This blog is here to give you a list of items/activities that you could use as a basis for your CPD log. I'll only list items that I think will help with DPG assignments or support you in the workplace. I'm mainly looking for facts and statistics that you can quote in your work. Thus providing you with useful references for assignments and ammunition to support points you might be trying to prove in the workplace.
I'll post an updated image of my CPD log in the thread from time to time along with an updated list of curated and evaluated items/activities. There you go, my gift to you: your CPD is taken care of. It's that easy.
The main image for this blog is my CPD log. What does your CPD log look like? I'd love to it if you commented with a screengrab of your log.
If you want to automate your CPD log and make it cloud-based like mine (above), log in to CareerBursts (via this page: https://bit.ly/32hukx6 ) and hit Record your CPD once you've logged in.
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We made it – January is behind us. So long dry-January, Veganuary and being asked ‘what new year’s resolutions have you made?’ Onward to accelerated vaccinations, Valentine’s Day and Easter Eggs. How are you going to fit it all in? Allow me to help by streamlining your CPD and industry-related reading.
I’ve dived into the expanse of industry newsletters (and February’s People Management magazine) like Scrooge McDuck with his swimming pool of gold coins. I’ve only come up for air having gripped the most valuable HR and L&D news firmly in my beak - IMO, of course.
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There are no top tips, opinions or blogs in my lists. The only items to be pooled into my list are those that could be useful in your assignments and/or you can use it stepping stone to other CPD – all of which you can put in your CPD log. I've bolded key terms to expedite your search for the goods.
Get ready, there is more on my list than usual!
This brings me nicely on to the February 2021 edition of People Management magazine. I’ve taken the rest of my curation from there this time. It’s a great read, as ever, but if you want to focus on items that can help you in your studies and in the workplace, hopefully, my list here will help you extract what you need:
That should help you. Jump in.
(PM magazine archives can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/39KbYJ5.)
Here's my CPD log right now (where is yours?):
I've summarised so of the past few week's selections in a Linkedin article:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cpd-curation-people-occupation-janua...
Rest assured, I'll post more frequently and in more depth here in the Community than I will on LinkedIn. Community members get the good stuff first!
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Right, Christmas is in the past as is Blue Monday and Donald Trump (fingers crossed), so let’s get some CPD done! Rather than my usual attempts to filter the useful facts and figures from the abundance of clickbait that lands in my inbox in the form of industry newsletters, this week I started off by finding a few useful articles for myself (well… for you). Only after which did I then attempt to filter the useful facts and figures from the abundance of clickbait that lands in my inbox in the form of industry newsletters.
There are no top tips, opinions or blogs in my lists. The only items to be inaugurated into my list are those that could be useful in your assignments and/or you can use it stepping stone to other CPD – all of which you can put in your CPD log.
Enjoy.
That’s 8 – one more than last week. Maybe I’m getting better at this curation business. I dunno – what do you think?
Here's my CPD list this week. There are only 2 entries this week, but then that's all we need! I'd love to see a screenshot of yours in the comments here.
Hands up if your CPD has suffered over Christmas 🙋♂️. I’m back on the CPD horse now (and on the wagon thanks to an ill-thought-through late-night promise to do dry January, I digress). I have strapped on my wellies and trudged through the avalanche of industry newsletters to filter out the useful from the clickbait. There are no top tips, opinions or blogs in my lists. The only items to be graced with a place in my list are those that could be useful in your assignments and/or could provide as a stepping stone to other CPD – all of which you can put in your CPD log.
May your CPD snowball into a monolith of learning!
Let’s stop at 7 again. That should give you enough to look at for this week. Stay safe and I’ll blog you later.
Here's an image of my CPD for January so far:
I’ve been crazy busy this last fortnight and my CPD has suffered, but I have still managed some reading and filtered through the myriad of industry newsletters to filter out the useful from the clickbait. Below is what I have found, it could be useful in your assignments and/or you can use it steeping stone to other CPD – all of which you can put in your CPD log. Then that’s your CPD taken care of for the week. Consider it my Christmas gift to you.
Let’s stop at 7 today. A lucky number.
I used to know some trainers from the driver education industry in Scotland. When talking about speed limits in residential areas, they would say “Twenty’s plenty”. Well, 2020 has been plenty, plenty for me – I’ll be glad to see the back of it.
It’s been a pleasure to keep you company this year. We’ve got lots of things to look forward to planned for 2021. I’ll see you there.
Below are the 3 new entries in my log this week. I'd love to see yours!
Hi Gary,
This is brilliant info thanks! I was wondering if we utilised a tool such as CareerBurst, how could we transfer this into our DVP2 exercise at the end of our course? Would it be easy to export? Or would we have to transfer it onto a set template to be submitted? I much prefer the idea of having an easy to access blog rather than an excel sreadsheet format, but worried that I'll end up with lots of work to transfer the detail?
THanks
Selena
Hi Selena Govier
You can indeed! There is a print button on the log. When you click that you get the option to download the log as a PDF. Then you take your PDF and upload it in place of the WORD template for DVP. It's as easy as that. 😊 You can then take the PDF and upload it anywhere else, such as when moving between membership levels with the CPD.
This week, I’ll start with telling you about some of the CPD I’ve done in the hope that it gives you ideas for the future and then I’ll move on to relevant reading that’ll be useful in your assignments and/or you can use it as jumping-off points to dive deeper into a subject – at which point you can log your dive time and depth in your CPD log. Then that’s your CPD taken care of for the week, easy! Jump in.
Ok, now on to the relevant reading bit:
Phew, there is more there than I expected. That'll keep you busy. You can return the favour by buying me a coffee once this dang pandemic is done. Until then, stay safe folks.
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I am really stuck for CPD - my compnay has no training or CPD programme, I don't work in HR and my job has set parameters which don't change. Is there any webinar I can join to get help with this?
Hi Susannah Whitman
I'm really pleased to see you post here. Your situation is exactly the kind of thing I am trying to help with. To get that CPD for you, you can:
1, Use the reading I'm talking about in these posts: if you sit and read for an hour, for example, and learn new stuff relevant to your career - that's an hour of CPD to log 😊
2, Hit the Events Calendar at the top of the page: attendance of the events there can all be noted as CPD! All the upcoming events are currently online for obvious reasons but it's all CPD just the same 📝
3, Another option is to write a blog here in this space! Write about something you are interested in, some relevant news or something you have learnt about (as part of your learning programme for example) or all three. You could even blog about your journey through the programme every week or so - this is kind of what I'm doing and it's all legit CPD.
I hope this helps. I'm happy to keep kicking ideas around here if you want to chat some more.