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Rural towns shine in the spotlight
As part of LMCLP we meet a lot of passionate community leaders in rural and regional Victoria and know how hard they work to promote their towns as great places to live and work. Our Projects Manager Kerry Anderson (LMCLP … Continue reading
From Kinder in the Bush to Norway …
Leanne Grogan (2007) reflects on how far her LMCLP community project—to connect children to nature in early learning centres—has taken her … All the way to research in Italy, a new career with LaTrobe University, and most recently, an invitation … Continue reading
“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room”
Our guest blogger this month is Chris Potaris, Chair of Community Leadership Australia. He has kindly allowed us to reproduce his recent blog which poses an important challenge for anyone in a leadership role and wanting to learn more – … Continue reading
Lighting the spark in all of us
Our guest blogger this month is Caitlin Matthews (LMCLP 2014) who resides in the rural community of Guildford near Castlemaine. Caitlin recently attended the Our Community conference which fired her up no end so naturally we invited her to tell … Continue reading
Why wait for the Cavalry? – Small towns, Committees and Leadership
Yvonne Wrigglesworth (LMCLP 2013) is passionate about her town and has kindly agreed to share what she has observed to be critical to successfully working with a community committee. She currently holds the roles of President of Axedale Our Town … Continue reading
Vision of the Region: a youth perspective
18 year old Ashleigh Rogers has recently left her home town of Cohuna. Why? Will she come back? What can other rural towns do to retain strong ties with their young people? At Community Leadership Loddon Murray’s 2015 Vision of … Continue reading
The Mentoring Relationship and Process
Lucy Mayes (2007) recently conducted a webinar for graduates exploring the mentoring relationship and process and has made her notes available for this month’s blog. “A brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction!” … Continue reading
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A lesson in leadership ….
Dianne Bowles of Cohuna describes herself as a professional dairy farmer, a Board Member at the North Central Catchment Management Authority, and a Director of Murray Dairy. She is also a graduate of the Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program (2012). … Continue reading
The Magic Bank Account
An interesting analogy to ponder as we approach the end of one year and start of another. Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account … Continue reading
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6 PASSIONS: Building, Succession, Dreaming, Focusing, Helping and Environment
At CLLM’s Vision for Agribusiness Dinner held in Kerang on 28 July, 2014 we were privileged to hear from a panel of inspiring speakers including Tom Smith, a graduate of the Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program in 1999. Tom has … Continue reading
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