Stay for the long weekend
Leadership | Management | Membership Engagement | Business Development | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | plus more... |
Tuesday 1 February 2022
6:00 | Buses leave Millennium Hotel Rotorua for welcome function |
Wednesday 2 February 2022
8:00 | Different transport options to the venue |
8:30 | Coffee |
9:00 | Welcome and Conference opening |
9:20 | Opening address + LEAD WITH STORIES. Jehan
Casinader is a journalist, author and mental health advocate. He
was named “Broadcast Reporter of the Year” at the Voyager Media Awards in 2020,
and “Reporter of the Year” at the New Zealand Television Awards in 2018. In
the aftermath of natural disasters, terror attacks, sporting triumphs and
everything in between, Jehan has helped hundreds of Kiwis to share their
vulnerable and deeply personal stories with the rest of the country. |
10:20 | Certified Association executives (CAE) presentation |
10:30 | AM Tea and Networking in the exhibition area |
11:00 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Leadership for sustainable outcomes. Organisations are increasingly reliant on diverse perspectives to effectively connect with customers, communities and stakeholders. As corporate citizens, workplaces are also increasingly viewed as a pathway to improve standards of living and quality of life for the communities in which it seeks a licence to operate. These issues are critical considerations for long-term organisational sustainability. And yet, time and again, organisations fail to mobilise sufficiently to realise the desired outcomes of diversity and inclusion programmes. What are the roadblocks? And how can membership organisations play a role in mainstreaming the conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in workplaces? This session will look at the case model for DEI and provide delegates with an overview of the Aotearoa Inclusivity Matrix (AIM), as maturity framework for “what good looks like”. It will provide insight into DEI as a critical leadership competency, with case studies, tools and tips to get leaders mobilised. Maretha Smit is the Chief Executive of Diversity Works New Zealand. She has a passion for issues of social justice and sustainability – and has held a number of transformational leadership roles, including executive roles in her native South Africa that required significant transformation as the country moved from apartheid to democracy. She has a strong appreciation of challenges in diversity and inclusion and believe in the power of connecting widely, and listening deeply, to build bridges across cultural and social differences |
11:45 | Making it hard to say 'NO' to sponsorship Former Sponsorship Professional of the Year recipient Mike Wootton dives into what makes it hard for brands to say no to you. He’ll show you how to build confidence, outline why business’s sponsor and how to research a business before you approach them. See Mikes website here Sponsorship Pantry |
12:45 | Lunch and Networking in the exhibition area |
Learning sessions
1:30 | Privacy Act 2020 and how is relates to membership organisations How do the recent changes to New Zealand's privacy legislation affect you and your organisation? This session will pay specific attention to identifying and handling notifiable privacy breaches and other key compliance obligations. Mitchell is a member of our Commercial and Property teams, and assists in providing regulatory advice. Mitchell has broad legal experience, having supported the firm as a Law Clerk since 2015 while studying at Victoria University of Wellington. He completed his LLB and BCom (Finance) in 2019 and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2020. | Losing Conference Revenue - What should we do. Deep dive conversation, Conferencing revenue is one of our most important revenue sources. With some associations not been able to hold their annual event over the last two years. What is 2022 can bring us. What can we do? what can we change? Let's have a conversation [Topic: revenue/events] |
2:10 | Privacy Act 2020 Deep Dive in practical terms for membership organisations Session 2 – Privacy Act 2020 - Practical How-to Are you collecting, storing, and using personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020? This session will involve a general discussion and refresher of the information privacy principles, including a how-to of access and correction requests, and focusing on the key touch-points for membership organisations. Mitchell is a member of our Commercial and Property teams, and assists in providing regulatory advice. Mitchell has broad legal experience, having supported the firm as a Law Clerk since 2015 while studying at Victoria University of Wellington. He completed his LLB and BCom (Finance) in 2019 and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2020. | Transforming your association for the future How to transition your association from becoming irrelevant with apathetic members, to having highly engaged, proactive members who see true value. - This session will consider the business transformation of Cooperative Business NZ. It will consider; Governance, KPI's, systems, training, outsourcing, events, social media, partnering, headquarters. Roz has strong leadership and commercial experience working across multiple sectors and industries, both domestically and internationally. She will share her insights following having taken up the role of Cooperative Business NZ CEO in August 2019, on how the business has made transformational change to improve their performance, even following the impacts of Covid.[Topic: Project Management] |
