Australian Student Leadership Association

The Performance Engineer, Blake Beattie, is a dynamic, world-class speaker, author & consultant who has worked in Australia, Canada, USA, New Zealand and Singapore and is one of Australia’s leading, in-demand Master of Ceremonies.

Blake was recognised as one of the next generation leaders of Australia after being awarded the Summit Leadership Award by QLD Premier Anna Bligh at Parliament House. He is a director of Inspire Consulting, the Vice Chairperson of the Life Changing Experiences Foundation and is the President of the National Speakers Association of Australia (NSW). Blake also founded International Pay it Forward Day which has seen over 250,000 random acts of kindness in more than 28 countries with 16 state and city proclamations.

Motivation doesn’t last, but habits do. So, how do you construct winning work habits that create momentum? Blueprint for Success will show you how and is designed to give you the very best strategies to succeed in all aspects of work and life. You will learn an easy way to gain clarity on what you want and a foolproof system that will take you there. Success has 3 crucial ingredients: Doing things right; doing the right things and completing tasks at the right time. Without clear focus and direction, you will not produce the kind of results with which you are capable. Blueprint for Success is the ultimate, next generation achievement program that will fast track your success. Imagine reaching each goal you set on time, every time. Imagine no more……

Ronni was born and schooled in South Africa. She went to university in Israel where she received a BA in Fine Arts. She lived on a Kibbutz for 12 years moving to the city of Haifa before emigrating to Australia in 1988 with her family.  

Ronni has been in the event industry for 20 years, most recently running her own company Ronni Kahn Event Designs (RKED).  Ronni has recently been awarded the Australian of the Year Local Hero 2010 in the Australian of the Year Awards 2010.

OzHarvest began when Ronni Kahn, founding director, decided that she was not prepared to be part of the waste cycle that is a natural outcome of the hospitality industry. Being a part of this industry for over 20 years she had seen a lot of food wasted. So she spent time researching options for dealing with the excess food. There was no organisation in Sydney that could collect the food on a regular and professional basis so Ronni decided to set up a food rescue charity herself.

Backed by The Macquarie Group Foundation which provided funds and Goodman International which provided a van and office space, OzHarvest was established and collected its first meal in November 2004.
Since then, we have now delivered over 5 1/2 million meals to people in need.

David is CEO of the DMW Group a leading regional recruitment and human resources consultancy firm. David established the company in 1982, having previously worked with the then BHP, Coopers and Lybrand WD Scott and Alcoa of Australia. He was awarded the first Doctor of Business Administration through the University of Wollongong. His research and professional interests lie in the identification of leadership capabilities prior to the recruitment, selection and development of individuals for leadership roles. He keenly shares his passion around ‘demystifying’ this thing called leadership.
 
He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Human Resources, a Member of the Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the University of Wollongong and a Life Member of Apex. He was awarded an Order of Merit from the NSW Olympic Council.

The presentation is focused on understanding what it is you want leadership to do and will provide an individual with the opportunity to determine their most appropriate leadership capabilities. Dr Williams will present some of his findings from his research around the identification of leadership capabilities and demonstrate how this process can assist individuals and organisations get the best from leadership.

She's not yet out of university but Carly Garard already runs two companies with offices in Australia and China. The 22-year-old University of Wollongong student is one of the few young women to have made their mark in the construction industry.

Raised in Alice Springs in a single-parent family, her mother died from cancer when she was just 12 years old. She spent the rest of her childhood with her maternal grandparents in Liverpool. But at 18, when she received an inheritance from her mother, her sharp business mind came into play. Pointed in the right direction by an uncle who worked in construction, Ms Garard invested $250,000 in a tower crane and set up the company Deedy, named after her mum, Denise.

This presentation introduces a relatively recent area of psychology known as ‘positive psychology’. Positive psychology looks at rebalancing the emphasis of psychology from ‘what is wrong’ to ‘what is right’ – i.e. looking at individual and organisational strengths, rather than weaknesses.

The mantra of positive psychology can be applied to many different fields, including health, education and leadership. The current presentation focuses on using positive psychology strategies in leadership to help organisations flourish and/or succeed. The presentation also looks at how we can live a positively deviant lifestyle and examines different ways we can improve wellbeing and positive emotion in our own lives.   

During this workshop, participants will explore the possibility of transferring skills learnt in ‘game play’ into everyday conflict resolution situations. This innovative ‘games-centred’ approach uses the four ways of ‘Doing Battle’ outlined in The Art of War- Sun Tzu (500BC) to overcome adversity, negotiate conflict and influence others. This is a physically active workshop and participants will need to wear closed shoes and a shirt (No thongs or singlets).

It also examines the moral decision making dilemmas faced by leaders and individuals when in physiological states of duress. This workshop examines the steps needed to be taken to overcome these states in order to be an effective and influential leader.

