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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Creative Industries\, Tourism and Sport is ex
 cited to present the&nbsp\;Building Better Boards education program\, deli
 vered by expert facilitator Diane Smith-Gander AO.The Building Better Boar
 ds governance program will provide a series of learning experiences to enh
 ance the governance and organisational leadership skills of state sporting
  association (SSA)\, state active recreation organisation (SARO) and peak 
 body board directors.Details Topic: Board culture and managementWednesday\
 , 21 October 2026\, 6:00 to 7:30 pm&nbsp\;There are 5 opportunities availa
 ble through this program you can attend. Sessions are presented non-sequen
 tially allowing you to attend relevant sessions.Choose 1 or all 5&nbsp\;&m
 dash\; it's up to you!More sessions can be found via the registration link
 .Who should attend?Board directors from the following organisations:state 
 sporting associationsstate active recreation organisationspeak bodiesParti
 cipants who identify as female or gender diverse are encouraged to apply.E
 xpress your interest&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Submit your expression of interest befo
 re 2 weeks prior to the session date. Advice on acceptance will be provide
 d one week prior.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Meet the presenter &mdash\; Diane Smith-Ga
 nder&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Diane Smith-Gander AO is well known as a professional c
 ompany director with an accomplished business career 40 years in the makin
 g.A former WA state representative in basketball\, Diane completed an econ
 omics degree at UWA part time whilst pouring all her energy into the game.
 &nbsp\; She then went onto complete an MBA from the University of Sydney w
 hilst working full time.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Now she is the 16th&nbsp\;and first 
 female chancellor of UWA.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Pursues a portfolio career with di
 verse directorships including as Chair of Zip Co\, HBF Health and Perenti.
 &nbsp\; She has also been active in sports administration and currently ch
 airs the inaugural Nominations Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency.
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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LOCATION:WA\,Leederville\,246 Vincent Street
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SUMMARY:Building Better Boards education program — Board culture and manage
 ment
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Department of Creative Industries\, Tou
 rism and Sport is excited to present the&nbsp\;Building Better Boards educ
 ation program\, delivered by expert facilitator Diane Smith-Gander AO.</p>
 <p>The Building Better Boards governance program will provide a series of 
 learning experiences to enhance the governance and organisational leadersh
 ip skills of state sporting association (SSA)\, state active recreation or
 ganisation (SARO) and peak body board directors.</p><h2>Details </h2><h3><
 strong></strong>Topic: Board culture and management</h3><p>Wednesday\, 21 
 October 2026\, 6:00 to 7:30 pm&nbsp\;</p><p><span style="background-color:
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 lign:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:aut
 o\;white-space:inherit\;">There are 5 opportunities available through this
  program you can attend. Sessions are presented non-sequentially allowing 
 you to attend relevant sessions.</span></p><p>Choose 1 or all 5&nbsp\;&mda
 sh\; it's up to you!</p><p>More sessions can be found via the registration
  link.</p><h2>Who should attend?<span style="background-color:transparent\
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 n:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;
 white-space:inherit\;"></span></h2><p>Board directors from the following o
 rganisations:</p><ul><li>state sporting associations</li><li>state active 
 recreation organisations</li><li>peak bodies</li></ul><p>Participants who 
 identify as female or gender diverse are encouraged to apply.</p><h2>Expre
 ss your interest&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</h2><p><span style="background-color:trans
 parent\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:
 inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;wh
 ite-space:inherit\;">Submit your expression of interest before 2 weeks pri
 or to the session date. Advice on acceptance will be provided one week pri
 or.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span></p><h2><span style="background-color:transparent
 \;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inheri
 t\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-sp
 ace:inherit\;"></span>Meet the presenter &mdash\; Diane Smith-Gander&nbsp\
 ; &nbsp\;</h2><p>Diane Smith-Gander AO is well known as a professional com
 pany director with an accomplished business career 40 years in the making.
 </p><p>A former WA state representative in basketball\, Diane completed an
  economics degree at UWA part time whilst pouring all her energy into the 
 game.&nbsp\; She then went onto complete an MBA from the University of Syd
 ney whilst working full time.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p><p>Now she is the 16th&nbsp
 \;and first female chancellor of UWA.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Pursues a portfolio ca
 reer with diverse directorships including as Chair of Zip Co\, HBF Health 
 and Perenti.&nbsp\; She has also been active in sports administration and 
 currently chairs the inaugural Nominations Committee for the World Anti-Do
 ping Agency.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>
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