Harpenden

<p>This intensive one-day training programme has been developed to help those involved in producing specifications create high quality documents in an organised and effective way.</p><p>The programme explains the primary purpose of specifications and the importance of understanding the context in which they are used. It focuses particularly on how to develop and structure content and write requirements that are clear and concise. The methods and techniques presented will provide a practical foundation course for those new to the topic whilst offering new insights to those with more experience.</p>The objectives of the workshop are to:<ul><li>Review and discuss the role and purpose of specifications</li><li>Present a structured approach for organising and producing specifications</li><li>Explain each of the key steps involved in creating effective specifications</li><li>Review some methods for assisting in defining requirements</li><li>Explain how to define the scope and develop the structure for a specification</li><li>Present methods to assist the writing and editing of specifications</li><li>Review how specifications should be issued and controlled</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Course objectives</li><li>Review of participants' needs and objectives</li></ul> <h3>2 Specifications in perspective</h3><ul><li>The role and purpose of specifications</li><li>The impact of specifications on commercial performance</li><li>The qualities of an effective specification</li><li>The five key steps of 'POWER' writing: prepare-organise-write-edit-release</li></ul> <h3>3 Step 1: Preparing to write</h3><ul><li>Defining the purpose the specification; integrating the specification and contract</li><li>Deciding how to specify: when to specify in functional and technical terms</li><li>Getting the right people involved at the right time; engaging stakeholders</li><li>Applying procedures for writing, issuing and controlling specifications</li></ul> <h3>4 Step 2: Organising the specification content</h3><ul><li>Scoping the document: scope maps, check lists, structured brainstorming</li><li>Clarifying requirements; separating needs and desires</li><li>Dealing with requirements that are difficult to quantify</li><li>Useful techniques: cost benefit analysis, Pareto analysis</li><li>Deciding what goes where; typical contents and layout for a specification</li><li>Creating and using model forms: typical sections and sub sections</li></ul> <h3>5 Step 3: Writing the specification</h3><ul><li>Identifying and understanding the readers needs</li><li>Choosing and using the right words; dealing with jargon</li><li>Important words; will, shall, must; building a glossary</li><li>Using sentence structure and punctuation to best effect</li><li>Understanding the impact of style, format and appearance</li><li>Avoiding common causes of ambiguity; being concise and ensuring clarity</li></ul> <h3>6 Step 4: Editing the specification</h3><ul><li>Why editing is difficult; how to develop a personal editing strategy</li><li>Key areas to review: structure, content, accuracy, clarity, style and grammar</li><li>Editing tools and techniques</li></ul> <h3>7 Step 5: Releasing and controlling the specification</h3><ul><li>Key requirements for document issue and control</li><li>Final formatting and publication issues; document approval</li><li>Requirements management: managing revisions and changes</li></ul> <h3>8 Course review and action planning</h3><ul><li>What actions should be implemented to improve specifications?</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul> 


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The In House Training Company

Technical Writing

Service Design Courses (SDC)

Content Writing

UX Writing

Book Writing

Business Writing

Specification writing (introduction) (In-House)

<p>If your organisation manages contractors then your staff need to understand the health and safety issues. This course is the answer.</p><p>The expert trainer will set out clearly the legal responsibilities of all relevant parties and explore the practical application of these responsibilities with the course participants. The course will then examine the issues associated with the planning of work to be contracted out and the evaluation, selection, control and monitoring of contractors engaged to undertake the work. Although the main focus is on health and safety, the course will also explain how health and safety issues need to be integrated into your organisation's functional management processes to ensure effective control of contractors.</p><p>The course will consider all types of contracted activities, including construction and maintenance, cleaning, security, plant installation, etc.</p>This programme will give participants:<ul><li>A clear understanding of the organisation's legal responsibilities for managing contractors</li><li>The information they need to assess the competence of contractors</li><li>A practical understanding of risk assessment principles and the transfer of risk to contractors</li><li>A step-by-step guide to the key aspects of managing contractors in practice, covering:<ul><li>Planning of the work</li><li>Selecting contractors</li><li>Handover prior to work commencement</li><li>During the work</li><li>Reviewing the work on completion</li></ul></li><li>Practical guidance on the integration of health and safety controls into organisational procedures for contractor management</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Who are contractors?</li><li>Why manage contractors?</li><li>Different types of contractors</li><li>Costs of poor contractor performance</li></ul> <h3>2 Overview of health and safety law and liability</h3><ul><li>Health and safety law and statutory duties</li><li>Relevance of civil and criminal law</li><li>Enforcement and prosecution</li></ul> <h3>3 Relevant legislation for controlling contractors</h3><ul><li>Health and Safety at Work Act 1974</li><li>Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999</li><li>Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (as amended, 2007)</li><li>Other relevant legislation</li><li>Contract law</li></ul> <h3>4 Managing contractors in practice</h3><ul><li>Exercise - how well is it happening?</li><li>The objectives</li><li>Five step approach<ul><li>Planning of the work</li><li>Selecting contractors</li><li>Handover prior to work commencement</li><li>During the work</li><li>Reviewing the work on completion</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>5 Planning the work</h3><ul><li>Scope and extent</li><li>Risk assessment</li><li>Interface and other activities</li><li>Who controls what?</li><li>Contract arrangements</li></ul> <h3>6 Selecting the right contractor(s)</h3><ul><li>Locating contractor organisations</li><li>Selection the right contractors</li><li>Assessing contractor competence</li><li>Approved lists/frameworks</li><li>Tender process</li></ul> <h3>7 Pre-work commencement</h3><ul><li>Co-ordination and co-operation</li><li>Exchange of information</li><li>Contractor risk assessments and method statements</li><li>Permits to work</li><li>Case study exercise</li></ul> <h3>8 During contract work</h3><ul><li>Communication and liaison</li><li>Supervision and inspection of the work</li><li>Inspection and reporting procedures</li><li>Security issues</li><li>Facilities and access</li></ul> <h3>9 Reviewing work on completion</h3><ul><li>Why, what and how?</li><li>Achieving continuous improvement in contractor performance</li></ul> <h3>10 Questions, discussion and review</h3> 


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Construction Safety

Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

Construction Design & Management (CDM)

Health & Safety

Client Contractor National Safety Group (CCNSG)

Health & Safety At Work

Control of contractors (In-House)

