Brainfood 2011
The 2011 Statewide program conference – Brainfood will be held on 7/8 September, 2011
At Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre – 613 Main Road, Ballarat. Phone 5327 1290
The conference theme for this year is
MAKE YOUR MARK
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Grow your Program, Business and Brand.
Download the 2011 Conference program here
Differentiate your offer and capture the imagination and purchasing power of your customer.
A practical conference for your whole organisation.
Everyone is looking to grow their program, business and brand. We have booked Warwick Merry & Annemarie Cross as our Keynote speakers for this year’s Brainfood Conference.
Now more than ever we need to achieve more with less. There is pressure on us as organisations and as individuals to achieve or ELSE!
First step, take a deep breath!
OK now let’s do something about it!
Book into Brainfood and here how you can get involved. (registration form can be downloaded from this website)
Warwick will fire you up and your team and provide you with a secret weapon to get the results you
want? He will provide you with ways you and your team can Get More in uncertain times? His presentations are guaranteed to make a difference in your organisation. He will provide high energy, practical examples and experience, massive action, minimal PowerPoint, help you get well networked. www.warwickmerry.com
Day two of our conference will see Annemarie Cross – Branding Specialist and Business Coach join us. Annemarie is an entrepreneur social network gruie. She has Blogs, Podcasts, TV shows and Biz Success eMag, all available for you free. She is practical and down to earth and understands that people need to start at the basics to get connect. It is worth going onto Annemarie’s website, and reading her articles, blogs etc., as they have some outstanding tips, and you will see what you are going to get from her Keynote address. You can connect to Annemarie’s site now and access her free 7-part audio series with practical how-to tips that will help you grow your brand, your biz and your income!. Website: http://annemariecross.com
Sian Lewis – General Manager of Adult Community and Further Education will also be with us and provide the latest information from her department and provide you with the opportunity to talk with her in a less formal way.
You can also look forward to:
- Jan Golden – CAE – Youth space – end to end putting the learner at the centre.
- Paul Sladdin – Creating a new Image
- Leanne Fitzgerald – E Strategy for ACE
- Lynda Patterson – Men’s programs
- Darren Graigner – Partnership with Job Agencies
- Pre-accredited networks
- Program Bonanzas’
Market to Market opportunities for all people present to put forward business opportunities and innovative concepts in programming
and many more
Our first draft program will be available online after Easter – around 2nd May, 2011
You can even follow us on TWITTER - @BrainfoodNet
Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact Kay Vrieze – Convenor on 0409823509
You can download the opening address from the 2010 conference and the keynote speakers presentation using the links below;
| Opening Address | Wednesday 8 September, 2010 |
Other information from the conference can be downloaded via the download link to the left.
Overall Summary:
This year’s Statewide Program Conference was held at Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre, 613 Main Road, Ballarat. Steve and staff were absolutely professional and provided outstanding meals, services and accommodation.
The overall rating from 98% of the participants (150+ attendees) was Excellent – Very Good and 2% said it was Good. We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. A full evaluation of workshops, program showcase, and plenary speakers are now available on this site.
The following summary of events, handouts and power points will provide people with an opportunity to explore new programming ideas and activities for Neighbourhood Houses and Learning Centres across the state of Victoria.
Brainfood would not have been possible without the support of ACFE (Adult Community and Further Education and DPCD (Department of Planning and Community Development. Thank you.
Our generous sponsors make Brainfood even more informative and we would like to thank them for the products in the participants bags, financial support, and product support.
Sponsors
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Toyota and Sewing Machine Enterprises |
- Damian Richmond and staff
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mecu |
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Hanafords Cleaning and Trade Supplies |
- Jim Varelas and Russell Lazzaro
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Guild Insurance |
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Watsonia Publishing |
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Word of Mouth |
Finally to all participants who attended thank you very much for undertaking two days of excellent Program development for you and Centre/House. We look forward to seeing you in 2011. The dates and venue for 2011 will be posted soon.
Tuesday 7 September, 2010
New Marketing opportunities for customer satisfaction
www.sendoutcards.com/62062 and follow the instructions -
Step 1- Watch the DVD,
Step 2 – Send yourself a card,
Step 3 – Ways to get involved.
Ring Kay at NarreCLC 0409823509 if you want a workshop run at your Centre on this “very cool” business builder. If you haven’t had a look you are missing out.
Networking Dinner at Oscars Hotel & Cafe
Pictures available to look at – Over 60 people had an outstanding night at Oscars. The food and networking was most worthwhile and Henry from Churchill’s rabbit entertained us for hours.
Wednesday 8 September, 2010
Team building – program bonanza conference opener
A list of suggestions can be downloaded – Ideas covered – What attracted people to our organisations, A-Frame programs, partnerships, disabilities, marketing, what people wanted more information on. I have combined a second download of the Hannaford program templates as well.
Download Program Suggestions
Download Program Summary Hanafords
Million Woman Challenge
A national campaign of daughters, mothers, sisters, grandmothers, inspiring climate action and leading change for the better. (If you sign up can you let me know please) thank you.
If you would like to sign up www.1millionwomen.com.au
Official Opening – Wayne Hewitt – CEO Narre Community Learning Centre and President of ACE Vic
Keynote address
Sharing Emotional Freedom – Rod Sherwin – Energy therapist Tap4Health
No PowerPoint – however everything can be obtained from Rod’s Website www.tap4health.com also follow Rod on Twitter www.twitter.com/thetappingman
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