Paraplanners Powwow 2016

Time and date: 15 September 2016 10.00 AM to 15 August 2016
Location: A Day in the Country, Upper Aynho Grounds, Northamptonshire, OX17 3AY
Organiser: Paraplanners Powwow
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What's it all about?
The Powwow combines a blend of smaller, workshop-style, sessions that run concurrently, as well as larger gatherings for all participants.

Adopting ‘unconference’ principles, Powwow participants will be invited – in advance of the event – to help determine the day’s topics.

Those topics will form the focus of sessions whose formats range from small interactive workshops to the Powwow itself – a gathering of all participants, designed to discuss the future of the profession, and conducted under Chatham House Rules.

Q&A: When, where and how much?
The Powwow’s taking place on 15 September 2016 at Upper Aynho Grounds in Northamptonshire. The start time is 10:00 and registration – including bacon butties for brekkie – is open from 08:30.

Ticket prices are the same as last year (and the year before that and the year before that) at £25 pounds a pop.

 

Sessions and timetable
This is the running order for this year’s Paraplanners Powwow.

Time                
08:30    Register and breakfast    
10:00    Session 1            
11:00    Session 2            
Midday    Lunch    
13:00    Session 3            
14:00    Session 4    
15:00    Break    
15:30    Session 5    
16:30    The Powwow    
17:15    Close    
 

 

POWWOW GURU: FCA’s RORY PERCIVAL
We’re really pleased to announce that – for the second year running – the FCA’s Rory Percival will join paraplanners at the national Powwow as its Guru speaker in the afternoon on 15 September 2016.

What’s more it could be the last chance for paraplanners to hear – first hand – the FCA’s popular technical specialist offer the regulator’s perspective on financial planning issues.

That’s because Rory recently confirmed that he would be leaving the FCA in November.

 

POWWOW sessions
Building on their popularity at the last two years’ events, we’ve upped the number of ‘pick n mix’ sessions for Powwowers to choose from.

Topics will range from dealing with the media and building your own profile to communication and gamification of reporting and cash-flow forecasting; from top tips about defined benefits scheme transfers to a compliance Q&A campfire covering the latest issues in regulation

There will be a number of Powwow guests – who will be either hosting or contributing to the day’s choice of sessions – including Compliance and Training Solutions’ Mel Holman, Professional Paraplanner editor Rob Kingsbury, Etch UK’s design psychologist Paul Davies, Preciousbluedot’s Lee Musgrave and Mark Betteridge, and Jones Sheridan’s Benjamin Fabi.

The day concludes with the Powwow itself – a 45-minute open discussion about topics voted for during the day by Powwow participants.