Previous event presentations

2009 2008 2007

Nov 2009	'Getting people moving' the role of the Physical Activity Alliance Dr William Bird, Chair, Interim Steering Group - Physical Activity Alliance The Physical Activity Alliance is a sector led organisation comprised of physical activity promoting organisations including the ISRM. The Alliance is currently led by an interim steering group, chaired by William Bird and is responsible for promoting physical activities that are fun, sociable and accessible to people of all abilities. It will seek to improve the use of evidence that shows the benefits of physical activity to ensure that suitable levels of investment are made.
Nov 2009	2012 Olympic legacy now! Tim Newenham, Project manager, Olympic Legacy Directorate Creating high performance environments as part of a pathway in sport increases the likelihood of international sporting success and, through cascading excellence, could help people stay active in sport for longer.
Nov 2009	Action Centred Leadership Alan Cutler, Chief Executive, Hospitality Leadership Limited John Adair, perhaps the world's leading authority on leadership development, describes leaderships as: 'One of the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the world'. In this keynote presentation, Alan Cutler shares with the audience his own fascination of the subject, whilst also seeking to demystify it, using Adair's Action Centred Leadership model as the basis of a straight-forward, but comprehensive approach to leadership development at all levels within an organisation.
Nov 2009	Creating a world-leading community sport system Phil Smith, Director of Sport, Sport England Phil will be updating delegates on Sport England's progress in achieving its new strategy, launched in June 2008, with the aim of 'creating a world-leading community sport system'. He will be speaking about how National Governing Bodies have been commissioned to deliver 'Grow, Sustain, Excel'. how they are doing so far and the support they need. In addition, there will be information about other available Sport England funding and how to access it.
Nov 2009	Football in the city Paul Edwards, Head of Sport Services, Leicester City Council and Jon Dutton, Director, Logistique Leicester have been successful in obtaining the largest ever football foundation grant of £5.5milliion, combined with a PCT grant of £2million. This presentation will explain how partnerships were created and how a strategic approach to improving football facilities has paid dividends.
Nov 2009	Goodbye newspapers, hello the future Chris Kelly, Effective Media Skills While the way we seek and gather information is changing dramatically, the way we sell our selves or our products and services and the way we interact with journalists, hopefully successfully, has not changed. This presentation sets out to highlight some of the developments in media but expound on the unchanging priciples for success - creating media interest in you and your operation.
Nov 2009	Gym for free Karen Jerwood, Constituency Manager, Ladywood Constituency, Birmingham and Kevin Haywood, Head of Public Health Programmes, Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust (PCT) From a health point of view, can we afford to keep putting up barriers to participation in sport? In a unique scheme, Birmingham City Council and Heart of Birmingham PCT are working jointly to reduce health inequalities by providing free sporting opportunities to all residents.
Nov 2009	Power to the Worker & 'Mad Management Virus' Dr Paul Thomas, BBC Wales Business Doctor Think a world without managers and management is impossible, then think again as the BBC Wales Business Doctor, Paul Thomas, will explore and show how the best companies in the world 'unleash' their staff. How, by not managing, to release staff from the control of managers and removing the disease of 'management speak' in organisation. Simple!
Nov 2009	Securing a major foreign Olympic team for 2012 Chris Earle, Director of Sport, Loughborough University Loughborough University and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) have signed an agreement that will see both organisations working together until the London 2012 Olympic Games. The process of securing this major Olympic team has been an exercise in intelligence gathering, partnership building, diplomacy, marketing and international relations. Chris Earle will share the highs and lows of the process his team went through over the past two years and discuss the potential benefits the relationship will bring.
Nov 2009	The winning mentality Billy Dixon After last year's successful keynote paper, Billy Dixon returned to give a presentation that dispenses with the hype of motivation and examines the reality of success. Based on a series of principles garnered from successful professionals, Billy will outline the thought processes employed by winning individuals and taught by winning coaches.
Nov 2009	Youth Sports Nights and Sports Development Partnerships - why every local authority needs them! Mike Withy, Principal Sports Development Officer, Wirral Sports development units now work with a wide range of partners from all sectors, that achieve their own goals through sport and recreation. Mike Withy, Head of Wirral's Unit (previously a leisure centre manager) will share the Unit's story of growth, inward investment and raised national profile through a number of highly successful projects, each impacting upon local authority key schemes. It all started with one project....Youth Sports Nights!