<p>No-one in business will succeed if they are not financially literate - and no business will succeed without financially-literate people. This is the ideal programme for managers and others who don't have a financial qualification or background but who nonetheless need a greater understanding of the financial management disciplines essential to your organisation.</p>This course will give the participants a sound understanding of financial reports, measures and techniques to make them even more effective in their roles. It will enable participants to:<ul><li>Overcome the barrier of the accountants' strange language</li><li>Deal confidently with financial colleagues</li><li>Improve their understanding of your organisation's finance function</li><li>Radically improve their planning and budgeting skills</li><li>Be much more aware of the impact of their decisions on the profitability of your organisation</li><li>Enhance their role in the organisation</li><li>Boost their confidence and career development</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Review of the principal financial statements</h3><ul><li>What each statement contains<ul><li>Outline</li><li>Detail</li></ul></li><li>Not just what the statements contain but what they mean</li><li>Balance sheets and P&amp;L accounts (income statements)</li><li>Cash flow statements</li><li>Detailed terminology and interpretation</li><li>Types of fixed asset - tangible, etc.</li><li>Working capital, equity, gearing</li></ul> <h3>2 The 'rules' - Accounting Standards, concepts and conventions</h3><ul><li>Fundamental or 'bedrock' accounting concepts</li><li>Detailed accounting concepts and conventions</li><li>What depreciation means</li><li>The importance of stock, inventory and work in progress values</li><li>Accounting policies that most affect reporting and results</li><li>The importance of accounting standards and IFRS</li></ul> <h3>3 Where the figures come from</h3><ul><li>Accounting records</li><li>Assets / liabilities, Income / expenditure</li><li>General / nominal ledgers</li><li>Need for internal controls</li><li>'Sarbox' and related issues</li></ul> <h3>4 Managing the budget process</h3><ul><li>Have clear objectives, remit, responsibilities and time schedule</li><li>The business plan</li><li>Links with corporate strategy</li><li>The budget cycle</li><li>Links with company culture</li><li>Budgeting methods<ul><li>'New' budgeting</li><li>Zero-based budgets</li></ul></li><li>Reviewing budgets</li><li>Responding to the figures</li><li>The need for appropriate accounting and reporting systems</li></ul> <h3>5 What are costs? How to account for them</h3><ul><li>Cost definitions</li><li>Full / absorption costing</li><li>Overheads - overhead allocation or absorption</li><li>Activity based costing</li><li>Marginal costing / break-even - use in planning</li></ul> <h3>6 Who does what? A review of what different types of accountant do</h3><ul><li>Financial accounting</li><li>Management accounting</li><li>Treasury function</li><li>Activities and terms</li></ul> <h3>7 How the statements can be interpreted</h3><ul><li>What published accounts contain</li><li>Analytical review (ratio analysis)</li><li>Return on capital employed, margins and profitability</li><li>Making assets work - asset turnover</li><li>Fixed assets, debtor, stock turnover</li><li>Responding to figures</li><li>EBIT, EBITEDIA, eps and other analysts' measure</li></ul> <h3>8 Other key issues</h3><ul><li>Creative accounting</li><li>Accounting for groups</li><li>Intangible assets - brand names</li><li>Company valuations</li><li>Fixed assets / leased assets / off-balance sheet finance</li></ul> 


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Finance Cert & Exam Prep

Accounting & Finance

Business Accounting

Corporate Finance Level 1

Finance For Non Finance Managers

Practical Accounting

Finance for the non-accountant (In-House)

<p>We've all sat through far more bad presentations than good ones, but knowing what 'good' looks like is easier than successfully replicating it. Sales presentations are a performance and, as salespeople, fluffing our lines can cost us a lot more than hurt pride.</p><p>Having discovered and understood the specific needs and burning issues our prospect has, then this course will help any salesperson avoid dropping the ball and instead wowing their prospects with a</p><p>high-impact, tailored and compelling case for purchase.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Prepare mentally and physically for stand-up presentations</li><li>Use voice modulation and bullet-pointing to demand attention</li><li>Avoid boring their prospects</li><li>Master the do's and don'ts of PowerPoint</li><li>Deal more effectively with technical hitches and prospect's interruptions</li><li>Use eye contact and engagement to avoid prospects 'tuning out'</li><li>Deploy best practice essentials for presenting with colleagues</li><li>Steer through the toughest Q&amp;A</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Preparing your presentation</h3><ul><li>Mindset</li><li>Knowing your objective(s)</li><li>Vocal warm-up techniques</li><li>Assembling pre-agreed benefits</li><li>Time management</li><li>Room set-up</li><li>Technical preparation</li></ul> <h3>2 How to open your presentation</h3><ul><li>Vocal energy</li><li>Summary and agreement of prospect's needs</li><li>How to have posture and confidence</li><li>Use of humour</li><li>What to do with those dreaded hands</li><li>Confident v non-confident body language</li></ul> <h3>3 How to get and keep people's attention</h3><ul><li>Bullet pointing</li><li>Linking benefits to specific, stated needs</li><li>Practical exercise - formulating and delivering tailored benefits</li><li>Being selective with features</li><li>Third party reinforcement and case studies</li><li>'Watering the garden' eye contact technique</li><li>Practical exercise - participants practise 'sharing out' eye contact to audience</li><li>How to handle a prospect's negative body language</li><li>Handling interruptions</li></ul> <h3>4 Presenting in groups</h3><ul><li>Credentialing all participants</li><li>Role delineation for group presentations</li><li>Edifying other participants' messages - do's and don'ts</li><li>How to maintain energy when not speaking</li><li>Practical exercise - good and bad practice when not speaking</li><li>Teamwork in Q&amp;A sessions</li><li>How to hand over professionally</li></ul> <h3>5 PowerPoint do's and don'ts</h3><ul><li>Use of visual aids</li><li>Good and bad PowerPoint slides</li><li>How to make PowerPoint work for you</li><li>Classic PowerPoint errors</li><li>Avoiding and handling technical problems</li><li>Good and bad flipchart practice</li></ul> <h3>6 Closing and / or achieving next action steps</h3><ul><li>Power of summary</li><li>Good Q&amp;A practice</li><li>Handling objections</li><li>Practical exercise - handling objections on one's feet</li><li>Creating consensus among prospect panel</li><li>What to do when prospects disagree with each other</li><li>When to trial close</li><li>How to close on next action steps</li></ul> <h3>7 Wrap-up</h3><ul><li>Key learning points from each participant</li><li>Action steps to be implemented on next presentations</li></ul> 


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Executive Presentation

Office Skills & Productivity

Professional Selling Skills (PSS)

Meeting Skills

Public Speaking

Presentation Skills

Presentation skills for salespeople (In-House)

<p>If you're looking to move to the next level in your career in sales, then understanding how to maximise your sales results, using a consultative and structured approach, will be key to your success. In order to develop the competitive advantage that enables you to stand out from the crowd, it is important to understand the tools and techniques to take your selling to new heights and build the confidence to apply them in work-based scenarios.</p><p>We have developed this programme to be practical, fun and interactive. Learners will gain a range of practical skills that they can take back and apply to the workplace straight away, that will have a positive impact on sales and customer satisfaction.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Develop a structured and client-focused approach to creating high quality sales opportunities and account growth</li><li>Learn persuasion and influencing skills to better define needs and develop opportunities</li><li>Understand how to have better sales conversations, presentations, and proposals - leading to higher order value and increased sales</li><li>Develop advanced sales questioning skills and techniques; understand the importance of listening</li><li>Understand how to add value at all stages; plus gaining competitive advantage</li><li>Develop proven ways to overcome and reduce price pressure</li><li>Know when to use options and upselling when presenting products and solutions</li><li>Develop techniques and skills for improved negotiation and closing</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Advanced Selling - How to Increase your sales results</h3><ul><li>Review of pre-course data and questionnaire</li><li>The AVC model of increasing your sales results</li><li>Creating a sales growth plan to achieve higher sales targets</li><li>Mapping the accounts and products for targeted growth</li></ul> <h3>2 The Four Cs to structure a sales call</h3><ul><li>Research before the meeting or call; setting objectives, planning and preparation</li><li>How to gain instant rapport and taking control - including online meetings</li><li>Qualifying and initial questioning skills</li><li>Creating an agenda and first-meeting structure: Four Cs</li><li>Planning and practice sessions</li></ul> <h3>3 Building bigger and better sales opportunities</h3><ul><li>How to use questions to 'build' more opportunities</li><li>Learning and using high-impact and third-level questions</li><li>Advanced sales questioning techniques: five questioning techniques</li><li>Qualifying and gaining commitment to the next stage</li><li>Planning and practice sessions - advanced questioning skills</li></ul> <h3>4 Presentation and persuading skills best practice</h3><ul><li>Compelling benefits and reducing perceived risk - key messages to deliver</li><li>Helping the customer choose your proposition by using options</li><li>Professional and effective presentation skills</li><li>Writing compelling sales proposals that improve your conversion rate</li><li>Planning and practice session - presenting your solution</li></ul> <h3>5 Overcoming concerns and client questions</h3><ul><li>Proven techniques for answering client objections and concerns</li><li>How to isolate, prioritise and answer objections, including price</li><li>Overcoming delay and procrastination</li><li>Planning and practice session - answering client concerns</li></ul> <h3>6 Gaining commitment and closing the sale</h3><ul><li>Knowing when to close for commitment</li><li>How to ask for commitment professionally and effectively</li><li>Key negotiation skills around the closing process - getting to 'yes'</li><li>Checklist of closing and negotiation skills</li><li>Practice session</li></ul> 


