Join us for a day of discussion and practical tools to engage people at different stages of their lives to be active participants in outdoor activities and experiences.

Date: Friday October 28
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm – tea, coffee and lunch will be provided.
Venue: South Bank Brisbane (Find on Google Maps)
The Symposium will be followed in the evening by the Queensland Outdoor Recreation Awards

What is it all about – why should you come?

This is a great opportunity for you, your staff and perhaps more importantly, your Boards or Committee members, to gain some insights into the current trends, issues and opportunities around participation in outdoor activity – both actual and potential.

It will be a day of thought provoking conversation designed to prompt strategic thinking on how to tackle emerging challenges and to maximise future opportunities.

The day will include practical tools and examples of other organisations that have managed to attract diverse and/or targeted participation through careful, considered and informed design.

• Gain insight into current trends, issues and opportunities
• Learn how to encourage people to participate across their lifespan
• Understand the evolving needs, capacities, interests and challenges of participants
• Gain knowledge and tools to help people ‘Live Life Outdoors’.
• Develop targeted programming to better connect people with the outdoors

In short, this is a valuable opportunity for you to get ready for the changing face of outdoor recreation!

Presentation/Workshops

• Change the language to connect your tribe. A new take on Landcare
  • Naomi Edwards, Co-Founder of Intrepid Landcare
• The benefits of engaging young children and families through play outdoors
  • Dr Sue Elliott, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, University of New England
• #GetLifelongReady – Engaging adults in outdoor recreation
  • Dr Alana Thomson, Thomson Management Group
• Communicating value in a world of irrationality
  • Sibel Korhaliller, Communications and Marketing Manager at Alzheimer’s Australia (Queensland)

Other Sessions Will Cover

• Things that are working: snapshots of organisations and spaces that are enabling participation across the different stages;
• Communicating across the social demographic divides;
• Action: how to go from ideas, to intentions, to implementation.

Who Should Come?
Clubs; State Recreation Organisations; Playgroups; Land and Water Managers; Health Professionals; Educators; Commercial Providers; Policy Makers; Campsite Managers; Participants; Activity Providers; Parents; Recreation Officers, Event Organisers …

You might find a new market, think of a business case for more inclusive programming, meet like-minded colleagues to share ideas, or just be inspired to seize an opportunity!

Please note:

• The Symposium will be followed in the evening by the Queensland Outdoor Recreation Awards
• Tickets are offered at both Green Circle Member and non-member rates
• Combo tickets are available for those attending both the Symposium and the Queensland Outdoor Recreation Awards Dinner in the evening.

Spread the Word?

Share, send a link or email the Flyer as a Call to Action and SHARE with your members, staff and mailing list. The more people who know about the symposium, the more ideas we can share, and the more effectively we can address the need to get more people connecting with the outdoors over the course of their lives.