ICEI Update: Conference Certification Workshops Announced

We have received many ICEI presentation submissions, and conference organizers are in the midst of finalizing the speakers list. Individuals who submitted presentations can expect to hear back about the status of their submissions in the coming days, and we will be publishing the list of presenters on the ICEI site in March.

If you are planning to attend ICEI, you may also be interested in attending one of the pre- or post-conference workshops. Certifications workshops for the EQ-i®, EQ-360®, and MSCEIT™ assessments have been scheduled before and after the conference for the convenience of conference attendees. For more information on the certifications or to register, visit the Registration section of the ICEI site and scroll down to Certifications.

We’d also like to remind you that the special early bird registration rate for ICEI conference registration will only be available until midnight on March 31, 2009. Be sure to register now to receive the lowest rate.

ICEI ™ Update – Last Call for Papers

Online registration for the 2008 International Conference on Emotional Intelligence (ICEI ^™ 2008) is now open. Be sure to register soon to take advantage of the special early bird registration rates.

Pre-Conference Certification Workshops
When registering for the conference, consider attending our pre-conference assessment certification workshops. We will be offering sessions for the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i^®) and the Emotional Quotient–360 (EQ-360^®). These sessions are recommended for attendees who are new to MHS assessments, as well as individuals who do not meet the qualification requirements to purchase the EQ-i and EQ-360. The sessions will not only help you to better understand the assessments, they will also certify you to administer the tests and provide feedback on results. Additionally, certification participants qualify to receive APA continuing education (CEU) credits.

For more information or to register for the pre-conference certification workshops, visit the registration page.

Last Call for Papers
The deadline for prospective presenters to submit presentations for ICEI is rapidly approaching. Be sure to submit your paper before January 31st. For submission guidelines and dates, consult our Call For Papers page.

For general inquiries about the International Conference on Emotional Intelligence, visit the ICEI site or contact icei@mhs.com.

New Certification Curriculum for EQ-360®

There’s never been a better time to learn how to get maximum results from multi-rater assessments. With the new EQ-360^® certification curriculum materials, you’ll get in-depth expertise on making this powerful tool work for you. This training package has been completely re-written and expanded to reflect refinements to the EQ-360 over the past 18 months, including updates to the reports, manual, and scoring options. Also new are exercises on planning, ethics, selecting raters, and getting organizational buy-in.  

One-day programs using the new training materials begin in January. In just a few hours, you can be certified to use the EQ-360^® to enhance your Emotional Intelligence testing initiatives. Visit us online to find a workshop near you.

MHS Product and Service Update

New Service: Scoring Organizer online tutorial
Whether you’re a new user of our online assessments, or an experienced administrator looking for a bit of a refresher, you’ll find this step-by-step video a valuable resource. Accessible from any page in your Scoring Organizer, this interactive tutorial allows you to select audio-visual walkthroughs of the Scoring Organizer tasks you would like to learn more about. Please take some time to experience the Scoring Organizer Online Tutorial.

New Product: EQ-360^® with Business Report bundle
Also this month, we have made the popular EQ-i Business Report available for users of the EQ-360^®. Whereas EQ-360 users would previously use the EQ-i Resource Report when giving feedback for an EQ-360 assessment, they can now choose between the standard EQ-i Reports and the new Business Report. With its business-related language and extensive development strategies, the new EQ-i Business Report is the ideal complement for development initiatives that demand the detail of a 360-degree instrument.

MHS EI Accreditation courses in the UK

A number of courses are available with either MHS UK or Associates of MHS for those individuals requiring accreditation with any of our assessments. The courses vary in length based upon your preferred learning style and existing level of experience with test administration. We offer a 1-day conversion course for anyone with a Masters degree in Psychology, or related field, and Level A & B BPS certificate of competence in Occupational Testing. We offer 3-day workshops (or 2-day with distance learning) for those with no Psychology or Psychometrics background.

Workshops for the EQ-i, MSCEIT, and EQ-360 are available throughout the autumn. Please contact the MHS UK office for more details: 0845 601 7603.

