unlimited number of subsidized seats in the award winning courses of eCornell  for staff of member organizations. Member organizations using this benefit are required to establish an Administrator to supervise the program and ensure adherence to program requirements. Options for quantity pre-paid seats, to pre-purchase blocks of seats and to purchase a dedicated section of a course are available).	ü	ü	ü
Premium Membership in the eLearning Guild	1	1	2
Access to FeedbackToGo, a 360 Assessment Tool	ü	ü	ü
Access to seats in LINGOs’ sponsored virtual classroom events (Virtual Training Mastery Series offered quarterly; and Coaching out of the Box offered several times per year). Class sizes are limited and space is available on a first-come basis. Registration is free, but there is a late cancellation/no show fee when there is a wait list.	ü	ü	ü
Member discounts on other LINGOs-negotiated conference feeds, courses, etc	ü	ü	ü
New in 2013: Access for # staff members to Insights Preference Evaluator which creates custom 20 page personal profile for each user. Member Agencies gain potential from using Insights Discovery to improve the communications and performance of their internal teams.	50	100	250
Learning Management System(s) &  the LINGOs Catalog
LINGOs LMS Access: Access to a LINGOs Learning Management System portal that links students (agency staff), to a catalog of courses available to LINGOs member. Allows your registrar enroll staff students, to run reports on student attendance. Self-paced training and up to one hour virtual classroom session for the agency designated manager of LMS  in student registration and other LMS functions.	Access to a LINGOs hosted shared portal (Agencies that joined LINGOs before 2011) or a standardized portal with your agency logo. LINGOs will upload new courses from our catalog quarterly. Fee applies for agency to upload its own courses.	Access to a LINGOs hosted LMS sub-portal that allows the member to change the branding - adding member logos and changing communications   Self-paced training covers:   + 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 + Ability to create a unique web address for the portal (such as http://learns.fhi360.org/	Access to a LINGOs hosted LMS sub-portal that allows the member to change the branding - adding member logos and changing communications
Access to the LINGOs Catalog of self-paced courses for Member Agency Global Staff: * Unlimited and free access to courses built and shared by LINGOs (through Last Mile Learning) and sector specific courses on topics including Project Management NEW preparation courses for PMDPro certification, Traumatic Stress, Field Office Safety, and health (reproductive health, clinical training, health system logistics). * Access to  commercially supplied courses (including Ninth House, Cegos, HREA, Prince2, The Inside Coach  and TellMeMore online language learning) at a nominal per course fee (for each student) each year (invoiced quarterly) * Subsidized access to CD and DVD courses from Ninth House and Tell Me More	Level 1 portals include a predetermined catalog of courses selected by LINGOs from the larger LINGOs Catalog	ü	ü
Access to SCORM Dispatch (provides access to LINGOs catalog of self-paced courses in a SCORM-conformant the agency’s own LMS (LINGOs provides no management or support for your LMS)		ü    an additional fee applies	ü
Option to host an organizationally branded Implementing Partner Portal for developing country not-for-profit NGO partners (extra fees apply)		ü	ü
eLearning Authoring Tools:
New in 2012 eLearning Art		2 Basic Licenses (2 users)	1 Plus license (5 users)
Released in 2012 Articulate Storyline rapid eLearning Authoring tool (desktop based authoring platform)		2 user licenses	6 user licenses
Articulate Rapid eLearning Development Studio v2009 (desktop based authoring platform)		2  user licenses	4  user licenses
QuickLessons online authoring and content management solution (web based authoring platform – suitable for teams of developers).		ü	ü
Easygenerator online authoring platform (web based authoring platform – suitable for teams of developers).		ü	ü