Christchurch
Introducing Christchurch Group
The Christchurch Group meets on the third Monday of each month. Unfortunately due to the 22nd February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, our major sponsor, the Hotel Grand Chancellor suffered significant damage and is due for demolition. We are indeed grateful for their generous sponsorship over the last two years.
The Group's new base for the balance of 2012 is in the Board Room at Robbies in Riccarton. We are indeed grateful to Robbies for the provision of this room at no cost. Unless otherwise specified, meetings will be held at this venue.
Members generally meet around 5.30 p.m. for a light snack with time to network with other administrative professionals who face the same challenges, to catch up with friends and to meet new friends before the main event/talk/presentation commences 6:00 p.m. The meeting usually finishes at 7:00 p.m. Members are welcome to stay on for a meal at Robbies following the meeting.
Our members enjoy an interesting programme of speakers, professional development workshops interspersed with opportunities to mix in more informal social settings. We are always looking for new ideas from our members. Once a year a questionnaire is sent out to gauge what members want, but members don’t have to wait for this, just let one of the committee know.
A small fee of $10 for members and $20 for non-members is charged to cover the cost of the meeting, e.g. refreshments, venue and speaker’s gift. First time guests may attend at no cost.
All Administrative Professionals are welcome to attend our meetings and can request an information pack (refer to contact information below).
What's In It For Me?
Join AAPNZ for:
- Fellowship, friendships, mentoring and networking opportunities
- Professional development and recognition
- Use of AAPNZ's professional designation for members who qualify
- Vibrant website keeping you up to date with AAPNZ activities nationally
- Keep up with change in a profession at the cutting edge of technology
- Belonging to a Group affiliated to the world-wide organisation representing your profession
Who Do I Contact?
To request more information about joining AAPNZ Christchurch:
AAPNZ Christchurch Group aapnz.chch@zoho.com
To provide feedback on our website:
Website Co-ordinator Irene Grether - irene@canty.hohepa.org.nz
What can I look forward to in 2012?
21 May
Election of Officers and Guest Speaker Susan Barnes - Access to Technology
In the 21st century, with so much information available at our fingertips, have you considered how a blind person accesses that information? How they find out just what magnitude that last shake was, lets friends and family know they are safe when everyone's being told not to use their phones; writes essays for university; or even reads the same books as you? Sue will explain how adaptive technology enables the blind to access the internet, read books, send and receive text messages and navigate the various functions of an MP3 player.
And if technology isn't your thing, Sam the guide dog loves to meet and make new friends when his harness is off!
18 June
Guest Speaker Lynn Bray of OutOnaLym Consultancy
Having achieved success at corporate level for a large national organisation, and a large international company as the National Sales Director, Lynn is able to bring to organisations a strong background in strategy, sales management and people management.
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Director and Principal Executive Coach – 2005 - 2012
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Graduate Diploma Business Studies in Personal Financial Planning 2001
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Mt Eliza Business Leadership Programme, Australia 2003
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ICFA Member - Current
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ICFA President Canterbury 3rd term Current
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Coach U Graduate
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Corporate Coach U Licensed Facilitator of Corporate Coaching Clinic
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Myers Briggs Personality Type Graduate & Trainer 2005
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Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) 2010
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Master Practitioner NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) 2010
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Master of Wealth and Achievement Nov 2011 Christopher Howard Academy of Wealth
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CPIT Tutor Sales Management 2006 -2009
Being a graduate of Coach U (the world’s largest coaching organisation), a Licensed Facilitator of the Corporate Coach U “Coaching Clinic”, a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and in her second term as President of the ICFA Canterbury Chapter, Lynn’s coaching philosophy directly aligns with the Core Competencies of the International Coaching Federation and focuses on integrating a Manager Approach with a Coach Approach
As a Business Consultant and Coach Lynn teaches people how to gain back control of their business / careers and their lives.
As part of giving back to the community, and as a result of being the president of the International Coaching Federation Southern Region NZ, Lynn tutored Sales Management as part of the Business School at the Christchurch Institute of Technology for three years. Many of the students were adult learners who were hungry not only for the course material but having a tutor that had real life experience that they could draw upon.
16 July To be advised
3 - 5 August Annual Conference and AGM - Wellington
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| OutOnaLym Profile Shortform 2012.doc | 63.5 KB |
| Canterbury Tales - May 2012.pdf | 3.87 MB |