A challenge!
November 17, 2008 · Print This Article
During the On the Road events I mentioned that one of my objectives was to raise the profile of paraplanners and for people generally, both within the industry and without, to know what a paraplanner is and what a paraplanner can do.We discussed this on various occasions and it was suggested that my challenge should be to get the word ‘paraplanner’ in the dictionary.
If this happened then anyone could go and look up what a paraplanner is.
My challenge to everyone on the site therefore is to supply a definition for the word paraplanner.
There is the word ‘paralegal’ in the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary and it is described as follows:
Paralegal - chiefly N. Amer.
- adjective relating to auxiliary aspects of the law.
- noun a person trained in subsidiary legal matters but not fully qualified as a lawyer.
So how would you describe a paraplanner?
Let’s start the ball rolling by getting a whole load of definitions and then we’ll put it to the vote for the best one.
Well, I have asked AQA before (a text based service; text any question in the world to 63336 and they reply!) and this is their definition:
“Paraplanners provide administrative support to financial services people, so that they can focus on selling. They often focus on one area such as mortgages.”
So, we are mortgage administrators then. Oh.
I usually get a better response from them when asking whose round it is next (never mine)!