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Coaching Skills

Counselling Skills

Sales Management

Increasing sales results (In-House)

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Overview:</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">To increase your awareness and understanding of what safeguarding children means, in order to increase your confidence to enable you to make a positive contribution towards the process.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Aims:</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Identify and discuss background and legislation within which children&#39;s welfare is safeguarded and promoted and why it is important</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Define safeguarding, maltreatment, and vulnerable groups</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Discuss what children need to support their safety and well being</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Describe key indicators of abuse in line with current research</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Define bullying and the potential effects on children and young people</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Outline policies and procedures for managing bullying and how to support children and young people and their family</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Outline policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people and how to share information within your work setting</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Outline and demonstrate how to respond and report to allegations of abuse by colleagues, including whistleblowing</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Define the importance of e-safety for children and young people</li></ul>

Prima Cura Training

Child Safeguarding

Child Abuse Paediatrics

Domestic Abuse

Safer Recruitment

Accredited Safeguarding

Youth Work

To increase your awareness and understanding of what safeguarding children means, in order to increase your confidence to enable you to make a positive contribution towards the process.

Safeguarding Children (Awareness to L3) 

<h2>Public Service Manager Programme</h2><p>Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity - the classic VUCA environment - are the order of the day. If this is the new normal, you need all the help you can get.</p><p>And that's why we developed this programme. Inspired by a tried-and-tested programme we already deliver for private sector organisations, this programme has been designed by our two lead specialists in public service management - Amanda Dudman and David Elverson. Amanda focuses on the management side of the equation, helping even the most experienced managers find new ways of working more effectively, while David focuses on supporting the commercial agenda.</p><p>Aimed at public service managers and leaders who line manage others, this ILM-recognised programme takes a modular approach and gives participants plenty of tools and strategies for dealing with current challenges in the workplace through expert trainer input and skills practice.</p><p>In addition, there is the opportunity to learn from peers, share experiences, address how to deal with the more challenging issues, and prepare action plans to implement with confidence back at work.</p><p>Tough times continue for public services as internal and external drivers in a fast-moving landscape put ever more pressure on managers, the 'squeezed middle'. Demands on resources and time mean that managers need practical and workable everyday solutions and approaches that support them in their busy, stretching daily work.</p><section>
                    <h3>Managing and Leading Day-to-day</h3><h4>Your Role as a Manager and Creating a Personal Development Plan</h4><ul><li>Welcome and Introductions</li><li>Setting the Scene and Creating Expectations - Introducing the Programme</li><li>Your Role as a Manager</li><li>Drawing Up a Development Plan</li><li>Peer-to-peer Development Discussions</li></ul><h4>The Vuca Environment in Which You Manage</h4><ul><li>What is Vuca?</li><li>Vuca Insights and Approaches During Continuous Change</li><li>Action Planning and Peer Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Personal Tools for Managing in a Changing Work Environment</h3><h4>Time and Stress</h4><ul><li>Time Thieves and Pressures</li><li>Signs of Stress and Spotting Them</li><li>What's in Your Stress Container?</li><li>Tips and Ideas for Managing Your Stress Levels</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h4>Remote and Agile Working</h4><ul><li>Rowe (Results Orientated Work Environment)</li><li>Managing People in a Remote and Agile Environment</li><li>Building Trust</li><li>Are You an Agile Manager?</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Improving Performance</h3><h4>Supporting and Developing People</h4><ul><li>How Do You Learn?</li><li>Creating Effective Development Plans</li><li>Holding Great Development and Learning One-to-ones</li><li>Practising With Your Peers</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h4>Enabling Accountability and Responsibility</h4><ul><li>The Accountability Ladder</li><li>Having Accountable Team Members Who Take Responsibility</li><li>Deal - a Structured Approach for Holding an Accountability Discussion</li><li>Peer Practice Using the Deal Framework</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Honest Conversations</h3><h4>Holding Honest Conversations: Providing Feedback, Managing Challenging Discussions and Dealing With Conflict</h4><ul><li>Your Honest Conversation Challenges</li><li>Building the Relationship</li><li>Providing and Receiving Feedback</li><li>Dealing With Challenging Behaviours</li><li>Listening and Rapport</li><li>The Emotional Bank Account</li><li>'fierce Conversations' - Dealing With Conflict in a Conversation</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Developing and Implementing an Enterprising Approach</h3><h4>Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking</h4><ul><li>What is Entrepreneurship?</li><li>Types of Innovation</li><li>Benefits of Entrepreneurship</li><li>Challenge Focused Innovation</li><li>Review and Action Planning</li></ul><h4>Creating a Culture of Entrepreneurial Thinking at Work</h4><ul><li>Practising Entrepreneurial Thinking - Tools and Techniques</li><li>Imaginative Ways of Using Resources</li><li>Review and Action Planning</li></ul><h3>Motivation and Engagement for Resilience</h3><h4>Better Motivation at Work</h4><ul><li>Defining Motivation</li><li>Exploring Some Motivation Thinking</li><li>Skill or Will?</li><li>Drawing Up a Motivation Plan for Someone You Manage</li><li>Review and Action Planning</li></ul><h4>Managing for Engagement and Resilience</h4><ul><li>What's Your Engagement and Wellbeing Challenge?</li><li>Commitment V Compliance</li><li>The Resilience Gallery</li><li>Activities That Boost Resilience and Support Wellbeing</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Managing and Leading Strategically</h3><h4>Coaching Skills</h4><ul><li>The Core Skills and Behaviours for Coaching</li><li>The Coaching Spectrum (Downey)</li><li>Coaching Each Other</li><li>How You Coach Without Giving the Answers</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h4>The Leader's Shadow</h4><ul><li>The Influence Your Values Have on Your Style</li><li>Your Impact: the Shadow of a Leader</li><li>It Starts With Me - What I Say, How I Act, How I Measure</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Commercial Skills</h3><h4>Commercial Awareness in the Public Sector</h4><ul><li>What is Commercial Thinking?</li><li>Defining Strategic Commercial Objectives</li><li>Developing a Strategic Focus</li><li>Defining Customer Targets</li><li>The Competitive Marketplace</li><li>Meeting Stakeholder Expectations</li><li>Implementation - Systems, Structures and Processes</li><li>Implementation - People and Culture</li><li>Tools and Checklists</li></ul><h3>The Political Dimension and Wrapping It All Up</h3><h4>Working in a Political Environment</h4><ul><li>Communicating With Elected Members and Understanding Their Motivations</li><li>The Political Structure Where You Work</li><li>Using the Member Officer Relationship Protocol</li><li>Influencing Skills and Approaches</li><li>Formulating an Influencing Plan</li></ul><h4>Programme Review</h4><ul><li>Reviewing Activities</li><li>Personal, Group and Peer-led Learning Review of All the Modules and Personal Learning</li><li>Call to Action - Going Forwards and My Next Steps</li><li>Action Planning and Evaluation</li></ul>


