Program Summary:

Choosing Well-Being

A mental health and wellbeing conference like no other!

Venue:                         
Mantra Twin Towns Gold Coast Australia.

Dates:                          
Friday 4th October 2024 – Sunday 6th October 2024.

Overview:                    
This 3 day conference will explore Choosing Well-Being from a range of perspectives. Whether you are new to Choice Theory, or have been working with Dr Glasser’s frameworks for years, this conference will create a space for you to increase your knowledge and skills to improve your mental health and wellbeing, both personally and professionally. Delegates can elect to attend the entire conference or select specific days that suit them. Everyone is welcome.

Accommodation:         
Registration fees do not include accommodation. You are welcome to book at Mantra Twin Towns or elsewhere.

2024 Conference Program

Day 1         FRIDAY 4th OCTOBER 2024  –  CONNECT with COMPASSION WORKSHOP

8:15~8:45

Visions Room

Day 1: Connect with Compassion – Workshop registration

8:45~9:00

Visions Room

Welcome

9:00 ~ 10:00

Visions Room

Keynote presentation – Assoc. Prof. James Kirby

Choose Compassion

10:00~10:30

Visions Room

Deep dive – Assoc. Prof. James Kirby

In a question and answer format, Associate Professor James Kirby will dive further into the topic of his keynote.

10:30~12:30

Visions Room

Day 1 workshop part 1 Connect with Compassion: Let’s do it together!

In this workshop delegates will learn the benefits of:

·       Understanding our common humanity

·       Creating connected and caring relationships

·       Choosing more effective behaviour choices to improve the well-being of self and others and,

·       Working together to create a more connected world where all people feel they belong and are cared for.

We know that millions of people around the world are living under threat, loneliness, anxiety, and depression. But we also know that thanks to decades of scientific research, we have the capacity to meet the challenge of creating a more compassionate world through connected and caring relationships.

Current research in neuroscience reveals how our brains are hardwired to respond to caring relationships with ourselves and others – it improves our physical and mental wellbeing. The science shows that with compassion we become less lonely, less depressed, less anxious, become more and more open, more social, more connected, more compassionate, provides meaning in our lives and we can become healthier! Compassion is our superpower!

 Facilitators: Susan Fleming, Sue Berry and Maureen Sansom

12:30~1:30   

  Visions Room

Lunch for workshop attendees

1:30~ 3:30

Visions Room

Day 1 workshop part 2 Connect with Compassion: Let’s do it together!

3:30 ~ 4:00         

Break

4:00~6:00

Visions Room

Day 2 & 3 conference registration

6:00~ 8:00

Visions Room

Meet and greet cocktail function 

 

 

 

 

Day 2    SATURDAY 5th October 2024 – CHOOSING WELL-BEING CONFERENCE

8:30~8:45

River Room

Official welcome

8:45~9:45

 

River Room

Keynote presentation -Professor Zoltan Sarnyai

Climate Change & Mental Health

9:45~10:00

 

River Room

Deep dive – Professor Zoltan Sarnyai

In a question and answer format, Professor Zoltan Sarnyai will dive deeper into the topic of his keynote

10:00~10:30

 

Reception Area

Morning tea

10:30~12:00

 

River Room

Workshop 1

 

Bay Room

Workshop 2

 

Border Room

Workshop 3

 

Wharf Room

Workshop 4

 

 

When you have a problem, it is not what you are looking at, but what you are looking through.

 

 

Happiness and Mental Health: A comprehensive Choice Theory program for schools

When the Help is You: Introducing the remission index

Let’s Talk about Post Certification Opportunities!

 

Judy Hatswell

Ivan Honey

Bradley Smith

Sue Berry

12:00~1:00

 

Reception Area

Lunch 

1:00~2:00

 

River Room

Keynote presentation – Cathy O’Toole & Meredith Wenta

7 Ways to Wellbeing for the Townsville Education Sector

2:00~2:15

 

River Room

Deep dive – Cathy O’Toole & Meredith Wenta

In a question and answer format Cathy O’Toole and Meredith Wenta will dive deeper into the topic of their keynote

2:15~3:15

 

River Room

Workshop 5

 

BAY ROOM

Workshop 6

 

BORDER ROOM Workshop 7

 

WHARF ROOM Workshop 8

 

 

 

Professional Development in the High-Performance Culture of a Glasser Quality School

 

 

 

TBA  

WDEP and beyond: A practical approach for leaders in any field

An Invitation to Co-Construct learning: ‘Choosing to Connect Cards’

 

Gwen Sands

TBA

Jeff Steedman

Deb Cox & Sylvia Habel

3:15~3:45

 

Reception Area

Afternoon Tea

3:45 ~ 4:15

 

River Room

Glasser Australia Annual General Meeting (AGM). All members welcome

4:15 ~ 6:45

Break

6:45~10:30

Horizons Room

Conference Dinner

Day 3    SUNDAY 6th October 2024 – CHOOSING WELL-BEING CONFERENCE

8:30~8:45

River Room

Welcome

8:45~9:45

 

River Room

Keynote presentation – Kari Sutton

Choosing well-being in an ever-changing world

9:45~10:00

 

River Room

Deep dive – Kari Sutton

In a question and answer format, Kari Sutton will dive deeper into the topic of her keynote.

10:00~11:00

 

River Room

Keynote presentation – Vanessa Stokes

Inspire, Believe, Achieve

11:00~11:15

 

River Room

Deep dive – Vanessa Stokes

In a question and answer format, Vanessa Stokes will dive deeper into the topic of her keynote.

11:15~11:45

 

Reception area

Morning Tea 

11:45~1:15

 

River Room

 Workshop 9

 

Bay Room

Workshop 10

 

Border Room

Workshop 11

 

Wharf Room

Workshop 12

 

 

 

 

Well-Being, Choice Theory and the Salutogenic Approach

 

 

Choice Theory: The journey of a lifetime

Black Doll Role Models

Unlock Your Potential: Moving from stuck to growth

 

Mary-Ellen Davis

Garry Garnaut

Vanessa Stokes

Bec Lane

1:15~2:00

 

Reception Area

Lunch

2:00~3:00

 

River Room

Keynote presentation – Rob Stones

Well-being in Practice: The Lessons of the Ventura School Applied

3:00~3:15

 

River Room

Deep dive – Rob Stones

In a question and answer format Rob Stones will dive deeper into the topic of his keynote.

3:15~3:30

 

Reception Area

Afternoon tea 

3:30~4:30

 

River Room

 Workshop 13

 

Bay Room

Workshop 14

 

Border Room

Workshop15

 

Wharf Room

Workshop 16

 

 

 

 

Adverse Childhood Experiences in a VUCA World

 

 

 

 

Becoming a Glasser Quality School (GQS) need not be a difficult process

Use Your Brain (UYB) Project

Community Connecting Community: Let’s do it together!

 

Sarah Rudling

Christine Duffield

David Hyatt

Maureen Sansom

4:30~4:45

River Room

Conference close

 

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