Town Team Movement 2022 Conference!

We invite you to join us in Port Hedland on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 August for our 2022 Town Team Conference!

It’s more than a talk fest! It’s about living and embodying the Town Team principles through immersive experiences. It’s about learning through doing.

Conference Aims

1. Explore the benefit of the place leadership approach to activating communities
2. Rediscover the power of working together as a collective to create positive change
3. Show how to create a cultural shift and shape communities through a ‘can do’ approach
4. Inspire, engage and empower communities to form their own local town team
5. Provide attendees with an action kit of new ideas, resources and strategies

Topics

• Place Leadership & Management
• Placemaking
• Creative engagement techniques
• Community challenges & the roles of Government
• Understanding & celebrating heritage and the arts
• The power of storytelling and vision making
• Economic & Community Development
• Embracing technology

Tickets and Prices

Full Conference – Thursday and Friday (Government and Industry) = $250 including GST

Full Conference Concession – Thursday and Friday (Not for Profit concession ticket includes CCI, CRC, Rotary and other not for profit groups) = $100 including GST

Thursday Conference and Networking Event Only = $75 including GST

Friday Conference and Closing Party Only = $200 including GST

Town Team Movement offers various discounts for Town Team volunteers and members of similar community organisations. Please email hello@townteammovement.com for more information and arrange a discount ticket.

Purchase tickets

Online via Humantix – https://events.humanitix.com/town-team-conference

Tax Invoice – send an email hello@townteammovement.com with the number and type of tickets you would like to purchase, plus provide a purchase order number. We will send a tax invoice through for payment.

Possible Travel Subsidy

Town of Port Hedland is providing an opportunity for a travel subsidy of $300 off flights for attendees who are staying in Port Hedland at least one night and willing to contribute to the event in some fashion. If this interests you please email hello@townteammovement.com with your contact details and detailing why you want to come to the event and what you may be able to contribute (in terms of knowledge/experience sharing, volunteering, networking, performance etc).

Accommodation Options

Accommodation is at your own cost. We have rooms reserved at Discovery Park. Contact them directly and mention the Town Team State Placemaking Conference and your name when booking. Contact Roz at Discovery Park – porthedland@discoveryparks.com.au.

Key Note Speaker – Krista Nightengale, Better Block Foundation (Texas)

We are excited that Krista Nightengale will join us in person! Krista is the Executive Director of the Better Block. The Better Block Foundation is a nonprofit organisation that educates, equips, and empowers communities and their leaders to reshape and reactivate built environments to promote the growth of healthy and vibrant neighborhoods.

You can see just a few of their awesome projects in the video links here.