In our Summer Update we are pleased to bring you the latest news on the 8th Holyrood Summer School which is almost fully booked! Jim Rennie, MD, explains why Eglinton thought it was important to become members of the Association for Coaching, and we also announce plans for an open day to showcase the redcarpet conference facilities here at Eglinton. All of that, along with the usual busy calendar of courses, seminars and events taking place over the next few months here at Eglinton. We hope you enjoy the Update. |
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 We are fast approaching the 8th Holyrood Summer School, held at the Stirling Management Centre during August. The speakers for the event are now fully confirmed. The programme for this year is again full of senior level speakers from public and private sectors, Scottish Executive Ministers and leading commentators and opinion formers. They will address a range of topics to consider the priorities and emerging themes impacting on Scotland including:
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Andrew Wilson, Depute Chief Economist, Royal Bank of Scotland - "Scotland in the New Global Economy"
- Douglas Patterson, Chief Executive, Aberdeen City Council - "Change and Innovation in Local Government"
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Susan Deacon, MSP - "Changing Scotland in a Changing World"
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Robert Black, Auditor General for Scotland, Audit Scotland - "Delivering Sustained Performance Improvement"
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Dr Malcolm Reed CBE, Chief Executive, Transport Scotland - "Delivering Sustainable Transport"
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Graeme Pearson, Director, Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency - "Tackling Organised Crime"
- Andy Kerr, Minister for Health and Community Care - "Improving Scotland's Health"
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Gary Sturgess, Executive Director, SERCO Institute - "Bound for Botany Bay - Contracting for Quality in Public Services"
- Baroness Margaret Ford, Chairman English Partnerships - "A
Partnership Approach to a Housing & Re-generation Strategy"
- Sir John Elvidge, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Executive - "Delivering Policy and Efficient Government"
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Alf Young, Policy Editor for The Herald - "A Policy Perspective of Economics, Politics and Governance of Scotland"
- Cathy Jamieson, Minister for Justice - "Priorities and Progress in Criminal Justice"
- Sarah Chisnall, Director, Fleishman-Hillard - "The Influence of the Lobbyist- for Good or Evil?"
The continuing success of the Holyrood Summer School is built on the opportunity that each delegate has to pose questions, challenge and debate with the esteemed line-up of speakers and other participants. Jim Rennie, Managing Director of Eglinton, who hosts the School each year says "We observe the Chatham House Rule at the School. This means that speakers are able to frankly express their views and this provides a unique opportunity for our participants to engage with leading figures in an open style. The opportunity to discuss, learn and network continues beyond the sessions and through lunch, dinner and often later into the evening! This is what the School is all about, and year on year we receive excellent feedback from our delegates and their organisations that tell us that we create an invaluable development experience for them."
The School is limited to 30 places to create opportunities for all to participate. Over twenty of this years places are now booked, with half of the remaining taken by provisional bookings at this stage. To take the opportunity to attend this year's School and have one of the remaining places, you are advised to book now to avoid disappointment.
Click here to book and for all information about this year's school.
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 Eglinton has joined the Association for Coaching and we are delighted to be the first organisational member based in Scotland. Jim Rennie, MD of Eglinton, has the following to say on this new move by Eglinton "We are keen to support the Association and provide our coaches with access to the professional services provided by the Association. This will further enhance the coaching services we have been successfully delivering to our clients. We believe that our membership highlights our commitment to delivering excellence in coaching and will keep us abreast of the developments in the world of coaching, which will ultimately benefit our clients".
The Association of Coaching is an independent non profit organisation with the goal to promote best practice, raise awareness and standards across the Coaching industry, while providing value added benefits to its members.
Click here for further information on the Association for Coaching.
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 Eglinton launched its conference venue service, called "redcarpet", in May 2004 and we have been delighted by the feedback from our regular clients.
Ginny Jogee, Business Manager at Eglinton, says "We had some recent feedback from a new client that we were "the best secret venue in Edinburgh", and we decided that we would like to provide an opportunity for people who may be interested in space for team events, meetings or conferences to come along and have a look around."
"What we plan to do is hold an open day where people can come and have a tour of the facilities, with the redcarpet team on hand to answer any questions they may have. There will be some great food and drink for those who come, as well as a prize draw for one lucky winner. Also, any people who attend will be able to book their first event with a discount voucher, so they will save some money too!"
The redcarpet open day will be taking place on Wednesday 6 September 2006 from 11am-2pm. If you would like to attend please email Sean at redcarpet@eglinton.co.uk. We hope to see you on the day!
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