Conference Program
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8:45 am: Log In, Arrivals and Technology Housekeeping
Jump online, make sure your technology is all set up and sit back while we count down to the welcoming!
9am: Conference Opens, Welcome and Setting the Scene by the State Commissioner
Welcome! Hear from our State Commissioner who will reflect on where we have been in 2022 and where we are headed in 2023. Emily will highlight key challenges and opportunities as we re-engage and re-energise our focus on our Mission, celebrating the achievements of last year and looking towards 2023.
9:30am State Leads Overview and Updates
Hear from our Outdoor Lead, Young Women Lead, Inclusion Lead, and Sustainability Lead as they showcase key projects, provide updates on several initiatives and share about exciting new things! Learn more about the focus on getting girls outdoors and connecting with our green spaces, the plan to empower more Young Women in their step up to decision-making roles and encourage more Young Women to volunteer with Girl Guides. Discover the ways sustainability is charting a course to help everyone in Guiding make choices for a better world, and the plans to equip our Members (you!) with more tools in their toolkit to manage their mental health and create more inclusive spaces.
10am Guide House Updates and key projects overview
Hear from our new CEO who will share updates on key projects that touch your role and our Member experience in 2023, including the financial transformation efforts and digital strategy. Carol will introduce some new changes in Guide House, including welcoming new staff faces and explaining a little more about staff services to Members and how Guide House works.
10:45am Morning Tea
Grab a cuppa and a bickie!
11am Region Refresh and focus for 2023 and beyond
We began a journey in 2021 to review our Guiding management structure and ensure it is set up for success to enable Guiding to achieve its goals. This has brought a number of positive changes including improving processes. Hear more about where we are headed and what this means for you!
11:15am Quality Framework
Discover a new tool rolling out in 2023 to help us all collectively speak the same language, and focus our approach on Quality Guiding. Quality Guiding is so much more than the AGP! It is a jigsaw of different items, which weave together to create a healthy, thriving and vibrant District. This includes how to support Leaders, and uplift our strong Guiding brand. What does good look like and how can we enable greater support from Regions and the SGGO to help local groups flourish? This session will cover off the tool/checklist, the implementation plan, and the feedback loop as we navigate forward.
11:45am The Guiding Calendar
The Guiding Calendar (or SGGO Calendar) overviews Events and Courses. A new approach is being taken in 2023 to highlight all the wonderful opportunities available across NSW, ACT & NT. Come and hear more about it from our Engagement Lead and what it means for you and your Guiding experience and the exciting opportunities to get involved!
12pm Breakout 1
Pick Your Own Adventure with this showcase of different breakout sessions! More details to come!
12:30pm-1pm Lunch
1pm: DNA Dynamite: our values
Girl Guides is a values-based organisation. The Promise and Law is the centrestone of Girl Guiding and a Guiding light to us all and something we cherish as Members of Girl Guides. But there are many other people who volunteer, work, or otherwise support Girl Guiding who do not make their Promise. Learn about how we will bridge this gap and bring our entire community together in a conversation about our culture and our DNA.
1:15pm Breakout 2: Culture Consultation
This breakout will be a facilitated small groups workshop where consultations will be undertaken to discover more about what you care about, what you think our organisational values should reflect, and ways we can collectively better put into practice the intent of the Promise and Law. Add your voice to this important conversation!
1:45pm Breakout 3
Pick Your Own Adventure with this showcase of different breakout sessions! More details to come!
2:30pm Afternoon Tea
Quick snack and a Guiding flashback
2:45pm Child Safe Child Friendly key update
Jo Muller, Girl Guides Australia Child Safe Child Friendly Assistant Lead and key architect of CSCF shares on progress made and plans to strengthen our child safe child friendly community.
2:55pm National Initiatives update
Learn about upcoming changes and initiatives affecting all of Girl Guiding in Australia. This includes changes to how Adult Learning & Development (‘training’) is being delivered, the Queen’s Guide Award, the Girl Recognition System refresh, and more!
3:15pm Jamboree 2023
Celebrating Jamboree 2023 in Ballarat and looking at how we can maintain momentum to prepare even more girls for future large-scale outdoor events and Jamborees!
3:30pm Reflections, Review and Recognition
A chance to reflect on the day and express gratitude for everyone’s participation.
4pm Close of Conference
We will close out the conference and send you all on your way!