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Events for Friday November 20th, 2009
"Transforming Careers, Unleashing Potential" International Conference, Wellington
- 19/11/2009
- 21/11/2009
- To be advised
- careers@avenues.co.nz
- Lynn Gillespie
Further information on the dedicated Conference website www.avenues.co.nz/careers/index.html
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Jim Bright (BA, PhD, FAPS)
Jim is a recognised expert in career development, performance and creative strategies for individuals and organisations. He has an honours degree and PhD in Psychology and is a registered psychologist. His research has been published in eight languages, included in leading text books, and he has presented by invitation around the world.
Jim is a dynamic and entertaining keynote speaker who can skilfully combine evidence-based psychological insights into human behaviour with music and movies to convey a serious message in a fun way. He has run a thriving practice for over ten years, Bright and Associates, working with many leading organisations around the world and providing executive coaching and career transition services. Jim?s clients have included many of the leading organisations in Australia: BHP, Lend Lease, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, AMP Financial Capital, Chandler Macleod, Departments of Defence, Education, Commerce, Audit Office, Ombudsman?s Office and Finametrica.
Jim has recently collaborated with jazz virtuoso and internationally acclaimed musician James Morrison. They have developed an entertaining and informative presentation on creativity and personal performance called Beyond Personal Mastery® and a similar offering for corporates called Beyond Corporate Mastery®.
Jim is active in Australian media sharing his knowledge through a weekly column and feature articles for the Sydney Morning Herald, on various commercial radio stations and has appeared regularly on Channel 10 presenting career slots, and as a guest on the ABC, Channel 7 and Channel 9.
Jim was born in the United Kingdom, and is based in Sydney, Australia, but travels the world giving presentations and consulting. He is married to Karen, a careers counsellor and author of Getting a brilliant job: the student's guide and Land that job in Australia: the skilled migrants guide and has two young sons.
Bright & Associates website
a brief video about Jim's background and an overview of the topics he
will cover in his keynote presentation (please note that to access the
video you will be asked to register your name and details).
Lynne Bezanson and Sareena Hopkins
Lynne
(on right in photo) and Sareena (left in photo) are Co-Executive
Directors of the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF). CCDF is
a project-based non-profit organisation whose mission is to strengthen
access to quality career services for Canadians of all ages. Both Lynne
and Sareena are career counsellors, adult educators, researchers and
program developers and both are deeply committed to what they do.
CCDF has been a strong contributor to establishing the International
Career Development and Public Policy Symposia movement. Canada hosted
three Symposia including the inaugural symposia. The Symposia movement
has been a key mechanism for keeping the findings of the OECD 55
country study on career guidance policies on the policy agendas of many
countries. Lynne is on the Board of the International Centre for Career
Development and Public Policy. Sareena is President of the Career
Development Chapter of the Canadian Counselling Association.
In Canada, CCDF was a driving force behind the articulation of
competency standards for practice in career development. Since then,
other countries have followed suit and internationally, the IAEVG has
published its own international competency framework. CCDF has
developed and delivered a wide range of innovative training programs
based on these competencies.
CCDF chairs the Canadian Research Working Group on Evidence Based
Practice in Career Development, a unique pan-Canadian collaboration
among six francophone and anglophone universities. Their current
research project is testing the impact of career development programs
on worker retention and satisfaction. Members of the CRWG are also
active international "evidence-base" research partners.
Recently, CCDF completed a research paper on the construct of
resilience and its application to career development. Based on this
research, CCDF developed a curriculum for senior secondary students
focused on strategies to build "career resilience". Within a year of
writing the paper and curriculum, both Lynne and Sareena faced events
in their lives that called on and challenged their own resilience. In
their respective journeys, they have learned a great deal about what it
means to be resilient. They are convinced these lessons apply not only
to thriving in our lives - but thriving in our careers. They believe
strongly that there are promising applications for career development
practice and their keynote will combine a review of the research, their
own stories, the lessons they've learned and their application to
careers guidance.