Is Car Maintenance CPD?

I would say resolutely yes, doing presentations is CPD, wth the two caveats raised by Andy - firstly that it's not purely a sales pitch and that you don't just keep trotting out the same presentation (which is, incidentally, to me, one off the biggest criticisms I have of teachers, lecturers, professors. Even then, thr resin it still might be is of you do learn lessons from the first one which fuels a honing of both content and presentation skills - think carefully about the questions you were asked and whether they could be embraced next time round.

Personally, as a matter of principle, I have never, ever allowed myself to do that, even if only to keep my own interest going. Where possible, I have always tried to cover either completely new ground or come at the same topic from a completely new angle, but where there is demand for the same presentation, I have, at the least, honed it down, checked to see what may have changed in the intervening period, or tried to see if I can move it on a step, including taking on board issues raised in q&a.

But most importantly, the key defining factor, as with all CPD, is reflection on how it went, and what you gained from it. That will always be the ultimate defining factor, what have you gained from it, what new thinking has it provoked etc. and if the answer is yes, you have gained/learnt/refined/used it as a springboard for further thinking, then yes, it's CPD, if not, it isn't - but I'd suggest you simply never allow that to be the case.

I would say resolutely yes, doing presentations is CPD, wth the two caveats raised by Andy - firstly that it's not purely a sales pitch and that you don't just keep trotting out the same presentation (which is, incidentally, to me, one off the biggest criticisms I have of teachers, lecturers, professors. Even then, thr resin it still might be is of you do learn lessons from the first one which fuels a honing of both content and presentation skills - think carefully about the questions you were asked and whether they could be embraced next time round.

Personally, as a matter of principle, I have never, ever allowed myself to do that, even if only to keep my own interest going. Where possible, I have always tried to cover either completely new ground or come at the same topic from a completely new angle, but where there is demand for the same presentation, I have, at the least, honed it down, checked to see what may have changed in the intervening period, or tried to see if I can move it on a step, including taking on board issues raised in q&a.

But most importantly, the key defining factor, as with all CPD, is reflection on how it went, and what you gained from it. That will always be the ultimate defining factor, what have you gained from it, what new thinking has it provoked etc. and if the answer is yes, you have gained/learnt/refined/used it as a springboard for further thinking, then yes, it's CPD, if not, it isn't - but I'd suggest you simply never allow that to be the case.