The next ARRC Yellow Award is ready to be awarded and I am keen to have you, the ARRC community, involved in nominating people to recieve this wonderful award.
Details about the award can be found on our website, but essentially it is about recognising those people who provide a brightness and optimism amongst the ‘blue’ that tends to dominate many of our work environments.
Please take the time to have a think about someone you think is worthy and get in touch with me via email. I look forward to hearing from you, Siwan
We all benefit from sharing knowledge and expertise, and at the ARRC we are extremely fortunate to have our newly formed ARRC Advisory Council.
We welcome Albert Blair, Leith Boully, Peter Davies, Sandra D’Souza and Ian Rutherfurd to our Council, and thank them for donating their time, thought and energy to the ARRC on a volunteer basis.
To learn more about this group of fantastic people follow this link to our Advisory Council page.
I am hoping that the Advisory Council will provide us with the ‘advice’ we need so that the cartoon accompanying this blog does not occur!!! Siwan
Fancy a change from the project management, resilience thinking, and workplace effectiveness training? I thoroughly recommend these one day workshops with The Happiness Institute. I benefited enormously from the course I did with Dr Tim Sharp to get my Executive Certificate in Positive Psychology, and these one day workshops are a great introduction to the theories, techniques and approaches we can all use to increase our life satisfaction and enjoyment.
Melbourne and Sydney workshops are sold out, however, in May there are some spaces for the Perth workshops, and then there are spots free in the June-July events running in Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane and Adelaide. I am going to the Canberra workshop to get a refresher …. Register now.
Siwan
- Judy Christie, Siwan Lovett, Nicola Dixon, Jeanie Muspratt (LtoR)
The Sydney Metropolitan CMA’s 2012 Community Forum was a great success thanks to Siwan’s inspiring key note address “Connections that Count: People, Place and Passion” and her work in helping plan and facilitate the event. The event was attended by 90 environmental volunteers from across the whole Sydney region who enthusiastically participated in the day. Siwan worked closely with our Forum planning team for several months to develop an integrated Forum program.
Her presentation set the scene for two interactive sessions that engaged 90 members of the community in priority setting, followed by the groups being facilitated to develop aspirational stories of action. Prior to the Forum Siwan also ran a short session for CMA staff with tips on how to facilitate groups and what to expect from the process. Feedback from volunteer participants was enthusiastic:
“Well organised and enjoyable Forum. especially Siwan’s input.”
“I particularly enjoyed the different slant put forward by Dr Lovett.”
”We worked hard!!! But it was excellent”
“This year was as good as could be”.
Nicola Dixon, Judy Christie and Jeanie Muspratt
I am so pleased that this event was such a success. The SMCMA team gave a lot of thought to how the day could be run to meet the needs of the volunteers and engage them in the development of the new Sydney Metropolitan Region Catchment Action Plan. It was a pleasure to be involved, and if you are planning an event with your local community I am sure Judy, Nicola and Jeanie would be happy to share their experiences. Siwan
Fin Martin accepting his award from Jane Young
I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural ARRC Yellow Award is Fin Martin from the Lachlan Catchment Management Authority. The ARRC Yellow Award was developed because I feel there is a need to value people as much as we value our rivers and the environments we work so hard to protect and restore. Without enthusiastic and dedicated people we cannot achieve all the goals to which we, the organisations we work within, and the communities we care about, aspire to attain.
People like Fin are really important to have in any organisation because they remind us of how valuable our relationships with others are in making both our professional and personal lives meaningful. I am thrilled that Fin is the first recipient of this award which is:
For sharing his hope, optimism, energy, friendliness, knowledge and belief in the value of people, with those lucky enough to be around him.
Thank you to my co-conspirators Michelle Crossley, Jane Young and Joanne Lenehan who organised a morning tea and special awards ceremony. In winning his award Fin said:
Although totally unexpected, it was very pleasing to receive the inaugural ARRC Yellow award. Although I don’t need much encouragement in doing a job that I love – working with rivers and wetlands, it is nice to be recognised sometimes, especially by peers”
If you would like to nominate someone for an ARRC Yellow Award please get in touch with me.
Siwan
The next ARRC Yellow Award is ready to be awarded and I am keen to have you, the ARRC community, involved in nominating people to recieve this wonderful award.
ARRC Yellow Award, People and relationshops | Siwan Lovett | 
16 May 2012 12:47 pm | 
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