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Maximum Performance

Public Service Manager Programme

<h2>Public Service Manager Programme: In-House</h2><p>Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity - the classic VUCA environment - are the order of the day. If this is the new normal, you need all the help you can get.</p><p>And that's why we developed this programme. Inspired by a tried-and-tested programme we already deliver for private sector organisations, this programme has been designed by our two lead specialists in public service management - Amanda Dudman and David Elverson. Amanda focuses on the management side of the equation, helping even the most experienced managers find new ways of working more effectively, while David focuses on supporting the commercial agenda.</p><p>Aimed at public service managers and leaders who line manage others, this ILM-recognised programme takes a modular approach and gives participants plenty of tools and strategies for dealing with current challenges in the workplace through expert trainer input and skills practice.</p><p>In addition, there is the opportunity to learn from peers, share experiences, address how to deal with the more challenging issues, and prepare action plans to implement with confidence back at work.</p><p>Tough times continue for public services as internal and external drivers in a fast-moving landscape put ever more pressure on managers, the 'squeezed middle'. Demands on resources and time mean that managers need practical and workable everyday solutions and approaches that support them in their busy, stretching daily work.</p><section>
                    <h3>Managing and Leading Day-to-day</h3><h4>Your Role as a Manager and Creating a Personal Development Plan</h4><ul><li>Welcome and Introductions</li><li>Setting the Scene and Creating Expectations - Introducing the Programme</li><li>Your Role as a Manager</li><li>Drawing Up a Development Plan</li><li>Peer-to-peer Development Discussions</li></ul><h4>The Vuca Environment in Which You Manage</h4><ul><li>What is Vuca?</li><li>Vuca Insights and Approaches During Continuous Change</li><li>Action Planning and Peer Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Personal Tools for Managing in a Changing Work Environment</h3><h4>Time and Stress</h4><ul><li>Time Thieves and Pressures</li><li>Signs of Stress and Spotting Them</li><li>What's in Your Stress Container?</li><li>Tips and Ideas for Managing Your Stress Levels</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h4>Remote and Agile Working</h4><ul><li>Rowe (Results Orientated Work Environment)</li><li>Managing People in a Remote and Agile Environment</li><li>Building Trust</li><li>Are You an Agile Manager?</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Improving Performance</h3><h4>Supporting and Developing People</h4><ul><li>How Do You Learn?</li><li>Creating Effective Development Plans</li><li>Holding Great Development and Learning One-to-ones</li><li>Practising With Your Peers</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h4>Enabling Accountability and Responsibility</h4><ul><li>The Accountability Ladder</li><li>Having Accountable Team Members Who Take Responsibility</li><li>Deal - a Structured Approach for Holding an Accountability Discussion</li><li>Peer Practice Using the Deal Framework</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Honest Conversations</h3><h4>Holding Honest Conversations: Providing Feedback, Managing Challenging Discussions and Dealing With Conflict</h4><ul><li>Your Honest Conversation Challenges</li><li>Building the Relationship</li><li>Providing and Receiving Feedback</li><li>Dealing With Challenging Behaviours</li><li>Listening and Rapport</li><li>The Emotional Bank Account</li><li>'fierce Conversations' - Dealing With Conflict in a Conversation</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Developing and Implementing an Enterprising Approach</h3><h4>Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking</h4><ul><li>What is Entrepreneurship?</li><li>Types of Innovation</li><li>Benefits of Entrepreneurship</li><li>Challenge Focused Innovation</li><li>Review and Action Planning</li></ul><h4>Creating a Culture of Entrepreneurial Thinking at Work</h4><ul><li>Practising Entrepreneurial Thinking - Tools and Techniques</li><li>Imaginative Ways of Using Resources</li><li>Review and Action Planning</li></ul><h3>Motivation and Engagement for Resilience</h3><h4>Better Motivation at Work</h4><ul><li>Defining Motivation</li><li>Exploring Some Motivation Thinking</li><li>Skill or Will?</li><li>Drawing Up a Motivation Plan for Someone You Manage</li><li>Review and Action Planning</li></ul><h4>Managing for Engagement and Resilience</h4><ul><li>What's Your Engagement and Wellbeing Challenge?</li><li>Commitment V Compliance</li><li>The Resilience Gallery</li><li>Activities That Boost Resilience and Support Wellbeing</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Managing and Leading Strategically</h3><h4>Coaching Skills</h4><ul><li>The Core Skills and Behaviours for Coaching</li><li>The Coaching Spectrum (Downey)</li><li>Coaching Each Other</li><li>How You Coach Without Giving the Answers</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h4>The Leader's Shadow</h4><ul><li>The Influence Your Values Have on Your Style</li><li>Your Impact: the Shadow of a Leader</li><li>It Starts With Me - What I Say, How I Act, How I Measure</li><li>Learning Review</li></ul><h3>Commercial Skills</h3><h4>Commercial Awareness in the Public Sector</h4><ul><li>What is Commercial Thinking?</li><li>Defining Strategic Commercial Objectives</li><li>Developing a Strategic Focus</li><li>Defining Customer Targets</li><li>The Competitive Marketplace</li><li>Meeting Stakeholder Expectations</li><li>Implementation - Systems, Structures and Processes</li><li>Implementation - People and Culture</li><li>Tools and Checklists</li></ul><h3>The Political Dimension and Wrapping It All Up</h3><h4>Working in a Political Environment</h4><ul><li>Communicating With Elected Members and Understanding Their Motivations</li><li>The Political Structure Where You Work</li><li>Using the Member Officer Relationship Protocol</li><li>Influencing Skills and Approaches</li><li>Formulating an Influencing Plan</li></ul><h4>Programme Review</h4><ul><li>Reviewing Activities</li><li>Personal, Group and Peer-led Learning Review of All the Modules and Personal Learning</li><li>Call to Action - Going Forwards and My Next Steps</li><li>Action Planning and Evaluation</li></ul>


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Public Service Manager Programme: In-House