2:40 | Afternoon Tea and Networking in the exhibition area |
3:10 | Targeting the education system to strengthen your sector International research shows that children form aspirations for their future and have unconscious biases from as young as 7. Those aspirations and biases are linked with their outcomes later in life. Most students knew about the job they drew from knowing someone in the role, or seeing it in the media. Less than 1% of young people knew about their preferred role from someone visiting their school from the world of work. The Inspiring the Future programme has been created to give them exposure to the wider world, and to real stories from people in the community. Connecting to role models is important at a young age in order to broaden young people's horizons and empower them for their futures. Ian, as Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy and Design, Ian ensures that TEC has a strategic approach to its role in the tertiary education sector. He leads the development of TEC’s long- and short-term operational strategies, and strategic marketing and communications functions. He also leads the development of products and services that enhance life-long education and career choices that support the Tertiary Education Strategy. Ian joined TEC from Air New Zealand where he was Strategy Manager, Networks & Competitor Analysis. He led a team responsible for developing Air New Zealand's longer-term network strategy and growth plan, driving unprecedented growth and opening new markets to Singapore, Buenos Aires, Houston, Ho Chi Minh, Taipei, and most recently Chicago. [Topic: Leadership] |
3:55 | Birds of a feather: Assisting others in association management |
4:45 | Close of day one Buses to hotels |
6:30 | Buses depart hotel to the Conference dinner |
Thursday 3 February 2022
8:30 | AuSAE town Hall: Join our AuSAE Board, GM NZ Brett Jeffery as they review the accomplishments of 2021. What lies ahead in 2022. We’ll have an open, candid discussion, bring your questions. |
9:00 | Day two keynote address - Literacy in Life Literacy in Life is a national campaign changing the well-worn narrative of libraries as places of books and reading, to an engagement, online or in person, with literacy and life-long learning. Public Libraries today offer a critical service that ensures the wellbeing of our communities and answers the needs of society. Whether those needs be economic, social, technological, environmental, or emotional; public libraries are leading the way. Hilary has over 25 years’ experience in executive management across all functions of non-profit organisation. Her strengths in strategic planning and operational management, revenue generation and funding diversification, client/member growth initiatives and donor programmes are well recognised. She has demonstrated skills in sales and marketing that result in increased profit, reduced expenditure and positive media exposure. Public Libraries of New Zealand is the professional association for public library managers. Its primary role is to foster a strong and influential network of public library leaders. We do this by offering our members support services, resources and shared learning opportunities. Our key initiatives include: the Public Libraries Strategic Framework, National Data Collection, and Annual Forum, and National Awareness building, as well as providing all-year-round advocacy on behalf of our members. Literacy in Life is our current campaign aimed at changing perceptions. |
9:45 | AM Tea and Networking in the exhibition area |
10:15 | Why is cybersecurity important for businesses now more than ever? [Cyber Panel] This session is based around general happenings and environment in the cybersecurity world and issues faced by small businesses and associations in being secure and safe. Ankita Dhakar, Managing Director, Security Lit & Ankita Dhakar. Due to the impact of COVID-19 and people moving to remote working and more businesses choosing digital solutions brought a cyber-pandemic to New Zealand. Once Ankita learnt about cyber security incidents and the very real threats companies and individuals face in the digital era, She knew she had to help. With this vision she founded SecurityLit, A business providing penetration testing and security consultancy services to SMEs. Ankita made it her mission to make cybersecurity solutions easy and affordable for businesses so they can operate confidently and securely in the cyberspace. Ankita was recently recognised as the IFSEC global top influencer 2021 under the ‘One to Watch’ category and was also the winner of Women in security awards Aotearoa ‘Rising Star’ by New Zealand Security Magazine. Vimal
Kumar [Topic: business development] |
Learning sessions
