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During August 2006, Reframing the Future facilitated five one-day forums that were fundamentally about influencing and improving vocational education and training (VET) practice and, in particular, the practice of recognition of prior learning (RPL). By adopting an appreciative inquiry methodology, defined as ‘an approach … based on strengths rather than weaknesses, on a vision of what is possible rather than an analysis of what is not’, participants focused on what was positive, what was possible and what works in RPL practice. The resources contained in this document can be used as follows: by individual practitioners seeking to improve their knowledge and skills about contemporary ways to use assessment and recognition processes; and by groups of VET practitioners examining a range of issues and solutions to implement contemporary RPL practice. The contents are as follows: Introduction to the forums and the publication / Suzy McKenna; How to use the resources and the Appreciative Inquiry methodology; RPL done often and well (article in Australian TAFE Teacher, November 2005) / Suzy McKenna; Reframing the Future and Appreciative Inquiry / John Mitchell and Suzy McKenna; Program of activities for RPL Forums; Yes, we are there!: think piece / Andrea Bateman; A common sense, client centred approach: think piece / Brian Spencer; Campus Review article: John Mitchell on Andea Bateman and Brian Spencer and the forums; Insights and good practice from interviews with 21 RPL practitioners / John Mitchell, Suzy McKenna.