RIBA CPD Showcase
frequently asked questions
Useful answers to recurring questions
Useful answers to recurring questions
RIBA CPD Showcase is a monthly email bulletin linked to a dedicated Showcase section on ribacpd.com, the official website of the RIBA CPD Providers Network. To see the latest issue, click on the CPD Showcase menu heading at the top of the ribacpd.com Home page.
The email bulletins are sent to RIBA chartered architects and construction industry specifiers, promoting best practice and the advantages of using RIBA-assessed and approved CPD materials. Both the emails and the website are an invaluable information resource. All recipients must opt in.
Yes. The person listed (by you) as your organisation’s primary CPD contact will automatically receive a copy of the bulletin moments after it has been sent to architects. You will also be able to find your entry by clicking on the CPD Showcase menu heading at the top of the ribacpd.com Home page.
No. If you’re a member of the RIBA CPD Providers Network it’s included in the cost of your subscription.
No. Both the email bulletin and web pages are presented as editorial. Their function is to promote best practice and RIBA-approved CPD materials, and to encourage uptake among architects and other specifiers.
All enquiries are automatically forwarded to your organisation by the RIBA, addressed to the person or mailbox you supplied as your principal CPD contact. It is then up to you to follow up.
Yes. Tracked email responses and website traffic following publication of each issue of the RIBA CPD Showcase show an immediate and very positive reaction.
No. Because the RIBA CPD Showcase is an information bulletin published by the RIBA CPD Providers Network as a service to RIBA chartered architects, we do not issue proofs.
Yes, provided the replacement CPD you wish to include has been approved by the RIBA.
No. There are 500+ Providers and only a limited number of slots available per issue, so in the interests of fairness we limit everyone to one CPD per issue. That said, if you have recently had one CPD featured in Showcase and you then receive separate approval for any new or revised CPD materials, you may be invited to include those in a subsequent issue or issues. This is a recent development designed to encourage Providers to keep all their CPD materials up-to-date.
We follow two broad principles when making our selections:
Yes. There is no penalty for not responding to our invitation, although there is obviously also no guarantee that the timing of any subsequent invitation will coincide with your plans. If you would like to be included, but just not yet, then we recommend that you complete and return the email invitation with details of your CPD, together with a note asking us to hold it over until a specified issue. See also ‘When is this published?’
Showcase is usually published on the second Tuesday of every month, although this may vary. See also ‘Can I receive a copy of the published bulletin featuring my Showcase entry?’
If you are responding to an email regarding RIBA CPD Showcase, then thank you for letting us know.
The most effective image(s) are those that demonstrate clearly a) the type of product you manufacture or service you provide, and b) what problem your product or service helps solve. Don’t feel restricted to showcasing glossy, finished projects only. ‘Before’ pictures can be just as inspiring.
Pack shots, logos or images featuring overt branding are not acceptable, not least because – by signalling that you are potentially more interested in selling than sharing expertise – they will likely deter specifiers from choosing your materials.
While there is no guarantee that your images will be used, by not supplying images you are automatically ruling yourself out! Images are selected (by the Editor, and at his sole discretion) based on their editorial value. The 600 pixels wide by 338 pixels high image may be used in the email bulletin promoting CPD Showcase each month AND/OR on the CPD Showcase main page on ribacpd.com.
The 960 pixels wide by 180 pixels high ‘letterbox’-shaped image is also optional. It may be used at the top of the ribacpd.com Home page, linked to the page featuring your CPD.
No problem. If they are oversize, we can crop them. We cannot do much with images that are either too small or poor resolution, however.
You may be too late to go in the next issue, but you’re not too late to be included in Showcase. We save late entries and try to include them in the next available issue. Simply complete and return the form regardless (don’t forget to include images), and we’ll do the rest.
Working Titles compiles and edits RIBA CPD Showcase on behalf of NBS. It has worked with the RIBA for more than a decade, during which time it has compiled and edited every issue of RIBA CPD Showcase published.