100 Not Out

Hi again,

This is indeed a momentous occasion - the 100th posting on this blog.

Yes, 100 times people all around the world have been able to view this communication masterpiece - well perhaps, that's taking things too far!

Anyhow, Mr D is on the last day of his holidays, so he'll be back to torment you next week!!

So what's been happening since Monday?

Plenty actually! Much of my time this week has been spent on updating various modules in respect of the RQF and the Chartered Banker (CB) qualifications. I have now completed these and so next week, we will communicate these updates to all who are doing the RQF Apexes 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 and 20 and the CB modules UK Financial Services and Investment. The changes take effect from examinations sat on 1st October onwards.

On Tuesday, I was pretending to be Simon Cowell, when I was part of the judging panel for our Rising Stars Semi Final. The candidates were all high calibre (obviously) but I would really love to have been able to say something like "Sorry, you just weren't good enough, that really was horrendous!" or even better "you're a lightweight, you're fired". For those not versed in TV trivia, the latter was Sir Alan Sugar!

Other than that, I've been serving customers all week. Remember the old saying (well, not that old, really!) "If you're not serving a customer, make sure you're serving someone who is"!!

Finally, on this momentous occasion, the podcasts of the Professionalism & Ethics Debate from the 2008 Chartered Banker Conference are now on the web - worth listening to? - I should say, old bean! Tune in now via http://www.ciobs.org.uk/about/what_podcasts.cfm

Finally, finally, one of our students, Pauline McPherson and her team of charity fundraisers called Wacky Racers are running an event on 28th August at 6.30pm in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Jack Black, a leading authority on personal development and well known keynote speaker, is the star attraction. For more information, just go to the above podcast link and click on the Weekly Newscast for 10th July!! All will be revealed!

They think it's all over - it is now!!!!!!!!!!


Raymond (really missing Michael!)