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United Future
Since: Aug 2007
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BLOG: Setting the Right Tone

What makes a conference a good conference? Is it the fruit mince tarts? Does the soothing music playing as you walk into the venue set the right tone? At the end of the day, none of that matters. It’s about the people.

This coming Saturday I am genuinely excited to meet some amazing people for the first time. We’ve invited Diane Vivian from ‘Grandparents Raising Grandchildren’ to speak to us at our conference, along with 4 other key charitable groups who slog away at helping others day in and day out (go to the spotlight page and look at our conference programme).

What’s neat about Diane, is that she is bringing some of her team with her. She could have said “Diane plus 10 others”. Instead she wrote:

Terry & Murray – Raising 2 grandchildren
Cecilee – Raising 1 grandchild
Margaret – Raising 1 grandchild
Barbara – Raising 2 grandchildren
Annette – Raising 3 grandchildren
Anne – Has raised 1 grandchild
Neil & Dorothy -- Raising 3 grandchildren
Wendy– Raising 2 grandchildren ... Read the full text of this blog post.

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Judy Turner
Since: Aug 2007
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Those that get to come to conference and meet Diane Vivian and her team are in for a treat. If you need to be reminded how good life is then come a meet these grandparents who live daily with huge challenges and make sacrifices that are truely super-human

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Mark Roper
Since: Aug 2007
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The conference was awesome.

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John Pickering
Since: Aug 2007
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What a great conference - clarity of vision was the highlight. I thought the panel was fantastic - 5 passionate NZers helping vulnerable people- exactly the sort of people that need a voice in parliament.

Could we have the speeches of Peter, Judy and Denise on-line somewhere?

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Ian Mc Innes
Since: Aug 2007
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Hi.

Could Denise please post her informative conference speech on the website. Thank you.

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