E – LEADER BULLETIN AUGUST 2005
IN THIS EDITION:
• Leadership Program 2006 Applications
• The Leadership Program 2005 seminar 4
• Mentoring Program Initiatives
• Internships 2005
• The Disability Leadership Roundtable Series
• Photo Exhibition update
• Contact us
Applications to the Leadership Program 2006 are now closed. We are currently conducting interviews with all applicants and will make a decision on the final group for 2006 by Friday 26 th August 2005.
The June/July 2005 seminar
The Leadership Program consists of 7 seminars over 2005. This seminar was sponsored by the Freehills Lawyers and held at The Westin Melbourne Hotel on Collins Street. The themes and speakers were:
THEME: “ Youth”.
• Georgie Ferrari, Executive Officer, Youth Affairs Council of Australia
• Nicholas Green, Access Manager, Bluearth Institute
• Elise Klein, Senior Facilitator, Reach Foundation
• Carmel Guerra, Director, The Centre of Multicultural Youth Issues
• Lill Healy, Director, Office for Youth
• Jules Lund, Presenter, Getaway & Facilitator, Reach Foundation
THEME: “ Leading Through a Time of Change”.
• Marcus Pandy, Chair, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
• Paul Kirton, General Manager Research, Telstra Research Laboratories
• Natalie Elliott, CEO, Community Enterprise Foundation, Bendigo Bank
• Gerard Menses, CEO, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
• Nic Francis, CEO, Easy Being Green
The themes for the year are selected by the participants, and are the areas from which leaders are selected and invited to speak to the Program. There are two themes addressed at each Seminar. The themes for the last three seminars for the year are:
Here's an update on our Mentoring Initiatives:
This program connects a student (who has already completed the Willing and Able Mentoring Program) with a leader in the industry of their choice, has 10 pairs this year. The leaders are currently being sourced by Leadership Victoria for the mentees.
This program is underway and we have matched 11 mentees from the disability
advocacy sector with leaders from a mainstream advocacy organisation. The
organisations participating in this program are:
This program has been designed to pilot the idea of 3 to 5 people with disabilities being mentored by local government leaders. The Councils taking part in the pilot are:
• Latrobe City
• Bass Coast Shire
• East Gippsland Shire
• Baw Baw Shire
• South Gippsland Shire
• City of Dandinog
• Wellington Shire
• City of Moreland
• City of Yarra
Once again we'll be running our Leadership Internships. We're looking at from between 3 to 5 pairs this year.
These are usually about 10 days all up and are a significantly more intense experience than a mentoring match. We will be having at least one Senior Victorian Politician, Public Servant, Business person and Community Leader.
To promote an open dialogue amongst key stakeholders in the disability and leadership sectors we are running a series of Roundtable discussions. The 2 nd in the series took place in the Boardroom of Minter Ellison Lawyers at the Rialto Building. The theme for the forum was “LEADERSHIP IN THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE DISABILITY SERVICES SECTOR. WHAT ROLE SHOULD PEOPLE WITH OR WITHOUT A DISABILITY PLAY IN THAT LEADERSHIP? HOW CAN PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING POLICIES SUPPORT THIS?”
We heard from the following speakers:
Fiona Smith, the Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Business Licensing Authority of Victoria provided a summary and reflection on the session. It was stimulating and saw 70 people engaging vigorously with each other. Outcomes of the session will be posted on the website. The next Roundtable topic is : What strategies could we use to promote people with disabilities as leaders? (Disability Action Plan)……Citizenship vs Consumerism.
It will be held on Tuesday 8 th November 2005.
To register your interest in attending please contact Tanya Askey on 03 9481 7154 or mailto:taskey@leadershipplus.com
Our Photographic Exhibition “Victorian Icons, People and Places” that promotes people with disabilities as leaders is currently showing at the Office of the Attorney-General at 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne,12 August – 9 September 2005 . October and November 2005 venues are yet to be confirmed. December 05 & January 06 will see it at Australia on Collins and Gasworks, and the exhibition will be touring venues across rural Victoria for the remainder of 2006.
Contact us 86 Herbert Street, Northcote VIC 3070. 03 9481 7154, mailto:taskey@leadershipplus.com
Our website http://www.leadershipplus.com/