Harpenden

<p>This very practical one-day programme provides participants with the skills and knowledge required to be an effective member of the procurement team and to enable them to procure a wide range of resources for the organisation, in a compliant and cost-effective manner. It also empowers them to be able to collaborate with all key stakeholders.</p>By the end of the programme participants will be able to:<ul><li>Understand the basic concepts of good procurement practice</li><li>Apply a range of tools and techniques for developing scopes of work and specifications</li><li>Apply various methods to select and evaluate suppliers</li><li>Develop robust contract award strategies</li><li>Appreciate the commercial importance of effective procurement and opportunities to reduce cost and add value</li><li>Develop appropriate procurement strategies depending on risk and value</li><li>Appreciate the legal aspects of procurement</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome</h3><ul><li>Introductions</li><li>Aims and objectives</li><li>Plan for the day</li></ul> <h3>2 The basics of procurement</h3><ul><li>The concept of total cost of ownership <em>v</em> price</li><li>The procurement cycle</li><li>The roles of the customer and the contractor</li><li>Impact upon profit</li></ul> <h3>3 Specification process</h3><ul><li>Importance of effective specifications</li><li>Specification development process</li><li>Types of specification</li><li>Team approach</li><li>Use of performance specifications</li><li>Early supplier involvement (ESI) / early contractor involvement (ECI)</li></ul> <h3>4 Quality</h3><ul><li>Concepts and practices</li><li>Defining 'fit for purpose'</li><li>Conformance to requirements</li><li>Compliance to standards</li><li>Role of the supplier</li><li>Quality assurance tools and techniques</li></ul> <h3>5 Procurement methods</h3><ul><li>RFP</li><li>RFQ</li><li>ITT</li><li>Negotiated procurement</li><li>Strategic partnerships</li><li>Outsourcing</li></ul> <h3>6 Tendering</h3><ul><li>How to undertake a formal tendering process</li><li>Business case to award</li><li>Critical stages in the process</li><li>Risks and benefits</li></ul> <h3>7 Tender evaluation</h3><ul><li>How to undertake a quotation analysis</li><li>Tools of analysis</li><li>Use of VFM models</li><li>Role of the customer</li><li>Comparisons around cost, quality, and delivery</li></ul> <h3>8 Supplier selection and evaluation</h3><ul><li>Developing critical selection criteria</li><li>Using the 10Cs model</li><li>Importance of effective selection process</li><li>Weighting systems</li><li>Importance of validity and evidence</li></ul> <h3>9 Capital equipment procurement</h3><ul><li>Life cycle cost issues</li><li>Payback calculations</li><li>Compatibility issues</li><li>Maintenance and training issues</li><li>After-sales support</li></ul> <h3>10 Supplier relationships</h3><ul><li>Corporate social responsibility issues</li><li>Communication</li><li>360 feed-back</li><li>Open and ethical</li><li>Initial understanding</li><li>Clear and fair terms and conditions</li></ul> <h3>11 Close</h3><ul><li>Review of key learning points</li><li>Personal action planning</li></ul> 


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The In House Training Company

Purchasing

Procurement & Supply

Procurement

Professional Skills Course (PSC)

Introduction to procurement (In-House)

<p>This course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2015 and how these should be implemented in practice.</p><p>The Regulations are put in context with other key health and safety legislation. The programme sets out clearly the roles and responsibilities of the principal duty holders and explores with the participants how these roles may vary on different types of project and procurement routes. The programme examines the content and appropriate level of information that should be included in the Pre-Construction Information and the Construction Phase Plan.</p><p>The trainer will discuss best practice in implementing CDM through the new 2015 Regulations and Guidance.</p>This course is essential for anyone who is involved in the procurement, planning, design or implementation of construction work. The course will provide you with:<ul><li>An overview of construction health and safety law, liability and enforcement</li><li>A detailed understanding of the 2015 CDM Regulations and the part they play with other key legislation</li><li>An explanation of the roles and responsibilities of all duty holders and the requirements for the CDM documentation</li><li>Clear advice on current best practice for complying with the principles of the CDM Regulations and the changes introduced by the 2015 Regulations</li><li>An understanding of how risk assessment should be applied practically throughout the design and how this responsibility is then transferred to contractors</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Why manage health and safety?</li><li>The costs of accidents</li><li>Construction industry statistics</li><li>Why CDM?</li><li>Health and safety culture in the construction industry</li></ul> <h3>2 Overview of health and safety law and liabilities</h3><ul><li>Criminal and civil law</li><li>Liability</li><li>Enforcement and prosecution</li><li>Compliance - how far do we go?</li><li>Statutory duties</li></ul> <h3>3 Health and safety law in construction</h3><ul><li>Framework of relevant legislation</li><li>Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974</li><li>Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999</li><li>Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015</li><li>Who is responsible for the risks created by construction work?</li><li>Shared workplaces/shared responsibilities</li><li>Control of contractors - importance of contract law</li></ul> <h3>4 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015</h3><ul><li>Scope - What is construction?</li><li>Application - When do they apply?</li><li>The CDM Management System</li><li>Duty holders (Client, Domestic Client, Designer, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Contractor)</li><li>Documents (HSE Notification, Pre-Construction Information, Construction Phase Health &amp; Safety Plan, H&amp;S File)</li><li>Management process</li><li>The 2015 Guidance</li></ul> <h3>5 Best practice - key issues in the CDM process</h3><ul><li>The client and client management arrangements</li><li>Competence and resource under CDM 2015</li><li>The role of the Principal Designer in practice</li><li>Design risk assessment and the role of the Designer</li><li>The CDM Documents (PCI, PCI Pack, Plan and File)</li><li>Construction health, safety and welfare</li><li>Making CDM work in practice</li></ul> <h3>6 Questions, discussion and review</h3> 


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Construction Management

Construction Safety

CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme)

Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

Construction Design & Management (CDM)

Commercial & Contract Management Certification Program (CCM)

CDM 2015 - Understanding and achieving best practice (In-House)

<p>In today's fast-moving competitive environment, sales are often made or lost on the strength of a telephone conversation or a brief email. This means that not only is customer service everyone's responsibility - so is sales. Customer service staff are failing the customer if they don't think about sales. And sales staff are failing customers if they don't think about service. And anyone failing a customer is failing both themselves and their employer.</p><p>Too often, customer service staff feel neither capable nor empowered to recognise or capitalise upon a sales opportunity. Too often, sales people pursue the short-term opportunity at the expense of the bigger picture.</p><p>The good news is - it doesn't have to be this way! Sales and customer service skills can be acquired, developed and polished just like any other skill. This tried-and-tested programme shows you how to do it.</p>As a result of this course, participants will be able to:<ul><li>Take control of a customer conversation, with confidence</li><li>Refresh and polish their customer service and sales performance</li><li>Recognise and develop a sales opportunity</li><li>Engage the customer and build rapport</li><li>Identify a customer's needs</li><li>Match the customer's needs to the organisation's products or services</li><li>Handle objections confidently</li><li>Ask for the order</li></ul><p>At the end of the workshop each participant will have developed their own action plan for developing and using their skills in the workplace.</p><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Course overview, objectives and introductions</li></ul> <h3>2 Serving or selling?</h3><ul><li>Feelings and attitudes - How we can affect the outcome by our feelings and behaviour</li><li>What is selling? - Selling is helping people to buy, identifying the opportunities that exist within the conversation to develop the customer's   interest in our products or services</li></ul> <h3>3 Developing the right skills</h3><ul><li>Communication- The impact of body language, voice tone and words- How to make the best impression on the customer and create a 'buying environment'</li><li>Rapport-building- What makes a good working relationship?- What do customers look for when they call us?- How can we match their expectations in terms of our own interpersonal skills?</li><li>Relating to different types of people by identifying and matching their communication style on the telephone</li></ul> <h3>4 Making it easy for the customer</h3><ul><li>Starting it right- Opening the conversation positively- Building rapport- How to develop interest in our products or services</li><li>Gaining and clarifying information- Questioning skills and questioning style- What do we need to know from the customer?- How can we use that information in the conversation?</li><li>Active listening- The most under-rated skill of all- Picking up on the 'Golden Moments' when a customer shows they may be interested</li><li>Presenting information confidently- Knowing the benefits of our products or services- How to tell the customer what they need to know in order to enable them to buy</li><li>Closing on a positive note- When and how to ask for commitment</li><li>Dealing with the customer's objections and concerns in a positive manner</li><li></li></ul> <h3>5 Course summary and action plans</h3><ul><li>Review of main learning points</li><li>Presentation of personal action plans</li></ul> 


