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Enews - 7 April 2011
In this Issue: NCDW 2011 Campaign Launch & Celebrate Diversity Forum / "Have Your Say" activity / Check out the NCDW Blog series on the Home & Away website / NCDW competitions / New NCDW video resources on the way to registered event organisers! / More NEW video resources / Register your careers activities with NCDW and get free resources! / Need an idea for your careers activity? / Reminder about the members section on the NCDW website / Reminder about AusCareerWeek on Facebook / Join the NCDW Community.
NCDW 2011 Campaign Launch & Celebrate Diversity Forum
Attended by over 250 locals, the Melbourne community were last week given some special encouragement to take control of their future by Steve Liebmann (TV & radio broadcaster), Eddie McGuire (TV & radio personality/President Collingwood FC/ businessman), David Wirrpanda (former AFL player/ David Wirrpanda Foundation), Sam Sheppard (Women into Building Initiative/ Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council) and other inspiring local career ambassadors - at the 2011 National Career Development Week (NCDW) Campaign Launch.
The launch, this year themed “Celebrate Diversity - Get the Life You Love,” was attended by a wide range of education and training, community and business organisations, from across the Darebin Council region in Victoria – along with hundreds of school students. The forum was held at NMIT in Preston, in partnership with the Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) and the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT). It was based on a successful model previously organised by NCDW in conjunction with community groups of the Campbelltown Local Government Area, West of Sydney, in NSW. For the full story, read our media release on the NCDW website.
"Have Your Say" activity
In the Foyer at the Forum we conducted a “Have your Say” activity. The findings were interesting - of the 105 responses recorded to the question - What do you consider is the greatest challenge in your community to - get the life you love?
- 55% indicated Motivation;
- 16% indicated Opportunities;
- 12% indicated Access to Education and Training;
- 11% indicated Information about career development; and
- 6% indicated Support Services.
These results mirror the results from the same NCDW activity - Campaign Launch and Community Forum - held in the Campbelltown Local Government Area in 2010.
Why don’t you run this activity in your school or the local shopping centre? See the event template on the NCDW website. Let us know the responses you get in your area by sending an email to contact_team@ncdw.com.au - and don't forget that you can register this activity on the NCDW website and get NCDW merchandise sent to you!
Check out the NCDW Blog series on the Home & Away website
Channel 7’s Official Home & Away Website has featured two of a series of five special NCDW Blogs, with content provided by NCDW, co-written with ambassador Mark Furze, and including links directly to the NCDW website and NCDW resources. NCDW Blog 1 of 5 – Change is constant – embrace it! was published on the Home & Away website on Monday 28 February, promoted in the Home & Away newsletter, and also featured on Home & Away’s Official Facebook page. 336 people opened the article in the newsletter. 304 ‘liked’ the post on Facebook with 483,359 impressions. 7 people commented on the website article and Mark responded personally to their questions.
Blog 2 of 5 - Networking, was published on the Home & Away website this week. Like the first NCDW blog in the five part series, this blog is also featured prominently on Home & Away's Official Facebook page. Be sure to let your students know to check out this blog! This exclusive NCDW Blog for Home & Away fans is also featured on the NCDW website in Latest News and on our AusCareerWeek Facebook page. Perhaps your students would like to post a careers question on the Home & Away blog for our NCDW ambassador, young actor and musician, Mark Furze?
NCDW competitions - 2 x $100 Visa cards up for grabs!
This newsletter, we are delighted to announce two competitions for our registered event organisers as follows:
1. Have Your Say Challenge – we challenge you to hold your own Have Your Say activity – either use the Template for the activity as described above or create your own and send us the results to contact_team@ncdw.com.au
2. Most imaginative event concept and title – we invite entries from NCDW registered event organisers, just send a summary of your activity and any photos, to contact_team@ncdw.com.au
You could win two x $100 Visa Cards to reward you for your efforts! A number of competitions will be run during the 2011 campaign – so make sure you don’t forget to watch this space in future newsletters!
New NCDW video resources on the way to registered event organisers!
Some of you will already have received your copy of the latest NCDW DVD called The NCDW Video Series – Career Development puts the YOU in your career. This DVD contains exciting and unique video resources including “School – what’s the point?”, “Making smart subject and course choices”, “Parents as career coaches”, and “Your career – make it happen!” As with the 2010 NCDW video series, these new resources are hugely in demand. All NCDW registered event organisers will receive a copy so don’t delay registering your event – whilst stocks last! The video resources can also be viewed in advance of receiving your copy - on our AusCareerWeek YouTube channel. Each video may be used as an independent resource or in conjunction with any or all of the other videos. The videos include closed captions for the hearing impaired.
More NEW Video Resources
We will be creating a series of videos from the Celebrate Diversity – Get the Life you Love Forum (one of each of the three guest speakers) that will be available on our AusCareerWeek YouTube Channel in the coming weeks so that we can share the Forum with adults and students who were unable to attend and to be used as a motivation resource for students. So keep an eye on the website in the next few weeks – see Latest News on our website's Home page.
Register your careers activities with NCDW and get free resources!
National Career Development Week 2011 invites all organisers of events with a career-related theme to register your events on our database at www.ncdw.com.au. Remember that whilst our celebration week will this year take place from 16 to 22 May 2011, you can register events being held at any time in the months ahead. We had over 900 events registered during 2010 and, from the feedback we’ve received, 2011 already promises to be even bigger and better. To get registered it’s as easy as completing the Events Registration Form on our website. Once registered, you’ll be able to use all the resources on the website to assist you to run a successful career development activity. All we ask is that you clearly brand your event as an NCDW registered event. NCDW is an initiative of the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) and funded/supported by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).
Need an idea for your careers activity?
The NCDW Campaign has a range of planning resources to help you organise a successful career development activity. Need an idea for your careers event? Take a look at our NCDW website resources. You’ll find some great help with event ideas and we’ve even developed some event templates to help you get started - or why not use some of our NCDW Career Factsheets or NCDW video resources on the AusCareerWeek YouTube channel to base an activity on?
Reminder about the members section on the NCDW website
Don’t forget that if you are a registered “Event Organiser” – just “login” to access the additional resources in the “Event Organisers” Section of the website. You’ll find Event Planning Resources and Multimedia Classroom Resources (a quick way to access all the NCDW videos on YouTube) with more special resources coming soon.
Reminder about AusCareerWeek on Facebook
One in four people on the internet have an account with Facebook which means in a population of over 22 million there would be roughly 5 million Australians on Facebook. Most teenagers are on Facebook and use it daily as a communication tool.
The AusCareerWeek Facebook page is closely monitored by the NCDW Team and updated regularly with information, photos and links. It is designed to help students understand how career development assists them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about school and post-school education, employment and training options.
Join the NCDW Community
Forward this newsletter to your colleagues, stakeholders, students, clients, family and friends. The NCDW website with online resources is an interactive, regularly updated, and ongoing valuable source of career development information. We also encourage you to check out the AusCareerWeek page on Facebook, take a look at our AusCareerWeek YouTube Channel and to follow NCDW on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Career_talking for your career tip of the day.
