NZ President’s Report | Welcome

“Are you using all 4 of your T’s?” a leading philanthropist recently queried everyone in the room.

“4 T’s?” I pondered. Time, Talent and Treasure, sure, but what is the 4th T?

Ties. Ties as in connections. Ties as in relationships. Ties as in connecting people. Ties as in aligning the right people with the right cause at the right time for the right outcome.

Dr Meg Jay, author of The Defining Decade—Why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now, writes an entire chapter on what she calls “weak connections”. Her examples speak to the power of one person helping to connect another person. Sometimes the connection is for a job; sometimes it is to meet a potential life partner; sometimes it is to connect people for a cause.

The point is that things happen because of the ties which exist between people. And those ties often come from a weak connection started by just one person.

I left this seminar feeling challenged. Yes, I am giving of my time, talent and treasure as both a professional and as a volunteer, but how am I giving of my Ties?

The more I thought about it the more powerful it became. If I can activate my ties to be engaged in projects we share or simply to encourage them to utilise their ties for their favourite causes, will we not achieve more?

Ties work because they start with connection but build upon enabling others to maximise the ties for a greater benefit. As each person builds on his or her connections, the circle widens and soon different spheres have more people working together to make good things happen.

Many of you will have a personal tie with Martine Foster, Rob Hay, Rose Crossland and Jill Rodgers. All of you have a tie with them because they have served as outstanding Committee members for the NZ Chapter of Educate Plus for many years bringing their 4 T’s to make our organisation better.

Martine, Rob, Rose and Jill are stepping down from the Committee this year, and I know you will all join me in thanking them for all they have done. Each has made an extraordinary contribution of Time, Talent, Treasure and Ties. We would not be where we are today without their leadership and commitment to Educate Plus.

Enjoy your holidays, reflect on the successes of the year and challenge yourself to use your ties to make positive connections for your institutions and for people close to your heart.

Catherine Boyer F.Edplus
President EducatePlus NZ

New Zealand is hosting the 2018 Educate Plus Biennial International Conference

2018 International Biennial Conference, Auckland, 4-7 September

Yes, it’s true. New Zealand is hosting the 2018 International Conference at the Sky City!

We want EVERY New Zealand member and institutional head or representative to be there. Planning is already underway.

Call out for volunteers! If you would like to help Amanda Stanes with aspects of organising the Conference please get in touch with her. Contact details are as follows:

Amanda Stanes
Ph: 09 623 5633
Email: a.stanes@ags.school.nz

2016 International Conference

It was wonderful to see so many of the NZ Chapter at conference this year. It was another fantastic celebration of our profession, an opportunity for learning, networking and developing strong relationships with other attendees.

For those who couldn’t attend, session notes are available on the Educate Plus website Knowledgebank under the appropriate pillar. Please note you will need to be logged in to view these notes.

It was a winning conference for NZ! Below are those who were recognised for their expertise and service. We are so proud of you all

NZ has another Trevor Wigney Award Recipient! Congratulations Deb Cook

Huge congratulations to Debbie Cook

The New Zealand Chapter and all of Educate Plus are absolutely delighted that Debbie has been awarded the Trevor Wigney Award at the 2016 Educate Plus Conference on the Gold Coast.

Debbie is one of the shining stars of Educate Plus. Her contribution begins with outstanding leadership in New Zealand, but soon crosses the Tasman to serve the greater Educate Plus membership. Debbie has been a trailblazer in the field of advancement. It is her unwavering commitment to the profession and the world of education that has shaped her outstanding contribution which with others in the Chapter set the course of advancement in New Zealand.

Debbie is the consummate professional with a large heart. She is known for striving to achieve the best, always by expecting it of herself and others. She leads through example and willingly supports her peers to learn how they can succeed and achieve great things for their organisations.

Debbie’s association at St Cuthbert’s College has been a long and special one. She is an Old Girl, a past parent, past Board Member and has been Director of Development for 14 years until her retirement in 2015. While a Trust Board Member at the College she attended a Case Summer School for Philanthropy at Dartmouth College and so began her passion for carrying out the role to support the school.

Debbie has been in charge of many projects both large and small which have changed the face of the College and raised considerable sums of money. She is an exemplary model of the College motto, `By Love Serve’. This is demonstrated by her passion for education—supporting it through development, her exceptional skills, positive outlook and good humour. During their time at St Cuthbert’s College there has been a living example of the excellent working relationship between the Principal Lynda Reid (who is our inaugural Educate Plus Institutional Leader) and Debbie Cook.

Debbie has served on the New Zealand Committee for many years, followed by a term as Vice President and more recently as President and Member of the Australasian Board. To this day, even in so-called retirement, she is an active volunteer on the Committee. Debbie, with her long–time friend and colleague, fellow Trevor Wigney Award recipient—Carolyn Prebble–are leading the effort to host and now organise the 2018 biennial international conference to be held in Auckland, New Zealand.

