CPD Event Calendar
Use our CPD event calendar to find upcoming industry events to attend to help support your CPD requirements
Business CPD Events in May 2020
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Copy editing (ED01)
1st May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The one day Copy Editing certificated course is highly practical; very thorough and specific in its content and delivery; Through a series of practical exercises; you will learn to approach the printed word in a more analytical and critical way; allowing you to spot errors quickly and have the confidence to rewrite everyday text into concise; precise and compelling editorial copy at high speed
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LIBOR Transition Digital Debate
5th May 2020 09:00 | 1LoD
In response to COVID-19 ; 1LoD will continue to bring together senior practitioners from financial institutions ; via a new series of digital debates. This one addresses what impact this period of unprecedented disruption will have on LIBOR transition plans.
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Webcast: Leading in Times of COVID-19 (Part I)
6th May 2020 15:00 | Jolt
How to Build and Lead an Engaging Remote Organization. Many teams and organizations have gone to full remote work in the recent weeks. On top of the business challenges this poses an additional challenge for leaders and managers; as they now need to see how to best engage an organization virtually. The virtual world poses specific challenges but also great opportunities for leaders. In this engaging webcast we will look at the best practices of virtual leaders. We will also look at scientific principles and will share practical leadership tools for application.
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Planning your crisis communications (RC04)
10th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The one-day Planning your Crisis Communications certificated course will allow delegates to start exploring how to prepare messaging and communications plans in readiness for risk and crisis situations; We will explore both unexpected and slow onset crises caused by internal and external issues; You will learn about the different types of methods for determining risk to use as a basis for preparing crisis communications plans; Delegates will learn about the key elements of crisis communications; how to formulate a crisis management plan and how to relate the plan to both internal and external communications
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Senior Leaders
11th May 2020 09:30 | Socitm Ltd
This one-day workshop focuses on the challenges facing ICT senior leaders today. You know the organisation needs to work differently to achieve business-outcomes through emerging technology. However; many organisations expect ICT to deliver in the same old way; managing and driving change programmes in a silo. Critical to your success in this rapidly evolving world; is your ability to change perception and influence peers across the business to foster a collaborative approach to leading IT-centric business change. This workshop gives you practical tools and techniques to help drive the cultural change you need to enable the best business focused outcomes.
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Fundamentals of public relations (PR01)
11th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The practical Fundamentals of Public Relations Diploma course focuses on how to create communication campaigns; manage strong brands; create a cohesive corporate identity; predict and reduce risk; create a crisis plan and risk management strategy; protect and enhance reputation; implement CSR strategies; which are sustainable and create strategic media communications plans; which engage effectively with your target market and stakeholders.
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Effective branding and reputation management strategies (PR03)
11th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The one day Effective Branding and Reputation Management Strategies Certificate course is highly practical and hands on; We will train you on how to create successful; engaging and effective communication strategies and campaigns for your brand; You will learn how to convert a product or service; into a successful brand
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Strategic Leadership and management in contemporary public relations (PR09)
11th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
This professional development training programme is designed to cover the fundamentals of contemporary public relations practice ; The training focuses on how to create effective external communication campaigns; create a cohesive corporate identity; predict and reduce risk and create a crisis plan and risk management strategy; The course also covers how to protect and enhance reputation; implement CSR strategies which are sustainable and create strategic media communications plans which engage effectively with your target market and stakeholders
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Creating effective PR strategies and campaigns (Pr02)
12th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The one day Creating Effective PR Strategies and Campaigns certificated course will give you a practical understanding of how to successfully plan your PR campaigns; During the training; we will explore the principles of PR strategy; how to create excitement and engagement with your internal teams; how to identify your key audiences and create the right type of engagement; exploring the strategic planning required to create structure to your PR campaign; how to plan to budget and how to measure and evaluate campaign effectiveness; The training delivery will bring in a mix of practical inputs; discussion and presentations; that will help give you the practical take away tools needed to plan your PR campaigns effectively.
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Webcast: Leading in Times of COVID-19 (Part II)
12th May 2020 15:00 | Jolt
Crisis Leadership — How to Navigate Uncertainty With Leadership and Creativity. How do you lead when there is no certainty and no recent examples to compare with? How do you leverage creativity and how do you engage your team fully? Lars Sudmann; leadership expert and Council Director at The Conference Board was a Country CFO during the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Since then he has continued to discover what are the best strategies and approaches to leadership in times of crisis.
