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Keep on Engaging: #changinglives #keepingculture

This webinar, recorded 21 May 2020, provided practical information about engaging with integrity in Aotearoa and, understanding and engaging with Aboriginal and Indigenous culture and community.

The panel shared insights and learnings to help break down the barriers to better engage with Aboriginal & Māori communities.

Speakers

Cain Slater - Kari Foundation - Connecting & Supporting Business and Individuals to be Champions of Change.

Cain will be presenting on Understanding and Engaging with Aboriginal and Indigenous culture and community.

Cain is also a keynote and inspirational speaker about Indigenous Australia, Employment, Participation and Inclusion to break down the barriers and stereotypes of Aboriginal Australia. He has had a successful career in leadership roles at the National Basketball League, Souths Cares (South Sydney Rabbitohs), National Indigenous Culinary Institute and at the William Angliss Institute of TAFE.

Christine Ammunson

Christine will be presenting on Engaging with integrity in Aotearoa.

From starting out as the Māori Affairs Reporter for the The Evening Post newspaper last millennium, since then Christine’s roles have included Press Secretary to the Minister for Pacific Island Affairs, Communications Strategist for the NZ Human Rights Commission, Speechwriter for the Minister of Māori Affairs, Global Lead Strategic Communications for Aurecon and now Director of Promotions and Partnerships for New Zealand’s Māori Language Commission.

Moderated by Kylie Cochrane: Director - IAP2 Australasia; Chair - IAP2 International and Managing Principal, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia and New Zealand, Aurecon

Please note: In some parts of this recording, the sound quality is a little muffled, due to less than optimal presenter internet connection. We apologise and thank you for your understanding.

IAP2 Australasia

Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement.

IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement.

Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/

Join us for an audio replay of a webinar Q&A-style conversation with former international athlete, SBS presenter and human rights advocate, Craig Foster about his experience in engaging with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and minority communities. Craig will provide insights into his own challenges and successes to help engagement practitioners understand and better connect with their communities.

Craig Foster, multiple Logie winner for excellence in sports broadcasting and human rights advocate, Bachelor of Laws, Masters International Sport Management, Member Australian Multicultural Council, social justice advocate and campaigner including #SaveHakeem to free a young Bahraini refugee from a Thai prison, #GameOver for the release of asylum seekers and refugee detainees and #PlayForLives to promote a humanitarian response from the sports industry to COVID-19, joins IAP2A's webinar series: Keep on Engaging.

Moderated by Kylie Cochrane: Director - IAP2 Australasia; Chair - IAP2 International and Managing Principal, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia and New Zealand, Aurecon.

About Craig FosterFormer Socceroo, Broadcaster, Sport & Social Justice and Human Rights AdvocateFollowing a celebrated football career as Australia’s 419th Socceroo & 40th Captain, Craig has become one of Australia’s most respected broadcasters with an 18-year, multi Logie winning career with Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia.Craig is perhaps equally as well known for his work beyond the field and screen, through the social programs he has developed as well as his advocacy for sport and human rights, refugees and asylum seekers and humanitarian causes.Craig sits on the Multicultural Council of Australia and has a keen interest in multiculturalism and inclusion, and works across a vast range of social programs. From indigenous rights and self-determination, homelessness, domestic violence and refugee advocacy as a Human Rights and Refugee Ambassador for Amnesty Australia, Australia Committee member with Human Rights Watch and Advisory Council member of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW.Craig developed a primary school initiative to facilitate inclusion with the Australian Government for Harmony Day, is a former Chairman, Life Member and CEO of Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), Australia’s representative body of the Socceroos, Matildas and professional players around the world and has led a number of sport and business missions abroad with the NSW Government and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).Craig’s social justice advocacy extends to several high profile campaigns including #SaveHakeem to free Bahraini refugee Hakeem al-Araibi from a Thai prison for which he was a Finalist for the Australian Human Rights Commission Medal, #GameOver to call for the resettlement and freedom of around 500 refugees and asylum seekers indefinitely detained by Australia in PNG and Nauru for almost seven years and #PlayForLives which is a humanitarian response by global sport to the COVID-19 pandemic.In 2019, the Australian Financial Review recognised Craig as a ‘True Australian Leader’ and the Sydney Morning Herald as one of the ‘People that Defined 2019’.Craig holds a Master’s in International Sports Management, a Postgraduate Degree in Football Management, a Professional Coaching License and a Bachelor of Laws.

This webinar was recorded on 9 April, 2020.

