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Our People
RSVP Design has a well developed international associate network developed over the last 20 years which ensures that any client can achieve the ideal balance of experiential learning programme design and delivery expertise. Our particular focus is the design of experiential learning environments, activities and programmes and some background on our key principal Directors is outlined below.- Dr. Geoff Cox - Design Director
- Ann Alder - Consulting Director
- Graham Cook - Managing Director
- Kim (Harvey) Sherwood - Sales and Marketing
Dr. Geoff Cox - Design Director
Geoff leads our Learning Design business and is a highly creative and skilled designer of developmental learning tools and activities. His specific interests lie in developing appropriate "experiential learning environments" in which participants can explore and experiment with behavioural skills and competencies required to contribute effectively, either individually or in teams, to organisational development.
Geoff's career route includes cartography, planning, youth and community work and teaching, leading to his work with management and organisational development.
Geoff followed a Masters Degree in Organisational Behaviour at Birkbeck College; London to provide an academic framework to his experience gained over 20 years of working as a trainer, facilitator and OD Consultant in major organisations. He completed his Doctorate: 'Towards the development of guidelines for the design of experiential learning environments' with the International Management Association in 2010
Geoff's key strengths lie
in creating stimulating and challenging activities which are directly relevant to the client's needs and which have direct and measurable benefits to the organisation.
Geoff is a licensed associate of the Herrmann Institute and accredited in the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) profile tool.
Contact Geoff on +44 1539 567640 or geoff@rsvpdesign.co.uk .
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Ann Alder - Consulting Director
Ann leads our Learning Experiences and Trainer Training businesses and is an experienced Management and Team Development Training Consultant, with exceptionally strong facilitation skills. She has particular expertise in designing and delivering activity based and experiential training and development programs tailored to meet specific business needs. A particular emphasis is given to practical and pragmatic approaches to problem-solving and people management issues. She has considerable experience, gained over twenty years of working with senior teams, in the integration of personal, team, and organisational development.
As Staff Development Manager at a leading development training centre in the UK Ann held responsibility for in-house training, management of training budget, recruitment and the induction and further professional training programmes for operational staff.
Ann has extensive experience working with groups from diverse backgrounds. She has worked with many groups from the NHS, local government, the prison service and the voluntary sector; and private sector organisations from law firms to engineering businesses. She has experience of facilitating groups working in a wide range of languages. Ann's skills in teaching English as a foreign and second language make her ideally suited to working with groups in which English is not the mother tongue.
Ann’s qualifications include: B.Ed Hons, NLP Practitioner, Accredited coach at IMD Switzerland, Qualified to administer MBTI, MRG Personal Directions, ELLI and HBDI profiles.
Ann recently drew upon her experience to write 'Pattern-Making, Pattern-Breaking', which was immediately accepted and published by Gower and included in their specialist library of hardback, professional development reference books. The book includes a wide range of practical techniques, underpinned by solid theory about learning design, facilitation and coaching, which can be used to support training, learning and behavioural change. It has been well received by practising facilitators who immediately appreciate the value of the relevant and practical ideas and methods that it contains. You can find more details and purchase this book by clicking here. If you have any questions Ann can be contacted on +44 1539 567640 or at annalder@rsvpdesign.co.uk.
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Graham leads our Learning Tools & Resources business. He is an experienced international business manager who having trained as a Chemical Engineer quickly moved into international economic development. Various roles associated with encouraging foreign direct investment to Scotland also included a 3-year period based in San Francisco, USA.
Further business development and Board level positions in both private and publicly listed service sector companies included both recruitment and HR consultancy organisations in the UK.
In recent years, he has continued to deliver a range of economic development consultancy support to UK organisations and offers a professional mentor and business coach service to senior level business managers.
As a founding director, Graham brings his project management, international business development, and service sector consultancy experience to the continuing development of RSVP Design Ltd.
Graham is a licensed associate of the Herrmann Institute.
Contact Graham on 0141 561 0387 or graham@rsvpdesign.co.uk .
Kim (Harvey) Sherwood - Sales and Marketing
In August 2000 Kim attended Strathclyde University and graduated in 2004 with BA Honours in Marketing. Kim joined RSVP Design in January 2006.
Kim's degree consisted of a wide range of consumer behaviour but with an additional focus on Direct Marketing. Kim has focused on business to business marketing in her career since leaving school.
Since graduating Kim has worked as a Sales and Marketing Coordinator for a leisure centre and as a Marketing and Sales Representative for a direct marketing company. While these roles gave Kim different experience and skills in the sales and marketing field, since joining RSVP Design Kim has added further specific experience of supporting a wide range of RSVP Design learning events. Kim has strong product knowledge of the wide range of RSVP Design learning tools and programmes, including required facilitation skills, and different applications in small or large group learning situations. She is likely to be your first point of contact with RSVP Design and she will be more than happy to talk to you.
Kim married Scott in July 2010 and is now known as Mrs Kim Sherwood!
Contact Kim on 0141 561 0387 or kim@rsvpdesign.co.uk .
Greig Mitchell - Work Experience (6th to 10th June 2011)
My name if Geig Mitchell and I am doing my 5 day work experience at RSVP Design. I am currently in S3 in Johnstone High School. I enjoy working with computers and currently also study accountancy & administration.
Contact Greig on 0141 561 0387 .