pre-conference master classes

9:00am to 4:00pm

Matt Church will introduce you to the 9 essential skills you need to develop to give your presentations the modern day upgrade they require. Matt will completely unpack three of the essential skills of Animation: The use of deliberate movement, Engagement: Engaging the hearts and minds of your audience and Interaction: Increasing learning through audience participation. You will not be asked to present, but simply learn from the very well constructed, practical content, and the constant demonstration from this World Class Presenter, Matt Church.

Matt’s phenomenal ability to teach sets him apart from any other communication educator. He is the creator of the global Thought Leaders movement and is the coach behind some of the greatest speakers this country has produced. And now you can learn from him the secret skills to becoming a world class presenter.

9:00am to 4:00pm

Corporate Anthropologist Michael Henderson will draw on his vast experience of human cultures both traditional and organisational to present a fascinating and applicable master class on how to effectively lead and create an organisational culture worth belonging to, for staff and students!

Michael is acknowledged in his own field as a pioneer. His concepts and research are so innovative and ground breaking that his three books on the impact and benefits of mastering company culture and human values are best sellers.

Michael suggests a misaligned culture has significant outcomes including the fact it helps your competitors, delivers or denies the brand promise, jeopardizes your strategies, heavily influences staff and student moral and your ability to attract and retain talent, all of which influence your very sustainability

Gabrielle Rolan and Rishen Shekhar from WorldStar International will be exploring the three core inter-related elements essential for sustainable international student recruitment: admissions management, marketing services, and communications and brand management.

This Master Class will cover topics including market entry strategies, best practice agent management, gaining maximum conversions via admissions, and cross cultural communication. Featuring real life scenarios, participants will share their insights working in the international education arena. At the conclusion of this Workshop, participants will be able to take the knowledge they have gained and apply to their businesses to realise immediate results.

WorldStar International is an international education consultancy which specialises in providing expert and practical advice to institutions that are seeking to develop a long term sustainable international business model. With over 20 years of experience between them, Gabrielle and Rishen share an outstanding track record of international education and recruitment success.

Workshop # 4: Michael Gwyther and Heidi Bradburn

Trends in e-Learning Workshop

Michael Gwyther, Director e-Learning (yum productions pty ltd)  and Heidi Bradburn (eCHIDNA) will present a lively session exploring flexible delivery in VET.  Michael and Heidi are both mentors in ACPET's Victorian Govt e-Learning Mentor Program for RTOs.   They draw on a broad range of experiences mentoring and supporting RTOs with flexible delivery over the past 10 years.

Many RTOs feel pressure to go down the flexible delivery/eLearning road.  That road is strewn with successes and failures from which we draw some key lessons.  Getting the right approach for your RTO is critical to a strategic implementation.  Learn about the key considerations to balance:

• Our learners are changing
• What trends are current (Mobile, Informal Learning, Webinars,etc)
• Should we rethink and reshape our existing training design for flexible delivery
• Equipping trainers to meet the new challenges
• Applying new technologies and delivery strategies
• Measuring the benefits and opportunities
• Understanding the need for business planning and strategic buy in across the organisation
• Infrastructure required

You will  explore these themes through case study experiences from private training providers that cover the pitfalls as well as successes.  This workshop will explore how RTOs have reinvigorated their training provision through flexible learning.  You will explore these RTO case studies via a number of eLearning delivery strategies to give you insights on how these delivery strategies look and feel.  You will also see some sample e-learning applications/tools/websites, examine some simple tools to enable buy in and quick implementation and uncover people and resources - including ACPET - that can help you get into flexible delivery.

This session is specifically designed for decision makers who need to better understand flexible learning, its use and what is involved in implementation.