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July 2008
Topic: Member personal and professional development
June 2008 Topic: Trends impacting the Australian Workplace: Health and Wealth
May 2008-AGM Topic: Focus on Disability: trends in employment and championing disability!
March 2008 Topic: NEEOPA Diversity Round Robin: Showcasing Best Practice
February 2008 Topic: Work and Family: Getting the definitions and balance right
November 2007 Topic: End of Year Luncheon
October 2007 Topic: NEEOPA Diversity Showcase: Showcasing best practice from within NEEOPA's ranks
Panel Discussion / Q&A:
September 2007 Topic: Faith and Culture - Enriching Society and our Workplaces
July 2007 Topic: Monitor and measure successful Diversity outcomes through Distributed Leadership
June 2007 Topic: Equity in employment for Indigenous Australians
March 2007 Topic: Celebrating International Women’s Day: Taking Australia forward
February 2007 Topic: NEEOPA Diversity Showcase: Showcasing best practice from within NEEOPA's ranks
December 2006- End of Year Luncheon Topic: What makes a community champion
October 2006 Topic: Advancing with Age: Challenges and Opportunities of Mature Age Employment
September 2006 Topic: NEEOPA Diversity Showcase: Showcasing best practice from within NEEOPA's ranks
August 2006
June 2006
Topic: Generation Separation – Fact or Fiction
Topic: Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Noticed! (communication your equity and diversity message effectively).
Topic: Maximising employee performance by ensuring peak mental health
Topic: "Looking Forward, Looking Back : Key Issues for Women at Work” (A special event to celebrate 20 years of the Federal Sex Discrimination Act)
Topic: Show and Tell – Diversity at Work
Topic: Work & Family Champions – Learning from the Leaders
Topic: Sexual Orientation in the Workplace – It’s so over!
Topic: Battered & Bruised – Grievance Handling at work
Liz Ellis, Australian netball champion, and Rebecca Wilson, star of ABC TV's The Fat, took up the case for and against the idea that women bring equal value to sport and that sportswomen are valued as highly as sportsmen. Why are women in tennis, golf and other sports paid less than men? Why don't women's sports receive the same media coverage as men's? Is the answer simply that sports women are worth less? Alan Lovell - comedian, actor, self-confessed sport tragic and footy bloke, will act as moderator. October 2003 Juliet Bourke - President of NEEOPA and Foundation Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australia discussed the key findings from the 2003 National Diversity and Equality Survey administered to EEONA practitioners across Australia. Shenaz Khan - Head of Performance and HR Consulting, ING, talked about how ING started their diversity journey and the impact of a survey of senior women and a global imperative. Heather Price Director: The Diversity Consulting Company Heather has 15 years of experience in diversity and equity consulting in the South African workplace. She has recently developed the Diversity Game for Australia, an innovative new anti-discrimination tool which has just been introduced to the Australian workplace. Heather provided us with a brief introduction to the objectives, process and methodology of the tool; its track record, application and outcomes in SA and the USA; and the process of customising the tool for the Australian workplace. d us with a brief introduction to the objectives, process and methodology of the tool; its track record, application and outcomes in SA and the USA; and the process of customising the tool for the Australian workplace. August 2003 Robyn Henderson - Global networking specialist, with over eleven years in the speaking industry, ten years in sales and telemarketing management and thirteen years in hospitality focused on seven keys to development of formal and informal strategic alliances. Stephanie Pursley - partner at Freehills, talked about her experience in organising a Women in Business Network at Freehills. Chrissie Tucker - Manager Diversity, ABC, provided a case study of a year-long project conducted in 2002 which focused on women networking in the television industry. Diana Ryall - nationally recognised in the IT sector and a well-known mentor for women in business. Diana has developed a successful group mentoring program for professional women called Xplore which promotes the importance of mentoring and networking to assist professional women with career resiliency. June 2003 Dr. Graeme Russell - Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University Graeme is a joint author of a recently published international book on “Gender Equity and Organisational Change” and of a forthcoming international publication on “The Impact of Workplace Policies on Father Involvement”. Peter Llewellyn-Smith - Registered psychologist, organisational consultant specialising in work/life balance, sustainable change, relationships, resilience and stress interventions. He has worked within major organisations on work/life, organisational change and resilience programs and consulted for senior management teams on various projects focusing on gender, performance, strategy and work/family issues. May 2003 Dr Carole Cusack - Lecturer, Department of Studies in Religion: Religion at Work "The tenets of the major world religions, as well as their practices and traditions. Practical issues for creating an inclusive workplace, and dispel many myths" Juliet Bourke - Co-Director of WORK+LIFE Strategies and President of NEEOPA "A discussion with NEEOPA members and NEEOPA experts around “hypotheticals” of race discrimination in the workplace. Practical strategies to deal with sensitive race discrimination issues" March 2003 Amy Powell - Director - Development Partners "What makes mentoring programs work, and how to avoid the obstacles that can impede success" David Stokes-McKeon - Joint CEO and Managing Director of Indicim Pty Ltd "The Indicim philosophy, how and why mentoring is evolving to become a major change in the way we view employment and what it means to women in the workplace over the next few years" John Matthews - Director - Australian Institute of Executive Coaching "Best Practice mentoring programs, mentoring in different cultural contexts and pitfalls