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
Scholarships for the 2012/13 round of the IWC Water Leadership Program are now open. Applications can be made on-line until 30 June 2012. The next program will begin in December 2012.
Designed for emerging water leaders at the project to middle management level, this program is customised for the water sector through sound research and collaboration with experienced industry practitioners.
The program helps emerging leaders to develop the abilities they need to exert influence, drive change and advance challenging integrated water managementprojects — abilities associated with the most effective integrated water management leaders.
Several full ($10,000), half ($5,000) and quarter ($2,500) merit-based scholarships are available in 2012. Scholarships are currently only available to Australian citizens and permanent residents of Australia.
Agnese Middleton (IWC Communications)
Gabrielle and Yamini who are the powerhouse behind ‘one thousand and one‘ the organisational storytelling experts have just released a new free downloadable ebook titled Eliminate Death by PowerPoint. They have done so because:
In the 
work we do with leaders around storytelling they often ask for tips and techniques to be better presenters. This combined with our professional goal to eliminate death by PowerPoint was the catalyst in writing this book.
Survey after survey shows that people fear public speaking over death. More people would prefer to be the person in the coffin than the person delivering the eulogy. That is very sad …because with preparation and practice everyone can get better at presenting …and the better you get at it the less you will fear it.
In the book we have pulled together over 20 years presentation experience. Now there are countless books out there on presenting and this is not a summary of that information. This book is about what we believe works and what we have seen work. The focus of the book is on the content, helping you determine what you say and how you present it.
I have downloaded the ebook and it is excellent, with many great suggestions and ideas you can put into practice. You can also subscribe to the ‘one thousand and one’ blogs which are also terrific. Let me know how you get on.
Siwan
Hi everyone and welcome to the New Year.
The Australian Gov
ernment is providing support to Greening Australia to facilitate biodiversity restoration workshops across the country. These workshops will focus on establishing biodiverse plantings throughout the landscape, as well as providing communities with the most up to date methods for reintroducing and managing biodiversity.
Importantly, the workshops will help maximise the outcomes of existing and new natural resource management and environmental programs such as the Clean Energy Future’s Biodiversity Fund. For more information about workshop content, dates and locations click here.
Siwan
On Friday the 4th of November I had the great pleasure of attending the graduation ceremony for this year’s Peter Cullen Trust Fellows. It was a very enjoyable evening, with the Fellows providing a lively, entertaining and thought-provoking presentation about the issues surrounding the development of Australia’s coal seam gas industry. I was delighted to be part of such a wonderful group of motivated, enthusiastic and clever people, all of whom are passionate about a sustainable future not only for Australia, but also for our planet.
Many congratulations to all this years graduates!
To learn more about the Peter Cullen Trust visit the website….. maybe 2012 is the year that you apply to be a part of this terrific program.
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.
Events, People and relationshops, Training and Development | Siwan Lovett | 
8 May 2012 10:49 am | 
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