Through personal mentoring, conference presentations and working with many boards and institutional leaders Debbie has educated successive generations of advancement professionals.

Debbie we acknowledge, thank and salute you for your outstanding contributions to Educate Plus and its members throughout Australasia.

Carolyn Prebble Awarded the Top Mentor Award in Australasia

Carolyn Prebble, King’s School, Auckland – Mentor Award

Carolyn Prebble is one of the most conscientious mentors that the NZ Chapter has. She welcomes, advises and stewards many people across New Zealand. She spends hours on the phone being the best advocate that Educate Plus could have, spreading the word about what we can offer and encouraging new members in their roles. She does not only encourage new people into the industry, but is happy to approach the most accomplished practitioners and assist them. She regularly hosts Educate Plus Professional Development meetings and is renowned for her hospitality and networking.

Carolyn is currently on the NZ Educate Plus Committee. She was on the organising Committee for the ADAPE International Conference held in Auckland in 2006. She is an Educate Plus Fellow and in that same year, received for her School, the Australasian Awards for Fundraising Campaign and Fundraising Publication. In 2014 at the Melbourne Conference, Carolyn was the recipient of the Trevor Wigney Award.

NZ Wins Top Community Publication Award. Congratulations St Andrew’s College

TOP ALUMNI/ COMMUNITY RELATIONS PUBLICATION

St Andrew’s College, Christchurch – St Andrew’s Cookbook.

‘Recipes from the Tartan Kitchen’ is the St Andrew’s College cookbook published in October 2014. This initiative was a fundraiser for the College’s new Centennial Chapel, built to replace the beloved Memorial Chapel destroyed in the 2011 earthquakes.

This community publication was the first cookbook the College had produced and as well as being a fundraiser it was intended to engage the community in the lead up to the centenary celebrations in 2017.

Although the project was initially started in 2013 it was delayed due to a number of issues. An amazing effort from the Advancement team and many hours of work from volunteers ensured that this project was delivered successfully. To date we have raised $133,000 for the new Chapel.

The Advancement Team was committed to best practice ensuring that communications were professional, a budget adhered to and that sponsors and volunteers were acknowledged for their support.

If you are thinking about producing a cookbook, we recommend taking the time to understand what sort of publication you want to produce and what the cost of this will be, particularly in terms of staff resource. Strong support from volunteers is essential and, while it does take time to effectively manage volunteers, it is difficult to do these large projects without extensive outside help. A clear project plan and a defined list of responsibilities for each team member is critical.

Things that will take more time than what you initially think are creating data queries to aid your sales strategy and planning and managing the distribution. The marketing plan should take into account a period to build excitement around the book, before the actual sales period begins.

Regular communications with sponsors are also important, especially post-project as they love to get updates on how sales are going.
Francesca Eathorne, Head of Communications

Congratulations to the 2016 Educate Plus Fellowship Recipients

Experienced and committed Educate Plus members are recognised for their contribution to the industry and the organisation by the awarding of a Fellowship. These special awards are made biennially. Congratulations to the following 2016 recipients:

al_1695 CATHERINE BOYER Philanthropy & Fundraising, Woodstock Consulting, Christchurch

Catherine is the current President of Educate Plus NZ . A marvellous communicator whose superb work has led to the successful amalgamation of the NZ Chapter with Educate Plus Ltd. Catherine joined Educate Plus in 2009 and has been a vital part of the NZ Chapter Committee since 2011. The successful mini conference in Christchurch in 2015 is due to her great work with the small organising committee. Catherine continues with very successful work in her current role with Woodstock consulting and she added greatly to the fundraising achievements at St Andrew’s College during her time there in charge of the Development Office.

VICKI FOWLER Community Relations & Development Manager, Westlake Boys’ High School, Auckland

Vicki has been a member of Educate Plus since 2007 and is an energetic communicator and contributor on the NZ Chapter Committee since she joined more than 3 years ago. Vicki presented at the New Zealand Chapter Conference in Wellington 2013 on the success of promoting Leavers’ Reunions on Social Media. Vicki has assisted greatly, particularly in the Auckland area encouraging those in the state schools to join and be part of Educate Plus. We are delighted she has agreed to assist on the organising committee with Deb Cook and Carolyn Prebble in the lead up to the Australasian Conference in Auckland in 2018. Vicki’s four days each week at Westlake see her achieving an amazing amount in the areas of marketing and communications, fundraising and reunions.

ROB HAY Special Projects Manager, Lindisfarne College, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay

Rob joined Educate Plus in 2006 and has served on the NZ Chapter Committee since 2008. He has been an excellent contributor to the organisation as Secretary and as one of the Vice Presidents since 2014. Rob currently shares this role with Jo Brady. Rob has always very ably organised successful meetings of groups and particularly those in the Hawkes Bay Educate Plus team. Rob has organised several of the bi-annual New Zealand Chapter dinners at the international conferences in Australia. Rob’s wide role at Lindisfarne College includes the successful organisation of many events, fundraising projects, alumni reunions and managing sports teams.

