Introducing this year's KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Allison MOONEY Certified Speaking Professional Allison Mooney has been recipient of the Speaker of the Year (Professional Speakers Association of NZ) award three times. As an Award winning Global Speaker and Author, she has won many prestigious speaking awards and her best-selling book Pressing the Right Buttons earned her “Author of the Year” by the Professional Speakers Association of NZ. In 2009 she achieved one of the highest international accreditations in the speaking industry, the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) award held only by 10 other Kiwis and 750 speakers world- wide. In 2020 she was awarded the Global Speaker’s Federation Fellow designation. Showing her ability to speak across, ethnicity, regions and cultures. As a “people interpreter” she as the Midas touch in being able to ‘speed read’ people, an essential skill both at home and at work. You will go away today with this same ability. KRIS MURRAY Founder of The Child Care Success Company Kris Murray is the President and Founder of The Child Care Success Company and is America’s leading child care business expert. Her mission is to help child care owners and directors become more successful and profitable through proven cutting-edge marketing techniques and a unique approach to running a child care business. Kris founded CCSC in 2008 when the economy was starting to tank and the enrolment of her children’s preschool was down significantly. They were about half full, desperate, and in need of answers. Taking her marketing knowledge and combining it with her “mom hat” she was able to create a system for my very first client (TLC Academy in Hudson, Ohio) that worked to grow their enrolment by about 55 children in 11 months. Together, they doubled their enrolment by putting proven but little-known marketing strategies into place. Today, they remain nearly full and have a waiting list for some rooms. Kris will be coming all the way from Colorado, USA to open the conference with the first keynote: "The Power of a Positive Mindset". On Saturday she will be presenting a workshop on "New Staff Attraction & Retention Strategies for the Post-Covid Economy" which we know will be powerful and practical. SUE CHERRINGTON Associate Professor at the Victoria University of Wellington Sue Cherrington is an Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Early Childhood Studies at Te Herenga Waka: Victoria University of Wellington. Sue has an extensive background in early childhood education, both as a kindergarten teacher and in early childhood teacher education. Sue’s over-arching research focus is on professional and pedagogical practices in ECE, including EC teacher thinking and reflection, professional learning and development, and the use of innovative data collection tools for use by teachers in ECE settings. March 2023 { 26 }
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