“Thankyou very much. I thoroughly enjoy the Congress, and always get something of benefit from the input and make new connections ” |
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The 2009 State Volunteer Congress, the power of partnerships was held on Friday 4 December at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. The event featured a lively, informative program and was a great way to acknowledge International Volunteer Day on December 5. Once again supported by the University of Adelaide, the event featured a special welcome address by our Minister for Volunteers, Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP. Other highlights included strong informative addresses by the keynote speakers, a lively radio forum presented and broadcast by Radio Adelaide as well as interactive workshop sessions in the afternoon before the day was expertly wrapped up by MC, Nikki Marcell and Tony Piccolo, Member for Light, |
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Keynote speakers for the day were Mr Evan Lewis, Community Engagement and Development, FaHCSIA and psychologist, Dr Darryl Cross (pictured right). Evan reported on the Federal Government iniative to form a National Compact and frame a National Volunteer Strategy, while Daryl dismantled and rebuilt the model for successful partnerships, neatly bringing the energy and co-operation of the audience into the process. Condensed versions of each presentation are attached below: Mr Evan Lewis: Toward A National Compact — (50 kb PDF) Dr Darryl Cross: Fundamentals of Relationships — (1.5 mb PDF) |
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above: Panellists in the live radio forum, On the Couch. |
Titled, On the Couch, the radio forum was presented by Catherine Zengerer from Radio Adelaide and media psychologist, Dr Chris Hamilton. The forum was recorded and broadcast on Radio Adelaide’s Public Domain 10-11 am, on Sunday 13 December 2008.
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The Workshop Sessions: In the afternoon period, participants chose to attend one of two sessions offered. Feedback on the sessions has been very positive and resource kits based on the content of each have been compiled and are available for download below. |
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| “Kym Williams's workshop on different types of partnerships and their relationships was a fantastic interactive session, will definitely be able to apply the skills learnt to real life scenarios." |
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| "The partnership presentation by Mark had some good practical measures." | ||
"Lots of engaging group work and discussions in the afternoon workshop." |
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Workshop2 Partnership Styles — (400 kb PDF): A practical assessment tool to help master the interpersonal dynamics and challenges of establishing and sustaining partnering relationships. |
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"Good idea to have such a vibrant discussion session after lunch- great presenter" |
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| Following the workshops, the final wrap up of the program was handled by MC Nikki Marcel and Tony Piccolo, Member for Light, with great South American music being played during the after event drinks by Noni Expresiones and Friends providing a fitting finale to proceedings for the day. | ||
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The Office for Volunteers thanks all who attended and contributed to the 2009 State Volunteer Congress |
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