to avoid. The ways in which mentoring differs significantly from coaching, counseling and other similar forms of intervention, as well as the qualities to look for in a mentor" February 2003 Jil Toovey - Director, Learning Services Senior Program Director, Institute of Knowledge Development "Exploring key issues relating to the implementation of a diversity program" Joost Thissen - Managing Partner, Culture Resource Centre "Intercultural interviewing and selection from a multi-cultural pool" Paul Newman - General Manager, Black Pages and Nurunderi "Issues facing Indigenous Australians in employment" November 2002 Susan Halliday - former Sex Discrimination Commissioner and outspoken commentator on women's rights and discrimination. Emma Tom - author, journalist and comedic writer. October 2002 Wendy Bryant - Sector Delivery Executive - Financial Services, IBM Global Service "IBM won the Gold award in the 2002 ACCI National Work & Family Awards Wendy spoke on the approach IBM Australia has taken in addressing work and family issues, including a worldwide work redesign program which was recently piloted in Australia" September 2002 Elizabeth Broderick - NSW Telstra Business Woman of Year & Partner Blake Dawson Waldron Solicitors "Promoting work and life initiatives within the legal industry" Amanda Ellis - Author of Women’s Business, Women’s Wealth & Head of Women’s Markets, Westpac "Create the life you want at work and in business" August 2002 Phil Tuck - Managing Director, Interim Executive Search " Belinda Curtis - Corporate Diversity Manager, AMP "The UK perspective - insights from the London age discrimination conference" Joan Napoli - Senior Advocate, Australian Business Lawyers "Relevant age discrimination legislation and update on recent cases" June 2002 Phil Sharratt - Project Management Specialist, Westpac Banking Corp "Experiences in planning and implementing change by using a diagnostic tool to understand stakeholders' issues" Hugh Oakley-Browne - Oakley-Browne Associates Ltd (New Zealand) "Challenging our thinking about organisational change - Does the change have a strategic purpose, how do we implement it, and how will we know that the change has delivered improved results"? Monica Vardabasso - Managing Director, Primary Communication "Planning communication from the start of the change management process, and who needs to be involved" May 2002 Robyn McIlroy - Senior Associate, Freehills "Employee remedies and employers' obligations; and bullying cases involving claims of harassment, discrimination and stress" Anthea Lowe - Workplace Consultant, Anthea Lowe and Associates "Risk prevention: How to successfully implement a practical workplace bullying prevention program" March 2002 Fiona Krautil - Director, EOWA "Managing a demanding high profile job and family commitments with strategies developed to keep yourself going and to develop emotional resilience" Sandra Triulzi - Founder and principal of the Triulzi Group "Reflecting upon the roller coaster ride, the successes, the doubts, the lessons learnt, the insights gained and how to achieve a balance between competing roles as a business leader, the elder daughter, a mother, a grandmother, a coach, a friend a colleague" Tanja Pollack - Director of Consultancy Services Corporate Clinical CorPsych Being “Ambitious about the balance”. Focus on building up a buffer zone so that we remain effective in our role as “helpers” and not fall victim to becoming to “rescuer” or even a “victim” ourselves. February 2002 David Willetts - General Manager HR, Alcoa World Alumina Australia, Perth. "Alcoa’s glittering performance and the strategies they have found most effective in driving a family friendly culture" Rohan Squirchuk - Managing Director, CEOE Ltd. "How to apply and the benefits of taking part in the National Work & Family Awards" November 2001 Julie McCrossin of TV and radio fame (a woman with a view on just about everything) and Susan Halliday, ex Sex Discrimination Commissioner. October 2001 Lisa Annese - Acting Workplace Development Manager - EOWA Ms Elizabeth Bennett - HR Director - Santa Sabina College Winner - Leading Organisation (under 500 employees) September 2001 John Jeffrey - Indigenious Employment Specialists Margaret Hobbs - NAAMORO Aboriginal Employment Services Annelies Voorthuis - Manager Illawarra Community Development Employment Project Anthony Breed - NSW Indigenous Employment Strategies Manager, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. August 2001 Mark Bagshaw - International Marketing Director IBM Russell Chudleigh - Public Education Co-ordinator Australian Quadriplegics’ Association Maya Verma - Employment Services Manager Australian Quadriplegics’ Association Suzanne Colbert - Manager Employers Making a Difference June 2001 Don Vickers - Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment "Employer’s rights, responsibilities and potential liability" Michael Gadiel - NSW Labor Council "Employers monitoring employees’ emails and some of the privacy issues" May 2001 Tracey Raymond - Senior policy adviser and trainer at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission "Conciliation of Harassment & Discrimination Complaints" March 2001 Elizabeth Lee - Advisor EEO from the Commonwealth Bank Group "Structure and content of CBA’s on-line EEO Policy training" Jan Dransfield - Partner in the Industrial Relations and Employment Law Group at Blake Dawson Waldron "BDW’s interactive multimedia training on EEO, discrimination and harassment" Dr Crowfoot - Centre for Organisational Innovation "Internet based analysis tool: Organisation Effectiveness Profiling" February 2001 Regina Hill - A.T. Kearney "Changing the Consulting Paradigm" October 2000 Katrina Tahka - Blake Dawson Waldron "Disability Discrimination" August 2000 Ms Nancy Hennessy (NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal) "Age Discrimination" July 2000 Ms Bonnie McKenzie "The Art & Science of Mentoring" June 2000 Ms Susan Halliday (Sex Discrimination Commissioner) & Katrina Morris (Freehills Hollingdale & Page) "Pregnancy in the Workplace" May 2000 - AGM April 2000 - no meeting March 2000 Robyn Henderson "How to use networking to raise your profile and improve your effectiveness in business?"
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