Monday 7 September 2015

Ray Holden / PAS Training and research / Plan for climate change

A while ago I reported on the activities of place and place research and their poor business practice (you can see my earlier posts here). Yet, I continue to be contacted by people who have dealt with them who feel compelled to share their (negative) experience with me. I recently received another first-hands experience of someone who attended one of their events and this is what the participant had to say about the experience (published with permission).

“Came across your blog having just been browsing to locate the tel no. of Ray Holden to remind him, yet again (after 6 written emails) that he agreed to reimburse my organisation having overcharged it for my attendance/presentation at a 'Climate Change Conference' held in London this June.  There are no numbers to be found.

The event I attended in London earlier this year was a joke and if I had been either of those who travelled so far (one came from S Korea, another from Toronto) I would have been outraged about the event.

Ray 'chaired' the event, wrote notes at the back of the room as individuals presented, and then privileged his own questions in the short period of time allocated to questions.  It was as if we had been gathered there for his own benefit and training!  It was poorly organised, no meaningful discussion, effectively a one man show, limited refreshments, no signage to get to the top of the building.  I left early and now can’t even get a response from him to get him to reimburse the £100 odd that we are owed.  Yet, Still receive the marketing for the next 'conference'.

I’m also going to be looking out for whether my work appears in any mutated way since the above gives me no confidence and there was less than transparent management of the presentation on the desktop.”