Introductions

1. Accreditation of Professional Competence Steve Doswell & Sally Holland UVAC Annual Conference 2013

2. Introductions

3. Overview • Achievement • Approaches adopted • Lessons learnt • Benefits of accreditation • Q & A

4. Accreditation of professional competence

5. Achievement

6. IoIC - How did we get there?

7. SSU - How did we get there?

8. SSU - How did we get there?

9. SSU - How did we get there?

10. Lessons Learnt

11. Roles and responsibilities

12. Assessment

13. Benefits for IoIC

14. Benefits to employee

15. Benefits for SSU

16. Internal comms rising stars

17. Professional competence

18. Professional membership

19. Value to the employer

20. Trish Tweddle, then IC manager, Anglian Water, Cambridgeshire: “The passion for good communication needs to be shared. I only wish the same qualification was available when I started out in internal communication.”

21. Andrew Rushton, Head of Communications, Department of Work and Pensions, Lancashire: “At last! A genuine opportunity to set universally accepted standards for the industry.”

22. Dillan Shikotra – Graduate of the Foundation Diploma What was the experience of taking the diploma like?  ‘‘This was a fantastic experience as it allowed me to analyse and evaluate work that I had completed.’’

23. What candidates generally say…. ‘‘Confidence’’ ‘‘Changed a lot’’ ‘‘Learnt a lot’’

24. Thank you