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<p>This 5 full-day course provides a comprehensive understanding of all the commissioning procedures for combined cycle power plants. The Commissioning Management System (CMS) of combined cycle power plants is covered in detail in this course. This includes all the commissioning procedures and documents, purpose of commissioning, responsibilities, system description, organization, working parties, test teams, documentation, testing and commissioning schedules, test reports, safety, plant certification, and plant completion report.</p>
<p>The course provides also a thorough understanding of all the commissioning requirements for gas turbines, steam turbines and auxiliaries, generator and auxiliaries, electrical equipment, switchgear equipment, switchgear and transformers.</p>
<p>All the stages of the commissioning procedure are covered in-depth in this course. This includes preparation - planning various activities, pre-commissioning checks and tests, typical commissioning schedule, detailed tests and commissioning procedures and instructions for every component in a combined cycle power plant, instrumentation, trial run of the equipment, safety and precautions, commissioning of combined cycle power plant systems, safety rules clearance certificates, procedure for the control and handling of defects, commissioning reports, operational testing, first fire, generator synchronization, performance testing, heat rate testing, emission testing, contract testing, CO2 concentration tests, electrical full-load rejection test, duct burner testing, partial load stability test, and reliability test.</p>
<p>This course is a MUST for anyone who is involved in the pre-commissioning or commissioning of any combined cycle power plant equipment because it provides detailed pre-commissioning checks and tests, and detailed tests and commissioning procedures and instructions for every component in a combined cycle power plant. In addition, the seminar provides an in-depth coverage of all preparation, planning activities, commissioning schedules, trial run of each combined cycle power plant equipment, safety and precautions, safety rules clearance certificates, procedures for handling defects, and commissioning reports.</p>
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<li><strong>Pre-commissioning Checks and Tests, Detailed Tests and Commissioning Procedures and </strong><strong>Instructions for Every Equipment in Combined Cycle Power Plants:</strong> Gain a thorough understanding of all pre-commissioning checks and tests, and all commissioning procedures and instructions for every equipment in combined cycle power plants</li>
<li><strong>Commissioning Management System (CMS) of Combined Cycle Power Plants:</strong> Discover the benefits of the CMS of combined cycle power plants including all commissioning procedures and documents, purpose of commissioning, responsibilities, system description, organization, working parties, test teams, documentation, testing and commissioning schedules, test reports, safety, plant certification, and plant completion report</li>
<li><strong>Commissioning Procedures and Instructions for Heat Recovery Steam Generators, Air Blow and </strong><strong>Steam Blow of Steam and Gas Piping in Combined Cycle Power Plants:</strong> Learn about the commissioning procedures and instructions for heat recovery steam generators, chemical cleaning of heat recovery steam generators, air blow and gas blow of steam and gas piping in combined cycle power plants, safety valve setting and soot blowers</li>
<li><strong>Commissioning Procedures and Instructions for Gas Turbines and Steam Turbines:</strong> Gain a thorough understanding of all the commissioning procedures and instructions for gas and steam turbines and auxiliaries including acid cleaning of oil pipelines, lubrication and governing system (oil flushing and hydraulic testing), jacking oil system, governing system, regenerative system, barring gear, vacuum tightness test, first rolling of turbine and data logging</li>
<li><strong>Commissioning Procedures and Instructions for Generator and Auxiliaries:</strong> Discover all the commissioning procedures and instructions for generator and auxiliaries including generator, seal oil system, hydrogen gas system, stator water system, rolling and start-up of generators</li>
<li><strong>Commissioning Procedures and Instructions for Electrical Equipment:</strong> Learn about all the commissioning procedures and instructions for electrical equipment including switchyard equipment, switchgear, transformers and motors</li>
<li><strong>Operational Testing, Performance Testing, Heat Rate Testing, Emission Testing of Combine Cycle Power Plants:</strong> Gain a thorough understanding of operational testing, first fire, generator synchronization, performance testing, heat rate testing, emission testing, contract testing, CO2 concentration tests, electrical full-load rejection test, duct burner testing, partial load stability test, and reliability test of combined cycle power plants</li>
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<p>The instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all the delegates gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught to their own organization.</p>
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<p>Your specialist course leader has more than 32 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), one of the largest electric utility in North America. He was previously involved in research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River and Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories.</p>
<p>While working at OPG, he acted as a Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor, System Responsible Engineer and Design Engineer. During the period of time, he worked as a Field Engineer and Design Engineer, he was responsible for the operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters, valves, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities included designing, engineering, diagnosing equipment problems and recommending solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and Design Manuals, and commissioning new equipment.</p>
<p>Later, he worked as the manager of a section dedicated to providing training for the staff at the power stations. The training provided by him covered in detail the various equipment and systems used in power stations.</p>
<p>In addition, he has taught courses and seminars to more than four thousand working engineers and professionals around the world, specifically Europe and North America. He has been consistently ranked as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' by the delegates who attended his seminars and lectures.</p>
<p>He written 5 books for working engineers from which 3 have been published by McGraw-Hill, New York. Below is a list of the books authored by him;</p>
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<li>Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation, and Combined Cycles, second edition, (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, October 2011.</li>
<li>Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003.</li>
<li>Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, January 2012.</li>
<li>Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999).</li>
<li>Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999).</li>
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<li>The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by PowerEdge, Singapore, in December 2016</li>
<li>The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by the Professional Development Center at University of Toronto (May, 1996).</li>
<li>The 'Excellence in Teaching Award' in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (TUV Akademie is one of the largest Professional Development centre in world, it is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and provides engineering training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East).</li>
<li>Awarded graduation 'With Distinction' from Dalhousie University when completed Bachelor of Engineering degree (1983).</li>
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<p>Lastly, he was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree 'with distinction' from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also received a Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers in the province of Ontario, Canada.</p>
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<p>To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.<br />
Request for further information post training support and fees applicable</p>
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EnergyEdge - Training for a Sustainable Energy Future

Renewable Energy

Oil & Gas

Commissioning of Combined Cycle Power Plants

<p>In this workshop, we offer you a challenge to move away from CPD (Continuing Professional Development) to CPPD (Continuing Professional &amp; Personal Development) to focus more on how we are being rather than what we are doing with our clients. We invite you to consider that developing your capacity for complexity and sitting with uncertainty, i.e. upgrading your system, underpins a deepening of our practice. The work we all need to be doing is the ongoing personal work on self.</p><ul><li>UNDERSTANDING COACH DEVELOPMENT</li><li>DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS</li><li>POSSIBLE BLIND SPOTS AND BIASES IN YOUR COACHING APPROACH</li><li>INFORMED DECISION MAKING ON DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1. Welcome and introduction</h3><ul><li>Setting the scene: why CPPD?</li></ul><h3>2. What learning activities foster coach development?</h3><ul><li>What activities have had the biggest impact on enhancing on our coaching practice?</li><li>What is the difference between learning and development?</li></ul><h3>3. The importance of self-awareness and how we develop it</h3><ul><li>An evidence-based for the development of self-awareness</li><li>Three requirements to build self-awareness</li></ul><h3>4. Input to action: fishbowl coaching activity</h3><ul><li>What are we noticing about the coaching interaction?</li></ul><h3>5. Reflections</h3><ul><li>Insights and applications from the morning session</li></ul><h3>6. Quality coaching</h3><ul><li>How do we define quality coaching?</li><li>Implications for our judgments / biases</li></ul><h3>7. Insight to action</h3><ul><li>Stop and start observation of a coaching session demonstration</li><li>What are we noticing about what is going on for us?</li></ul><h3>8. Wrap up</h3><ul><li>The next twelve months - thoughts on developmental activities</li><li>Insights and implications for our coaching practice</li></ul>


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The Why, What and How of Continuous Coach Development

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<p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">You can end up feeling lonely, vulnerable and frustrated. After all, you are trying to implement Data Governance to help your organisation - why is it turning out to be so difficult?!</p>

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<p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">You can spend hours on the internet or reading books but it can be challenging trying to turn the theory into something practical that will work for your organisation. If only you could fast forward to a few years&rsquo; time when you have done many more Data Governance initiatives and had a wider range of experience to fall back on.</p>

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<p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">If you don&#39;t have a time machine to help you with that, the other option is to build a network of experienced trusted peers who are willing to share the benefit of their experience with you. But that can be easier said than done. These days many networking events still aren&rsquo;t taking place and those that are are online and it&rsquo;s very hard to get a chance to speak let alone get advice for your challenges.</p>

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<p style="color: rgb(111, 114, 135); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 114, 135);">Why not join this 1 Day Data Governance Mastermind Workshop, where you get allocated time to get specific advice on your current Data Governance challenges and get the chance to network with others in similar situations.</p>

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Untangle your Data Governance issue and collaborate with your peers during this one-day Mastermind
Discuss Data Governance approaches with people who get it
Are you struggling with a Data Governance issue and wish you had a team of other Data Governance professionals you could bounce it around with?
You’ve done Data Governance training and you know what you’re focusing on. While your team is supportive, you spend a lot of time dealing with, and driving forward, culture change, managing stakeholders, and fielding questions from people who have their own priorities and now need to do this ‘Data Governance stuff’ on top. 
It would be nice, once in a while, to have a conversation about how to achieve something free from internal issues. You want to talk about best practices and get some alternative ideas.
That’s what my Data Governance Mastermind gives you: space to reflect with the support of your peers and practical solutions you can implement.
What is a mastermind?
Mastermind groups are the definition of ‘sharing is caring’. It’s you and your fellow peers – people who do what you do - gathering to brainstorm, problem solve, set goals and be each other’s support network.
At the Data Governance Mastermind, you will meet and learn from other people implementing Data Governance initiatives. 
It’s a one-day event, on Zoom. One of the benefits of attending is you’ll get 30 minutes in the ‘hot seat’ where you can share something you’re struggling with and get input from the group. 
What you can expect during the day
Discussions about different aspects of Data Governance and the opportunity to share what’s worked for you.
Tailored advice specific to your situation from me.
Insights from other people implementing Data Governance about what’s worked for them, what hasn’t worked, and how they have tackled issues.
30 minutes in the hot seat so you can share something you need help with and get practical suggestions from the rest of the delegates.
Time to reflect and share learnings from discussions so you have your key takeaways written down, ready to take back to work with you.
Get to know other Data Governance professionals and build a support network
Get an action plan and confidence to take your next steps with Data Governance
Get ready to discover new ways of approaching your Data Governance challenges, while getting to know professionals from a range of industries.
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Get a clear action plan to take away with you to tackle your specific Data Governance issues.
Develop a wider network of supportive Data Governance professionals, people got your back and will be available to continue to network and ask advice or in the future.
Leave with the confidence that you're not alone in tackling these issues. There are other people going through similar experiences that are willing to help you out.
Is attending a Mastermind right for me? 
Every individual's Data Governance journey is unique. Take my scorecard to determine if my Mastermind programme is the right fit for you and will effectively support your specific needs. You can also find out more about the day on my website.