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Coaching Skills

Professional Selling Skills (PSS)

Meeting Skills

Counselling Skills

Business Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Selling through service (In-House)

<p>This practical, enjoyable day will give you the tools to go and do your job effectively and the opportunity to practise using them in a safe and supportive environment before putting them into practice for real back in the workplace.</p><p>To inspire, you need to be inspired!Having the right set of skills, tools and techniques helps us to manage in a productive and beneficial way.</p><p>Above all, the workshop will inspire you with the determination to engage with the people you manage to produce greater levels of achievement.</p>This workshop will enable you to:<ul><li>Understand what the role of the manager is</li><li>Engage and inspire a team to perform</li><li>Recognise the range of styles appropriate for different situations and how your communication style impacts</li><li>Provide clear direction on your team's purpose, role and responsibilities</li><li>Understand how to create a motivating environment for those who report to you</li><li>Hold them accountable for delivery</li><li>Hold performance conversations</li><li>Review and evaluate your learning and have a plan to take back and implement at work</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Bringing the role to life</h3><ul><li>Starting the day with sharing your current ideals and approaches using the pre workshop task</li><li>Understanding what you bring to your role and your objectives for the day</li></ul> <h3>2 The role and responsibilities of a manager: an overview</h3><ul><li>Responsibility and accountability</li><li>Producing results</li><li>Managing teams</li><li>Developing individuals</li></ul> <h3>3 Communication excellence</h3><ul><li>The model of a team communicator</li><li>What type of communicator are you and what about your team?</li><li>Practical interactive group exercise</li></ul> <h3>4 Your role as a team leader - shaping how we work using the organisation's values</h3><ul><li>Your role</li><li>Your team's role</li><li>Enabling your team to deliver in a changing mindset</li></ul> <h3>5 Engaging and motivating your team</h3><ul><li><em>Exercise: using a leadership model to explore how you are enabling your team to engage with current change, what's getting in the way and how you will manage this in your organisational context</em></li><li>Peer and group task and discussion</li></ul> <h3>6 Addressing motivation at team and individual level in times of change</h3><ul><li><em>Exercises:</em><ul><li>Identifying approaches to motivating people at work based on a work based model of motivation: team task</li><li>Exploring a behavioural model of motivation: team discussion</li></ul></li><li>Review in plenary</li></ul> <h3>7 Holding people accountable</h3><ul><li>The work cycle model of team performance:</li><li><ul><li>Agree purpose</li><li>Set objectives</li><li>Monitor performance</li><li>Provide feedback</li><li>Compliance vs. commitment</li></ul></li><li>Professional discussion in small groups</li><li><em>Exercise: Practising short conversations using peer coaching support</em></li></ul> <h3>8 Review of learning and action planning</h3><ul><li>Personal review and action planning</li><li>Group review of learning</li><li>Evaluation</li></ul> 


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Organisational Skills

Team Management

People Management

Lean Management

Manager Training

Management Skills

Management in a day! (In-House)

<p>It is essential that those charged with responsibility for credit control and debt recovery have a full appreciation of the relevant law: no-one can negotiate effectively to recover a debt if they don't understand the ultimate sanctions they can apply. This programme is designed to give them a practical, up-to-date understanding of the law as it applies to your particular organisation.</p>This course will help ensure that participants:<ul><li>Understand the relevant laws</li><li>Know how and when to invoke legal processes</li><li>Avoid legal pitfalls in debt collection negotiations</li></ul><p>Specific, practical learning points include:</p><ul><li>Definition of 'harassment'</li><li>How to set up an in-house collection identity</li><li>Whether cheques in 'full and final settlement' are binding</li><li>The best steps to trace a 'gone away'... and many, many more.</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Data protection and debt recovery</h3>There are a whole range of things which can be checked on members of the public and which are not affected by the restraints of the Data Protection Act. These will be explained in simple, clear terms so that staff can use this information immediately. <h3>2 County Court suing</h3>The expert trainer will show how to sue for money owed, obtain judgment and commence enforcement action without leaving your desk. This module is aimed at showing how to make the Courts work for you instead of the other way around! <h3>3 Enforcement of judgments</h3>There are many people who have a County Court Judgment (CCJ) against their debtor but who still remain unpaid. This session explains each of the enforcement methods and how to use them to best effect. Enforcement methods covered include:<ul><li>Warrant of Execution</li><li>Using the sheriff (now known as High Court Enforcement Officers)</li><li>Attachment of earnings</li><li>Third Party Debt Orders</li><li>Charging Orders (over property and goods)</li><li>Winding-up companies and making individuals bankrupt</li></ul> <h3>4 Office of Fair Trading rules on debt recovery</h3>Surprisingly few people are aware of the Office of Fair Trading rules on debt recovery and many of those that do know think they don't apply to them - but they do. Make sure you know what you need to! <h3>5 New methods to trace elusive, absentee and 'gone away' debtors</h3>Why write the money off when you can trace the debtor and collect the money you are owed? <h3>6 Credit checking of new and existing customers</h3>It makes sense to credit check would-be, new and existing customers to evaluate the likelihood of payment delays or perhaps not being paid at all. This session shows a range of credit checking steps, many of which can be done completely free of charge, including a sample credit application<br />/ account opening form. <h3>7 Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations</h3>Do your staff understand this legislation and how to use it to make people pay quicker than ever before? The trainer shows how. <h3>8 The Enterprise Act</h3>The Enterprise Act made some startling changes to corporate and personal insolvency. What are the implications for credit control and debt recovery within your organisation? 