Upcoming EQ-360 training

While the EQ-i^® is an invaluable measure of emotional intelligence, the EQ-360^® uses additional ratings by peers, supervisors, friends and/or family to gain a wide perspective on an individual’s emotional intelligence. This comparison of external ratings with the examinee’s own self-impression dramatically increases self-awareness and the effectiveness of the process. The results of EQ-360^® are used to create an individual roadmap to improved emotional intelligence and ultimately to improved performance.

Sarah Collins, of Psychological Consultancy Limited (PCL) will be hosting a one-day EQ-360^® conversion course Thursday 24th May 2007 at the PCL offices in Tunbridge Wells from 9am to 5pm. Qualified users of the EQ-i^® are eligible to attend this one-day EQ-360^® conversion course.

PCL will be offering a 15% discount on the training course, bringing the standard price of 695 GBP down to 590 GBP + VAT. The course price includes 4 FREE EQ-360^® administrations and reports, the standard rate for each report is 95 GBP, meaning you will benefit from 380 GBP worth of free product. Please quote promo code EQ360May to benefit from this offer.

For additional information, or to register, contact Sarah Mills via e-mail at sarah@psychological-consultancy.com or phone 01892 559540.

EQ-360™ Certification Workshop revisions

To all our partners currently delivering EQ-360^™ workshops: do you have any ideas for improving the standard MHS training slides? Have you noticed any trends in your EQ-360 results? Are there scales that seem to routinely play off each other in your work? What would you like to see in future curriculum materials?

MHS is revising the EQ-360 curriculum to provide you with more effective training materials. New workshop materials are scheduled for release early next year, and we value the input our clients very highly since you have hands-on experience using our materials. If you have case studies, tips, or other applied knowledge that you could contribute, please contact Dr. Peter Papadogiannis at peter.papadogiannis@mhs.com.

Learn to utilize EQ tools in coaching initiatives

Registration has begun for Qualifying.org’s 2007 Coaching workshop series. This year they will be offering 2-day seminars on Coaching with the EQ-i^® and EQ-360^™ (with linkages to the MBTI^® Tool). Over the two days, you will receive extensive review of the challenges of using these tools in a coaching context, as well as best practice strategies for the use of both instruments. The workshop includes case studies, video simulations, practice exercises for integrating multi-rater data with the EQ tools, a coaching model, and extensive support materials.

For additional information on workshop offerings and how to register, please contact Qualifying.org by email at info@qualifying.org or by phone at 336-774-0330.

Updates for the EQ-360 and BOEI assessments

At MHS we strive to continuously update our Emotional Intelligence tools to make sure that they remain current. Most recently we have sought to revise and expand two of our popular, group-based EI assessments: the Emotional Quotient–360 (EQ-360^®) and the Benchmark of Organizational Emotional Intelligence (BOEI^™).

Those of you familiar with the benefits of using the EQ-360’s multi-rater format in your coaching and development work will be pleased to know that we further improved the assessment by expanding both the test items and generated report. Our goal for the update is to provide you with more meaningful report feedback and to do so in a more targeted manner.

The instrument now includes seven optional, open-ended questions that can be inserted or excluded for different groups in order to gather additional information on the subject’s emotional performance. Where before only one report was returned, the assessment now generates two reports at no additional cost: one report for the respondent and one report for the coach. A new Interpretive Section in the reports provides explanations for significant differences between raters, and gives strategies for improving performance.

The BOEI is now more flexible and more powerful, allowing you to further customize reports and streamline the management of large groups of respondents.

Now, you can:
· Name your reports in Scoring Organizer
· Add more groups to assess even larger organizations
· Instantly notify respondents when they have marked too many items “Not Applicable”
· Generate a separate, more detailed Open-Ended Items report at no extra cost

For more detailed information on either the updated EQ-360 or BOEI assessment, or to purchase the updated version of either assessment, contact MHS Client Services by phone at 1-800-456-3003 or via email at customerservice@mhs.com.