The Data Governance Coach 

Data Management

Professional Development

A day of Data Governance, support, networking, and answering your questions. Join me for my 1 Day Data Governance Mastermind where you get allocated time to get specific advice on your current Data Governance challenges and get the chance to network with others in similar situations.

1 Day Data Governance Mastermind

1 Day Data Governance Mastermind Workshop

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I left with the knowledge and understanding that has allowed me to talk confidently to senior managers about human-centred design and user experience, and the certification really demonstrates my expertise in the field.</em>&ldquo;</p><cite style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Debbie Maxwell</strong></strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Digital Marketing Manager, Legal &amp; General</cite></blockquote><figure style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img alt="" data-src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-description.png" src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-description.png" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></figure><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Is it for you?</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Absolutely! The Foundation level certification is appropriate for anyone who works in UX or who wants to become familiar<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong>with the basics of usability, for example, Product Managers, Software Developers and Designers of all interactive systems that have a user interface.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">If you want to:</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">&bull; ensure that your knowledge of usability and user experience is completely up-to-date;<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&bull; acquire knowledge and skills that follow the established conventions;<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&bull; have recognised proof of your knowledge of usability and user experience&hellip;</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">&hellip;then CPUX-F is for you!</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The certification gives you the qualification needed to advance to the higher certificates in the areas of usability testing (CPUX-UT) and user requirements engineering (CPUX-UR).</p><figure style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img alt="" data-src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></figure><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">What you will learn</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The course is based on content from the <a href="http://www.uxqb.org/en/" style="color: rgb(172, 55, 180); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(172, 55, 180);">International Usability and User Experience Qualification Board</a> (UXQB) and is delivered remotely.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The course provides an introduction to usability and user experience in the areas of:</p><ul style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Usability principles and guidelines</strong></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Understanding and defining the context of use:</strong><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Procedures for analysis</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Observation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Interviews</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Personas</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scenarios</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">User groups</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">How to gather and specify user requirements</strong></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Describing user interactions:</strong><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Design</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Low and high-fidelity prototypes</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dialogue principles</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Heuristics</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Guidelines</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best-practice error messaging</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Usability testing and other evaluation methods</strong><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A step-by-step approach to running a usability test</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Typical errors</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Heuristic evaluation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Questionnaires</li></ul></li></ul><ul style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Interviews</strong><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Personas</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scenarios</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">User group profiles</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Systematically deriving user needs from context of use descriptions</strong><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Differentiate between types of user needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Apply quality factors for user needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Recognise user needs in context of use information</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Formulate user needs so that enables requirements can be derived</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Deriving, specifying, structuring and prioritising user requirements</strong><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Validate user requirements with users</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Use of a structured scheme for prioritisation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ranking the relevance of user requirements together with users<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li></ul></li></ul><blockquote style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33) !important; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33) !important;"></p><cite style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">&ldquo;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Really enjoyed the course at Bunnyfoot! It gave me a good overview of human centred design, and our teacher helped us understand how this fitted with latest industry practice, and it put me in a good position for the exam!</em>?<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Amy Tatton-Brown</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Digital e-Commerce Conversion Manager, Lloyds Banking Group<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></cite></blockquote><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Certification</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">In order to gain the CPUX-Foundation certification, you must pass the 75-minute test that consists of 40 multiple choice questions. To pass, you must score at least 28 points out of the 40 possible.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">You can find a complete example of a certification test on the <a href="https://uxqb.org/en/certification/foundation-level/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(172, 55, 180); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(172, 55, 180);">UXQB website</a></p><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">What are the UXQB and CPUX?</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The International Usability and User Experience Qualification Board (UXQB) is a consortium of internationally recognised experts in usability and user experience. UXQB&rsquo;s objective is to develop, maintain and manage the CPUX certification programs.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">CPUX is an international standard for qualification of people working professionally within UX. So far unions in six European countries have joined UXQB: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Holland and Denmark.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Read more about UX certification at <a href="https://uxqb.org/en/certification/foundation-level/" style="color: rgb(172, 55, 180); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(172, 55, 180);">uxqb.org&nbsp;</a>where you can also find curricula and examples of the tasks that you have to solve if you want to be certified. The course includes many additional, unpublished examples of test tasks.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Necessary for Remote learning</h2><ul style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Access to Zoom</li></ul>

Bunnyfoot

UI / UX Design

Ux Research

Bunnyfoot were the pioneers and are now one of the leading providers of the Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in the United Kingdom. Created in association with the international UXQB, this professional 3-day UX certification programme covers user experience methods and theories – and is independently assessed/certified.

Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Certification (CPUX-F)

General Admission

Tom Reynolds

Product Management

Agile

Agile PM

Productivity

Kanban

Agile Coach

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Standard

Early Bird

Reading

Nottingham

Dickson Training Ltd

ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management

Online Course

Classroom Course

<p align="justify" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">This course has been designed and approved by the ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management). The recognition from the ILM means delegates receive an ILM Recognised Certificate from the ILM upon successful completion of the course.</p><p align="justify" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">All of our ILM Programmes are provided in partnership with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thebcfgroup.co.uk/interpersonal/train-the-trainer.php" style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">The BCF Group</a>, which is the ILM Approved Centre we deliver under.</p><p align="justify" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Venue Details</h3><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Nottingham</h5><p style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">The BCF Group Ltd, 5 Wheatcroft Business Park, Landmere Lane, Edwalton, Nottingham, NG12 4DG</p><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/wheelchair-icon.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" border="0" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><span style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">&nbsp;Suitable for Wheelchairs</span><br style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/venue-pics/nottingham.png" alt="" width="150" height="96" border="0" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">All Nottingham courses are held at the head office of The BCF Group. The comfortable training suites (which are situated on ground level, as well as the toilet facilities, making them wheelchair-friendly) are fully air conditioned with natural daylight. Plentiful on-site free car parking is also available.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><article style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><h3 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">In-House Courses</h3><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/group1a.png" alt="In-House Training Courses" title="In-House Training Courses" width="327" height="219" border="0" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Our Train The Trainer course has been developed and refined over the many years we have been providing it to delegates from organisations in virtually every industry.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The course syllabus is flexible and can be tailored to the specific requirements of your organisation and industry.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">If you would like to discuss how we can tailor this Train The Trainer course for you and/or run it at your premises, please contact us.</p></section></article><br style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><a name="Coursedates" style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);"></a><article style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Scheduled Courses</h3><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Classroom Course - Nottingham (NG12 4DG)</h5><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Classroom training courses enable you to benefit from having the tutor and other delegates right there in the room with you. Face-to-face training sessions are one of the best ways to learn, as it is easy to ask questions and have group discussions.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Cost: &pound;895 + vat</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strike fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">16-17 April 2024</strike>&nbsp;- COURSE FULL</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">29-30 April 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">18-19 June 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">15-16 August 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">14-15 October 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03-04 December 2024</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Classroom Course - Reading (RG41 5QS)</h5><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Classroom training courses enable you to benefit from having the tutor and other delegates right there in the room with you. Face-to-face training sessions are one of the best ways to learn, as it is easy to ask questions and have group discussions.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Cost: &pound;895 + vat</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">05-06 March 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">25-26 June 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">26-27 September 2024</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">05-06 December 2024</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Zoom&trade; Course</h5><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Attending a course via Zoom videoconferencing gives you all of the benefits of classroom training without the need to leave your home or office. You still benefit from a real tutor facilitating the programme, and the content is exactly the same.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Cost: &pound;795 + vat</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">March 2024</strong>&nbsp;- 25th March (morning), 25th March (afternoon), 26th March (morning), 26th March (afternoon)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">May 2024</strong>&nbsp;- 21st May (morning), 21st May (afternoon), 22nd May (morning), 22nd May (afternoon)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">July 2024</strong>&nbsp;- 18th July (morning), 18th July (afternoon), 19th July (morning), 19th July (afternoon)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">September 2024</strong>&nbsp;- 18th September (morning), 18th September (afternoon), 19th September (morning), 19th September (afternoon)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">November 2024</strong>&nbsp;- 13th November (morning), 13th November (afternoon), 14th November (morning), 14th November (afternoon)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">January 2025</strong>&nbsp;- 21st January (morning), 21st January (afternoon), 22nd January (morning), 22nd January (afternoon)</li></ul></section></article><section style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><section style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><article style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></article></section></section>