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Credit Control

Legal Practice Course (LPC)

Debt Management

Fraud Awareness

Commercial Law

Credit Controller

Credit control and debt recovery - legal issues (In-House)

<p>In today's competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Senior executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions: all require some degree of financial knowledge. The key financial skills are not as difficult to learn as many people believe and in the hands of an experienced senior executive they can provide a formidable competitive advantage.</p>After completing this course delegates will be able to:<ul><li>Understand fundamental business finance concepts; understand, analyse and interpret financial statements: Profit Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statement</li><li>Understand the vital difference between profit and cashflow; identify the key components of working capital and how they can be managed to generate strong cashflow</li><li>Evaluate pricing decisions based on an understanding of the nature of business costs and their impact on gross margin and break-even sales; managing pricing, discounts and costs to generate strong business profits; understand how lean manufacturing methods improve profit</li><li>Use powerful analytical tools to measure and improve the performance of their own company and assess the effectiveness of their competitors</li><li>Apply and interpret techniques for assessing and comparing investment opportunities in capital projects, business acquisitions and other ventures; understand and apply common methods of business valuation</li><li>Understand the role of business finance in formulating and implementing competitive business strategy; the role of budgeting as part of the planning process and the various approaches to budgeting and performance measurement</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Basic principles</h3><ul><li>Delivering value to key stakeholders</li><li>Accounting concepts, GAAP, IFRS and common terms</li><li>Understanding and using the balance sheet</li><li>Understanding and using the profit statement</li><li>Recognising the vital difference between profit and cashflow</li><li>Understanding and using the cashflow statement</li><li>What financial statements can and cannot tell us</li></ul> <h3>2 Managing and improving cashflow</h3><ul><li>Sources of finance and their advantages and disadvantages</li><li>What is working capital and why is it so important?</li><li>Managing stocks, debtors and creditors</li><li>Understanding how working capital drives business growth</li><li>Understanding and avoiding the over-trading trap</li><li>Unlocking the funds tied up in fixed assets: asset backed loans and leasing</li></ul> <h3>3 Managing and improving profit</h3><ul><li>Understanding how profits generate cashflow</li><li>The fundamental nature of costs: fixed and variable business costs</li><li>Understanding gross margin and break-even</li><li>How common pricing methods affect gross margin and profit</li><li>Effective strategies to improve gross margin</li><li>Using value chain analysis to reduce costs</li><li>Lean manufacturing methods<ul><li>Understanding Just-in-time, 6 Sigma and Kaizen methods</li></ul></li><li>Improving profit<ul><li>Effective and defective strategies</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>4 Measuring and managing business performance</h3><ul><li>Measures of financial performance and strength</li><li>Investor behaviour: the risk and reward relationship</li><li>Return on investment (ROI): the ultimate measure of business performance</li><li>How profit margin and net asset turnover drive return on net assets</li><li>Why some companies are more profitable that others</li><li>Understanding competitive advantage: cost and differentiation advantage</li><li>Why great companies fail<ul><li>What happened to Kodak?</li></ul></li><li>Using a 'Pyramid of Ratios' to improve business performance</li><li>Using Critical Success Factors to develop Key Performance Indicators</li></ul> <h3>5 Budgeting and forecasting methods</h3><ul><li>Using budgets to support strategy</li><li>Objectives and methods for effective budgets</li><li>Using budgets to monitor and manage business performance</li><li>Alternative approaches to budgeting</li><li>Developing and implementing Balanced Scorecards</li><li>Beyond Budgeting</li><li>Forecasting methods and techniques</li><li>Identifying key business drivers</li><li>Using rolling forecasts and 'what-if' models to aid decision-making</li></ul> 


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Financial Modelling & Analysis

Finance Cert & Exam Prep

Financial Analysis

Corporate Finance Level 1

Finance For Non Finance Managers

Corporate Finance

Advanced financial analysis (In-House)

<p>This highly practical one-day workshop has been designed specifically to help maximise sales where customers make contact by telephone.</p><p>When customers contact us direct they have clearly already considered the possibility that they might buy from us, but we're still only half-way to making a sale. Unless we fully understand their needs and make it easy for them to buy, we may not secure the business.</p><p>This workshop concentrates on the telephone skills and techniques needed to achieve the most positive outcome in any inbound customer call. A combination of excellent customer service skills and savvy sales awareness techniques will increase our chances of a successful outcome for both parties.</p><p>The programme features the unique INBOUND model, to help remember the key principles for effective inbound telephone sales:</p><p><b>I</b>nitial impressions</p><p><b>N</b>eeds of the customer</p><p><b>B</b>ring them with you</p><p><b>O</b>pen up the conversation</p><p><b>U</b>nderstand the triggers</p><p><b>N</b>arrow down the solutions</p><p><b>D</b>ecision time!</p><p>The programme also covers how to deal with difficult calls and challenging people - after all, every complaint is a sales opportunity!</p>This programme will help participants:<ul><li>Create the perfect interaction with any customer making contact by telephone</li><li>Make every call count</li><li>Build rapport quickly in any situation</li><li>Handle difficult calls and challenging people</li><li>Create sustainable and profitable relationships</li><li>Increase your sales conversions</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 The inbound sales process</h3><ul><li>Each customer who contacts us will be at a different stage of the sales process. Some might be making general enquiries whilst others will be ready to commit, having made most of their decisions already. Sales and customer service people need to be ready to find out the stage the customer has reached before helping them to make the right decision for them</li></ul> <h3>2 Engaging with the customer</h3><ul><li>Having clarified where the customer is on their journey to making a purchasing decision, our next responsibility is to create and build a trusting relationship on both sides. This involves establishing rapport quickly to ease the communication process, thus enabling smooth transactions, both now and in the future</li></ul> <h3>3 Questioning and listening skills for gathering information</h3><ul><li>Developing these skills requires practice so that the communication becomes natural for the customer. This helps the customer to feel comfortable with us and work with us towards an effective solution. We discuss different types of question and how to use high-gain questions to uncover key information. Active listening will ensure that we can really help customers get what they need</li></ul> <h3>4 Overcoming objections and excuses</h3><ul><li>If we have followed the process properly and really understood the customer, then there should no further objections or barriers to completing the transaction. The reality is that there will still be the occasional issue that needs clarifying, so we need to prepare for possible objections and questions that customers might have. This includes probing objections so that we fully understand the customer's perspective before constructing suitable responses or solutions</li></ul> <h3>5 Gaining commitment and ending the call</h3><ul><li>Customers want to gain a solution to the issue they are facing and the sooner we can help them achieve that the better. Guiding the customer and helping them to believe in their own decision is part of our role. This section is dedicated to getting commitment all the way along the process, not just at the close</li></ul> <h3>6 Dealing with difficult and challenging situations</h3><ul><li>The realisation that everybody is different, with different personality types, different ways of looking at the world and different goals, is key to understanding sales. With this is mind we discuss these differences and how we adapt our approach to ease communication and maintain trust and understanding</li></ul> <h3>7 Action plans</h3><ul><li>Course summary and presentation of action plans</li></ul> 


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Sales Management

Dealing With Difficult Customers

Telesales

Telephone sales - inbound (In-House)

