Posts tagged "conference"
TalentNZ at the NZ Community Boards Conference

TalentNZ at the NZ Community Boards Conference

Last week we ran two TalentNZ sessions at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in the Bay of Islands (15 and 16 May 2020). The theme of the Conference was ‘Influencing Change’, and it brought together local community board members, mayors, councillors, council staff and other persons interested in making a difference in their communities from throughout the...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 6 out Today!

TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 6 out Today!

In this issue we discuss the launch of the TalentNZ sessions we are running at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in May and the World Futures Societies Conference In July. We also discuss our upcoming TalentNZ work, including work contributing to our upcoming journal TalentNZ: Grow talent edition website and our search for individuals to interview for the...
Government Economics Network (GEN) Conference 2014

Government Economics Network (GEN) Conference 2020

On 5 November, Te Papa is hosting the Government Economics Network (GEN) Annual Conference for 2020. The conference will look at a range of policy areas and review how modern economic analysis methods could be used in these areas. Kim Hill from RadioNZ is due to facilitate, including chairing a panel/Q&A discussion for each session....
A Living Wage for New Zealand

A Living Wage for New Zealand

You may have heard talk in the media recently about a ‘living wage’. The campaign was launched by Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand (LWANZ), which unites a wide range of organisations who support the living wage. I spent two days at LWANZ’s Precarious Work and The Living Wage in our Communities symposium last week, which...

2 government initiatives

On Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 June the GOVIS conference is being held. This event will bring together over 200 Government leaders and IT staff to discuss disaster response and recovery lessons, technology developments and managing, protecting government information along with a range of other current issues. To find out more click here. Then on...

Reform in Paradise II

A reminder for those of you interested in environmental reform – EDS is holding a second Reform in Paradise conference in June. Speakers so far include: Hon John Key, Prime Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment Hon Christopher Finlayson, Minister for Treaty Negotiations and Attorney-General Metiria Turei, Co-leader, Green Party of Aotearoa...

World Futures Conference 2020

Another fantastic conference, and many lessons learnt. I will be writing more specific entries about the conference soon, but until then, slides from my presentation at the Professional Members’ Forum on Monday are available here. I was also able to film a number of interviews with other speakers at the conference, as I did last...