Consultancy skills - 1 June 2010 at the RSS in London Presented by Roland Caulcutt and Julie Bullen A highly participative 1 day workshop for statisticians who wish to improve their ability to help non-statistical clients. Discussions and interactive exercises will allow participants to explore the non-statistical issues that can undermine effective consultancy. This event will appeal to all statisticians who wish to improve their ability to help non-statistical clients. Objectives: • To review the many context-related and inter-personal difficulties that statisticians may encounter during consultancy interactions. • To offer models or theories or paradigms, which shed light on why these difficulties arise. • To indicate which ways of working might be most effective with various clients. Feedback from previous delegates: ‘I felt it was insightful, practical and relevant to my current work.’ ‘Interactive, time went really quickly. Entertaining and informative.’ ‘I enjoyed the course and learned useful things that I will be able to put into practice.’ ‘I learnt a lot and will be applying it at home as well as work!’ For further details and to register please visit http://www.rss.org.uk/courses You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.