Adrian Cropley, widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts in strategic communication, will be the trainer at the QLD Government Professional Writing Essentials workshop at Cliftons Brisbane on 12 June. Photo: Supplied.
QLD Government Professional Writing Essentials
Date: 12 June
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Brisbane
Level 24, 288 Edward Street
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Transform your writing skills with a high-impact toolkit for lasting success.
- Make your written communication more impactful and engaging.
- Write with confidence and build skills to write clearly and concisely.
- Understand common writing mistakes and how to avoid them.
- Plan and tailor your writing to your audience.
Trainer Adrian Cropley is a certified strategic communication management professional and past global chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). He is widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts in strategic communication.
Adrian is the founder of the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence and CEO at Cropley Communication. With a career spanning more than 30 years, he has worked with clients all over the world on major change communication initiatives, internal communication reviews and strategies, professional development programs, and executive leadership and coaching.
Inside Look Webinar Series
Date: 16 June
Location: Online (via Teams)
Cost: Free, bookings are essential
Kim Vella Coaching’s free Leadership Strategies Series will equip leaders with insights into leadership challenges and teach them how to close the gap. In today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, public sector leaders face unique challenges that demand more than traditional leadership approaches. The Inside Look Webinar Series is a monthly opportunity to explore one key “gap” holding leaders back from thriving in their roles.
Each session focuses on a specific leadership challenge, offering insights into why it matters and how leaders can begin to close the gap. Topics include:
- The Wellbeing Gap: Balancing performance with sustainable leadership.
- The Confidence Gap: Leading with clarity, courage and conviction.
- The Collaboration Gap: Building partnerships that create meaningful change.
- The Expert to Orchestrator Gap: Transitioning from technical expert to leadership orchestrator.
Following this webinar, you will:
- Gain clarity on the leadership challenges unique to today’s VUCA environment.
- Reflect on your own experiences and begin identifying ways to bridge the gap.
- Connect with peers and explore insights that empower leadership growth.
The Inside Look Webinar Series is your chance to step into a community of reflective leaders and gain a taste of the transformative insights offered in the Leadership Strategies Series 2025.
Leadership Strategies Series 2025: In-person
When: 17 – 18 June; 22 – 23 July
Where: East Hotel, 69 Canberra Avenue, Kingston
Cost: Ticket prices vary; find out more at Kim Vella Leadership
As a leader in the public service, do any of these points resonate with you?
- I feel overwhelmed all the time, like I’m spinning plates that could drop at any moment.
- I’m always under pressure with competing priorities, limited resources, and an ever-changing geopolitical landscape.
- I’m worried the hard work I put in isn’t recognised.
- I walk into meetings and feel anxious about what to say.
- I don’t usually think about my wellbeing. I just want to make it through another week.
- I feel like I’m never enough, and don’t know what could change that.
If any of these do resonate with you, you’re not alone.
The skills every public sector leader needs to thrive in today’s environment are next level – yet they’re rarely taught. Instead, we rely on outdated leadership models that leave you feeling stressed, exhausted and helpless. Join respected executive leadership coach Dr Kim Vella, with the support of esteemed industry professionals, for a new leadership skills pathway: The Leadership Strategies Series.
This workshop series gives you access to 32-plus hours of in-person collaborative learning, including:
- Cutting-edge leadership strategies.
- Coaching from PS experts and industry professionals.
- Advanced psychometric tools.
- Personalised assessments.
- Individualised feedback.
- Tailored action plans.
The Leadership Strategies Series is delivered in two stages: Essentials level and Enhanced level. Each level comprises two full-day workshops, with a six-week break in between to apply your new skills. You’ll also have the opportunity to join a facilitated peer mentoring session during this time to discuss challenges and insights. Become the APS leader you can be – confident, balanced, insightful and authentic – by levelling up your leadership skills with the Leadership Strategies Series.
NSW Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit 2025
Date: 16 – 20 June
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Empowering women leaders to shape the future of the NSW public sector.
- Gain exclusive insights from influential NSW public sector leaders.
- Strengthen your leadership confidence and resilience.
- Explore strategies to embed innovation, inclusion and integrity.
- Expand your network and collaborate on real-world challenges.
Speakers include:
- NSW Minister for Women, Jodie Harrison
- Deputy Secretary, Commercial, NSW Treasury, Sonya Campbell
- NSW Fair Trading Commissioner & Deputy Secretary, NSW Department of Customer Service, Natasha Mann
- Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer, Ministry of Health NSW, Jacqui Cross
- Assistant Commissioner, NSW Police Force, Stacey Maloney.
Improving Indigenous Education Outcomes Conference
Date: 17 – 18 June
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Pullman Cairns International | Gimuy
Email: [email protected]
This event focuses on using strengths-based approaches to amplify outcomes for First Nations students. It looks at closing the educational gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Join us in shaping the future of First Nations students. The Improving First Nations Education Outcomes Conference is a two-day event dedicated to reimagining Indigenous education through genuine partnerships, cultural strength and systemic innovation.
