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Learning Bookboon: On-demand professional development at scale

Access thousands of professional resources and more with Learning Bookboon.

Written by Alex McGowan

Learning Bookboon gives your team access to thousands of professional development resources, including e-books, audiobooks, and micro-learning content, covering leadership, wellbeing, communication, finance, and more.

It sits alongside Learning within Access Evo, extending your training offer beyond compliance into continuous professional growth, without the cost of external training providers.

📌 Note: Value added for your charity: Your team can develop professionally at their own pace, on any device, at no extra cost per learner. A library of thousands of resources, available the moment someone needs them.


Core Features

Thousands of Resources

Access a vast library of e-books, audiobooks, and micro-learning content covering leadership, wellbeing, communication, finance, HR, and more.

Audiobooks

Staff can learn on the go by listening to audiobooks during commutes, between appointments, or at any time that suits them.

Micro-Learning

Short, focused content that can be completed in minutes, making it easy to fit professional development into a busy working day.

Learn Anywhere

Fully accessible on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Staff and volunteers can access content at a time and place that works for them.

Search and Browse

Staff can search by topic, role, or skill area to find content relevant to their current challenge or development goal.

Usage Reporting

Managers and HR can see which content is being accessed and by whom, giving visibility of engagement with professional development across the organisation.


How It works in practice: Step by Step

Example: Supporting a new manager's development without an external training budget

  1. A newly promoted Fundraising Manager wants to build their leadership skills, but the charity has no budget for external training this quarter.

  2. Their line manager points them to Learning Bookboon within Access Evo.

  3. The new manager searches for leadership and finds a curated selection of e-books and audiobooks on managing teams, giving feedback, and building confidence.

  4. They download an audiobook to listen to during their commute and bookmark an e-book to read at their desk.

  5. Over the following weeks, they work through several resources at their own pace, applying what they learn directly in their role.

  6. Their line manager can see their engagement with the content in the usage report and uses it as a starting point for their next development conversation.


How your Charity's functions can use Learning Bookboon

People & HR

"We want to support staff development, but we don't have the budget for external training providers."

  • Offer thousands of professional development resources to every member of staff at no extra cost per learner.

  • Point staff to relevant content during onboarding, performance reviews, or when they take on new responsibilities.

  • Use usage reports to see which teams are engaging with development content and where uptake is low.

Leadership & Governance

"We want our managers to keep developing their skills, but formal training is expensive and hard to schedule."

  • Give every manager access to leadership, strategy, and communication resources they can use at their own pace.

  • Support a culture of continuous learning without the cost or disruption of off-site training days.

  • Use Learning Bookboon as evidence of your commitment to staff development in funder applications and governance reports.

Fundraising & Income Generation

"Our fundraising team needs to keep up with best practice, but we rarely have time for formal training."

  • Access content on donor communications, campaign strategy, and income generation that staff can dip into between tasks

  • Use micro-learning content to build skills in short bursts without blocking out a full training day

  • Support new fundraising staff to get up to speed quickly with relevant professional development content

Finance & Operations

"Finance staff need to keep their skills current, but specialist training is costly and time-consuming."

  • Access finance, data, and operations content from the Bookboon library without the cost of specialist external providers.

  • Staff can complete content in their own time, fitting development around month-end and reporting deadlines.

  • Support continuous improvement in financial management skills across the team.

Volunteering & Community

"We want to offer volunteers something beyond their induction, but we don't have the resources to run additional training."

  • Point volunteers to wellbeing, communication, and personal development content they can access in their own time.

  • Offer a meaningful development benefit that helps with volunteer retention and satisfaction.

  • Support volunteer coordinators with leadership and management content as their responsibilities grow.

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