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The NHS CLN 2020 Annual Congress: Delivering Integrated Health & Social Care
13th May 2020 08:00 | Convenzis Group
The NHS Clinical and Care Leaders Network is pleased to invite you to our The NHS CLN 2020 Annual Congress: Delivering Integrated Health & Social Care
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Asian private equity: The outlook for Q2 and beyond Webinar
13th May 2020 10:00 | Asian Venture Capital Journal
Heading into 2020; a downturn was widely anticipated; and the COVID-19 outbreak may serve to accelerate its onset. Industry participants cite numerous factors that will pull in private equity’s favour; notably a wider variety of funding sources; greater operational capabilities on the GP side; and increasingly sophisticated LPs with more portfolio management tools at their disposal. These may define the next phase of the development of the asset class in Asia; but investors’ execution capabilities are being put to the test sooner than expected. Strategies being used by GPs to navigate the crisis; Sectors and geographies offering new opportunities; The questions LPs are asking of their portfolio GPs; The impact of COVID-19 on PE and VC fundraising.
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Implementing a stustainable CSR strategy (PR05)
13th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The one-day professional development certificated course: Implementing a Sustainable CSR Strategy; will train you on how to manage corporate social responsibility and sustainability within your organisation; There will be an emphasis during the course on how to make CSR work efficiently alongside other strategies; to achieve successful objectives for the organisation; CSR will be viewed from the point of view of enhancing reputation; reducing risk and managing brand image
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Improve your presentation and pitching skills (PR06)
13th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
During this practical one day presentations and pitching skills course; you will learn how to develop a better presentation skill-set; focusing on body language; delivery; confidence and communication skills; Our leading PR professionals will help you improve your public speaking and pitching skills; The training includes effective presentation techniques to allow you to present professionally and with confidence
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NHS Facilities & Estates Congress: Building; Maintaining and Innovating
14th May 2020 08:00 | Convenzis Group
NHS Facilities & Estates Congress: Building; Maintaining and Innovating. Hospital patients’ safety is being put at risk by fires; floods and crumbling; overcrowded …
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Strategic and financial analysis for PR professionals (PR13)
14th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The Strategic and Financial Analysis for PR Professionals industry-focused development certificated course; will provide you with an overview of the analytical business tools used to facilitate planning and forecasting
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Managing risk and crisisi (RC05)
14th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The one-day Managing Risk and Crisis professional development certificated course gives you the tools to predict issues and manage risks; with a step-by-step guide on how to handle difficult situations during a crisis; The course will be led and delivered in a practical and hands on way; by leading risk and crisis professionals; The emphasis of the course is how to prepare for the unexpected;
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Managing media handling & press campaigns (PR12)
15th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
This practical one-day Managing Media Handling & Press Campaigns certificated course is open to all who want to improve their media planning and press release writing skills no matter what the role in your organisation: whether in a start-up; a marketing professional; PR manager; press officer; journalists; or an inhouse communications professional; Improve your media writing skills and be confident in what you deliver to press contacts and outlets releases that are on target for your media campaigns
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Press release writing and planning your media campaigns (WR02)
15th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The practical one-day Press Release Writing and Planning your Media Campaign certificated course is designed to train you on how to confidently engage with the media; write press releases that stand out and plan out your media campaign; During the course; we will look at the various types of media; building your media contacts and how to make your story newsworthy
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Managing your crisis media handling (RC01)
15th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The Crisis Media Handling course will be delivered by award winning journalists who are also trained professionals in reputational matters; crisis PR and media interview techniques; They will provide expert guidance; practical solutions and presentation skills so that organisations manage crisis situations under the glare of the media and stay calm under pressure
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Top Talent Cardiff Day 3
18th May 2020 09:30 | Socitm Ltd
Top Talent will help you accelerate your career progress by harnessing and honing your leadership skills. Technology is changing the way we deliver public services. In these times of disruption; our sector needs leaders with vision; talent and insight. True leadership is about people; not processes. Effective leaders think critically; take risks; inspire others and innovate in order to affect change. This programme is for people who have the talent and accountability to become outstanding leaders. Those who drive change through collaboration and passion. Top Talent encourages you to focus on your unique qualities; develop confidence in your own abilities and to create impact through action: empowering those around you to the betterment of all.
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Strategic planning; presentation & media skills (for PR professionals) PR(10)
18th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
The course focuses on how to create communication campaigns; manage strong brands; create a cohesive corporate identity; engage well with the audience and clients and create strategic media communications plans; There will be a focus on how business and financial analysis helps reduce financial and reputational risk; provides a greater understanding of trends and an improved return on investment
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Life in the day of a Prison Healthcare Professional
19th May 2020 08:00 | Convenzis Group
We thrive on being able to support these people from the moment they arrive in prison; for example; – often with a range of complex physical and mental health needs – through their prison journey and seeing the change and progression they make up to the point of release. It really is the epitome of helping people.
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One body; many parts: Why you should take your multi-cloud strategy to the heart of your business
19th May 2020 09:00 | Incisive Media
In this web seminar; Computing takes a census of modern security practises to establish best practise and pain points; and; our panel of experts discusses the findings to offer advice and solutions on the way forward.
