Embrace the Challenge

Kia ora and welcome to conference. Please sign in at the registration desk

Whakatau led by our Kaumaatua - Taki & Ratau Turner
Kapahaka - Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa
Welcome from Community Waikato Board Chair - Kim Holt
Introductions and House Keeping - Holly Snape
Health and Safety - Brooke Murphy

Mayor Paula Southgate – Mayor of Hamilton City Council welcomes participants to the CW 2022 conference

Nathan Wallis
Change your Brain, Change your Life

Neuroplasticity is one of the fastest-growing research areas and by far one of the most exciting. The last 150 years of practice has supported the belief that the chemistry of your brain dictates who you are. The reality is this is a much more dynamic process, and who you are in many ways dictates the chemistry of your brain. Nathan will share the principles of Neuroplasticity and how to apply this in everyday situations.

Join us in the foyer for morning tea

Dairne Burns - The Good Day Matrix
Row Your Own Waka
You can shift your focus and direction. You can control your speed. You can make a change and move forward. Don’t compare your start to someone else’s middle. It’s a long game. You set the pace. You’ll catch many unexpected crabs along the way that will wobble your waka. But, if you set the balance and keep your strokes strong and consistent, momentum will keep you moving in the direction you choose. Show up for yourself. Join us to learn some structures and fulfil your potential within them. We keep it simple and effective to ensure your wellness thrives, everyday and your waka is resilient through life’s ebbs and flows. You can, you should and if you start, you will.

Slay Way - Rainbow Hub Waikato
Embracing Diversity & Celebrating Inclusion

As we’ve witnessed the covid world change around us, we’ve adapted, shifted and evolved to ensure we can stay safe, support those around us and move forward together. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for acceptance, support and unity with the rainbow community. We are still surviving instead of thriving due to archaic belief systems and binary rules that hold us down. It’s time to face your fears, bias and uncomfortability, embrace the challenge and become the change. This workshop is going to give you the tools to be supportive, inclusive and understanding of the unique and diverse needs of the rainbow community. Are you ready to be inspired to create impactful, informed & inclusive change in your workplace & communities? Then join us to embrace diversity and celebrate inclusivity!

Roz Ryan - Online Marketing Group

Social Media Best Practices - How to Build a Winning Strategy

How organisations can use social media as an essential tool for driving community engagement and brand awareness. With so many different platforms and features, it can be hard to know where to focus your energy for the best results. To help make it easier, I will share how to build a successful social media strategy.

Lady Tureiti Moxon

The role of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in bringing about reformation and transformation in Aotearoa today.

Join us for lunch in the foyer

Facilitated by Karen Stockmann

Open space creates an opportunity for participants to connect, inspire and be inspired, challenge and be challenged and share and learn from one-another. Participants co-create the agenda forming opportunities for fluid and dynamic conversations that are connected through a shared interest in the topic.

Join us for afternoon tea in the foyer

Gary Thompson - Community Waikato
A journey of co-governance with Tangata Whenua

Does your organisation aspire to have a better relationship with tangata whenua?

In this keynote, Gary shares insights into work he is doing to support a national organisation to unpack what it is they aspire for, and what a better relationship might actually look like?

Led by Holly Snape

Join us for pre-dinner drinks at the Ferrybank Reception Centre

Join us for dinner at the Ferrybank Reception Centre, networking, and a celebration of Community Waikato’s 21st anniversary.

Guest Speaker: Bev Gatenby

Sign in at the regsitration desk for Day 2 of conference

Opening of Day 2, Housekeeping

Caelan Huntress
Playful Productivity

Playing games can empower us to get more out of our limited resources of time and energy. By strategically using games to improve attention and increase innovation, play can transform how we participate in working. Play changes your state, gives you the resilience needed to solve hard problems, and empowers you to do better work in good cheer. By alternating between deep and shallow work, you can prevent cognitive fatigue by increasing variety & novelty. Practicing how to succeed (and fail) with your team in low-stakes play will form deeper relationships that enable you to handle high-stakes difficulties together.

Join us in the foyer for morning tea

Jo Wrigley & Simon Gascoigne - GoEco
Climate Hope for Workplaces - rethinking emissions as operating practice in community settings

Go Eco: The Waikato Environment Centre operates across four workstreams; Biodiversity, Enterprise, Kai and Transport. We are partners and collaborators for the Climate Response Program and the Waikato Wellbeing Sustainability Goals. We will explore initiatives and behaviour changes for emissions reduction in community workplaces in this workshop. The session will delve into the everyday workplace conditions and habits we can change to reduce carbon emissions and establish everyday climate responses. Participants will be invited to collaborate and identify shared solutions that make sense for community-based organisations.

Interactionz
Engaging with Graphics - Introducing the Power of Visuals

Visuals are an important part of our everyday world. Research has shown that visuals increase engagement and can enhance understanding and recall of information. Visual thinking isn’t just limited to artists, but can be used by anyone to capture and organise information, present ideas and tell engaging stories. In this workshop you’ll get an introduction to visual thinking as we explore the science of visuals, and the basics of using graphics as a communication tool to increase your confidence and ability to use graphics in your day to day work. In today’s high tech, high information world, this workshop is about reducing the information overload and providing a low-tech solution to engaging, communicating, and reducing anxiety in the workplace.

Gary Thompson - Community Waikato
Building on Gary’s keynote speech, this workshop drills a little deeper into realities of being in a relationship with Tangata whenua. As with all good strategies, it’s the steps you take that get you to your aspirations for the future. So, the foundation for action and the first few steps will set the blueprint for success.

Sacha Coburn
Business Owner, Leadership consultant

Leading from the inside-out: Caring for yourself while you care for others
In this keynote Sacha Coburn shares her experience and wisdom to help you grow and develop high performing individuals and teams. In the not-for-profit space the imperative is even stronger to make sure that we are caring for ourselves so we can better care for others. Discover what makes you tick and recognise how you can set up for sustained success in both your personal and professional life. No nonsense, no woo-woo, just solid evidence based practical tips to help you move from surviving through the day to thriving. This keynote promises learning, laughs, and a healthy dose of challenge to get you thinking about how you lead yourself and others.

Join us in the foyer for lunch

Facilitated by Karen Stockmann

Open space creates an opportunity for participants to connect, inspire and be inspired, challenge and be challenged and share and learn from one-another. Participants co-create the agenda forming opportunities for fluid and dynamic conversations that are connected through a shared interest in the topic.

Led by Holly Snape

Led by Taki Turner

Thank you for attending our 2022 conference! This is an opportunity to make some final connections and say goodbye to friends before you leave to head home.