News

Due to a heavy workload, this website has only limited updates. For the latest news, please contact Bronwen directly on bc@bronwencampbell.com.

May 2006 - Book Launch for Balance - Real Life Strategies for Work/Life Balance

Bronwen has contributed to a book on Work/Life Balance, together with 11 other authors, published by Sea Change Publishing.

In this book, you'll learn practical, real-life stratgies and techniques from a combination of work/life balance experts as well as everyday people, who have deisgned work/life balance systems that work. These systems have been designed to help you better integrate evertyhing that you need and want to do in your life - all whilst remembering to enjoy the journey along the way.

To order your copy, please contact Bronwen.

August 2005 - AIM Public Speaking Forum "Powerful Powerpoint Presentations

Bronwen is again running an interactive workshop for the AIM Special Interest Group "Public Speaking Forum" after excellent feedback on the last workshop. Please click here for more details.

May 2005 - Book Launch for "What My Favourite Teacher Taught Me"

We were pleased to be invited to contribute to the compilation book "What my Favourite Teacher Taught Me", and have just received the news that Seachange Publishing will be launching their latest volume, Volume 2, at the Education Expo in Sydney on May 14 and 15. There are two associated events to launch the book, and you are welcome to attend. Please see the attached invitations for Friday 13 May and Wednesday 25th May which have the registration forms and associated costs. If you cannot attend, but would like to order a book, please e-mail me on bc@bronwencampbell.com to place your order. The retail price is $32.50 which includes post and handling. If you order before 9th May, you can take $5 off that price and get a copy for $27.50.

3 May 2005 - Youth Leadership Course

A youth leadership course based on the successful and proven Toastmasters program will be run by Bronwen, in association with volunteers from the Whitehorse Toastmasters Club at Highvale Primary School, Ashton Street Glen Waverley. Targetted at 10-14 year olds, the course will develop public speaking and listening skills. To book for this 6 week program, Monday evenings 6:30 pm - 8 pm starting 9th May, please e-mail Bronwen on bc@bronwencampbell.com or phone on 0439 842237.

April 2005 - Australian Institute of Management Presentation

Bronwen ran an interactive workshop for the AIM Special Interest Group "Public Speaking Forum" on 28th April. For more information on this group, please log onto www.aimvic.com.au . The energy and positive attitude of all the participants made this a tremendous success. A comment from one of the participants:

"I really wanted to compliment you on the job you did last night. It was excellent - everyone was involved and I observed and heard that each person appreciated that fact." Andrew Coogan, ESGE Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, www.candino.com

Here's some information on the workshop::

ACTIVE LEARNING means converting your knowledge into skills. Active learning leads to enhanced performance and a better way of doing things. Join us for a proactive workshop to practice your public speaking skills and put your learning into action to find that better way. We'll start with some hints on what makes an effective speech and how to give specific and positive feedback. We have volunteers from our group who are going to present a 3 minute speech on what we have learned in the previous sessions - these were: "Sell Your Idea: The Art of Powerful & Persuasive Speaking" and "How to Eliminate Umms and make Public Speaking Life Easy". If you were there, you will get a refresher and if you missed those nights, you will get a snippet of the key takeaways from the sessions. Then it will be your turn to give your feedback to the speakers - tell them what you liked about their speech, and count their ums and ahs - you might be surprised at the varied results! The aim of the workshop is to give everyone the chance to practise their listening, speaking and feedback skills - and to have fun!

November 2004 - Australian Institute of Management Presentation

An interactive workshop on evaluating speeches and giving feedback was well received by the AIM group for public speaking in spite of a last minute change in speakers. A comment from the chair: "Last night was a fabulous success even though we were small in numbers, but it worked very well. – A big special thank you to Bronwen for stepping into Tom’s shoes at such short notice and for her excellent evaluations of the Impromptu speeches." Jude Anderson, Chair, Public Speaking Forum.

June 2004 - Chemical Engineering Institute Presentation, Brisbane

Bronwen presented on "The right tool for the job - using dynamic simulation effectively" for the Chemical Engineering Institute in Brisbane. To view a video and the slides of the live presentation, please visit http://www.quickstream.com.au/events/ieaust/ and click on the presentation title "The right tool for the job...". You will need to register, which will only take you a few moments and is free to members of the public. Alternatively, please contact Bronwen on bc@bronwencampbell.com to get a copy of the presentation on CD-ROM.

May 2004 - Toastmasters Convention

The district 73 Toastmasters convention held in Lorne May 21-23 was a fun weekend of learning and sharing ideas with other toastmasters. We were lucky enough to have Mark Brown, World Champion Public Speaker as a guest speaker. Mark was not only a fantastic speaker, but was warm and friendly at a personal level with all the delegates he spoke to. I, and a few fellow toastmasters from Whitehorse Toastmasters club, was privileged to spend some time with Mark discussing his keys to successful speaking and some of his philosophies of life in general. You can find out more about Mark at www.markbrownspeaks.com.

May 2004 - Victorian Oil and Gas Conference

Bronwen presented at the inaugural Victorian Oil and Gas Conference held on March 13th on Production System Integrity. This was followed the next day by a Corporate Networking Breakfast, at which Bronwen again presented. The presentation was on the Aspen Oil and Gas Solution and covered the range of software solutions available from AspenTech for the Oil and Gas industry. For details of her presentation visit www.plantsolutions.com.au or contact her on bjcampbell@plantsolutions.com.au.

March 2004 - National Speakers Association Convention

The National Speakers Association Convention. A wealth of wisdom, ways with words, witty and wise, what more can I say?! If anyone would like a copy of my transcript of my handwritten scrawls on the pearls of wisdom I gleaned from the conference, please e-mail me and I would be happy to share what I have learned. Please send an e-mail to the address below, but copy it also to bjcampbell@plantsolutions.com.au, my daytime e-mail address.

Last updated 20 May, 2006