Ken Johnson Ltd: Barter Paid Training

Ken Johnson Ltd. Barter Paid Training Home page	I dreamed up this idea in an effort to get on The E-Millionaire Show. It hasn't worked yet, but please contact me if you’re interested in the idea. Barter Paid Training won't solve all the problems of the Third World, and it won't provide for a large number of students; but if it works it will provide assistance for a small number of trainees at a low cost. The dereliction of some of the world's economies is due in part to a lack of knowledge about how companies grow and operate in a Western capitalist system. All over the Third World there are companies — and people — who want to acquire a knowledge of the way Europeans run businesses. There is always a problem of paying for training. Payment of even small sums is difficult for Third World companies because it may be impossible for them to obtain hard currency. With Barter Paid Training, the trainee pays for a training place in goods. Why use the Internet to organise barter? The Internet is the ideal way to communicate between third world countries where there may be no adequate postal services and telephone connections are unreliable or of poor quality.
An Example	Seychelles has a chronic, serious shortage of cement and building materials. There are factories manufacturing building materials in the former Soviet Union. Some companies in Seychelles are managed along European lines, by European managers. There is a management college in Seychelles. Therefore, at least in theory, intending students from building companies in the former Soviet Union ought to be able to undertake training and work shadowing in Seychelles, and pay for it by selling building materials to a construction company in Seychelles. The money from the sale of the building materials can pay for the student's training, accommodation and personal expenses and it doesn't have to be converted into foreign exchange.
Who stands to benefit?	The companies who send students for training will benefit by being able to adopt better management techniques: that means efficient production suitable for their local markets, better goods, more work and more money for their employees and their communities The communities where training takes place will benefit by buying materials with local money instead of precious foreign currency Ken Johnson Ltd. will go on the telly.
Who can join in?	The project can't work properly unless it builds up lists of training providers, companies willing to host students on work shadowing, intending students whose companies might support their training by barter, companies willing to purchase bartered goods, and volunteers to help build up the lists. If you're interested, click this tessela to send me mail. If I get on The E-millionaire Show, I'll know by the end of June, and I'll tell you on this page. If you offer me help I'll try to insist that they film you as well.