Making your Mark II. Building your Confidence to Lead

Thursday 27 April 2006

Thursday 27 April 2006

8.00am

4.15pm

Ramada Hotel- Shaw’s Bridge

£50

Conference

You've undergone the training and acquired the knowledge, now take the learning and apply it in a practical way.

Making Your Mark II builds on the phenomenal success of the event in November 2004.

It will help you to develop the personal confidence and skills necessary to provide effective leadership for your team and organisation. The conference will provide a bridge between formal learning and actual application. As before, it will seek to inspire and empower you to move to the next stage of further personal and professional development.

The conference begins with a networking breakfast and registration from 8.00am. The morning programme will commence at 9.30am and will feature inputs from keynote speakers with smaller, issue focused, workshop sessions in the afternoon.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The conference is specifically designed for participants in the NICVA Management Development Programme. It will be of benefit to anyone who has recently undertaken formal management development training and a limited number of places will be available to participants from outside the NICVA programme.

WHY ATTEND?
This conference will: build your confidence to lead in your organisation and the community; encourage you to make a difference regardless of your management level and give you the opportunity to network with other voluntary and community sector managers.

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Conference Brochure (115kb)

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

08.00 Registration, Breakfast, Networking

09.30 Welcome and Introductions

Keynote Addresses
09.45 Watt Nicoll: Meet the most interesting person in the world.

Positive attitude, willingness, ambition, and drive should take anyone to the highest peak of personal achievement. Watt Nicoll believes that these are all elements of success which arrive in abundance when you understand Pprpose and the power of one!

Relating his personal journey with humour and anecdotal reference to many of his clients, he will take us to the realisation that past experiences, good or bad, are merely historic points of reference and that the future is fuelled and stimulated by release of the person within - the NEW YOU!

10.45 Tea/Coffee

11.15 Angela Peacock: Becoming a phenomenal change leader.

Angela Peacock is an internationally experienced coach and speaker and has unique insight into what makes a great leader of change. She has coached executives and CEOs in the voluntary and private sector, working with organisations for which change is vital for continued success. Angela will explore key leadership issues around the difference between change that succeeds and change that fails. What she reveals may surprise you. It will most certainly challenge you.

12.00 Lunch

13.30 - 15.45 Workshop Sessions

16.00 - 16.15 Closing Plenary

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

WATT NICOLL
Watt has worked with some of the major achievers in the world including those as diverse as Sir Chris Bonnington of Everest fame, Billy Connolly and footballers Beckham and Rooney. A visiting lecturer at Heriot Watt University and a director of the Institute of Enterprise, Watt is described in America as 'The Guru of Personal Reinvention' but prefers to be known as 'The Difference Maker'. He recently presented Personal Development with Ronan Kelly and is a regular broadcaster all over the world. He likes humour, has reinvented himself many times and loves a challenge, all of which is evident in his sessions which are often described as life changing 'verbal fireworks'.

ANGELA PEACOCK
Angela believes passionately that a secure organisation is built upon secure foundations - its people. By developing people and helping them to recognise and unlock their innate strengths, individuals and organisations can embrace change and adopt a positive, forward-looking culture. Angela mentors and coaches leaders, at a strategic level, to develop an appetite for change and to manage that change through superb communication and people skills. Going 'where angels fear to tread' Angela challenges the status quo with her brand of 'reality management', developing high performing teams.

BILLY DIXON
Billy is the chief executive of Propeller and works as a personal and corporate image consultant. He works extensively in the political, corporate and media arenas as well as guiding numerous individuals through his personal development programmes. His provocative and entertaining presentations draw on the extensive experience he has gained working internationally.

ANNE FEGAN
Anne is an independent consultant and certified trainer in Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats and CoRT Thinking Skills Programme. She has presented both public and inhouse programmes in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland. Anne has spoken on constructive and creative thinking at conferences and recently was a visiting lecturer in Serious Creativity in Dublin City University.

PAULA WEIR
Paula is originally from County Westmeath and is a solutions partner with Franklin Covey in Dublin. The company is a global leader in effectiveness training, productivity tools and assessment services for individuals, teams and organisations. The company has 39 offices in 95 countries and works with 90% of the Fortune 100 businesses.

BOOKING DETAILS
The fee to attend the conference is £50 per delegate.

The number of places available is limited to 200. Bookings will be processed in order of receipt. Delegates who book a place and do not attend will forfeit the £50 fee. Cancellations can be accepted up to 14 days prior to the conference and substitutions may be made up to seven days before the event.

Please complete the Registration Form (115Kb) and return it to:

NICVA Management. Development Conference, c/o Creative Events (NI) Ltd, 1 Dublin Road, Belfast BT2 7HB.

All bookings must be accompanied by a cheque in the amount of £50 made payable to NICVA. It is not possible to accept bookings by fax, telephone or email.

No bookings can be accepted/confirmed without payment. If you have any queries please contact Sandra Bailie or 028 9087 7777

The Conference Brochure (115kb) also contains the conference programme and workshops available.