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CPD MAIL – APRIL 2009
(200 points available + additional opportunities)

Welcome to April’s issue of the IPM CPD Mail, the monthly one stop shop for all your CPD requirements. Published on the 3rd Monday of each month, the CPD Mail contains links to IPM accredited CPD resources as well as events, enabling you to accrue CPD points on a manageable month by month basis.

Each CPD mail contains links to exclusive new CPD opportunities, as well as a round up of other resources which you will have had chance to access already. We are currently allocating codes to all our resources on an ongoing basis (including the Journal of Place Management & Development and key readings), therefore each month the list of additional CPD opportunities will be added to.

Don’t forget to bank your points in your online portfolio! For details of how to bank your points, please refer to the bottom of this email.

THIS MONTH'S CPD OPPORTUNITIES

Place Bulletin – April edition (60 points available)

The Bulletin brings together news articles of particular interest to the place management industry plus all the latest updates from the Institute of Place Management.

This month's Bulletin includes a report on how the issue of vacant retail units is being tackled, news from CABE who have recently launched their sustainable cities website, further updates on the ongoing devolution debate and news concerning the new Light Night exchange network.

CODE: 827356
LINK: http://www.placemanagement.org/default.asp?a=content&id=629

CPD Mail Resource – RUDI podcast - Towards a new Urbanism: An International Symposium on the 21st Century City Nick Johnston, DeputyChief Executive, Urban Splash (60 points available)

Nick Johnston battles his corner in the Le Corbusier ‘hero or villain?’ live debate from the Academy of Urbanism’s 2008International Symposium in November 2008. Nick is an engaging and lively character with some very interesting points of view concerning the much-maligned Corbusier, we think IPM Members will enjoy this one. We’ll feature another of these view point presentations next month.

CODE: 265934
LINK: http://www.rudi.net/node/20819

CPD Mail Resource – Conservative Party Paper - Control Shift: Returning power to Local Communities (60 points available)

This major policy green paper outlines Conservative plans to give power back to local communities. ‘Control Shift’ outlines a series of policies that will see powers transferred from the central state to local people and local institutions.

CODE:563782
LINK: Conservatives_control_shift_paper.pdf

RUDI ARTICLES

Each month we will feature two short articles from RUDI. These easily digestable articles are ideal for those who wish to accrue points in a short amount of time.

CPD Mail Resource – RUDI article: ‘Greater Ellis Park: Johannesburg regeneration for the World Cup 2010’ (10 points available)

While the Greater Ellis Park area of Johannesburg is enjoying major regeneration ripples from the 2010 World Cup, urban designer ASM has focused on re-connecting and uplifting a community blighted by ‘apartheid’ planning practices.

CODE: 263795
LINK: http://www.rudi.net/node/21039

CPD Mail Resource – RUDI article: ‘Portland Bill: Building on the Natural Elements of Place’
(10 points available)

A site of natural beauty overlooking Portland Bill has inspired a design embracing rainwater harvesting and rain gardens set in a series of court-style living spaces.

CODE: 936182
LINK: http://www.rudi.net/node/21033

ADDITIONAL CPD-MAIL OPPORTUNITIES

Previously featured articles can be accessed via the links to past CPD-mails below:

Key reading 1 (60 points available)

Internationalization of SMEs in India
Patricia R. Todd and Rajshekhar (Raj) G. Javalgi

CODE: 169237
LINK: InternationalizationofSMEsinIndia.pdf

Key reading 2 (60 points available)
Tourist shoppers’ satisfaction with regional shopping mall experiences
Melody L.A. LeHew and Scarlett C. Wesley

CODE: 426759
LINK: Touristshoppers.pdf

Journal of Place Management & Development Academic article (60 points available)
Can association methods reveal the effects of internal branding on tourism destination stakeholders?
Olivia Wagner, Mike Peters

CODE: 375412
LINK: Association_methods.pdf

Journal of Place Management & Development Practitioner article (60 points available)
Moving Milan towards Expo 2015: designing culture into a city brand
Manuela De Carlo and Silvia Canali IULM University Milan, Milan, Italy, and
Annette Pritchard and Nigel Morgan University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK

CODE: 256978
LINK:Movingmilantowards.pdf

PREVIOUS EDITIONS' RESOURCES

IPM CPD-Mail: March 2009
http://files.placemanagement.org/cpd_mails/CPD_Mail_Mar_2009/cpdmailmarch2009.html

IPM CPD-Mail: February 2009
http://files.placemanagement.org/cpd_mails/CPD_Mail_Feb_2009/CPDMailFebruary2009.html

IPM CPD-Mail: January 2009
http://files.placemanagement.org/cpd_mails/CPD_Mail_Jan_2009/cpdmailjanuary2009.html

HOW TO BANK YOUR CPD POINTS

STEP 1 - To bank your CPD points, log in to the E-Academy area of www.placemanagement.org

STEP 2 - Click the link on the left hand menu entitled ‘Bank your CPD’.

STEP 3 - To verify that the CPD activity being banked has been fulfilled, you will need to answer three set questions concerning the given CPD activity. You will be granted three opportunities to answer all three questions correctly, answer incorrectly three times and you will be blocked from banking this CPD resource.

STEP 4 - If the CPD activity being banked is an event, you will also be requested to answer some short questions concerning the quality of the session itself.

CONTACT

If you have difficulty banking your CPD points, or require assistance, please contact Gareth Roberts (CPD administrator) at gareth@placemanagement.org or call +44 (0)161 247 3780.

Next months’ CPD mail will be sent out on Monday 18th May 2009.

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