Associations Forum National Conference

Day One | Day Two | Workshops | Social

Day One
9:00 am Opening Plenary:
Welcome to Associations Forum National Conference 2011

Conference Chair: Allen Blewitt, Consultant, Associations Forum  

The Recovery and Future of US Associations
Christie Tarantino, President & CEO, Association Forum of Chicagoland

Perspectives of the associations sector from the Australian Senate
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon, Senator for South Australia

10:30 am Morning Tea
11:30 am 2A Existing as a viable NFP

David Templeman,
Alcohol & Other Drugs Council of Australia

 

2B Associations leading their industries

Michael Meredith,
Australian Teleservices Association

Dr Lee Yee Loon,
Concrete Society Malaysia

2C On the road to reform – driving and co-ordinating the NFP reform agenda

Linda Lavarch,
Not-for-Profit Sector Reform Council
and panel

2D Revitalising your association website

Louise Kanis,
issociate

Bobbi Mahlab,
Mahlab Media
and panel

12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm 3A Getting the best from the events industry for associations

Melissa MacCourt,
MMC Venue & Event Consulting
and panel

3B The future of associating is mobile

Jeff De Cagna,
Principled Innovation
Presented by Fitness Australia and APT Solutions

3C Being a higher achieving association

Damien Smith,
Enterprise Care

Paul Grogan,
MDO Consulting

3D Getting a seat at the policy making table

Kate Carnell,
Australian Food & Grocery Council

3:00 pm Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm 4A Successful campaigning against a federal policy decision

Kandie Allen-Kelly,
Australian Association of Social Workers

Justin Di Lollo,
Hawker Britton

4B Exemplary financial governance

Ron Switzer,
NFP Analysts

Katherine Woodthorpe,
Australian Private Equity &  Venture Capital Association

4C Organisational excellence for associations – what NFPs can learn from the profit-making sector

Christoph Raudonat
Association Internationale des Jeunes Advocat (Belgium)

Denys Correll,
International Council on Social Welfare

4D Building a Certification and CPD framework that delivers professionalism and revenue

Deen Sanders, Financial Planning Association of Australia

5:00 pm Close of day one

 

Day Two
9:00 am 5A Leadership and the member organisation

Phil O’Reilly, BusinessNZ

5B Social media – the greatest opportunity or biggest threat to (association) life?

Jamie Penrose,
Engineers Australia

Stephen Johnson,
Community Engine

5C Creating the income your association needs to achieve its purpose

Bruce Bailey, and Allison Zlomek, Guild Accounting

5D How to find out what your members think & want

Sue Froggatt, Sue Froggatt Training & Consulting

Martin Long, NFP Analysts

10:30 am Morning Tea
11:00 am 6A Research into Associations

Professor Myle McGregor-Lowndes, QUT

Jonathan Casson,
Holman Webb

6B National Registration update

Robert Boyd-Boland, Australian Dental Association
Claire Hewat, Dietitians Association of Australia
Martin Fletcher, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

6C Not-for-profit sponsorship – a sponsor’s perspective

Julian Moore, SMS

6D Responding to a dynamic climate – organisational renewal in the water sector

Tom Mollenkopf, Australian Water Association
and Panel

12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm 7A Restructuring, Reinvigorating and De-risking the FTA – A chairman’s perspective.

Michael Dontschuk, Finance & Treasury Association

Diljit Singh, International Association of School Librarianship

7B Association amalgamation – a change process

Ron Hunt,
Occupational Therapy Australia

Tricia Hughes,
Australian Association of Massage Therapists

7C Online communications for training, education and development

Kurt Juson, Redback Conferencing

Karen Jones, Autism Spectrum Australia

7D Strategic Awareness and Conscious Governance

Steve Bowman, Conscious Governance

 

3:00 pm Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm 8A Reviving an industry association and forming an alliance

Brad Kitschke, Australian Sporting Goods Association

Jennifer Cromarty, Socom (ex-Australian Retailers Association)

8B The challenges of sustaining a young leaders network

Melanie Crawford and Esther Hogenhout, Asia New Zealand Foundation

8C IT Solutions for Boards

Maryann Mannix-White, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees

Ragav Jagannathan, IQ Business Group

 

8D A legal audit – is your association or charity legally compliant?

Vera Visevic, Mills Oakley Lawyers

Keith Roberts, NFP Analysts

4:45 pm Closing Plenary: Trends affecting associations: challenges and opportunities
Nikki Walker, Vice President Global Association Management & Consulting, MCI Group
5:15 pm Conference Close