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SA/NT CHAPTER SUMMIT – 2025 Session Resources

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DAY 1 – SUMMIT SESSION PDFs

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Leading with Intention: Declaring Your Purpose in Educational Leadership
Shannon Warren, Principal, Woodcroft College

1A Admissions, Marketing
What Do Parents Want?

Grant Birse, Redlands School, NSW
1B Alumni & Community Engagement
Using History to Engage Alumni

Kellie Hasluck, St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls, WA
1C Fundraising, Leadership
The Little Things That Matter: Effective Stewardship & Donor Engagement

John Phillips & Eden Phillips, Brighton Grammar School, VIC
2A Alumni & Community Engagement
Cultivating Meaningful Community Connections

Amy Bredon, communicate et al
2B Admissions, People & Culture, Leadership
Reimagining School Operations: A Blueprint for Digital Transformation in Admissions, HR and Beyond

Joanna Arvanitis, King’s Baptist Grammar School
2C Marketing
Rebuild with Purpose: A strategic Approach to Website Renewal

Rachel Politis, St Peter’s Girls’ School; Alex Stewart, KWP+Partners
3A Admissions, Marketing
[Panel] From Interest to Enrolment: Shaping the Parent Journey with Data and Messaging

Amanda Bruce, St Peter’s College; Grant Birse, Redlands School NSW; Holly Newell, St Peter’s Girls’ School; Victoria Richardson, Nazareth Catholic College (Facilitator) No Slides
3B Fundraising, Leadership
Crossing Cultural Bridges: Tailoring Your Approach to Engagement for Global Success

John Godfrey, Chapel&York
3C Alumni & Community Engagement
[Round Table] Hot Topics Impacting Alumni & Community Engagement

Liza McNally, Prince Alfred College (Facilitator)

EDUCATE PLUS ANNOUNCEMENT: A Brand New Era, Alex Faulkner, Blueboat

CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Reimagining Relationships: How AI IS Re-Shaping the Way we Engage, Learn & Lead
Dr Nick Jackson, Leader of Digital Technologies, Scotch College, Adelaide

DAY 2 – SUMMIT SESSION PDFs

COMPASS LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST: Sustainable Success – The Science of Burnout & Wellbeing
Dr Tabith Healey, Director, Small Moments, Big Lives – Executive Coaching [Compass]

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS; Adversity to Empowerment: The Cathering House Journey
Jaylee Cooper, Manager – Philanthropy and Engagement, Catherine House [AdvancedLife]

4A Marketing
Crisis Management in the Digital Age

Robyn Branigan, Carey Baptist Grammar School VIC
4B Leadership, People & Culture
Creating Step-Change: How Psychological Safety Fuels Innovation & Impact

Melissa Ciplys, Scotch College Adelaide
4C Admissions
[Round Table] Hot Topics Impacting Admissions

Julie Dow, Torrens Valley Christian School; Mark Barrett, EnrolHQ (Facilitators) No Slides
5A Admissions, Marketing
[Panel] International Recruitment: Talking to Offshore Audiences

Steve Eden, Concordia College; Robbin Wang, Pulteney Grammar School; Kate Dalwood, Study Adelaide; Patrick Kelly, Blackfriars Priory School (Facilitator) No Slides
5B Alumni & Community Engagement
Past, Present & Future: Bringing Milestone Anniversaries to Life

Karin Dunsford, St Mark’s College
5C Fundraising
Building a Major Gifts Program in a Resource-Limited Environment

Tori Grimes, World Vision Australia
6A Admissions, Marketing, Leadership
Lessons from the Queen’s Gambit: Contemporary Strategic Planning for School Marketing, Admissions and Leadership

Alex Faulkner, Blueboat
6B Leadership, People & Culture
A Framework for Building a High Functioning Team

Simon Starr, Fit for Success
6C Fundraising, Alumni & Community Engagement
Creativity & Fundraising: Who Says It Has to be Boring

Ana Gozalo, University of Adelaide

CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Courage Over Confidence
Anna Lee, Keynote Speaker, Co-Founder of Leed Consulting and Hacks for Her

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