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Wishing everyone a joyous 4th of July from your MPI DFW Chapter! Today, we honor the principles of freedom, independence, and community that drive us forward. Enjoy the celebrations and reflect on the importance of this day. 🇺🇸 How are you and your company observing the day today? Share your plans and events in the comments. #IndependenceDay #MPIDFW #EventProfs #MeetingProfessionals

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We won a Bett Award! Read this blog to find out which Bett Award we won (if you can't tell from the image) and why we won it. https://lnkd.in/edtH_s4g

🚀 Key Takeaways from the AAC Conference! 🚀 Here are some of the key takeaways that we took from the AAC conference for your information: 🏡 Federal Housing Plans: - The government plans to build 1.2 million homes to address the housing crisis, but the skills shortage makes this ambitious. One solution is increasing skilled workers via immigration, though this could further strain the housing market. We recently posted more details about this on our website and LinkedIn. 👷 Certifier Mentor Programs: - With many certifiers ageing, the AAC discussed a shift toward mentor programs to support younger certifiers. 🛠️ Building Commissioner Updates: - The current Building Commissioner has made significant industry changes and is leaving soon. The commissioner's office is also launching a defects library to support construction professionals to build industry capability, it will be released 13 June. 🖥️ Planning Portal Issues: - Universal frustration with the Planning Portal! The AAC advocates for better training, reinstating the helpline, introducing a 'not applicable' button, and real-time testing. 📜 New Building Act: - The NSW government committed to creating a new Building Act which utilises plain English. The new Building Act will consolidate and modernise many pieces of legislation, some decades old, scattered throughout the state’s statute books. It’s intended to reduce complexity. The first draft will be out next month. 🔒 Scam Awareness: - Beware of sophisticated scams and phishing attempts. Always use multi-factor authentication and check if your details have been compromised on Have I Been Pwned: https://lnkd.in/e-Qp3_C ⚖️ Certifier Responsibilities: - Many certifiers face disciplinary actions due to competence, diligence, or integrity issues. Advice on responding to investigations was provided. 📋 Certifier Insurance: - Insurance providers highlighted crucial clauses to watch out for in certifier insurance. 🤖 Chat GPT & AI Integration: - A demo of Chat GPT 4o was impressive! It was suggested Chat GPT 4.0 can help certifiers on a daily basis, with regulatory guidance and quick access to building codes, amongst other things. AI experts suggested integrating AI into businesses and creating strategic workforce plans. 📊 Chain of Responsibility: - A preview of an infographic highlighting the chain of responsibility for design and construction was shared. It is intended to create more clarity around the responsible parties in the end-to-end process. Amongst other highlights! It was fantastic catching up, swapping stories, and connecting with fellow industry peers. Big thanks to the AAC, and we're already looking forward to next year's gathering! #AACConference #BuildingCertification #Construction #HousingCrisis #SkillsShortage #FutureCert #AIIntegration #TrainingPrograms #ScamAwareness #NewBuildingAct #CertifierResponsibilities

How Well Do You Truly Know Yourself? Why do we act the way we do? What shapes the person we are today? How do others perceive us, and what do they hope to see in us? Is it our upbringing, or is it something innate that defines who we are? Life can sometimes feel like a challenging journey, filled with uncertainty about whether we’re making the right decisions—and how to navigate things when we don’t. In those moments, what is it within us that helps us face life’s obstacles head-on? Understanding ourselves, and just as importantly, understanding others, is a cornerstone of success—especially in business. That’s why these thought-provoking questions, and many more, will be explored at the One2Three Club on 30th January. This free event offers an opportunity to reflect, connect, and uncover insights that could help you navigate both your personal and professional life with confidence. Seats are still available—but filling fast! 📍 One2Three Club - Stoke 📅 30th January ⏰ 10:00 AM 💼 Reserve your free seat today to ensure you don’t miss out! Click here to join us, and take the first step toward greater self-awareness, better relationships, and enhanced business success!

Botswana business and organisation here is an opportunity to participate in best international practices competition and demonstrate that you believe and live excellence.

Thanks Dr Shan Hussain for this powerful speech at LMC conference highlighting the hugely damaging impact of CQC inspections on GP practices. These are not measuring quality, but are a box ticking exercise using questionable parameters resulting in a discredited and unfair single word rating system, that is misleading patients and the public. The inspections are doing more harm than good, demoralising clinicians and staff and affecting their mental health, as well as diverting huge amount of time away from patient care into slavishly spending weeks ticking questionable and excessive bureaucratic tick boxes. These inspections need to stop and be replaced by a meaningful and supportive system focused on genuinely improving quality of care.

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Looking forward to presenting at the NAA Convention in March! My spark presentation titled "Beyond Inclusion: Creating Belonging for All Youth in OST Programs" will showcase preliminary findings from a current study my team and I at the Youth and Educator SEL Lab are working on.✨ After school programs play a key role in providing the environment that encourages positive relationships and the development of social-emotional skills, however, staff are often not equipped with the tools and resources they need to provide adequate SEL support to youth. In this spark presentation, we will discuss current research on SEL in after school spaces and the ways youth development practitioners can increase SEL content into all aspects of their after school programs, including not only curriculum but routines, procedures, staff training leading to an increase in sense of belonging for all young people.

Meeting decision thought leaders and path setters at the SDP annual conference. Decision culture, analytics, generative AI, Game theory, portfolio analysis all in one place .. at the end of the day.. it is Humans making those decisions and how can we make them better?