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Personal skills

A recent survey of RTPI members tells us that personal skills training is the number one need of RTPI members outside planning specific events. That's why RTPI Conferences has developed a new portfolio of personal skills training for 2006 specifically designed for everyone within the planning and built environment field.

All organisations today need to be fast, flexible and focused. If you are going to contribute to the success of your organisation, you need to develop your personal range of management skills so that you are always performing to the highest professional standards. With this requirement in mind, RTPI Conferences has created a portfolio dynamic and highly practical courses for the planning/built professional.

Whether you are looking for an introduction to a new skill or simply brushing up on an existing one, you will find the courses in this brochure a stimulating and rewarding experience. All RTPI Conferences speakers are acknowledged speakers in their particular fields, with extensive experience of delivering top-level training to people from diverse industry backgrounds.

These comprehensive courses use a combination of lectures, study groups, visual aids, question and answer sessions to give you a substantial body of information.

For further information on any of our public courses please contact Customer Services on 0845 120 9601 (at local rates) or e-mail services@rtpiconferences.co.uk

An introduction to the planning system This course is intended to provide administrators and support staff with an understanding of the planning system to enable them to appreciate the wider context within which they are working.
Effective report writing Every day, we send out letters, emails and reports. We write to our customers, suppliers, partners and each other all the time. We want every communication to be clear and effective so that it achieves exactly the purpose for which is intended.
Essential finance skills for planners With increasing budget restraints the need for effective financial management skills are greater than ever. Whether directly managing a budget; understanding the financial consequences of planning decisions; or understanding the financial health and viability of suppliers, customers or other stakeholders, this event will provide an insight into practical skills which will make a difference.
Guide to planning issues in 2011 This conference will look at future changes to the planning system. Key speakers, including CLG representatives, will give their views on new legislation and the impact it will have on both private and public sector planners.
Introduction to management This one-day workshop is designed to give you an introduction into key areas of people management.
Perfect presentations An intensive one-day seminar that will give you the confidence and techniques to make powerful presentations and communicate your message with maximum impact!
Project management for everyone This programme is designed as a foundation course in project management principles and techniques.
RTPI's Achieving results through effective time management This one-day interactive seminar is for you. It shows how to use a simple results-driven approach to focus yourself and the people around you in ways that inspire you to produce even better results every day, whilst at the same time reducing stress and "overwhelm".
RTPI's Effectively presenting financial information Imagine you do documents that people praise and envy. Ones that have clarity and impact. Monthly packs that influence and impress, board proposals that get results, and more. Imagine the impact of this on the rest of your working life. This course shows you how to dramatically improve all your documents including notes, reports, spreadsheets, KPIs and slides. Find out how to transform you work. By the end, you’ll never look at a bullet point, graph, table, report or slide in the same way.
RTPI's Negotiation skills We are all under pressure to achieve more with less. The days of command and order in business relationships are long gone.This seminar will introduce you to a range of tools and techniques to increase your effectiveness in any negotiation situation.
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