Train The Trainer Course

<h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Course description</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">This course covers the basics &ndash;&nbsp;from what we mean by accessibility and why we should be thinking about it, through to how to design and test your websites and apps for accessibility.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">You will get loads of supporting information &ndash; everything you need to bring your team and management on your accessibility journey &ndash; and there will be plenty of practical exercises, looking at and analysing real websites for basic accessibility. It&rsquo;s fun, it&rsquo;s interactive and you will meet interesting people to exchange ideas and experiences with!</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><blockquote style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33) !important; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33) !important;">&ldquo;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I would definitely recommend Bunnyfoot&rsquo;s courses. The day was useful, informative and had the evidence to back it all up.</em>&ldquo;</p><cite style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Jessica Woods</strong></strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">UX Designer, House of Commons</cite></blockquote><figure style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img alt="" data-src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-description.png" src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-description.png" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></figure><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Is it for you?</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">If you are responsible for writing website content, designing websites or coding them, and you want to know how to do that in such a way that as many people as possible are able to navigate and interact with them, then this course is for you.</p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><figure style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img alt="" data-src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></figure><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">What you will learn</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Topics covered in the course include:</p><ul style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What we mean by accessibility and disability</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why we should design accessible websites</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">An overview of assistive technologies</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How to find out how accessible your website or app is</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Useful processes and tools for evaluation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">12 principles for evaluating and producing accessible design, content and code</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">An introduction to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><figure style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img alt="" data-src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></figure><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Learning objectives</h2><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">After completing the training, you will be able to:</p><ul style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand more about the access needs of your users</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Communicate the importance of accessibility&nbsp;to senior stakeholders</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Confidently explain ways of improving your website&rsquo;s accessibility to your teams</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Test your website to check if it meets basic accessibility requirements</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Produce content that is accessible</li></ul><h2 style="color: rgb(97, 32, 103); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(97, 32, 103);">Necessary for remote learning</h2><ul style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Access to Zoom</li></ul><figure style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img alt="" data-src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" src="https://www.bunnyfoot.com/wp-content/plugins/bunnyfoot-wp-helper/inc/images/training-beneath-all.png" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></figure>

Web Accessibility

Accessibility

This one-day course introduces the field of user experience and provides an excellent entry point to our other specialised training courses. UX processes and practices have become a central component of product design, service design and web design. 

Practical Accessibility

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Strategic planning is often perceived as being difficult and requiring specialist skills - and also as being too challenging or lacking value when the future is so uncertain; leaders can often find it difficult to know how best to go about strategic planning in their organisation, and how to ensure that strategy is managed successfully.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In this<em id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;Strategy Insights</strong></em> <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Masterclass</em></strong> we will start from &#39;first principles&#39; and explore what strategic planning is <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">really</em> about and how to approach it effectively (including how to consider the uncertainty of the future). The aim is to stimulate your thinking about what might be the right approach to strategic planning in <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">your</em> organisation (every organisation is different!); the Masterclass will be participative, with opportunities to work and share ideas with other delegates (without disclosing any organisational confidences).</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">[<em id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This Masterclass has been given previously for specific groups, and given the feedback from participants is now being made available for open booking</em>.] &nbsp;<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">** David Booth has kindly donated a complimentary copy of  his book, &#39;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strategy Journeys - a guide to effective strategic planning</em>&#39; (shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2018) to be made available to those attending this Masterclass **&nbsp;</p>

Strategic planning is often perceived as being difficult and requiring specialist skills - and also as being too challenging or lacking value when the future is so uncertain; leaders can often find it difficult to know how best to go about strategic planning in their organisation, and how to ensure that strategy is managed successfully.

In this Strategy Insights Masterclass we will start from 'first principles' and explore what strategic planning is really about and how to approach it effectively (including how to consider the uncertainty of the future). The aim is to stimulate your thinking about what might be the right approach to strategic planning in your organisation (every organisation is different!); the Masterclass will be participative, with opportunities to work and share ideas with other delegates (without disclosing any organisational confidences).
[This Masterclass has been given previously for specific groups, and given the feedback from participants is now being made available for open booking.] 

** David Booth has kindly donated a complimentary copy of his book, 'Strategy Journeys - a guide to effective strategic planning' (shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2018) to be made available to those attending this Masterclass ** 

Strategy Insights

Strategic Management

Strategic Planning

Business Strategy

Leadership Development

This Strategy Insights Masterclass explores what strategic planning is really about and how to approach it effectively (including how to consider the uncertainty of the future).

Demystifying strategic planning

Chesterfield

<h2 id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">FAA Level 3 Award In Supervising First Aid For Mental Health (RQF)</h2><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Classroom (two day course), Virtual (6 x 2 &frac12; hour sessions)</strong></li><li style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Gives learners knowledge of Mental Health First Aid and associated conditions</strong></li><li style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">This course is especially suitable for managers, supervisors and other staff that have the power to make changes in the workplace</strong></li></ul><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Course Contents:</h3><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What is Mental Health?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why people develop mental health conditions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What the role of a mental health first aider is</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Knowing how to provide advice and practical support</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Knowing how to recognise and manage stress</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand the impact of substance abuse on mental health</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand the first aid action plan for mental health and be able to put it in place</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Know how to implement a positive mental health culture in the workplace</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Recognising a range of mental health conditions:</li><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Depression</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anxiety</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Psychosis</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eating disorders</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suicide</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Self-harm</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">PTSD</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Personality disorders</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bipolar disorder</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Schizophrenia</li></ul></ul><h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Benefits of this course:</h3><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">37% of all work-related ill-health is due to mental health problems</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Problems with mental health cover 45% of all working days lost</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A whopping 12.8 million working days, or 49, 042 years, were lost due to mental health problems in 2018/19</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">602,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2018/19</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">One in four people will have a mental health problem at some point during their lives</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Whether work is causing or aggravating mental health problems, employers have a legal responsibility towards their employees</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Work-related mental health issues must to be assessed to measure the levels of risk to staff</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Where a risk is identified, steps must be taken to remove it or reduce it as far as reasonably practicable</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This two day r employees&#39; mental health and wellbeing</li></ul><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Accredited, Ofqual regulated qualification</h3><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/pochat-training/b9029833-7afc-45fb-ac5c-79b01debf2f0/original.jpeg" style="width: 300px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 300px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></div><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our Mental Health First Aid Courses are nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated qualifications accredited by First Aid Awards Ltd in association with NUCO Training.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This means that you can be rest assured that your Mental Health First Aid <img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/pochat-training/226a4cec-3383-433f-8d41-69ebfe8d5701/original.png" style="width: 300px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 300px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Certificates fulfill the upcoming legal requirements and are a very good way to make sure you and your employees have a supporting workplace to deal with staff&#39;s mental health conditions.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The&nbsp;</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ofqual Register number</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;for this course is 603/3770/9</span></p><img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/pochat-training/7cbdb7f4-2060-482c-aab7-6d4ad4183309/original.png" style="width: 658px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: auto; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 658px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: auto;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

