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From professional reading to attending national events, DPD activities enrich your directorship journey.
STAY IN STEP WITH TRENDS
Governance is an area that is always evolving—with new information, emerging trends and updated best practices. Tracking your DPD units helps you ensure you’re on top of all the latest.
DEMONSTRATE YOUR DEDICATION
Fulfilling your DPD requirements demonstrates to the communities and organisations you work with that you’re a dedicated director with contemporary knowledge and skills.
EXtend YOUR EXPERTISE
Staying up to date on significant issues across the national governance landscape expands your thinking and encourages fresh perspectives that you can then bring back to the boardroom.
Your DPD requirements at a glance
Just like with other professional bodies, AICD membership requires you to continually improve your directorship skills and capabilities (as outlined in the Corporate Governance Framework).
DPD REQUIREMENTS BY GRADE
Members (MAICD), Graduates (GAICD) and Fellows (FAICD) are required to log 60 DPD units over a rolling 3-year cycle.
Affiliates (AAICD), Life Fellows (FAICDLife) and retired members are not required to log DPD units.
what counts as DPD
Formal activities from the AICD and other organisations of appropriate professional standing, plus informal learning—such as briefings, reading, practical application and reflection—are all awarded DPD units.
RECORDING DPD ACTIVITIES
AICD activities are automatically added to your online account. Add any other activity via the member portal, including the activity type and provider, which Framework quadrant it relates to and how many DPD units it’s worth.
keeping you on track
To ensure all members are fulfilling their DPD requirements, the AICD audits different members each month. For this purpose, make sure you retain any documentation (e.g. certificate of completion) you receive from any external activities.
Courses
Our calendar of flagship courses, short courses and programs covers various areas of governance and stages of directorship.
WEBINARS
Live and/or recorded, our webinars are an efficient way to fuel your knowledge on current governance issues.
Events
Events are a great way to earn DPD units while gaining unrivalled insights, making new connections and nurturing existing ones.
Professional reading
Fuel your knowledge by reading journals, magazines and books, or by joining discussions in the AICD’s LinkedIn member groups and sub-groups.
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
Earn DPD units for writing articles, delivering presentations, being interviewed for our magazine or podcasts, or being appointed to an AICD professional committee.
Practical experience
Seeking guidance on governance & directorship
We allocate DPD units for experiences where you’ve intentionally sought the input, knowledge or guidance of other directors as a way of improving your boardroom decision-making and performance.
Reflecting on valuable experiences
We recognise that self-reflection also counts as deeper learning, specifically one that considers the underlying values, assumptions, areas of potential bias, and concerns about a situation and identifies areas for improvement.
Learn more about DPD-unit values
The power of collective learning
Fulfilling your DPD requirements is not just a means of maintaining your AICD membership. It’s evidence of your commitment to ongoing learning and staying ahead of the curve.
And when each director stays up to date on the bigger picture, the entire board improves.
Excellence starts with membership
Whether you’re a new or aspiring director seeking qualifications, an established director planning their next move, or a highly experienced leader ready to give back to the director community, the AICD meets you where you are and gives you the tools and resources for where you want to go.
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Lands on which we are located and pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise First Nations peoples' cultural and spiritual relationships to the Skies, Land, Waters, and Seas, and their rich contribution to society.
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