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                                               Updated: 27 October, 2007

Voluntary Work

[ Employment  |  Skills & Experience Gained ]
 

Employment
 

• Develop Website

• Webmaster

• Committee member

• Write applications for sporting grants.
  

• Provided family counselling to underprivileged adults and children (half a day per week).
  

• Presented 50 minute talk to parents on Creative Visualisation and Positive Thinking.
  

Dec 1991    Advanced Life Foods
Guest Speaker

• Presented 45 minute talk on Creative Visualisation and Affirmations, at a motivational workshop for Advanced Life Foods distributors.
  

• Provided 30 minute motivational presentation on You Achieve What You Think (You Can) to sales people at a breakfast meeting.
  

June 1991 Sunrider Corporation
Guest Speaker

• Delivered 60 minute experiential presentation on Creative Visualisation and Goal Setting at a motivational workshop for Sunrider distributors.
  

1991 McIntyre Centre, Riding School for the Disabled
Volunteer

Responsibilities

• To provide care and safety for a disabled rider. To control horse for rider. To communicate instructor's directions to disabled rider. To assist riders with dressing for riding.

Major Achievement

• Co-founded the not-for-profit, self-development organisation with two other people.

• Established a solid base of well-trained, self-funded, voluntary support people. This organisation continues to operate successfully today.

Responsibilities

• To organise accommodation and travel arrangements for teachers. To advertise and promote courses.

• To facilitate courses and provide pre- and post-course personal support for participants.

• To manage volunteer helpers, supervise and provide counselling for group leaders during courses.

• To present training in active listening, focusing and leadership skills to new helpers.

• To apprentice new Course Facilitators after completion of their seven month "Being of Service" course.

• To define and document facilitator and support team duties and the key support and counselling skills required.

Reported to: Convenor

Reason for leaving: Move to Brisbane (still involved remotely)

1986 -1988 Self-Transformation Seminars
(2½ years) Course Administrator and Promotions Officer

Major Achievement

• Documented voluntary jobs and course administration procedures for each course.

Responsibilities

• To facilitate self-development workshops.

• To supervise Group Leaders on courses.

• To provided pre- and post-course personal support for course participants.

• To hire, equip, set up and decorate venue.

Reported to: Canberra Centre Manager

Reason for leaving: Company takeover and closure of centre.

Skills & Experience Gained

Work Experience

• Selection, training and development of volunteer staff

• Group leadership and team building

• Course facilitation

• Host to Presenters

• Scheduling Courses and booking resources

• Volunteer co-ordination

• Facilitation of the support team's goals for each course

• Design and documentation of procedures

• Managing tension and stress

• Team Leadership

• Grant application writing

• Counselling Micro-skills

• Focusing

• Decision making

• Goal setting

• Affirmations and visualisations

• Therapeutic Massage

• Bio-energetics

• Alexander Technique

• Clowning

• Role Play

• Psychodrama

• Person Centred Therapy

• Gestalt

• Family Systems

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• Childhood regression

• Meditation

• Handling grief and loss

• Energy Balancing

• Kinesiology (Touch for Health)

• Other emotional release techniques