A Writer's Experience of Professional Development

Nathan Hamilton, Director of Egg Box Press and chair of Inpress, gives his take on the value and pitfalls of personal professional development.

Nathan writes ... I was asked to describe my thoughts and experiences with PPD in the hope that this might be interesting or useful for people thinking about looking into some for themselves. So, here is my very own PPD Story.
 
A few years ago I was selected for an Escalator Leadership Award. Escalator is an Arts Council England personal development programme devised in the East of England and being considered as a model that may be rolled out nationally.

The process involves being earmarked as an ‘emerging talent’ in a given field and then being mentored through an Arts Council Grants for the Arts application for one to two years’ worth of personal development spending. I elected to focus on an emerging passion for all things literature and publishing, with a new media angle. The experience has been an extremely valuable one, in a number of ways.

The process involves being earmarked as an ‘emerging talent’ in a given field and then being mentored through an Arts Council Grants for the Arts application for one to two years’ worth of personal development spending. I elected to focus on an emerging passion for all things literature and publishing, with a new media angle. The experience has been an extremely valuable one, in a number of ways. Read the full story on the NALD website