CALL FOR SPEAKERS - TRAINING CONFERENCE '08

The Executive Committee of the NZ Federation of Disability Information Centres is seeking applications from people wishing to present a session at its National Training Conference, “Going For Gold”. This event is to be held in Queenstown, 12-13 May 2008.
The theme is based on the concept “not-for-profit, not-for-loss”. Many disability information provider organisations experience difficulties with budgeting, cash flow, finding funding for promotion and marketing, obtaining and retaining staff at voluntary sector wage rates, coping with the ever increasing costs of compliance etc. We are seeking speakers who can provide delegates with good practical advice and tools, that they can take away and use, to improve their organisational and personal development.
Topic ideas could include but are not limited to:
· Making a splash without much cash – cheap and cheerful promotional ideas
· Panning for organisational gold – Getting the best out of staff.
· Golden opportunities – Grants, sponsorship and other fundraising.
· Don’t fossick with me! – Looking after your intellectual property – it could be worth gold!
· May I see your Miner’s license? – Managing compliance with regulations that bind us.
Delegates include people working at service level, management level and governance level and we aim to have a good mix of sessions to cater for their particular needs and interests.
Speakers at our events receive a free registration for the whole two day conference. Due to funding restraints we can’t provide accommodation or travel. However this is a great opportunity to both raise your profile as well as assist others to benefit from the work you are doing (and to stop the “reinventing of the wheel” that so many of us in the sector waste so much time doing!)
The Executive Committee reserves the right to decline any topics that it feels are not in keeping with the conference theme. Where speakers submit similar topics the Executive Committee reserves the right to choose one or decline both. However, speakers who are not accepted in a particular year may apply again in the following year.

If you are interested please send us an email with your topic title/s, a 50 word summary and a 50 word bio before Friday 30th November 2007.

Email to: Sallyjane