Pyramid Learning
Practical learning. Meaningful impact.
We help people and organizations working for social good build the knowledge, skills, and systems they need to make a difference.
Who We Are
Pyramid Learning brings together decades of experience in international development, humanitarian action, conservation, and professional learning. Our team has more than 50 years of combined experience helping people and organizations strengthen their skills, systems, and performance.
Our work extends beyond delivering courses and consulting services. We have helped establish learning organizations and initiatives, developed professional certification standards, authored sector guidance, and designed learning experiences used by professionals around the world.
We believe effective learning should be practical, accessible, and grounded in the realities of the people and organizations it serves. That principle guides our courses, custom learning solutions, and consulting services.
Our Leadership
John Cropper
Director and Co-Founder
John is passionate about the ability of effective and efficient program management to make the world a better place and he actively looks to collaborate with anyone who shares these goals.
Over the last twenty-five years, he has worked in multiple program roles in NGOs –including positions as Program Director for Oxfam GB in Latin America, Global Program Manager for a gender and governance program & running Oxfam’s project management systems globally.
He has worked on project management capacity building initiatives for more than thirty INGOs, local NGOs, UN agencies, and other development organizations. He also helped write the Project DPro and led development of the Program Dpro.
Mike Culligan
Director and Co-Founder
Mike has been developing the capacity of development and relief professionals for over twenty years. As a founder of LINGOs, PM4NGOs and Last Mile Learning, he has worked with hundreds of non-governmental organizations, developing learning and creating professional certifications for the sector. As a lead author of the Guide to the PMD Pro, the Guide to the FMD Pro and the Guide to the MEAL DPro – he has been a thought leader in establishing standards for development and relief professionals.
Equal parts field-based development worker and instructional designer, Mike has extensive experience working for NGOs across the world, including Central America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. He has developed over 100 eLearning titles, on-line course and workshop curricula.