Dear %PERS_NAME%,

Not another boring Training Conference - You be the judge, attend the SpArt Think Tank 28th June 2007.

The SpArt Think Tank is NOT a boring Training Conference. The SpArt Think Tank is a place for open and frank discussion on the on the value of Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Fitness Cultural, Recreation sectors.

The SpArt Think Tank highlights the sectors contribution to the economic and social wellbeing of our society.

The SpArt Think Tank gives participants real life examples, cold hard facts and reasons why the value of the sectors goes way beyond what meets the eye.

SpArt provides a forum to showcase how and why this is so. Where else are you going to find the following topics.

• Content and Community - benefits of the sectors to the greater community including implications for health and wellbeing and social connectivity.
  
  
• SpArt and Events - SpArt sectors provide "content" for events which are a major drawcard to both regional centres and major cities. This session will explore the links between the sectors and the wider economy.
  
  
• SpArt and fundraising - What is the role of SpArt events in not-for-profit organisation's fundraising and profile building

• Wayne Kayler-Thomson, Chair Victoria Industry Events Council
• Kristy Edmonds, Artistic Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival
• Greg Marginson, General Manager, Castlemaine State Festival
• Richard Young, CEO, Victorian Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Recreation Co-op (VAYSAR)
• Ian Kett, Executive Director of Kinect Australia
• Ben Clark, Victorian State Manager, AbAF
• Craig Morris, Manager of Education and Well-being for Tennis Australia
• Kevin Brennan, Executive Officer, Arts Management Advisory Group
• Bill Younger, CEO MS Society
• Danny Schwarz, Director Development, Southern Health
• Sally Elford, General Manager Sacred Heart Mission