JANICE LAPWOOD Development Manager, University of Waikato Foundation, Hamilton

Janice’s long association with ADAPE and Educate Plus began in 2000. During this time there are only two years when she wasn’t a member of the organisation due to her changing roles between the University of Waikato and Southwell School. She has contributed very significantly to the success of both organisations. In 2000, while at the University of Waikato Janice and the team were the recipients of the best Capital Fundraising Campaign in Australasia raising $11.8M for the University of Waikato. She has presented at the 2012 Educate Plus Sydney Conference, is currently on the NZ Chapter Committee, and has for a number of years organised regular informal meetings for the Waikato Educate Plus Team.

NAOMI WILDE Alumni and Development Manager, Lincoln University, Christchurch

Naomi joined Educate Plus in 2006. There was a break of 18 months when she was working outside education. Naomi’s total membership is 8 years. She is a very valuable member of the Educate Plus NZ Chapter Committee and worked tirelessly on the conference committee with Catherine Boyer, Jo Brady, Rose Crossland and Georgia Harvey, making the 2015 New Zealand Conference in Christchurch,` Let’s Talk Business,’ very stimulating and successful. Before joining the team at Lincoln University, Naomi worked at College House where she established the Alumni and Development Office. From there she went to St Andrew’s College and was responsible for and very successful with the Annual Giving Programme and the fundraising campaign leading to their Centennial celebrations.

Key Learnings for 2016 International Scholarship Recipients

Scholarship winners to the International Conference provide feedback reports of what they got out of being immersed for 2 days in the world of Educate Plus. You can read their ‘golden nuggets of learning’ from the conference here:

Dates for Your Diary

18 November – Auckland

Date: Friday 18 November
Time: 4pm – Conference learnings round table for those who would like to attend followed at 5pm by drinks and nibbles
Venue: King’s School, 258 Remuera Road

It is with great pleasure that we invite you all to join us at this event. Members of our Educate Plus NZ Board and Chair as well as the NZ President, Catherine Boyer, will be flying in from Australia and Christchurch to meet you all and share some of their insights from the recent International Conference.

A round table of highlights from the conference will be held and drinks and nibbles afterwards at 5.30pm.

You are welcome to invite your Principal, Vice-Chancellor and members of your Board and Foundation to join us as well. Drinks and Nibbles will be served with compliments from Execucare New Zealand.

Please RSVP by Tuesday 15 November with names of attendees to Carolyn Prebble at email c.prebble@kings.school.nz or phone 09 520 7790

22 November Wellington

Date: Tuesday 22 November
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: St Johns Bar, On the Waterfront, 5 Cable Street

It is with great pleasure that we invite you all to join us at this event. Venue and timing will be advised as soon as possible.

Our Educate Plus NZ President, Catherine Boyer, will be flying up from Christchurch to meet you all and share some of her insights from the recent International Conference.

You are welcome to invite your Principal, Vice-Chancellor and members of your Board and Foundation to join us as well. Drinks and Nibbles will be served with compliments from Execucare New Zealand.

RSVP by Thursday 17 November with names of attendees to Martine Foster on martine.foster@marsden.school.nz or phone 04 476 8792 Ext 876.

24 November – Christchurch

Date: Wednesday 24 November 2016
Time: 5pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Upstairs Bar, Carlton Hotel, corner of Papanui Road and Bealey Ave

It is with great pleasure that we invite you all to join us at this event. Our Educate Plus NZ President, Catherine Boyer, will join us all and share some of her insights from the recent International Conference.

For those who attended the Conference, please bring some ‘golden nuggets’ of wisdom to be shared with everyone.

You are welcome to invite your Principal, Vice-Chancellor, members of your Board and Foundation to join us as well. Drinks and Nibbles will be served with compliments from Execucare New Zealand.

RSVP by Monday 21 November with names of attendees to Rose Crossland on email rose.c@stmargarets.school.nz or phone 03 353 2560 Ext 8525

2016 AGM, Christchurch

Date: Monday 12 December
Time: 4pm
Venue: College House, 100 Waimairi Road, Christchurch

Please join fellow members and the NZ Chapter of Educate Plus Committee members at this year’s AGM. We will be electing officers and plan to celebrate the successful amalgamation with Educate Plus Ltd and winning the bid to host the 2018 Biennial International Conference in Auckland.

Committee nominations – please contact Catherine Boyer or any of our NZ Committee members if you would like to either be on the Committee or to nominate someone. Email Catherine at catherine@educateplus.edu.au

2017 NZ Chapter Conference, Wellington 24-25 August

Wellington here we come! The NZ Chapter Conference is being hosted in Wellington and you shouldn’t miss this opportunity to be inspired by experienced guest speakers, increase your professional knowledge, network, strengthen friendships and make make new ones. Please contact Amanda Stanes (a.stanes@ags.school.nz) or Martine Foster (martine.foster@marsden.school.nz) if you would like to assist with planning or know of a great speaker.