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Top Talent Cardiff Day 4
19th May 2020 09:30 | Socitm Ltd
Top Talent will help you accelerate your career progress by harnessing and honing your leadership skills. Technology is changing the way we deliver public services. In these times of disruption; our sector needs leaders with vision; talent and insight. True leadership is about people; not processes. Effective leaders think critically; take risks; inspire others and innovate in order to affect change. This programme is for people who have the talent and accountability to become outstanding leaders. Those who drive change through collaboration and passion. Top Talent encourages you to focus on your unique qualities; develop confidence in your own abilities and to create impact through action: empowering those around you to the betterment of all.
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Improvisation Skills for Business
20th May 2020 14:00 | The Maydays
The workshop is an introduction to Improvisation skills and how they relate to business and personal life skills. It is highly experiential and immersive. We we take participants through some of the core skills of improvisation and how they help us to generate meaningful relationships; take risks; become more self-confident and be more resilient and agile in a fast-changing environment.
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Webcast: Leading in Times of COVID-19 (Part III)
20th May 2020 15:00 | Jolt
Strategies for Thinking Ahead in a New World. Although many leaders are currently fully focused on crisis management; now should also be the moment where they can; and should start thinking ahead to the “New Normal” of the post COVID-19 world. While the picture changes on a daily basis; we are already starting to see certain patterns emerging. Additionally; we need to start using the tools and Mental Models that help to look ahead and also identify the potential opportunities and ways for re-building organizations.
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Empowering the Remote Working Revolution
21st May 2020 09:00 | Incisive Media
In this launch season of Deskflix; Empowering the remote working revolution we will address all of this and more. Join our industry experts in this virtual event to discuss the best tools for remote working; obstacles that are surfacing and the challenges of being an IT Leader with completely remote teams and customers.
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Innovation Mini MBA
25th May 2020 09:00 | Informa Connect
Over the course of 5 days; you will work through B2B and B2C business simulations using case study methods employed by top business schools. The programme develops skills from post-it to prototype; offering valuable skills to be transferred back to your organisation. Learn from innovators from 13-08 Creative Concepts; Innovators Inc and HJ & Associates.
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Webcast: Assessing COVID-19 Economic Impacts on China - Implications for Global Business
27th May 2020 09:00 | Jolt
The business community is deeply concerned about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on China’s economy; where it caused immense internal shocks on both supply and demand in Q1. Every company with a supply chain in China has been hit hard; some to the point of paralysis. So too for consumer companies impacted by store closures; worker quarantines; and operational bottlenecks – many of which continue to this day. The extent of China’s economic shutdown; and the breadth of the “restart” that is now taking place; are unprecedented in modern economic history. And now; the Chinese economy is being hit hard again by collapsing export demand as major economies around the world reel from COVID crises in their countries. Foreign companies operating in China must prepare for slow growth; protracted volatility; and possibly ongoing virus outbreak conditions; that might last for months and involve broad ripple effects in China and globally.
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The Extraordinary Executive Assistant : Growth Mindset; Resilience and Executive presence
28th May 2020 08:30 | Marcus Evans Sdn Bhd
The Role of an Executive Assistant is constantly evolving; their duties and roles are diversifying. It is important to stay updated and be ahead; after all we EAs are the strategic business partners to our executives. The Xtraordinary Executive Assistant is a great platform for learning; exchanging opinions; and expanding one’s network enabled by live presentations followed by a dynamic questions & answers sessions as well as panel discussions and workshops with some expert keynote speakers and workshop.
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Become a strategic communications and media relations consultant (PR07)
28th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
Becoming a Strategic Communications Consultant course helps you prepare for a career as a freelancer; The strategic approach to communications and media consultancy requires clarity on vision and goals; The course is designed to train you on how to confidently engage with the media; produce content and plan your media campaigns; During the course; we will look at the various types of media; building your media contacts and how to make your story newsworthy
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Writing for the web (WR07)
28th May 2020 10:30 | London School of Public Relations
This one-day Writing for the Web certificated course trains you in how to prepare; write and edit web content for online digital audiences; The course is delivered by leading writing professionals with direct experience for writing content for the web; You will be trained in developing your writing style to produce content for online publications and websites
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Webcast: May Sustainability Watch
28th May 2020 15:00 | Jolt
Can supply chain visibility prepare you to manage disruptions? Businesses; both large and small; source globally but often don’t know enough about the products they buy and sell. The coronavirus pandemic and the associated disruptions has put global supply chains at risk. In practice; a very few businesses can trace their supply chains beyond Tier 1 suppliers. This raises an important question – do companies who have transparent supply chains manage disruptions better?
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Understanding Exporting
29th May 2020 10:00 | Export Unlocked Limited
We will cover all areas in International trade; preparing you for Exporting goods from the UK. We will cover all areas of Export ; Documentation; Role of the Freight Forwarder; Commodity codes; and trade agreements;; Incoterms 2020. The importance of Documentation and the role of HMRC.