Key outcomes for the 2011 conference are:

When conference participants were asked what impact the Conference will have on the way they work, some of the responses were:

• Practical tools, direction of program, personal direction of my work-path, and encouragement.
• Food for thought, back on track.
• Acknowledgement of the way I work (mindfulness and its importance).
• It will be very relevant to my group work.
• Greater awareness of evaluation and research to validate the group value.
• Open my mind to new learning and teaching.
• Ideas to take back to group programs I run.
• New ideas and approaches, reconnecting with colleagues/networking, excellent workshop=gave me energy.
• Both personally and professionally a very helpful experience.
• I believe the relaxed, safe and stimulating environment helps me to absorb new ideas and reaffirms old/known concepts to help my professional practice and life.
• A good opportunity to network.
• Take away activities, reinforce and promote importance of facilitation and group work.
• Will hopefully re-energise my work practice. It has certainly raised myself awareness in relation to personal issues and brought some clarity at a time it was needed. Great being around like minded, thoughtful people. Feel thoroughly revitalised.
• Huge.
• Makes me think of other ways to do groups and incorporate new ideas.
• Re-energised and clearer about my future direction.
• Stimulate, re-enthuses.
• Food for thought – challenging me along my journey as a group leader/worker/facilitator and a practitioner.
• Inspiring me personally in my personhood and similarly in my work educating and working therapeutically with groups at work.
• Has highlighted some areas that I would like to possibly work in. Has also highlighted some personal goals that need to be acknowledged.
• Lots of great ideas to re-incorporate into my work – particularly the slowing down/mindfulness work.
• Energising, too much work to do everything I want to do, fantastic networking, IGL conferences are the best conferences I have ever attended.
• Re-look at my current practice in running groups. Go back and look at running other therapeutic groups to support client need.
• Integrate theoretical group work concepts more intentionally.
• Re-energised and committed to the future growth of group work.
• Confidence increase that what I am doing is right and worth defending.
• A good platform to move forward from personally, professionally and enlightenment.
• Broaden my understanding and commitment to the work I do and why it is so important.
• Validating of an isolated worker.
• Make changes, know what the best practice is.
• I work with families delivering services in mental health, children contact centre and it is all about group work and the attendance of the workshop was well timed.
• Implementing new techniques.
• Enthused me to keep going.
• Recognise I need to carefully document what, how and why I am doing.
• Professional/personal growth.
• Many things I can use in both my personal and professional life.
• Principles will stay with me during my workshops.
• It always energises me to come to this event and meet like minded people. It hsa opened my eyes to possible places where group work is offered.
• Renewed sense of group work and its importance.
• I will take many ideas into my work.
• More aware of other services, organisations and renewed enthusiasm for group facilitation.
• Increased confidence and opportunity for ongoing networking.
• Goals for my organisation, program and teams; look to getting or courses accredited, continue to seek funding for research/evaluation, support IGL to provide training for group facilitators, celebrate how well we are doing what we are doing with professional staff using researched, evidence based practice and absolute respect for our clients/participants.
• It has got the juices going and I go away with more energy and commitment to group work.
• Better theoretical framework for group work.
• It will prompt me to continue advocating for group work to be valued. It would be helpful for IGL to continue advocating too.
• Reaffirms my passion for group work and has provided some new ideas about my own approaches and practice.

• Sharon Turton CAPA - onnecting Kids: The Journey: ‘Connection’ in the group setting
• Anne Vranisan CatholicCare Melbourne -Creating a Climate for  Change - the Challenges of Post Separation Parenting Groups
• Angharad Candlin CatholicCare Sydney - Keeping it outside the box: using creativity and diversity to reach marginalised parents
• Liz Sanders UnitingCare Burnside - Newpin Inside:  Meeting the Needs of Parents  in Prison
• John Bartram & Sharron Matayalo CatholicCare Sydney - The Forgotten Body
• Lorraine Holland and Janet Sallabank NSW Dept of Corrective Services Offender Programs and Services - The Emerging Role of the Program Facilitator
• James Ferguson, Deborah Jenkin and Neysa Burns NSW Dept of Corrective Services- Messy Women: adapting DBT group work to reach a previously unreachable group of forensic clients
• Angharad Candlin & Karolyn Ellis CatholicCare Sydney - Facilitating Change in a Cold Climate
• Irene Gaffney & Tim Broady Relationships Australia - Research, Family Violence and Groupwork

• Cath Lancaster & Jacquie Milburn Womens Health in the North - Collected Wisdom - Facilitated Family Violence Groupwork with women
• Dr Leonie Aitken and Trevor Armitage- Interpersonal Group Therapy A focus on interpersonal interactions between members of therapy group
• Peter Slattery - THOUGHTPICS…an IMAGE @ MUSIC based groupwork resource
• Andrew King Groupwork Solutions - Developing IGL endorsed group work programs
• Annette Coulter Centre for Art Psychotherapy -Art-based activities for groups
• Serah Geenberg-Kraft The Benevolent Society - Increasing carer resilience through psycho-educational group work: The role of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI)
• Kerrie McFadden & Jenny Wakeford Relationships Australia - The Us Kit  - Tools for Family Based Groupwork
• Ross Fairbank Groupwork Solutions & the Australian Institute of Male Health Studies - Dads 2 be
• Heather McAlpine Relationships Australia - "Sorry seems to be the hardest word"
• Stephanie Ingram, Deb McEvoy-Herbert & Vanessa Sheer Learning Links - Innovative service delivery provides timely empowerment for parents
• Muffy Churches ASK Learning - Maximising Personal Potential
• Julie Holt 'Wattle Place- The NSW Support Service For Forgotten Australians - A Healing Retreat For The 'Forgotten Australian's'
• Andrew King Groupwork Solutions - The power of new perspectives - Using physical sculpture in group work
• Vicki Parkes Relationships Australia - Diversifying Delivery - Adapting F2F Education Programs to Teleconference and Online
• Mohamed Dukuly, Susan Cunningham & Elizabeth Schaffer STARTTS - Families in Cultural Transition: An alternative healing process
• Theo Chang & Tony Trimingham Family Drug Support -  Family Drug Support's Stepping Stones to Success - Group work that works for families supporting alcohol and other drug dependents

2011 IGL Conference - Andrew King Keynote - Using relationship connections in group programs (140 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Elizabeth Scott Keynote - The mental wealth of nations (12864 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Kevin O'Sullivan Keynote - Using group work to support change (1825 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Rachel Collis Keynote - Mindfulness in Every Day Group Work (9200 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Andrew King Workshop - Using Sculpture and Role Play (2581 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Anne Vranisan – Our Kids Parenting Orders Program CatholicCare Workshop (2540 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - John Bartram & Sharron Matayalo Paper - The Forgotten Body in Male Behavio (434 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Heather McAlpine - Sorry seems to be the hardest word (305 KB)

2011 IGL Conference - Stephanie Ingram and Deb McEvoy-Herbert - Parents as Case Coordinators ‘PaCC’ (0 KB)