MEA Workshop: Managing Conflict

What management skills do you need for a 21st century event career? Is leadership a natural skill or can it be taught? How do you lead teams that aren’t your own?

Is conflict necessary for creativity? How do we manage conflict with co-workers, clients and stakeholders while maintaining our sanity and our sense of humour?

Management and leadership are two skill sets that are vital for career progression and best practice but stepping into a leadership role also requires effective conflict management skills. Who has these? Most of us are challenged by the challenge of conflict management - but we don’t need to be.

This 2-day interactive and discussion based workshop will answer those questions and others and includes:

• Unpicking management styles – what works for you
• Authenticity in leadership
• Challenging yourself and your team to step up to leadership
• Managing conflict courageously
• Clarity of objectives, purpose and communication

This workshop is facilitated by our National Education Manager, Jo Child who has 20+ years’ experience of leading busy teams in the events, tourism and education. MEA is delighted that established event manager, Lucy Ladbrooke will join the discussion on day one and will be sharing ideas on developing your own leadership potential for a 21st century career.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Joanna Child
National Education Manager, MEA 

Joanna Child has 20 plus years’ experience in the travel, tourism and events industry at a senior management level working as a travel agent, as a conference manager, developing incentive programs and managing regional events before moving to regional tourism marketing and tourism destination management. Jo created and curated a business and leisure events and leveraged that experience to move into event education. She worked for a number of years with TAFE SA, including as Principal Lecturer in Tourism, Events and Travel while also serving on a number of industry committees and coordinating events in her spare time, just for fun. A long time MEA member and branch committee member, Jo is the current MEA South Australia Branch Chair.

Since 2020 Joanna has worked as a consultant trainer, educator and quality assurance professional working and works with MEA as National Education Manager to deliver bespoke event management training to industry professionals and in the association’s Diploma program

Lucy Ladbroke
Guest Speaker

Lucy has worked in the Events and Hospitality industry for over 20 years. Her career began as an Events Coordinator for a hotel and she gradually progressed through the ranks, leading a team of 10+ event professionals delivering over 4000 events annually. Between the hotel industry, professional conference organisations, corporate and Not-for-Profit associations, Lucy has gained extensive experience of various types of clients and industries.

Lucy is passionate about leadership, collaboration and personal development. As such she finds the most rewarding part of her role is supporting her people to become the best version of themselves and creating future leaders that are both confident and adaptable. Originally from the UK, Lucy has called Australia her home for 10 years and currently lives in regional Victoria with her husband, Glynn and their puppy, Nala.

EVENT INFORMATION 

DATES: Held over two consecutive days on Thursday 26 & Friday 27 August from 9.30am until 3.30pm AEST.
LOCATION: Available nationally through MEA's virtual education portal. 
FORMAT: Online 
COST: 
     Members: $190 + GST (members save 30% on MEA accredited education fees)
     Non-Members: $300 + GST 

ABOUT MEA WORKSHOPS 

MEA workshops are designed to bring application of knowledge to current case studies and to add in trends and current industry resources. The workshops are part of Diploma of Event Management under MEA's Registered Training Organisation, but are available for everyone to enjoy. You will not be required to undertake an assessment unless you are studying the Diploma of Event Management. All attendees receive a Certificate of Completion.

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