Not-For-Profit People Conference

Recruitment, HR, Management & Leadership for the NFP Sector

Melbourne Convention Centre
13th & 14th November 2017

About

The Not-For-Profit People Conference is Australia’s largest event focused on how to attract, manage, train and retain the best people for the NFP sector.

Over two days and twenty-nine inspiring sessions, join five hundred senior leaders and team leaders, HR professionals and board members, volunteer managers and CEOs to explore the NFP sector’s most pressing people issues:

2017 Speakers

Click on a speaker to see their bio and session details

Nova Peris OAM

Olympic gold medalist, former Senator and Principal Adviser at the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Health & Human Services
Peter Hammarstadt

Captain of the M/Y Bob Barker and Chairman of Sea Shepherd Australia

Sea Shepherd Global
Yvonne Brunetto

Southern Cross University
Lorrae Carr

Recruitment and Retention Manager

Churches of Christ in Queensland
Meredith Carter

Principal, Meredith Carter & Associates

The Women's Table, Co-founder
Shannon Foley

Group Executive Human Resources

UnitingCare Queensland
Christopher Francis

Chief Executive Officer

Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation
Lisa Griffiths

Chief Executive Officer

OzChild
Cassandra Hatton

General Manager Human Resources

St Vincent de Paul Society – Victoria
Laura Jones

Head of HR Shared Services

UnitingCare Queensland
Alex McLean

Chief of Staff

Oaktree
Kristine Olaris

Chief Executive Officer

Women's Health East
Alecia Rathbone

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)
Jay Richardson

Manager, People and Culture Projects

Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Victor Sojo

Research Fellow

Centre for Workplace Leadership, Melbourne University
Marian Spencer

Head of Operations, People and Culture

Black Dog Institute
Tess Walton

Founder, Strategic Workforce Planner

Talent Risk Management
Ramon Wenzel, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Centre for Social Impact, Business school, The University of Western Australia
… plus many many more fabulous speakers to be announced!

Call for speakers

Now in its fifth year, the Not-For-Profit People Conference has previously been honoured to welcome extraordinary speakers from the smallest neighbourhood houses to the biggest companies – all sharing expert advice, innovative ideas and case studies around how they attract, train and retain the best staff and volunteers.

Whilst applications are now officially closed to present at this year’s Not-For-Profit People Conference, we are open to submissions until the final program is announced later in the year. Please click ‘Read More’ to make your submission.

Exhibitors

Interested in partner and exhibitor opportunities for 2017? Call or email our Conference Coordinator Gail Reardon for a Partner & Exhibitor pack.

Past attendees said

Extremely high quality event. Love the bags, food, services, MC and admin. All ran very smoothly. Great job and thank you!

Shannon Cheal

Cerebral Palsy Support Network

One of the best conferences I’ve been to in terms of content from presenters and engagement from participants.

Simon Warren

The Australian Drug Foundation

I Loved the conference; so many inspirational people. Have definitely come back refreshed and ready to make about a million changes!

Amelia Craw

MDA Ltd

…..we both took away so much from last year – ideas, new ways of operating, inspiration and energy!

Kirsty Burke

Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre

A BIG THANK YOU to the team at Ethical Jobs! I met some lovely people, got some really great tips from the sessions and was completely blown away by the keynote speakers.

Sarah Whitelaw

Key Assets QLD

Registration

Don’t miss your chance to join 500 NFP professionals to share ideas and find solutions to the NFP sector’s most pressing people issues!

Early bird tickets now on sale!

From just $440, your two-day registration includes all sessions, catering and networking drinks.
Less than 100 staff?

You’ll get a significantly discounted registration for everyone you bring.
Every third person comes free!

That’s right – every third person you register for the conference comes free!

Not-For-Profit People Conference

Recruitment, HR, Management & Leadership for the NFP Sector

2016 Conference Recap

About

2017 Speakers

Olympic gold medalist, former Senator and Principal Adviser at the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Health & Human Services

Captain of the M/Y Bob Barker and Chairman of Sea Shepherd Australia

Sea Shepherd Global

Southern Cross University

Recruitment and Retention Manager

Churches of Christ in Queensland

Principal, Meredith Carter & Associates

The Women's Table, Co-founder

Group Executive Human Resources

UnitingCare Queensland

Chief Executive Officer

Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation

Chief Executive Officer

OzChild

General Manager Human Resources

St Vincent de Paul Society – Victoria

Head of HR Shared Services

UnitingCare Queensland

Chief of Staff

Oaktree

Chief Executive Officer

Women's Health East

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)

Manager, People and Culture Projects

Cerebral Palsy Alliance

Research Fellow

Centre for Workplace Leadership, Melbourne University

Head of Operations, People and Culture

Black Dog Institute

Founder, Strategic Workforce Planner

Talent Risk Management

Research Assistant Professor

Centre for Social Impact, Business school, The University of Western Australia

Call for speakers

2017 Partners & Exhibitors

Exhibitors

Past attendees said

Registration

Don’t miss your chance to join 500 NFP professionals to share ideas and find solutions to the NFP sector’s most pressing people issues!

Early bird tickets now on sale!

Less than 100 staff?

Every third person comes free!

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