<p>Many organisations find that project teams struggle to create and maintain effective plans. Estimates are often overly optimistic and risks go unmanaged until the inevitable happens. Resource managers also find it hard to forecast the likely loading on their departments and requests for support are not provided in a consistent format. This programme has been developed to address these needs in a very practical, hands-on format. Case study work can be based on simulations or on the organisation's current projects for maximum benefit to participants.</p>The aim of this training is to develop and enhance participants' planning and risk management skills in order to maximise the success of project work undertaken by the organisation.<p>The principal training objectives for this programme are to:</p><ul><li>Provide a structured, integrated approach to planning and risk management</li><li>Demonstrate practical tools and techniques for each stage of planning</li><li>Show how to organise and involve relevant people in the planning process</li><li>Explain how to use the plan for forecasting and pro-active project control</li><li>Identify ways to improve planning, both individually and corporately</li></ul><p>The course will emphasise the importance of participative planning techniques that improve the quality of plans whilst reducing overall time and cost of planning.</p><p>The course will encourage discussion of internal procedures and practices and may be customised to include them if required.</p><section>
                    DAY ONE <h3>1 Introduction (Course sponsor)</h3><ul><li>Why this programme has been developed</li><li>Review of participants' needs and objectives</li></ul> <h3>2 Projects and planning</h3><ul><li>Why plan? The benefits of good planning / penalties of poor planning</li><li>Planning in the project lifecycle; the need for a 'living' plan</li><li>The interaction between target setting and the planning process</li><li><em>Team exercise: planning the project</em></li></ul> <h3>3 Planning the plan</h3><ul><li>Defining the application and structure of the plan</li><li>Impact of planning decisions during the project lifecycle</li><li>Using available time to create an effective plan</li></ul> <h3>4 Defining deliverables</h3><ul><li>Assessing the context; reviewing the goals and stakeholders</li><li>Developing the scope and defining deliverables; scope mapping</li><li>Understanding customer priorities; delivering value for money</li><li><em>Case study: defining the project deliverables</em></li></ul> <h3>5 Creating the work breakdown</h3><ul><li>Building the work breakdown structure</li><li>Detailing the tasks and sub-tasks; structured brainstorming</li><li>Defining task ownership; the task responsibility matrix</li></ul> <h3>6 Creating and using a logical network</h3><ul><li>Developing the logical network; task boarding</li><li>Determining the critical path and calculating float</li><li>Accelerating the plan; concurrent programming and risk</li><li><em>Individual and group exercises</em></li></ul> DAY TWO <h3>7 Developing resource schedules</h3><ul><li>Deriving the Gantt chart from the network</li><li>Developing the detailed resource schedules</li><li>Calculating the expenditure profile ('S' curve)</li></ul> <h3>8 Estimating task durations and costs</h3><ul><li>Understanding estimates: effort, availability and duration</li><li>Estimating tools and techniques</li><li>Application of estimating techniques during the project lifecycle</li></ul> <h3>9 Case study</h3><ul><li><em>Developing the project plan</em></li><li><em>Refining the project plan</em></li><li><em>Team presentations and discussion</em></li></ul> <h3>10 Managing risks and refining the plan</h3><ul><li>Awareness of contractual issues associated with risk</li><li>Identifying and evaluating risks; deciding ownership</li><li>Managing risks: determining levels of provision and contingency</li><li>Controlling risks: maintaining an up-to date risk register</li></ul> <h3>11 Planning for pro-active control</h3><ul><li>The earned value analysis (EVA) concept and its predictive value</li><li>Deriving the measures needed for cost and delivery performance</li><li>Practical issues associated with implementing EVA</li></ul> <h3>12 Using and maintaining the plan</h3><ul><li>Tracking progress and updating the plan</li><li>Publishing and controlling the plan</li></ul> <h3>13 Course review and transfer planning (Course sponsor present)</h3><ul><li>Identify ways of implementing the techniques learnt</li><li>Sponsor-led review and discussion of proposals</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul> 


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Project Management Institute (PMI)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management

Project Risk Management

PRINCE2

Google Project Management

Project planning and risk management (In-House)

<p>Businesses that don't control their costs don't stay in business. How well are you doing? Is everyone in your organisation sufficiently aware of costs, managing them effectively and maximising opportunities to reduce them? If there is scope for improvement, this course will help get you back on track. It will demonstrate that cost reduction is so much more than cost control and cost cutting. True cost management is about being aware of costs, seeking to reduce them through good design and efficient operating practices whilst taking continuing action on overspending.</p>This course will develop the participants' skills in:<ul><li>Being aware of costs at all times</li><li>Seeking cost reduction from the start (including life-cycle costing)</li><li>Appraising projects / production to identify and take out risk</li><li>Understanding real budgeting</li><li>Using techniques such as ZBB and ABC where appropriate</li><li>Ensuring cost reports lead to action</li><li>Managing a cost reduction process that delivers</li></ul><p>Benefits to the organisation will include:</p><ul><li>Identification of cost reduction and business improvement opportunities</li><li>Better reporting and ownership of costs</li><li>Greater awareness and control of everyday costs</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction - the cost management process</h3><ul><li>The risks of poor cost control</li><li>Capital and revenue costs</li><li>The importance of cost awareness</li><li><em>The importance of cost reduction</em></li><li>Cost management - the key aspects</li><li>How to build a cost management and control process checklist for your areas of responsibility</li></ul> <h3>2 Cost removal - taking out costs</h3><ul><li>Cost awareness</li><li>Costs of poor design / poor processes</li><li>Value engineering</li><li>Removing redundant costs</li></ul> <h3>3 The need for commercial, technical and financial appraisals</h3><ul><li>Understand the problems before cash is committed and costs incurred</li><li>Making the effort to identify commercial and technical risk</li><li>The time value of money - DCF techniques for long term projects</li><li>Cost models for production processes and projects</li><li>Costing models - project appraisals</li><li>The use of spreadsheets to identify sensitivity and risk</li><li>How to focus on risk management</li></ul> <h3>4 Budgeting - proper budgeting challenges costs</h3><ul><li>The philosophy of the business - are costs an issue?</li><li>The importance of having the right culture</li><li>The need for detailed business objectives</li><li>Budgetary control measures</li><li>Designing budget reports - for action</li></ul> <h3>5 Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) - the principles</h3><ul><li>Much more than starting with a clean sheet of paper</li><li>What ZBB can achieve</li><li>The concept of decision packages - to challenge business methods and costs</li><li>Only necessary costs should be incurred</li><li>A review of an operating budget - demonstrating what ZBB challenges and the costs it may lead to being taken out</li></ul> <h3>6 Awareness of overheads and other costs</h3><ul><li>Definitions of cost - direct and indirect</li><li>Dealing with overheads - what is meant by allocation, absorption or apportionment?</li><li>The apparent and real problems with overheads</li><li>Different ways of dealing with overheads</li><li>Review of overhead allocation methods and accounting and reporting issues</li></ul> <h3>7 Overheads and product costing</h3><ul><li>Activity-based costing (ABC) - the principles</li><li>Where and how the ABC approach may be helpful</li><li>Know the 'true' cost of a product or a project</li><li>Should you be in business? Will you stay in business?</li><li>Identifying weaknesses in a traditional overhead allocation</li><li>How ABC will help improve product or service costing</li><li>Identifying which products and activities should be developed and which abandoned</li></ul> <h3>8 Cost reduction culture</h3><ul><li>The need for cost reports</li><li>What measures can be used to identify over-spends as early as possible</li><li>Cost control performance measures and ratios</li></ul> <h3>9 Design of cost control reports</h3><ul><li>Reports should lead to action and deliver</li><li>Selecting cost control measures which can be acted upon</li><li>Practice in designing action reports</li></ul> <h3>10 Course summary - developing your own cost action plan</h3><ul><li>Group and individual action plans will be prepared with a view to participants identifying their cost risks areas and the techniques which can be immediately applied to improve costing and reduce costs</li></ul> 


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Business Analysis

Business Case Development

Practical Accounting

Cost reduction (In-House)

