Karen Roem (pictured) founded Roem Ltd in 2001, aiming to bring innovation and imagination into an area that is often perceived as dry. Karen now employs a number of fellow trainers but her ethos – to deliver a comprehensive, personal service that enthuses and inspires people to learn – remains. "If you use a desktop software package like Microsoft Office, chances are you are not using all of its features," she says. "My ambition has always been to help people find ways to optimise use of their software."
Karen issues a weekly bulletin of handy hints and tips to subscribers worldwide and she also publishes them in a regular column – Tame your computer - on this website.
Over the past 15 years Roem Ltd has grown into a highly respected independent provider of one-to-one and group training courses, working with diverse organisations and businesses across East Anglia, London and the Home Counties. The company has also competed successfully against larger training organisations, bidding against specialists in Germany, France and the UK to roll out significant long-term training programmes for major European institutions.
As Karen explains "It makes me extremely proud to see what we have achieved. Over the past 15 years and throughout the financial crisis we have been in high demand as an independent Microsoft and OpenText Content Server (Livelink) training provider, successfully developing and delivering on-site training in 23 countries across five continents.”
Although much of her work is for clients abroad, Karen is happy to deliver local training in her own premises, often in conjunction with Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration: “I still run regular workshops for Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word – and I enjoy being able to do that here at The Sun House in Cambridge," she adds.
Karen still feels passionate about the training she provides and does not want to step back from the day to day delivery. Everyone – from Karen and her fellow trainers to the participants on the training courses run by Roem – has fun. And you can't ask for more than that!
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