Introducing PDP+: Professional Development—Practiced

A 3-Year Blueprint Designed for Aspiring, Emerging and Dedicated Financial Planning Leaders

JOIN → ATTEND → VOLUNTEER → PARTICIPATE → LEAD

PDP+ helps you grow in Confidence, Competence, and Mastery — through leadership experiences in FPAAZ.

Earn CFP® CE Credit | Gain CFP® Experience Hours (pending) | Receive the FPAAZ PDP+ Certificate

What Makes FPAAZ Different?

We’re more than a professional association. We’re a launchpad for leadership and collaboration.

Vision: Ours is compelling. 

If we can't envision something greater for our chapter, it won’t happen.

Mission: Connecting Planners and Resources, every day.   

If we don’t live it, it’s just words.

Values:   Trust.   Leadership.   Stewardship.  Collaboration:   woven into every decision. 

If we don’t embody them, your trust erodes and our momentum stalls.

Teamwork: Improving with every achievement. 

If we can’t inspire it, we can’t scale our impact.

Motivation:  Members' First. 

At FPAAZ, members aren’t a market — they’re our mission.

Why Choose Leadership Training within an Effective Nonprofit?

If you can inspire and manage volunteers — professionals who choose to contribute without compensation —

you’re more than ready to lead and inspire within your own firm.

Ready to Start?

✅ Connect to our Community — anyone interested in financial planning

✅ Join FPA as a member — full time students may join our FPAAZ dues free
✅ Attend your first PDP+ Workshop
✅ Volunteer in a role that suits your interests
✅ Grow into leadership — earn your certificate

PDP+ Course Catalog

PDP+: Our Signature Leadership and Teamwork Development Track

PDP+ (Professional Development - Practiced) was designed to cultivate real-world, high-impact people skills.  It evolved naturally over time to spark and nourish teamwork and leadership capacity within FPAAZ — and it works.

Through our teamwork, FPAAZ has:

• Advocated for and passed impactful legislation in Arizona

• Influenced national financial planning learning methods

• Impacted CFP Board of Standards work on Sanctions Guidelines, Disciplinary Proceedings, our Code & Standards

• Merged what were two chapters into one Statewide Chapter

• Convened and led statewide conversations on Financial Literacy

• Educated thousands of CFP® Professionals on ethics and best practices

• Redefined the chapter nonprofit business model and reframed stakeholder relationships with/to chapter members

The PDP+ Experience:

• Rotating Workshops: Attend every PDP+ workshop in a 36-month cycle and earn your FPAAZ PDP+ Certificate

• LearningHub+ Resources: Engage with adult learning content designed for application, not just theory

• Learning that Sticks! Volunteer leadership roles use and apply every new skill immediately and repeatedly.