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>2 Days</p><p>12 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p>The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional who works in and around the data centre and who has the responsibility to achieve and improve the availability and manageability of the data centre.</p>Overview<p>After completion of the course the participant will be able to:? Choose an optimum site for mission-critical data centre based on current and future needs? Describe all components that are important for high availability in a data centre and how to effectively setup the data centre? Name and apply the various industry standards? Describe the various technologies for UPS, fire suppression, cooling, monitoring systems, cabling standards, etc, and to select and apply them effectively to cost-efficiently enhance the high-availability of the data centre.? Review the electrical distribution system to avoid costly downtime? Enhance cooling capabilities and efficiency in the data centre by using existing and new techniques and technologies for the increased cooling requirements of the future? Design a highly reliable and scalable network architecture and learn how to ensure installers apply proper testing techniques? Create effective maintenance contracts with equipment suppliers ensuring the best return on investment? Setup effective data centre monitoring ensuring the right people get the right message? Ensure proper security measures, both procedural and technical, are established to safeguard your company's valuable information in the data centre</p><p>The course will address how to setup and improve key aspects such as power, cooling, security, cabling, safety, etc., to ensure a high available data centre. It will also address key operations and maintenance aspects.</p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h4>The Data Centre, it?s Importance and Causes for Downtime</h4><h4>Data Centre Standards and Best Practices</h4><h4>Data Centre Location, Building and Construction</h4><ul><li>Selecting appropriate sites and buildings and how to avoid pitfalls<br />Various components of an effective data centre and supporting facilities setup</li></ul><h4>Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling</h4><ul><li>Uniform, concentrated and rolling load definitions<br />Applicable standards<br />Raised Floor guidelines<br />Signal Reference Grid, grounding of racks<br />Disability act and regulations<br />Suspended ceiling usage and requirements</li></ul><h4>Light</h4><ul><li>Standards<br />Light fixture types and placement<br />Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply (EPS)</li></ul><h4>Power Infrastructure</h4><ul><li>Power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level<br />ATS and STS systems<br />Redundancy levels and techniques<br />Three-phase and single-phase usage<br />Power distribution options within the computer room<br />Power cabling versus bus bar trunking<br />Bonding versus grounding<br />Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers<br />Distribution boards, form factors and IP-protection grades<br />Power quality guidelines<br />Real power versus apparent power<br />How to size and calculate load in the data centre Generators<br />Static and dynamic UPS systems, selection criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency option<br />Battery types, correct selection and testing<br />Thermo-graphics</li></ul><h4>Electro Magnetic Fields</h4><ul><li>Electrical fields and magnetic fields definitions and units of measurements<br />Sources of EMF<br />Effects of EMF on human health and equipment<br />(H)EMP<br />Standards<br />EMF shielding solutions</li></ul><h4>Equipment Racks</h4><ul><li>Rack standards, properties and selection criteria<br />Security considerations<br />Power rail/strip options</li></ul><h4>Cooling Infrastructure</h4><ul><li>Temperature and humidity recommendations<br />Cooling measurement units and conversion rates<br />Sensible and latent heat definitions<br />Differences between comfort and precision cooling<br />Overview of different air conditioner technologies<br />Raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling<br />Placement of air conditioner units and limitations to be observed<br />Supplemental cooling options<br />Cold aisle/hot aisle containment</li></ul><h4>Water Supply</h4><ul><li>Importance of water supply and application areas<br />Backup water supply techniques</li></ul><h4>Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure</h4><ul><li>The importance of a Structured Cabling System<br />Planning considerations<br />Copper and Fiber cable technology and standards<br />ANSI/TIA-942 Cabling hierarchy and recommendations<br />Testing and verification<br />SAN storage cabling<br />Network redundancy<br />Building-to-building connectivity<br />Network monitoring system requirements</li></ul><h4>Fire Suppression</h4><ul><li>Standards for fire suppression<br />Detection systems<br />Various total flooding fire suppression techniques and systems, their benefits and disadvantages<br />Handheld extinguishers<br />Signage and safety<br />Regulatory requirements and best practices</li></ul><h4>Data Centre Monitoring</h4><ul><li>Data centre monitoring requirements<br />EMS versus BMS<br />Water leak detection systems<br />Notification options and considerations</li></ul><h4>Operational Security and Safety Practices</h4><ul><li>Data centre security layers<br />Physical, infrastructure and organisational security<br />Safety measures and essential signage</li></ul><h4>Labelling</h4><ul><li>Choosing a labelling scheme<br />Recommended labelling practices<br />Network labelling</li></ul><h4>Documentation</h4><ul><li>How to setup proper documentation<br />Document management policies and procedures</li></ul><h4>Cleaning</h4><ul><li>Cleaning practices for the data centre</li></ul><h4>MTBF/MTTR</h4><ul><li>Standards and definitions<br />Calculation models<br />The ?real? value</li></ul><h4>Maintenance Contracts/SLA/OLA</h4><h4>EXAM: Certified Data Centre Professional</h4></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. </p><p></p> This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. <p></p>Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.  <p></p>While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.  <p></p>Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.<p></p></div>

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<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><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">Sian Ellis-Martin joined Blake Friedmann in 2018 and is building a list of fiction and non-fiction at the agency.&nbsp;</span></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">With regards to fiction, Sian is looking for commercial, upmarket and accessible literary novels. She always wants to be completely absorbed by the world of the novel, to jump into the character&rsquo;s life and be swept into the narrative as if she&rsquo;s been there all along. She&rsquo;s drawn in by compelling characters and relationships, and loves stories with a mystery or question at the heart of them. She&rsquo;s open to these ideas being explored in a variety of ways, but at the moment, she&rsquo;d particularly like to find an epic love story, a fun, queer rom-com with an unusual setting or pitch, and/or a sweeping family saga. She leans more towards contemporary settings but does enjoy a historical backdrop too.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">In non-fiction, she&rsquo;s looking for narrative non-fiction, history from different perspectives and books that make complicated ideas around things like politics and literature more accessible. Her favourite type of non-fiction book is the one that makes you interested in something or someone you&rsquo;d never thought you would be. She&rsquo;d also love to find cookery and food books too, particularly cuisines that are less visible in the book world, or budget cooking.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">She&rsquo;s not currently taking on YA, children&rsquo;s, fantasy or science fiction projects.</span></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;">Sian would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first three chapters (or 5,000 words) of your manuscript in a single word document.&nbsp;</strong></p><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;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Sian is kindly 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&nbsp;</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 20and 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;">Please prepare to submit your manuscript immediately you book as the submission deadline is now: Monday 8 July 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: PB, CHAPTER BOOKS, MG, GRAPHIC NOVELS, CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION
Millie van Grutten joined Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency in 2021 and as of early 2024 Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency was acquired by Rogers Coleridge & White. Millie is thrilled to be building the children’s illustrated division at RCW and is actively looking for authors and illustrators of picture books, chapter books, young fiction, graphic novels and is particularly interested in children’s non-fiction presented in any guise. Millie loves working collaboratively with authors and illustrators whether it’s brainstorming a title, building a portfolio, trying out new genres and age groups or simply chatting ideas through. She relishes the opportunity to champion the work of illustrators and authors alike and is open to anything from 0-9 whether texts, illustrations or both. She loves anything with strong and engaging characters at its heart, quirky stories, and books that make you laugh and/or books that can make you laugh while you learn…
Apart from the ever enduring and absolute classics like Quentin Blake’s Mrs Armitage, Millie has recently enjoyed Mariajo Ilustrajo’s Lost, Ed Vere’s The Artist, The Secret Beast Club (Robin Birch and Jobe Anderson), Dave Pigeon (Swapna Haddow and Sheena Dempsey), How to Be A Genius Kid (Jim Smith) and anything by Lauren Child.
Among many other talents, Millie represents Swapna Haddow, Zehra Hicks, Sandra Dieckmann, Jobe Anderson, Marilyn Esther Chi, Emma Clarke, Jim Smith, Gabriella Szendrey, Helen and Thomas Docherty.
Millie would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words) of your novel. For picture books please send up to three texts split into 12 spreads each and a covering letter. For non-fiction please supply a cover letter and proposal with up to 5,000 words of your sample text.
Please send EITHER picture books OR another genre, not both in one submission.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Millie is kindly 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.
Submission Deadline: Monday 28 October 2024

