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TAFISA Certified Leadership course

Monash University Peninsula Campus, Melbourne, Australia
Healthy Active Communities

Program

  DAY 1: MONDAY 6 APRIL 2009
 8.15 am Registrations
 9 am Welcome – Brian Dixon, Treasurer TAFISA and Founder “Life Be In It”
Program outline – Martin Doulton, Director Monash Sport
 9.15 am Ingredients of healthy active communities - Professor Brian Oldenburg, Chair, International Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
 10 am Politics and sport - Wolfgang Baumann, General Secretary, TAFISA 
 10.30 am            Morning Tea
 10.50 am Syndicate work
 12 noon Report back
 12.30 pm Leave for lunch at a Mornington Peninsula Winery
 2.45 pm Session at the venue: 'The contribution of tourism to healthy active [sustainable] communities'
Professor Better Weiler, Director Tourism Research Unit, Monash University
 3.30 pm Bus returns to campus and then hotel
 7 pm Optional informal dinner at local restaurant

  DAY 2: TUESDAY 7 APRIL 2009
 9 am Welcome to Day 2 and summary - Martin Doulton
 9.05 am

Lessons for communities from the Wellbeing Index
Professor Robert Cummins, Chair, School of Psychology, Deakin University
 9.50 am Case study: Active Launceston
Lucy Marshall, Active Launceston Project Manager
 10.30 am Morning tea
 10.45 am

Workshop: Talent ID
 12.30 pm Light lunch on campus
 1.15 pm Bus leaves for Hastings
 2 pm Case study: Pelican Park Recreation Centre Michael Scully, Team Leader, Sport and Leisure, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council 
(includes afternoon tea)
 4.30 pm Bus arrives back at campus and then hotel
 Evening No organised activities

 DAY 3: WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2009
 9 am Welcome to Day 3 and summary - Martin Doulton
 9.45 am

Engaging diverse groups in sport and physical activity
Associate Professor Ben Smith, Health Science, Monash University
 10.30 am Morning tea
 10.45 am Social marketing for increased activity
Dr Colin Benjamin, CEO, The Psychology and Counselling Federation of   Australia (PACFA)
 11.30 am Syndicate work
 12.30 pm Light lunch
 1.15 pm

Plannning community initiatives for active schools
Dr Justen O'Connor, Sport and Outdoor Recreation, Monash University

Getting the right mix: business planning, marketing and fundraising
Brian Dixon, TAFISA
 2.30 pm Syndicate work
 5 pm Close
 6 pm Pre-dinner drinks at dinner venue
 6.30 pm Official conference dinner (venue to be confirmed)
DAY 4: THURSDAY 9 APRIL
 9 am Welcome to Day 4 and summary - Martin Doulton
 9.10 am Syndicate presentations (chaired by Brian Dixon)
 10.30 am Syndicate presentations continued
 12 noon Presentation of TAFISA certificates and close
 12.15 pm Light lunch available before departure

 
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