Gwyneth March Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Honorary FellowConvener of the Trailblazer group of 30 plus agency employers which produced the government approved Advertising and Media Executive Apprentice Standard (Level Three). Convened the new Trailblazer for the Junior Creative Standard, which we hope will help change the way we recruit and diversify our talent, now also approved. Both done in record time - well done our chairs and teams for their hard work and pitching so strongly!Runs the Entry Level Talent Advisory ServiceA judge/mentor on the IPA's Gold CPD Accreditation PanelChair of the IPA Training Forum, which runs free workshops seven times a year; and special one off events such as The Speaker's Cup (with Make Yourself)One of the team behind the 'Stepping Into the Spotlight' events helping to boost the skills, knowledge and confidence of women in our industryHelped produce the free Employee Satisfaction Survey for IPA membersTutor of CPD Best Practice Workshops and author of Best Practice GuideAuthor of the Evaluating Training on-line modulesPart of the IPA mentor team teaching Mentor Skills and advising agencies on setting up mentor programmes. Writing the new Mentoring Hub.Part of the Foundation Certificate team - manning the help desk, worldwide, and running interactive workshops CPD Consultant - helping CPD ManagersOne of the team behind the 'How to run Effective Appraisals'​, 'How to have the best Welcomes' and 'How to Plan Training' free online modulesNow running various IPA virtual workshops such as People Management Essentials, Leadership, Time Management.

Training design, development and delivery - everything is tailored and evaluatedCPD consultancy (within advertising and media agencies)Training programme managementClients include Hunterlodge, Pure360, Engine, The IPA, Adam & Eve DDB, AMV BBDO, Frame, Kindred, McCann Central, NOW, PHD Media (Dublin), The & Partnership, The Moment, W+ K, woolleypaugyroTailored workshops run in the last few years include subjects such as Time Management, Managing People in An Emotionally Intelligent Way, Advanced Leadership, Stress Busting, Better Business Writing, Demystifying Advertising, Presentation Skills, Mentoring Skills, Better Client Service, Negotiation Skills, Appraisal Masterclass, Confidence Boosting, How to Build Resilience, Train the Trainer. Writing blogs for E Marketeers and the IPA.

o Successfully securing both agencies IPA CPD Accreditation, with good reports, from 2000 to 2009 o Serving on IPA CPD Working Party from 2000 to 2007 o Chair of IPA Trainers Forum 2009 ­ o Designing training courses and tutoring o Organising all training, internal and external, including meeting and briefing tutors o Successful grades in professional exams for staff o Member of graduate recruitment and training team o Designing welcome and appraisal programmes o Tutoring internationally for McCann Human Futures Development o Education for external students wishing to start advertising careers: tours, talks, work experience o Coaching (trained on Learning and Skills Council Leading Coaches course 2005)

o Headhunting of account managers and creatives within Recruitment Advertising o Training and research in variety of companies: HR recruiters, production companies

o Ran international teams on business such as Walls Sausages and Parker Pens

o Managed accounts such as Nivea, Quorn, The Observer, Sun Alliance

Master Of Letters, Modern History

First Class Honours, English And History