I Am In Print

Fiction Writing

SOLD OUT! 4th November Millie van Grutten #Agent121. Looking for: PICTURE BOOKS / CHAPTER BOOKS / MG / CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">*INTENSIVE* &ndash; 5 full days over three weeks &ndash; inclusive of exam after the course.</p>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The training programme for Data Protection Officers, Data Protection Managers, Compliance Managers or anyone with a responsibility for Data Protection. The Data Protection <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">(GDPR) Practitioner Certificate</strong> is an internationally recognised qualification, endorsed by TQUK, which is regulated by Ofqual, a UK Government department. It equips current and aspiring data protection officers and data protection managers with knowledge and skills to undertake data protection compliance activities throughout an organisation. It is a valuable course for anybody with data protection compliance responsibilities.</p>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The scheduling of this course allows you to reflect on each day&#39;s training before the next day and to integrate into your work commitments.</p>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Click <a href="https://computerlaw.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CLT-Practitioner-Cert-Flyer.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">here</a> to download a full 3 page e-brochure for more details.</p>
<h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Attendees will:</h3>
<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand the importance of data protection legislation and compliance in the EU</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Interpret key terminology of the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) in a practical context</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand the key obligations of the GDPR and DPA</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Create policies and procedures necessary for data protection compliance and accountability</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Carry out a data protection audit and gap analysis</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Develop an action plan to address a data protection gap analysis</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Respond appropriately to data protection issues arising in an organisation</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Carry out the duties of a data protection officer</li>
</ul>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The course will comprise of lectures, discussion and practical exercises. The exam will comprise of MCQ. The course content has been assessed as RQF Level Equivalent = 5 and endorsed by TQUK Ltd.</p>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">*TQUK is regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual).</p>
<h4 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why this course is different:</h4>
<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Examines all aspects of GDPR in detail;</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teaches essential DPO skills including: Data Protection Impact Assessments and Privacy Impact Assessments;</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Comprehensive learning materials designed to help delegates during the course and in their job;</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Modern and practical assessment methods &ndash; delivered in a friendly and &lsquo;un-stuffy&rsquo; way.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Small groups</li>
</ul>
<h5 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Additional Information</h5>
<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">5 days of interactive training with a &lsquo;friendly&rsquo; GDPR/DPA specialist</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Comprehensive notes, together with copies of slides, provided</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Digital copies of relevant legislation and guidance</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Delivered live, online allowing interaction</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">TQUK endorsed course certification</li>
</ul>

*INTENSIVE* – 5 full days over three weeks – inclusive of exam after the course.
The training programme for Data Protection Officers, Data Protection Managers, Compliance Managers or anyone with a responsibility for Data Protection. The Data Protection (GDPR) Practitioner Certificate is an internationally recognised qualification, endorsed by TQUK, which is regulated by Ofqual, a UK Government department. It equips current and aspiring data protection officers and data protection managers with knowledge and skills to undertake data protection compliance activities throughout an organisation. It is a valuable course for anybody with data protection compliance responsibilities.
The scheduling of this course allows you to reflect on each day's training before the next day and to integrate into your work commitments.
Click here to download a full 3 page e-brochure for more details.
Attendees will:
Understand the importance of data protection legislation and compliance in the EU
Interpret key terminology of the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) in a practical context
Understand the key obligations of the GDPR and DPA
Create policies and procedures necessary for data protection compliance and accountability
Carry out a data protection audit and gap analysis
Develop an action plan to address a data protection gap analysis
Respond appropriately to data protection issues arising in an organisation
Carry out the duties of a data protection officer
The course will comprise of lectures, discussion and practical exercises. The exam will comprise of MCQ. The course content has been assessed as RQF Level Equivalent = 5 and endorsed by TQUK Ltd.
*TQUK is regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual).
Why this course is different:
Examines all aspects of GDPR in detail;
Teaches essential DPO skills including: Data Protection Impact Assessments and Privacy Impact Assessments;
Comprehensive learning materials designed to help delegates during the course and in their job;
Modern and practical assessment methods – delivered in a friendly and ‘un-stuffy’ way.
Small groups
Additional Information
5 days of interactive training with a ‘friendly’ GDPR/DPA specialist
Comprehensive notes, together with copies of slides, provided
Digital copies of relevant legislation and guidance
Delivered live, online allowing interaction
TQUK endorsed course certification

Computer Law Training

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Data Protection (GDPR) Practitioner Certificate - live, online

General admission

<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>: YA, ADULT FICTION</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 fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Laura Bennett </strong>developed a love of writing early, attending her first Creative Writing course at college. She then decided to study Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, obtaining a BA before pursuing a career in teaching. She began work at a college for young adults with special needs, and then moved to a vocational college while studying for a post-compulsory PGCE. Laura taught English for a few years, and also ran several Creative Writing courses before returning to LJMU to obtain an MA in Writing. She then worked as a teaching assistant at a local secondary school, before leaving that job to pursue a career at the <a href="https://www.liverpool-literary.agency/" 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;">Liverpool Literary Agency</a>. She has also worked as a private tutor, written for tabletop roleplaying games, and is the narrative writer for an Indie video game.</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;">Laura is looking for adult and YA science fiction and fantasy of all stripes, including steampunk, post-apocalyptic, urban fantasy, supernatural, and dystopian. She loves diverse casts and complicated relationships. Stories that focus on realistic characters with strong voices are a definite hit, no matter how fantastical their worlds.</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;">Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</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, Laura is kindly 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: Thursday 2 May 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: YA, ADULT FICTION
Laura Bennett developed a love of writing early, attending her first Creative Writing course at college. She then decided to study Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, obtaining a BA before pursuing a career in teaching. She began work at a college for young adults with special needs, and then moved to a vocational college while studying for a post-compulsory PGCE. Laura taught English for a few years, and also ran several Creative Writing courses before returning to LJMU to obtain an MA in Writing. She then worked as a teaching assistant at a local secondary school, before leaving that job to pursue a career at the Liverpool Literary Agency. She has also worked as a private tutor, written for tabletop roleplaying games, and is the narrative writer for an Indie video game.
Laura is looking for adult and YA science fiction and fantasy of all stripes, including steampunk, post-apocalyptic, urban fantasy, supernatural, and dystopian. She loves diverse casts and complicated relationships. Stories that focus on realistic characters with strong voices are a definite hit, no matter how fantastical their worlds.
Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Laura is kindly 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: Thursday 24 October 2024

ONE SPACE LEFT! 5th November Laura Bennett #Agent121. Looking for: YA, ADULT FICTION

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>3 Days</p><p>18 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p>The ITMLE Certification class is ideal for seasoned IT Managers and IT Directors (Managers of Managers).</p>Overview<p>Developed by an experienced CIO, and then vetted by a board of senior industry executives, ITMLE certifies that those who successfully complete the ITMLE Final Exam bring credible and validated industry knowledge to the organizations they serve appropriate to a senior-level IT executive.</p><p>This three-day, fast-moving and highly interactive workshop contains topics specifically designed to prepare mid-level IT executives in large IT shops for higher levels of management responsibility and provide CIOs of smaller IT shops (about 40 people or less) with additional tools to help maximize their business impact.</p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h4>Knowledge, Roles, Methodology, and Change</h4><ul><li>Thinking Like a CIO</li><li>IT?s (and Your) Four Roles in the Organization</li><li>Living in a Waterfall, Agile, Wagile World</li><li>IT as an Agent of Change</li></ul><h4>Process, Productivity, and Governance</h4><ul><li>IT Strategic Planning and Thinking</li><li>IT and Organizational Productivity</li><li>IT and Data Governance</li></ul><h4>Innovation, Staff Growth, and Negotiation</h4><ul><li>Fostering IT Innovation</li><li>Coaching, Mentoring, and Team Development</li><li>IT Project and Vendor Negotiating</li></ul></div>

