Maintaining your health and well-being during change Humans are amazingly resilient. We are consistently changing and yet some people cope with change much better than others. Why is it that some sail through change easily and unscathed and other don’t? […]
Meet the Speakers: Dr Rebekah Grace and Grainne O’Loughlin: Volunteer Family Connect study
Volunteer Family Connect: Structured Social Support for Vulnerable Families with Young Children This presentation reports the results from an Australian study that examined the effectiveness of Volunteer Family Connect, a structured social support early intervention program for families with young […]
Meet the Speakers: Jeremy Thorpe and Jen Vo-Phuoc, PwC’s Economics and Policy team
Measuring Impact and Value Organisations are looking to understand how to measure and communicate their impact and value to society. Our presentation will overview the key steps involved and we will share some of the lessons learned and insights gathered […]
Meet the Speakers: Fay Calderone, Partner – Hall & Wilcox
Beyond Compliance: Building Respectful and Inclusive Organisations Beyond compliance is an insightful session into conduct issues including bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment, and the ramifications of failing to address or inadequately addressing these. The session will include relevant case studies […]
Meet the Speakers: Tulsi van de Graaff, Communication and Conflict Resolution Specialist and Partner at Brave People Solutions.
Building the Foundations of Trust and Good Communication The workshop will cover practical tools and tips to support you, your staff and volunteers to create a positive workplace culture through building a foundation of trust and good communication. Topics covered […]
Meet the Speakers: Amanda Nixon, Senior Manager of Projects at Volunteering Queensland
Planning for the use of Spontaneous Disaster Volunteers Volunteering Queensland has developed extensive experience and partnerships in the volunteer and disaster sectors, over the past 11 years, through implementing the EV CREW program as well as community disaster resilience projects. […]
Meet the Speakers: Rev. Andrew Nixon, Head of Pastoral Care and Volunteer Services at HammondCare
Presentation Title: Empowering volunteer teams through servant leadership As an independent Christian charity, HammondCare champions life! HammondCare’s mission is simple: to improve quality of life for people in need. Easy to say – challenging to do! Volunteers have been at […]
Meet the Speakers: Amy Williams – Not-for-Profit Law, Justice Connect
Amy will be presenting two workshops at the Conference: “We’re all in this together – workers in community organisations and the laws that govern them” and ” Duty calls – Board responsibilities and stewardship”. Presentation Title: We’re all in this […]
Meet the Speakers: Craig New, Volunteer Manager of Story Factory
Presentation Title: The Ripple Effect: How Story Factory Amplifies Community Within the Volunteering Experience As Story Factory increases the number of free creative writing programs offered across Western Sydney, we are finding the need to innovate and think creatively ourselves […]
Meet the Speakers: Janet Schorer is The Children’s Guardian in NSW.
Presentation Title: Embedding Child Safe Cultures in Organisations We all want out children to be safe through all their day-to-day activities. We each have a part to play in achieving this. Hear how to make your volunteer organisations child-safe by […]