Educators, community leaders and policymakers will gather to discuss how to improve student outcomes, challenge deficit thinking and create learning environments that truly honour Indigenous knowledge systems.
Featuring keynote speakers, interactive panel discussions and targeted breakout sessions, this conference will address key areas including early learning, teacher development, language preservation, trauma-informed practice, and successful student transitions. Participants will engage with strengths-based collaborative approaches that centre on Indigenous agency and cultural pride.
Media Skills for Executives
Date: 18 June
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Navigate the media landscape with finesse and mastery.
- Articulate your message with clarity and brevity.
- Adapt your communication style to resonate with diverse media audiences.
- Master techniques to shape the narrative and steer conversations towards desired talking points.
- Apply media skills to real-world scenarios through interactive exercises and role-playing.
Trainer Amber Daines has more than 25 years of diverse experience. The founder of Bespoke Co, she brings a wealth of expertise as a former business TV reporter, newspaper journalist, and PR consultant.
Leading a team of five consultants, Amber serves clients in financial services, cryptocurrency and industry associations. She focuses on media training, crisis PR and reputation management. Her podcast, The Politics of Everything, has garnered five million downloads and inspired an online course for podcasters.
LGBTQIA+ Leadership & Allyship Summit
Date: 19 June
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location: Naarm | Rydges Melbourne
Email: [email protected]
Gather to celebrate, support and unite our community of communities. This is an important moment for LGBTQIA+ rights, inclusion and freedom. Now, more than ever, it’s time for the community to unite, share perspectives and lived experiences, bust myths and galvanise in allyship both within and outside the community.
The LGBTQIA+ Leadership & Allyship Summit brings together leaders, changemakers and allies to explore the strategies, skills and stories that will shape the future of inclusive workplaces and leadership in Australia. Among the speakers will be Hannah Gadsby and Patricia Karvelas, both prominent figures in Australian media.
From navigating bias and fostering psychological safety to driving meaningful policy change, this summit offers practical insights to create workplaces where everyone – regardless of gender identity or sexuality – can thrive. Whether you’re an LGBTQIA+ professional looking to advance your leadership journey or an ally committed to building truly inclusive teams, this is your opportunity to gather, unite and lead with impact.
VIC Public Sector Women in Leadership Masterclass
Date: 19 – 20 June
Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Naarm | Melbourne
Email: [email protected]
This transformative program is designed to enhance and accelerate your leadership development. Take charge of the next phase of your career. This is a watershed moment in your career, and the skills and behaviours that you cultivate now will become the cornerstones of your senior leadership in the years to come.
This intimate and engaging masterclass is designed to provide you with the crucial skills and behaviours to grow and scale your senior leadership for what comes next. Specifically designed for women in public sector leadership roles from all jurisdictions, this two-day masterclass will give you key tools to thrive as a senior leader and set yourself up for success for the rest of your career.
Former deputy secretary in the NSW government, Alex O’Mara, is an experienced senior executive, board director and adviser with more than 20 years of experience leading strategy, policy, organisational transformation and program delivery across a range of sectors. These include environment, infrastructure, energy, precincts, planning, culture, place and natural resource management.
Alex will take you on a journey of lightbulb moments and strategically grow key skills so that you walk away refreshed, inspired and more confident in your leadership and the path ahead.
Writing with Clarity & Impact for Government Seminar
Date: 20 June
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Learn to write engaging and accessible content to clearly and accurately communicate your intended message. Reading between the lines – learn the art of writing clear, impactful content that engages your audience. Do you want to become a more skilful and confident writer at work? The importance of writing well cannot be overstated. Words, and how we arrange and use them, affect how our audience ‘’hears’’ and ‘’perceives’’ us.
Effective writing conveys your message or information with 100 per cent clarity to your audience. In good writing, everything makes sense and readers don’t get lost. Crafting effective writing requires regular, deliberate practice. Attending this seminar will set you up for success with your writing and readability skills.
Facilitator Megan Hender is an experienced non-executive director with a strong interest in strategy, governance, risk and communication. She serves on a number of boards and committees, including as chairperson. In 2010, she was elected as a councillor at the City of Adelaide, where she served two terms, including 18 months as deputy lord mayor.
A lawyer by training, Megan has worked as a solicitor, a university lecturer, a general manager and a CEO. Since 2002, she has run her own management consulting business, working with a wide variety of public and private sector organisations.
Women in Energy & Resources Leadership Summit 2025
Date: 23 – 27 June
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Emporium Hotel, South Bank
267 Grey Street, South Brisbane
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Giving you the tools to lead, innovate, and thrive in an evolving industry.
- Overcome challenges and drive growth despite uncertainty.
- Align vision and values to create a high-performance culture.
- Empower yourself to lead with passion and influence.
- Build your circle of strategic and inspiring leaders.
