Firstly, may I begin by wishing you compliments of the season - I hope you had a happy and peaceful Christmas and enjoyed suitably cheery New Year celebrations!

I'm writing to tell you about the first CPD event of 2012.  It'll take place on Thursday 16th February at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre in Milton Keynes.  It'll run from 09.30 - 15.30 and will be facilitated by Amanda Edwards, Coach-Mentor Supervisor with The OCM.  Our usual format is to offer a CPD session of about 2 hours in the morning followed by the opportunity for  group supervision in the afternoon.

The CDP topic will be Managing the coaching review process.  In these challenging times, coaches and clients are even more focused on the principles of value and return on investment.  How do we as coaches ensure that we have a robust and fit for purpose approach to reviewing the coaching process as we move through and conclude the relationship?  What is the latest thinking around client goal-setting and how does this fit in with the process? How do we really identify the value we have added to the client and how important is this?  This CPD session is opportunity to share and reflect on our processes for reviewing the impact of our coaching, review best practice and identify how we might want to enhance our approach as we move forward.  As well as providing a great networking opportunity, the event will help you build towards the total number of hours of CPD and Supervision required by the EMCC and you'll receive a CPD certificate which can be included in your log of personal development.

As with our previous events, there's no cost for the provision of CPD but we do ask for a contribution of £30 per head to cover the cost of the venue and light refreshments, which is payable before the event.   If you're not an OCM graduate or candidate, but an Associate or CIPD graduate or candidate and would like to attend, we'd love to have your company but ask for a contribution of £50 plus VAT. If you can let me know if you plan to attend before Monday 23rd January, that'll be great - please email pat@theocm.co.uk

I do hope you'll be able to join us for what will be a stimulating and innovative session and I very much look forward to hearing from you.

With kind regards as always,

PS Please see below for future CPD dates for your diary!

Thursday 22 March 2012          Katherine Long                                           Oxford
Wednesday 18 April 2012         Angela Hill                                                  Leeds
Wednesday 9 May 2012           Charlotte Bruce-Foulds                                Birmingham
Tuesday 15 May 2012               Alison Williamson                                       Bristol
Tuesday 12 June 2012              David Sleightholm                                       London
Thursday 5 July 2012                The OCM CPD and Supervision event          Oxford