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Register your interest in attending today! Click here . Is it time to reboot your family farming operations? If your grazing or farming family business needs an injection of new information and skills to become more climate resilient, the Farming Family Reboot in Armidale this April could be just the ticket. The SQNNSW Innovation Hub’s Armidale Node Manager, Lu Hogan, from the University of New England’s SMART Region Incubator, said the free three-day event was a chance for members of farming families and businesses to improve their critical decision making and teamwork skills. “When you are part of a family-run livestock, cropping or mixed enterprise, ...

MLA developed this Training Package to assist MLA Co-innovation managers to succeed in their roles. However, the content is applicable to managing any project! Co-Innovation Managers are responsible for organisational project management and for reporting to MLA. They need a framework to manage risks, people and outcomes along the path to successfully completing the project. Access the training package on MLA's website Learning objectives: At completion of this module, you will be able to: Explain why good project management is essential for the co-innovation program List ...

It's mental health month - and we want to hear what makes you happy! We all know that landcare activities, from planting to regeneration, are beneficial to our mood and emotions 🌱 Funded through the Landcare-Led Bushfire Recovery Grants, the 2022 University of Melbourne x Federation University "The overwhelm of black and the joy of green" Study saw these submissions prizing the social and mental wellbeing benefits of landcare activities: " Health-wise it’s amazing because you’re active and keeping your mind active. It’s essential that - as you grow older your mind tends to get a bit stale, so keeping information coming into you, new ...

For anyone who is in a position where you find yourself leading, holding space or facilitating meetings, discussions and collaborations, I highly recommend this training. Art of Hosting training M onday 31 October to Wednesday 2nd November 2022. The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter, also known as Participatory Leadership, offers simple and powerful participatory practices, patterns and processes to build personal leadership and host generative conversations. These approaches have been used effectively in diverse contexts worldwide to harness collective wisdom, encourage compassionate leadership, ...

The old ambassador hotel, now a residential apartment complex, is one of the options for housing if you cannot afford to buy a house in Melbourne’s growing urban sprawl. As such, the life-gate church has been working with local residents alongside other community organisations, such as a rec-link program providing ongoing opportunities for community members. Many individuals have known personally for a long time that gardening provides substantial human health benefits of which contemporary peer-reviewed scientific papers* seem to support. A number of residents have taken it upon themselves to work with the small plots of land on site and rejuvenate some ...