D&D News : content of news items to 2004
When we gave this site a major update in autumn 2005, we took the decision just to republish the news items from 2005 onwards. However here is a list of the main contents of the earlier newsletters. If you want information on any of the specific items, feel free to contact us. Or you could use the web's own archive and check out old versions of our site (opening in a new browser window) at the 'WayBackMachine' that archives previous versions of websites
| Item | Main Content |
|---|---|
| Winter 2004 Update | EFQM Berlin Forum Coaching on award submission documents, facilitating tailored self-assessments, external assessments including Investors in Excellence |
| Autumn 2004 Update | Facilitating self-assessments, mentoring on Excellence, EFQM Fundamental Concepts review. UK Business Excellence Awards 2004 From Derek's social calendar! |
| July 2004 | Article about D&D and Investors in Excellence in 'Kent on Sunday' newspaper. Our congratulations go to Kent on Sunday, as they have just won the prestigious Regional Newspaper of the Year Award in the UK Press Gazette Awards. |
| Summer 2004 Update | Using the Excellence Model in management education and development Investors in Excellence Benchmark Index EFQM Excellence Model - review of Fundamental Concepts |
| March 2004 | Dubai excellence successes |
| Winter 2004 Update | Small Business Service & Benchmark Index Excellence questionnaire Highways Agency Capability Assessment Toolkit Launch of 'Bouquets & Brickbats' section on this site |
| Autumn 2003 Update | World Congress for TQM in Dubai Supporting an internal quality award process based on the EFQM Excellence Model EFQM - Above the Clouds project |
| Sept 2003 | A book suggestion: The Fusion Manager by Bob Heller |
| July 2003 | Derek's Leadership Award featured in EFQM News |
| June 2003 | Links to external articles about Derek's May 2003 Dubai talk |
| Summer 2003 Update | Derek's EFQM Personal Recognition Award & the Learning Edge Conference report Dubai's Share Best Practice Conference report Small Business support |
| March 2003 | Publicity for D&D and the Benchmark Index Excellence Module |
| Winter 2002 Update | Validating internal self-assessment for a UK FTSE 100 company Award submission document advice and coaching EFQM Forum in Barcelona & BQF Awards in London Excellence Model refreshment |
| Summer 2002 Update | Dow Chemical Company Award style document assessments and site visits Derek site-visits Magilligan Prison in Northern Ireland Assessment support to a Business Link |
| April 2002 | D&D featured in UK Excellence magazine |
| Spring 2002 Update | Derek's working 'world tour' to Amsterdam, Turin, Hamburg and Florida Benchmark Index Excellence questions Assessment of Excellence Award-style portfolios of evidence Exploration of Society issues for a client |
| Winter 2001 Update | "Friendly" site visit based assessment by D&D Internal award based on Excellence Model EFQM Forum Lucerne & BQF Awards in London More for Mowlem Building Division |
| Summer 2001 Update | Assessor & self-assessment training for Mowlem Building Division Small Business Service's Benchmark Index UK Excellence Federation's Beta assessment service Balanced Scorecard workshop |
| Spring 2001 Update | EQA applicant - draft submission review and improvement New partner arrangement for D&D Update on our Tanzanian schools' sponsorship |
| January 2001 | South West Excellence Award success |
| Winter 2000 Update | EFQM Forum in Istanbul & BQF Awards in London Internal quality award based on the Excellence Model Self-assessment support |
| Summer 2000 Update | European Quality Award draft application review and improvement New assessment approaches for EFQM Supporting NatWest Excellence training in Tanzania Excellence Model assessments to support selection of strategic suppliers |