Pochat Training

Mental Health First Aid

Emotions

Emotional Wellbeing

Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Psychological First Aid

Psychological Wellbeing

Mental Health

Emotional Resilience

First Aid

Accredited Mental Health First Aid

Wellbeing

Mental Resilience

Mental Health At Work

Resilience

Positive Psychology

Supervising First Aid for Mental Health

This price includes an Ofqual regulated certificate

With Ofqual regulated certificate

This price includes a CPD certificate instead of an Ofqual regulated certificate (it's exactly the same course)

With CPD certificate

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR</strong>: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION</p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Kate Walsh has built up many years of agenting experience across her own list, and another senior agent&#39;s list at United Agents for 9 years before parting ways and going it alone for a while. Fiction-wise, she works on a hugely broad list for expansive commercial genre fiction and is on the lookout for historical fiction, upmarket women&rsquo;s fiction, clever commercial thrillers, romance and some SFF, particularly those with a dystopian slant, or earth-bound science fiction, however that comes. Kate will also look at YA, though is not the right fit for high fantasy.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">On the non-fiction side, Kate has worked with an impressive list of clients across the commercial spectrum. She&#39;s on the lookout mainly (although not exclusively) for music titles, history and broad-spectrum popular science, but is open to anything that feels like a fresh and original way of looking at the world. She is especially drawn to 20th and 21st century affairs, and welcomes anything from anyone willing to speculate on what comes next.&nbsp;</span></div><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Kate would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words).</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Kate is offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Wednes</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">day 21 August 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Kate Walsh has built up many years of agenting experience across her own list, and another senior agent's list at United Agents for 9 years before parting ways and going it alone for a while. Fiction-wise, she works on a hugely broad list for expansive commercial genre fiction and is on the lookout for historical fiction, upmarket women’s fiction, clever commercial thrillers, romance and some SFF, particularly those with a dystopian slant, or earth-bound science fiction, however that comes. Kate will also look at YA, though is not the right fit for high fantasy.On the non-fiction side, Kate has worked with an impressive list of clients across the commercial spectrum. She's on the lookout mainly (although not exclusively) for music titles, history and broad-spectrum popular science, but is open to anything that feels like a fresh and original way of looking at the world. She is especially drawn to 20th and 21st century affairs, and welcomes anything from anyone willing to speculate on what comes next.
Kate would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words).
(In addition to the paid sessions, Kate is offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Monday 16th September 2024

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Fiction Writing

ONE SPACE LEFT! 24th September Kate Walsh #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 24px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 24px;">Discernment Formation for Course Leaders</span></strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 24px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 24px;">with Rachel Overton and Nick Helm</span></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This programme aims to enable course leaders to develop or sharpen up discernment processes within formation programmes for spiritual directors from all traditions.&nbsp;</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">A previous participant says:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&#39;This programme really helped me to find a language with which to fully&nbsp;</em><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">understand discernment processes for myself and for my facilitating the development of others.&rsquo;&nbsp;</em></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Discernment is not something that we &lsquo;do&rsquo; at certain moments of decision in life.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather it is the stance we should assume in every aspect of life and can be articulated in the question &lsquo;how am I centred and responsive to God?&rsquo;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">As course leaders and people responsible for the formation of spiritual directors, we need to be aware of our own discernment processes if we are to enable others to grow in their ability to discern well.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such awareness also enables us to offer congruence between the formation programme we are a part of, the nature of spiritual accompaniment and being faithful to God in life.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Over the course of the four day sessions, we will enable participants to engage with questions such as:&nbsp;</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What do you pay attention to within your own experience?&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why do you pay attention to that?<span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do you respond to what you notice?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What choices do you make?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How does all of this apply to you personally, your role as a spiritual director and your role in the formation of spiritual directors.</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;These will be explored in relation to the &lsquo;triangle model&rsquo; of relationships within spiritual direction &ndash; a model which helps to sharpen awareness of the multiple aspects of discernment that we need to pay attention to.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The programme will be experiential, involving small group work as well as plenary sessions. &nbsp;Participants will also be expected to take time to reflect and continue to work with their own process in between sessions.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By the end of the programme, participants can expect to:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">be more aware of their own process and language of discernment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">have greater awareness of how discernment is lived in spiritual direction and spiritual direction formation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">be more secure in their role as a trainer enabling discerning processes</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">have clarity about ways in which this discerning stance can be developed in the course they are involved in</li></ul>All sessions will run on Zoom from 9.45am to 4.15pm<div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Previous participants share their responses to this programme:&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;A safe space to open your heart to the unexpected.&rsquo;</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;It opens up the process of discerning far better than reading it in a book.&#39;</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;[It] may well change your perception of what discernment is all about and, with practice, it will change the way you live and pray. I would thoroughly recommend this learning process and experience.&rsquo;</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;Approach with an attentive, open heart, recognising the potential to go deeper through exploring discernment by journeying both as individual and with others.&rsquo;</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;A very in-depth programme that really gets to the heart of discernment. Don&rsquo;t miss it - it can change your life!!&rsquo;</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;It wasn&#39;t until I experienced this programme with Nick and Rachel that it became obvious how vital this clarification of, and approach to discernment is, and would whole-heartedly recommend this empowering course to the most seasoned of trainers as well as those just starting out.&rsquo;</em></p>

Discernment Formation for Course Leaders
with Rachel Overton and Nick Helm
This programme aims to enable course leaders to develop or sharpen up discernment processes within formation programmes for spiritual directors from all traditions. 
A previous participant says:
'This programme really helped me to find a language with which to fully understand discernment processes for myself and for my facilitating the development of others.’ 
Discernment is not something that we ‘do’ at certain moments of decision in life. Rather it is the stance we should assume in every aspect of life and can be articulated in the question ‘how am I centred and responsive to God?’
As course leaders and people responsible for the formation of spiritual directors, we need to be aware of our own discernment processes if we are to enable others to grow in their ability to discern well. Such awareness also enables us to offer congruence between the formation programme we are a part of, the nature of spiritual accompaniment and being faithful to God in life. 
Over the course of the four day sessions, we will enable participants to engage with questions such as: 
What do you pay attention to within your own experience?
Why do you pay attention to that?
How do you respond to what you notice?
What choices do you make?
How does all of this apply to you personally, your role as a spiritual director and your role in the formation of spiritual directors.
 These will be explored in relation to the ‘triangle model’ of relationships within spiritual direction – a model which helps to sharpen awareness of the multiple aspects of discernment that we need to pay attention to.
The programme will be experiential, involving small group work as well as plenary sessions. Participants will also be expected to take time to reflect and continue to work with their own process in between sessions.
By the end of the programme, participants can expect to:
be more aware of their own process and language of discernment
have greater awareness of how discernment is lived in spiritual direction and spiritual direction formation
be more secure in their role as a trainer enabling discerning processes
have clarity about ways in which this discerning stance can be developed in the course they are involved in
All sessions will run on Zoom from 9.45am to 4.15pm
Previous participants share their responses to this programme: 
‘A safe space to open your heart to the unexpected.’
‘It opens up the process of discerning far better than reading it in a book.'
‘[It] may well change your perception of what discernment is all about and, with practice, it will change the way you live and pray. I would thoroughly recommend this learning process and experience.’
‘Approach with an attentive, open heart, recognising the potential to go deeper through exploring discernment by journeying both as individual and with others.’
‘A very in-depth programme that really gets to the heart of discernment. Don’t miss it - it can change your life!!’
‘It wasn't until I experienced this programme with Nick and Rachel that it became obvious how vital this clarification of, and approach to discernment is, and would whole-heartedly recommend this empowering course to the most seasoned of trainers as well as those just starting out.’

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