1egg1world is a unique fundraising initiative like no other. CJ and Finchy, along with their friend Josh, decided to adopt the age old art of up-trading in order to turn something as small as an egg into $1 million for charity.
 
The boys were house-mates whilst studying Architecture at uni and turned to their chickens for inspiration on how to make a difference in this world. They hoped that the 1egg1world project would show people that you don’t need to have much in order to make a difference.
 
The boys are planning to launch 1egg1world as a global project, raising money so that they can begin their own sustainable projects that will deal with issues in a holistic approach. They want these projects to be conscious of health, poverty and environmental issues.

In this presentation Sabine will talk about her journey so far and the way she has managed the different array of roles and tasks in the last few years. According to Sabine, two of the key elements of succeeding in the things you want is by learning how to be very organised as well as using reflection to see what is really important in your life. In this workshop, we will look at what is important to you and ways of being organised so you can achieve these goals.

In today’s fast paced world we’re constantly striving for more. Today we’ll explore if it really is possible to have it all and what role happiness plays in that plan!

 We’ll be exploring what work life balance is and the role that happiness and other emotions play in achieving work life balance. We’ll also explore what happiness is and what happiness means to you. We’ll look at some of the new research in the field of positive psychology (the science of happiness) and how we can apply it to our own lives to define and achieve what we want.

This presentation is going to focus on our personal experiences with World Youth, and how our involvement has taught us to empower ourselves through collective action and community-based initiatives. We are both extremely passionate about community development, and we want to talk about World Youth’s role in empowering individuals and communities through education, opportunity and awareness. We want to follow a general theme of using the power within ourselves to make a positive difference in the world, and how you can achieve that here in Australia as well as internationally.

It is safe to assume that you are at this conference because you want to 'change the world'; whether socially or through your interest, passion or discipline of studies, but are we ready to change the status quo and make that move to become a change maker? What does "change the world" mean anyway?

We live in a system where we are manufactured and packaged to be ordinary - you finish high school, enter university, get drunk, become an activist and change maker, volunteer, collect certificates, awards, experiences and recognitions that look good on your CV, make lots of friends and build your networks, party hard, finish university, get a job and settle in a well-paid job. It's about time we shift that status quo.

In this workshop, we will look at what change really means. We will take a look at how we can change the world and how to be a linchpin and indispensable. We will listen to stories and explore our own, and we will look at what does our unique multi-intelligence mean to the world. We will write our own manifesto to always be awesome and spread awesomeness.

Is there a “right path” to becoming a leader? Are there steps you can take to help you get to the places you want to be? What are some of the lessons you need to learn along the way?

By sharing his experiences as a State Manger for The Oaktree Foundation and his involvement in the Make Poverty History Roadtrip and the Live Below the Line Campaign, Glenn will share some of the leadership lessons he has learnt along the way and share some thoughts on one of the most over looked aspects of leadership – self-leadership.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill

With the emergence of positive psychology over the last few years there has been extensive research on optimism and its relationship to people’s success, happiness and health. Optimism is a learned skill that everyone can benefit from improving.

This presentation will examine what is ‘realistic optimism’ and provide a range of strategies to assist you unlock the power of optimism.

Ron Tauranac was the Australian designer for Formula One driver Jack Brabham from 1962 until Brabham's retirement as a driver at the end of the 1970 season. Tauranac briefly owned and managed the Brabham team in 1971, and assisted with a redesign of a Politoys Formula One chassis for Frank Williams in 1973 and helped Trojan develop a Formula One version of their Formula 5000 car.

As a constructor and founder of Ralt (the manufacturer for single setaed racing cars), Tauranac acquired a reputation for building safe, simple, strong cars that were manufactured to very high standards -- he tended to invest his firm's profits in high-quality machine tools and Ralts acquired an enviable reputation as the best-built "customer" cars of their era.

Ron is a design judge at the Formula SAE Australasia competition in Melbourne, Australia and has inspired many young enginers in his time.

In July 2010, forty students from the University of Technology, Sydney travelled to 7 NSW and Queensland communities, where they'll undertake community service projects with the help of local organisations.

Since July, The Big Lift has had interest from other Universities around Australia, Malaysia and UK. We will be focusing on developing the trip amongst Australia for 2010 - 2012 but will be developing programs internationally, if you want to learn more about TBL please see our website or send us an email!
 The Big Lift is a new opportunity for university students to engage with Australian communities and endeavors to:
1.              Build leadership and teamwork
2.              Provide meaningful assistance to under-resourced community organisations
3.              Enhance awareness of community volunteering
4.              Give students to get in touch with communities around Australia
 Our aim is to make a meaningful impact through the work we do and have a lasting effect on the people we meet.