Tasmanias Voice of Leadership Program

UTAS & the Festival of Voices are excited to

present Entrepreneurship & Innovation
A world class professional development unit providing participants with a one-off chance to meet and connect with Tasmanias tier one leaders: to experience, be challenged by, share, interact and reflect about high level leadership, management and entrepreneurship.

University of Tasmania Stanley Burbury Theatre May 18th 19th 2013 Contact: Paul Kooperman
(University Centre on the map)

Tasmanias Voice of Leadership Program

Tasmania's tier one and next generation of leaders come together for a weekend of professional development

Saturday
9:00am 9:30am 10:00am Group choir exercise: Jane Christie-Johnston Keynote speaker: Lord Mayor Damon Thomas Where does leadership start, whether youre starting a company, football team, project or idea, how does one take the first step? 10:45am 11:15am Peter Choraziak (Red Jelly) Magdalena Lane (Creative Partnerships Australia) Andrew Dickinson (Tasmanian Creative Industries Council) Nicholas Heyward (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)

Morning tea Challenge 1- consider and articulate: what type of leaders you are, what contribution you can make, how you could collectively work together; share in small groups; report back findings Lunch Client Management everyones a client and every partner, sponsor, Board member, team or staff member or volunteer is a valued customer, so what does this mean in regard to leadership? Polly Venning (CEO Tasmania) Peta Heffernan (Liminal Spaces) Ben Targett (Destination Southern Tasmania) Daniel Hanna (Federal Group)

12:30pm 1:15pm

2:15pm

Big Picture, Small Picture the vision versus the detail; whats more important and how do you ensure alignment? Bill Aronson (Scala Institute) Charles Parkinson (Tasmanian Theatre Company) Graeme Gherashe (Australia Council for the Arts)

3:00pm 3:15pm

Afternoon tea Challenge 2 youre running a music gig at a local pub and want to attract a large local audience: what team do you need? What does everyone do? Work in small groups to develop a plan. National Perspective on leadership Graeme Gherashe Summary of the day - Paul Kooperman End of day

4:30pm 4:45pm 4:45pm

Sunday
9:00am Succession planning - who can you trust to take on high level tasks, lead others, assist you and/or replace you? 10:00am 10:15am Graeme Gherashe (Australia Council for the Arts) Rosemary Miller (Salamanca Arts Centre) Ross Honeywill (Centre for Gender Equity) Jane Longhurst (Theatre Council of Tasmania)

Keynote speaker: Bob Brown Leadership in the media how does leadership work within a media company and what impact does it have on the community? Damon Wise (Southern Cross) Jocelyn Nettlefold (ABC) Andrew Holman (The Mercury)

11:00am

Challenge Three develop a publicity stunt and PR strategy for the opening of a new George Clooney/Angelina Jolie blockbuster, all shot in Tasmania; work in groups and report back Lunch Delegation & Delivery - how do you delegate without dictating, empower staff and still get what you need from them: excite them with your vision whilst asking them to do simple tasks? Anna Reynolds (Greens Candidate for Denison) Catherine Viney (Cosmos) Chris Gallagher (Tasmanian Writers Centre) Kylie Eastley (Tasmanian Regional Arts)

12:15pm 1:00pm

2:00pm

Leadership in festivals how does it work, how is it different to other forms of leadership, how can it all go wrong and what is the impact or outcome for audiences and consumers? Kris Stewart (Festival of Voices) Leigh Carmichael (Dark Mofo) Jen Cramer (Ten Days on the Island)

2:45pm 3:00pm

Afternoon tea Challenge 4 - The festival is running a Christmas in July in North Hobart what types of events do we include, what elements are required, how do we resource them and deliver them and how do we get more people out of their homes in the cold heart of winter Participant Feedback: three participants will talk on their experiences of the weekend Next steps: Paul Kooperman Summary of day: Colin Jones

4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm