Archive for 'Conferences' Category
Whole of Govt Community Engagement Forum
Posted by webmaster 22 August 2009On Thursday Aug 20, 100 Public Sector employees representing all departments and agencies joined forces to to pose and discuss the question of Is Community Engagement Worth the Investment?
All attendees were welcomed by Chief Inspector Alan Kennedy of Vicpol and the opening address was provided by Ian Voight, Director of Statewide Services at DSE.
Joe Ilardi [...]
DSE Innovation Showcase a great success
Posted by webmaster 12 August 2009DSE recently held its first DSE Innovation Showcase – “Reaching higher, Achieving smarter outcomes”. Nearly 50 DSE staff along with an invited group of innovators from within and outside government attended the inaugural event, which showcased innovation in DSE.
Professor Joshua Gans opened the day and Allan Ryan from the Hargraves Institute presented the key note [...]
Facilitation One Day Wonder
Posted by webmaster 5 August 2009CIN members who facilitate or are interested in facilitation are invited to attend the Facilitation One Day Wonder on Sept 9.
Attendees can share and practice ideas and techniques, learn from others and experience demonstrations of both tried and tested and new approaches to facilitation.
This is a collaborative learning event especially created by, with and for [...]
Community Engagement Forum
Posted by webmaster 1 August 2009Is Community Engagement Worth the investment?
The whole of Govt Community Engagement Network invite you to participate in this one day event on August 20.
Join many of our engagement practitioners and:
Share examples of evaluation and community engagement
Explore the challenges and opportunities for improving the evaluation of community engagement
Hear the debate about whether or not community engagement [...]
KM from Diverse Perspectives Conference
Posted by webmaster 5 July 2009This is a Knowledge Management conference at which the presenters will delve into opportunities and challenges in collaborative working, knowledge mapping, strategic management, complexity and decision making, and provide the very latest information on international developments in these areas.
In addition practitioner case studies will lend real life experience to the event, providing insights into the [...]
Celebrating Story Conference Oct 8-9
Posted by webmaster 30 June 2009If you have a curiosity or passion about narrative and story and how it be be applied to drive positive change and development, this conference held at the Abbotsford Convent on Oct 8-9 will interest you.
BabelFishGroup invite VPSCIN members to attend their Celebrating Story Conference which will be a two day exploration of the use [...]
Sustainability Conference July 9/10
Posted by webmaster 17 June 2009July 9 &10 will see a National Forum on Sustainability at the Melbourne Business School, which will be focused on real people doing real things.
This two day conference organised by the Hargraves Institute will be focused on doing not talking and participants will hear from business, academia and Government. Where and how did they start? [...]
Engaging Communities in Emergencies Conference May 24-26
Posted by webmaster 31 March 2009Emergency and crisis communication practitioners are invited to register for the 2009 Emergency Media and Public Affairs “Engaging Communities in Emergencies” Conference, 24 – 26 May at the RACV Club, Melbourne.
The conference program brings together presentations from a broad spectrum of recognised Australian and international experts in the field of emergency public affairs, including a [...]
Collaborative technologies on display
Posted by webmaster 28 February 2009CIN members are invited to attend this session and learn about some of the latest collaborative tools and technologies to assist in building on workforce effectiveness, collaboration and organisational innovation.
Attendance at key sessions will enable new information on:
Enterprise Web 2.0
Messaging and collaboration
Software as a service & Cloud Computing
Unified Communications
Enterprise portals and process management
Invite AUS-DM.pdf
For more [...]
Trampoline!
Posted by webmaster 26 February 2009Come and share what you find amazing! Bounce around cross-discipline concepts and thoughts that expand your thinking!
Borrowing from the concepts around BarCamps and other unconferences, Trampoline will be an informal day of sharing ideas in Melbourne, Australia.
The goal is to cover subjects that will be appealing across different disciplines. Technical or business-focused, environmental or social, [...]
The Interoperability Challenge
Posted by webmaster 25 February 2009CIN members are invited to attend a one day conference on addressing the interoperability challenge for the Victorian Community Services Sector. This conference which will be chaired by Professor Alan fells of ANZSOG will focusing on the following objectives:
@ Bringing Government, the Community Sector and the research sector together to discuss the strategic issues of [...]
APSAC Conference
Posted by webmaster 24 February 2009The Australian Public Sector Anti-corruption Conference (APSACC) is a joint initiative of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) in Queensland, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in New South Wales and the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) in Western Australia.
The conference will improve delegates’ ability to prevent, identify and manage corruption in the public sector [...]
Celebrating Story: Approaching change one story at a time
Posted by webmaster 4 February 2009
Have you a passion around Story? You might be a coach, facilitator, change consultant, qualitative researcher, narrative therapist, OD professional … Could you share the ways that you have worked with Story? What ways have you found of working and helping people/teams/organisations through story?
This Oct 8-9 Conference aims to provide a rich and diverse [...]
Beyond the Botttom Line Forum
Posted by webmaster 21 January 2009With the potential of some harsh economic times ahead this forum seeks to empower managers with tools and strategies to take their people and their profit margin beyond the bottom line. The Forum aims through authoritative research, case studies and expert insights, to empower managers with tools and strategies to take their people and their [...]