IAP2 members can view the video replay for free. Log in to the IAP2 Australasia website to access the replay.

 

IAP2 Australasia

Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement.

IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world.

As a not-for-profit organisat

Join us for an audio replay of a webinar Q&A-style conversation with practical information about current community sentiment and how to adapt your approach to engagement in the COVID-19 environment.

Our panel shared tips and insights on:

Community sentiment right now and what people are thinking and feeling.

How to work with people with heightened anxiety.

Social distancing versus social isolation – how are people coping?

What do we say once we reach our audience?

Adjusting the messaging, tone and language.

What about the timing, do we need to adjust?

Breaking down barriers and building trust in communities, we are in this together!

The role of engagers in connecting communities.

 

SpeakersStu Reeve – Managing Director, Micromex Research & Consulting

Louise Mitchell – National Consultant Disaster Recovery Social Recovery Reference Group (SRRG) C- Emergency Management Branch Department of Health and Human Services

Chloe Groser – NZTA Practice Manager Engagement and Communications at NZ Transport Agency

Moderated by Kylie Cochrane, Director – IAP2 Australasia; Chair – IAP2 International and Managing Principal, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia and New Zealand, Aurecon

This webinar was recorded on 9 April, 2020.

IAP2 members can view the video replay for free. Log in to the IAP2 Australasia website to access the replay.

 

IAP2 Australasia

Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement.

IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement.

Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/

Join us for an audio replay of our webinar Q&A-style conversation (held on 26 March 2020) with practical information on how you can keep engaging in the COVID-19 environment. 

Topics covered included:

How to adapt your engagement plans and strategies to digital or other approaches

The role of engagers in connecting communities

Looking to positive innovations in crisis

Challenges of adapting to the digital space

How to work with people with heightened anxiety

 

Speakers

Adam Smith, Director, Harvest Digital Planning

Nicole Hunter, Co-founder and Director, MosaicLab

Nathan Connors, IAP2 Australasia Director and Global Head of Client Services, Bang The Table

Moderated by Kylie Cochrane, IAP2 Australasia Director; Chair, IAP2 International and Managing Principal, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia and New Zealand, Aurecon

IAP2 members can view the video replay for free. Log in to the IAP2 Australasia website to access the replay.

 

IAP2 Australasia

Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement.

IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement.

Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/

Anne Leadbeater OAM, Director and Principal of the Leadbeater Group joined Elisabeth Ellis, Professional Development Manager, IAP2 Australasia to discuss engagement tips for disaster response and recovery.

Anne has 25 years' experience in community and economic development through her roles in local and state Government, emergency management and adult education. Anne worked on behalf of the Murrindindi Shire Council to coordinate recover efforts for the Kinglake Ranges following the 2009 Victorian Bushfires and has also worked with disaster-impacted communities in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and New Zealand.

Anne’s extensive experience includes facilitation of state-wide consultation sessions with staff and stakeholders for the development of the Victorian Department of Land, Water and Planning Customer Charter, and design and delivery of a national tour of masterclasses on disaster recovery for the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia.

From these workshops, the Guide to Engaging in Disaster Recovery was developed by an IAP2 Australasia working group, led by Anne.

Anne has worked in economic development as the Strategic Project Manager for Murrindindi Shire Council’s Advancing Country Towns project. In 2018, she was lead writer on the development of Handbook 12 – Communities Responding to Disasters (Planning for Spontaneous Volunteers) and a review of Handbook 2 – Community Recovery for the Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience.

Anne specialises in working with large and small groups on strategic planning, policy development, disaster recovery and managing outrage. Anne holds a masters’ degree in Social Science and has authored published papers on drought policy, communicating in emergencies, and the role of community leadership in disaster recovery. She is a specialist facilitator with the National Centre for Emergency Management Studies, and was a Core Values Awards judge for IAP2 Australasia in 2017 and 2019.

 

IAP2 Australasia

Leading the national conversation on authentic community and stakeholder engagement.

IAP2 Australasia is proud to be recognised as an affiliate of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

We are a member association incorporating individuals, governments, institutions and other entities that affect the public interest throughout the world.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our aim is to advance the education of the community by teaching and communicating the principles of public participation and how to achieve effective community and stakeholder engagement.

In response to the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires, IAP2 Australasia has collaborated with members and the engagement professional community to develop a Bushfire Resource Hub.

Find out more about IAP2 Australasia, including training, membership, events and other resources, visit https://iap2.org.au/