11:00 | Understanding the power of HR management: insights for member organisations Vaughan Granier is the National Workplace Relations Manager for HR Assured NZ. People aren't just the energy powering a business; they are the business. A highly engaged and loyal workforce grows from a strong foundation of workplace culture and compliance. Both of these factors are driven by best practice human resources management. Giving HR its rightful place in any organisation – large or small – is incredibly important. And it's easier than you might think. This session will examine the relationship between HR compliance, good leadership and workplace culture, including insights into how membership organisations can help simplify HR and support member businesses to perform at their best. [Topic: Business Membership] | Winning with Virtual Engagement Covid 19 forced Orienteering New Zealand to adopt virtual engagement methods through 2020 - which was a long way from our traditional face to face member engagement practices done previously. We held two virtual sessions in 2020; an AGM, with prizegiving, and a club forum. We were stunned and shocked at the results - the AGM had over 70 attendees (the highest number for over 15 years), and not only that, the discussion was rich with high levels of engagement. The club forum was even more successful - again very high numbers, but we had some superb discussions engaging people around two very complex topics (big challenges affecting the sport), and through the functionality of ZOOM, was able to encourage better mixing of people into subgroups, enabling diverse perspectives to come together, than what we have ever been able to do in conventional forum settings. Peter Swanson has a background as a change strategist, and has worked with leaders and organisations across multiple industries, and in different countries including UK/Europe, Japan/Asia, Australia and New Zealand. |
11:30
| Building member engagement through virtual mentoring Members are craving career development now more than ever before. AuSAE's research shows that members join associations because they want networking, continuing education, learning best practices and advancing their career. Mentoring is a popular and clear way for members to provide these benefits... but how do you set up a mentoring program for success? [Topic: Membership Engagement] | Resilience and
Business Risk 2020 exposed organisations to the most extreme of business disruption and tested their levels of resilience to the limits. As we head towards a post-COVID world, disruptive events will continue to come in all sizes and shapes. In this session we will share key insights and approaches to develop your organisations resilience and to successfully navigate through these variety of disruptions as they occur. Adam is passionate about developing resilience in New Zealand organisations. As the Principal Consultant for Reliance Risk in New Zealand, he works with clients to develop their capabilities in risk management, business disruption and continuity, emergency planning, health & safety, emotional culture, team resilience, verification, assurance, and training. Adam has spent his career in venue, event, and tourism management in both New Zealand and the UK, specialising in operations and logistics. He channels this extensive hands-on experience to focus his project outcomes on modern, practical resources and advice for his clients. Adam holds a LLB (Laws) from the UK and is currently working towards a Masters in Emergency Management. He is a member of both the Business Continuity Institute and Institute of Directors, holds a security consultant licence for New Zealand and sits on a number of governance boards. |
12:00 | The Power of Play in Virtual Meetings Caelan Huntress is the Creative Director of Stellar Platforms, a digital marketing agency that helps entrepreneurs set up smart marketing systems. He is an American digital nomad living in New Zealand, and has spent ten years running an online business while traveling the world with his young family. Caelan is a dynamic speaker, trainer, and business coach, who combines his skills as a theatrical performer and technical geek to make compelling virtual experiences. |
12:30 | Lunch and Networking in the exhibition area |
1:15 | On solid ground - how lessons from the Christchurch Earthquakes prepared AMINZ for Covid-19 In 2011, Sue Wells was the Chair of the Christchurch City Council's Planning Committee. The lessons she learned about governing a city in a disrupted environment were implemented immediately upon her appointment as the Executive Director of AMINZ. |
2:00 | Keynote The true power is accepting the truth of who you are. Shelly Davies Shelly's all about personal power - at work through better writing, and in life through loving self - and she has a remarkable story of finding both of those things for herself. Known for her government and corporate trainings in clear writing, Shelly's authentic and vulnerable style of self-leadership and bubbly energy is irresistible. She's a mum, a grandmother, a proud Ngātiwai woman, and her story is one of leaning more and more fully into her truth until she was ready to literally wear it on her face. |
2:45 | Closing + keynote address If Your Why Is Strong Enough, You Can Overcome Anything. Supported by Celebrity Speakers |
3:45 | Farewell function |
from | Hobbiton movie set dinner, for those staying over on the Thursday night in Rotorua you're welcome to join us for this fantastic experience in the green dragon. Dinner charge additional (leaving from Millennium Hotel Rotorua) |
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