ITIL

IT (Information Technology)

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)

Investment Management Certificate (IMC)

IT Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE) Certification

Bristol

<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;" id="isPasted" 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;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">LOOKING FOR</span></strong><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">: PICTURE BOOKS, CHAPTER BOOKS, MG, YA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">Lil is an editor with over 15 years experience in the publishing industry. She&rsquo;s currently freelancing and is in direct contact with many of the big publishing houses: Hachette, Bonnier Books, and book packager, Working Partners Ltd, among others. She also works with the Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency, assessing their authors&rsquo; work for commercial viability, as well as scouting for new talent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">For twelve years, Lil was a Senior Commissioning Editor at Working Partners Ltd &ndash; the creatives behind massive commercial hits such as Beast Quest, Warriors and the Daisy Meadows series. There she created globally successful concepts for every age group and developed storylines so the books were unputdownable. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">Lil is also an author in her own right: she has written 6 books under her own name, and ghost written many others under various pseudonyms.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" 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);">In every age level, Lil would like to see originality - particularly in voice. A strong character with depth, venturing on a quest that&#39;s never been undertaken before will get her excited. The &#39;quest&#39; doesn&#39;t have to be epic in scale, it could be as small as petting the next-door neighbour&#39;s dog, or getting the good looking new kid to notice you, it just has to be something a reader will want to invest in. She also loves humour and is happy to see anything quirky (perhaps even downright silly!).&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" 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);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">For picture books, Lil would like you to submit a covering letter, and 1 complete manuscript, double-spaced, with spreads marked out, in a single word or PDF doc. For chapter books, MG and YA, please send a covering letter, the first three chapters and a synopsis, double spaced, in a single Word or PDF doc.</strong></span></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;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By booking this session you agree to email your material to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline to agent121@iaminprint.co.uk. Please note that <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice given in your Agent121.</span></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: Tuesday 24 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: PICTURE BOOKS, CHAPTER BOOKS, MG, YA
Lil is an editor with over 15 years experience in the publishing industry. She’s currently freelancing and is in direct contact with many of the big publishing houses: Hachette, Bonnier Books, and book packager, Working Partners Ltd, among others. She also works with the Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency, assessing their authors’ work for commercial viability, as well as scouting for new talent.
For twelve years, Lil was a Senior Commissioning Editor at Working Partners Ltd – the creatives behind massive commercial hits such as Beast Quest, Warriors and the Daisy Meadows series. There she created globally successful concepts for every age group and developed storylines so the books were unputdownable. 
Lil is also an author in her own right: she has written 6 books under her own name, and ghost written many others under various pseudonyms. 
In every age level, Lil would like to see originality - particularly in voice. A strong character with depth, venturing on a quest that's never been undertaken before will get her excited. The 'quest' doesn't have to be epic in scale, it could be as small as petting the next-door neighbour's dog, or getting the good looking new kid to notice you, it just has to be something a reader will want to invest in. She also loves humour and is happy to see anything quirky (perhaps even downright silly!). 
For picture books, Lil would like you to submit a covering letter, and 1 complete manuscript, double-spaced, with spreads marked out, in a single word or PDF doc. For chapter books, MG and YA, please send a covering letter, the first three chapters and a synopsis, double spaced, in a single Word or PDF doc.
Please send EITHER picture books OR another genre, not both in one submission.
By booking this session you agree to email your material to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline to agent121@iaminprint.co.uk. Please note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice given in your Agent121.
The submission deadline is: Wednesday 23 October 2024

5th November Lil Chase #Agent121. Looking for: PICTURE BOOKS, CHAPTER BOOKS, MG, YA

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course is for people who would be responsible for the leading the IQA process within an organisation. This includes managing or coordinating the work of a team of quality assurers. This course will help Lead IQA&#39;s to plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility, and make any necessary changes to original work plans.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In order to complete this Leading IQA qualification, you must already be a qualified <a href="https://pandaeducation.co.uk/assessor-training/ava-workplace-assessor-qualification/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">Assessor</a> and have achieved the <a href="https://pandaeducation.co.uk/assessor-training/iqa-internal-quality-assurance/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment</a> qualifications.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The knowledge and skills development aspect of this course is delivered over a one day workshop. You will then receive mentoring visits from our Learning Advisor to support in achieving the practical outcomes.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Through attending this course you will be able to::</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Produce a work plan for your area of responsibility</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Allocate and agree responsibilities with team members.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility and provide feedback.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Review and amend plans of work for own area of responsibility and communicate changes</li></ul>

This course is for people who would be responsible for the leading the IQA process within an organisation. This includes managing or coordinating the work of a team of quality assurers. This course will help Lead IQA's to plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility, and make any necessary changes to original work plans. 
In order to complete this Leading IQA qualification, you must already be a qualified Assessor and have achieved the Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment qualifications.
The knowledge and skills development aspect of this course is delivered over a one day workshop. You will then receive mentoring visits from our Learning Advisor to support in achieving the practical outcomes. 
Through attending this course you will be able to::
Produce a work plan for your area of responsibility
Allocate and agree responsibilities with team members.
Monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility and provide feedback.
Review and amend plans of work for own area of responsibility and communicate changes

Panda Education and Training Ltd

Leading Internal Quality Assurance; Leading IQA

Level 4 Certificate in Leading IQA

<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><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;">Imogen Pelham</strong> has been at <a href="http://www.marjacq.com" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">Marjacq</a> since 2015, and has worked as a literary agent for more than a decade. She represents literary fiction and some upmarket commercial fiction, as well as a wide range of non-fiction. Imogen&#39;s looking for fiction with a strong premise, a surprise twist, or sharp humour. Recent favourites include <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Leave The World Behind</em> by Rumaan Alam, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Early Morning Riser</em> by Katherine Heiny, and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sorrow &amp; Bliss</em> by Meg Mason. Her non-fiction list includes history, memoir, medicine and psychology. She is particularly interested in identity, the arts and investigative journalism.</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;">Imogen would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first 10,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</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;" id="isPasted" 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, Imogen is kindly 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&nbsp;</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: Monday 9 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Imogen Pelham has been at Marjacq since 2015, and has worked as a literary agent for more than a decade. She represents literary fiction and some upmarket commercial fiction, as well as a wide range of non-fiction. Imogen's looking for fiction with a strong premise, a surprise twist, or sharp humour. Recent favourites include Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam, Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny, and Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason. Her non-fiction list includes history, memoir, medicine and psychology. She is particularly interested in identity, the arts and investigative journalism.
Imogen would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first 10,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Imogen is kindly 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: Thursday 24 October 2024

6th November Imogen Pelham #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>3 Days</p><p>18 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p>The primary audience for this course is someone who works, or has ambition to work, in a leadership role in data center operations such as a data center facilities manager, data center operations manager, who has the responsibility to achieve and improve the high-availability and manageability of the data center operations.</p>Overview<p>After completion of the course the participant will be able to:<br />Perform the needs analysis translating business requirements to data center services<br />Set-up and manage the data center operations team<br />Implement and monitor safety- and security practices<br />Identify a suitable maintenance program for the data center facility and its equipment<br />Select the appropriate policies and procedures required for data center operations<br />Monitor the data center availability, capacity and capability<br />Manage and implement basic data center projects<br />Set-up and implement an environmental sustainability program<br />Select an appropriate back-up site to support organizational resilience<br />Identify and respond to risk in the data center<br />Manage and support the document life cycle<br />Create a basic budget proposal<br />Select and manage vendors and measure their performance<br />Manage data center assets</p><p>Managing the facilities of today?s high-end and high-availability data centers is an extremely demanding and complex task which is often underestimated. There is often very little appreciation and understanding of the complexities of managing today's mission-critical data centers where downtime is not an option, especially since many of the data centers are operating at, or near, their design limits. Operations management at the facilities layer makes all the difference. Even a data center designed to the highest redundancy level as per the ANSI/TIA-942 standard could still experience many unscheduled downtime events due to poor planning, operations, maintenance and management processes.</p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h4>Service Level Management</h4><ul><li>Service Level Management</li><li>Needs analysis</li><li>Capability assessment</li><li>Service portfolio</li><li>Service catalogue</li><li>Service Level Agreements (SLAs)</li><li>Availability measurement</li><li>Data points in SLA</li><li>Service reporting</li><li>Complaint procedure</li><li>Customer satisfaction measurement</li><li>Service Improvement Process (SIP)</li><li>SLA content</li></ul><h4>The Data Center Organization</h4><ul><li>Operational issues</li><li>Organization chart</li><li>Roles and responsibilities</li><li>Skills matrix</li><li>Contingency / backup roles</li><li>Shift management</li><li>Performance management</li><li>Career development</li><li>Training and assessment</li><li>Job rotation</li><li>Succession planning</li><li>Disciplinary program</li></ul><h4>Managing Safety &amp; Statutory Requirements</h4><ul><li>Safety policies and regulations</li><li>Occupational Health and Safety (OH&amp;S)</li><li>Safety awareness training</li><li>Permit to Work (PTW)</li><li>Lock-out / Tag-out</li><li>Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)</li><li>Testing and tagging of equipment</li><li>Emergency preparedness and response</li><li>Reporting of safety issues</li><li>Reviews / internal audit / external audit</li></ul><h4>Managing Physical Security</h4><ul><li>Security policies and procedures</li><li>Security standards and guidelines</li><li>Security staff</li><li>Security awareness</li><li>Security incident management</li><li>Disciplinary program</li><li>Reviews, internal and external audits</li></ul><h4>Facilities Management</h4><ul><li>Maintenance policies and procedures</li><li>Various maintenance programs</li><li>Outsourcing of maintenance activities</li><li>Maintenance contract options</li><li>Warranty</li><li>Maintenance schedule</li><li>Service situations</li><li>Spart part management</li><li>Contamination control</li></ul><h4>Data Center Operations</h4><ul><li>Policies and procedures for data center operations</li><li>Service operations and the daily data center operations</li></ul><h4>Monitoring / Reporting / Control</h4><ul><li>Monitoring requirements</li><li>Escalation procedures</li><li>Reporting</li><li>Trend analysis</li><li>Reviews</li></ul><h4>Project Management</h4><ul><li>Project management</li><li>Project organization</li><li>Project manager</li><li>Project phases</li></ul><h4>Environment Sustainability</h4><ul><li>The importance of sustainability</li><li>Sustainability policies </li><li>Environmental management </li><li>Power efficiency indicators -</li><li>Waste management -</li><li>Water management</li><li>ICT utilisation management </li><li>Environmental performance measurements</li><li>Renewable energy factor (REF)</li></ul><h4>Organizational Resilience</h4><ul><li>Business continuity</li><li>Data center facility options</li><li>Business Impact Analysis</li><li>Type of facility</li><li>Human resources</li><li>Facility, equipment and consumables</li></ul><h4>Governance, Risk and Compliance</h4><ul><li>Management commitment</li><li>Coordination, collaboration and integration</li><li>Compliance</li><li>Risk management</li><li>Document management</li><li>Financial management</li><li>Vendor management</li><li>Asset management</li></ul></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager (CDFOM) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. </p><p></p> This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. <p></p>Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.  <p></p>While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager (CDFOM) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.  <p></p>Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.<p></p></div>

Operations Management

Certified Facility Manager (CFM)

Facility Management

Operations Manager

Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager (CDFOM)

<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><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Florence has been at A M Heath for five years and represents a range of commercial fiction and non-fiction. The authors she represents include Jaspreet Kaur, Salma El-Wardany, Rachel Thompson, Annie Lord, Angelica Malin and Phil Ellis. Their books range from the heart-breaking and profound to the inspirational, funny and wise, with almost everything in between. She&rsquo;s keen to find non-fiction and fiction writers who speak to a millennial and younger audience, be that a journalist who is looking to expand an idea, a screenwriter who is looking to try their hand at fiction or perhaps an activist with a social media platform.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She&rsquo;s actively looking for writers who are under-represented in the publishing world, through non-traditional channels, as well as her submissions, and is interested in environmental and social issues. For fiction, she always loves comforting, funny and warm reads, as well as gripping page-turners. She&rsquo;d love to see any of the above but her favourite thing is to escape with a story she can&rsquo;t put down. If you think your book fits with that, then do send it to her.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In fiction, books that have really left Florence wanting one more chapter include Marian Keyes&rsquo;s character, Rachel, from&nbsp;</span><em style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rachel&rsquo;s Holiday&nbsp;</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">gifted Florence with a compassion for addiction that only the most skilled of writers can conjure. Florence finds Catherine Newman to be a genuis for making hospice care so funny in&nbsp;</span><em style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We All Want Impossible Things.</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;Smart page turners such as&nbsp;</span><em style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Anatomy of a Scandal,</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;</span><i style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Such a Fun Age</i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><em style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow</em> wowed Florence with <em style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">c</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">lever, gripping prose and complicated, flawed characters she hadn&#39;t met before. She also loves older classics like the</span><em style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;Cazalet Chronicles</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;and Georgette Heyer&rsquo;s Regency novels &ndash; comforting, funny and warm reads will always her cup of tea.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Florence does not wish to receive, YA, Fantasy or Sci-fi.&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;">Florence would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.&nbsp;</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, Florence is kindly 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: Friday 31 May 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Florence has been at A M Heath for five years and represents a range of commercial fiction and non-fiction. The authors she represents include Jaspreet Kaur, Salma El-Wardany, Rachel Thompson, Annie Lord, Angelica Malin and Phil Ellis. Their books range from the heart-breaking and profound to the inspirational, funny and wise, with almost everything in between. She’s keen to find non-fiction and fiction writers who speak to a millennial and younger audience, be that a journalist who is looking to expand an idea, a screenwriter who is looking to try their hand at fiction or perhaps an activist with a social media platform. 
She’s actively looking for writers who are under-represented in the publishing world, through non-traditional channels, as well as her submissions, and is interested in environmental and social issues. For fiction, she always loves comforting, funny and warm reads, as well as gripping page-turners. She’d love to see any of the above but her favourite thing is to escape with a story she can’t put down. If you think your book fits with that, then do send it to her. 
In fiction, books that have really left Florence wanting one more chapter include Marian Keyes’s character, Rachel, from Rachel’s Holiday that left Florence with a compassion for addiction that only the most skilled of writers can conjure. Florence finds Catherine Newman to be a genuis for making hospice care so funny in We All Want Impossible Things. Smart page turners such as Anatomy of a Scandal, Such a Fun Age and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow wowed Florence with clever, gripping prose and complicated, flawed characters she hadn't met before. She also loves older classics like the Cazalet Chronicles and Georgette Heyer’s Regency novels – comforting, funny and warm reads will always her cup of tea.
Florence does not wish to receive, YA, Fantasy or Sci-fi. 
Florence would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document. 
(In addition to the paid sessions, Florence is kindly 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: Wednesday 30 October 2024

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