May 2021 Edition May 2021 Edition
Presidents Report It has been a busy three months for the PWAPM. Our very first National Leadership Conference held in March knocked our expectations out the park and was an absolute success. To all the PWAPM board members, all your hard work and efforts paid off. We did it! We had around 60 delegates attend the two-day event and over 90 people attend the leadership dinner, where the PWAPM recognition awards were announced. Many attendees braved the ongoing restrictions to get there. There were several times we thought the conference would need to be postponed, but thankfully, luck was in our favour. The conference focused on leadership and building connections with like-minded people within the industry. The itinerary was carefully chosen to include speakers who inspire and effectively lead people and show commitment within the workforce. To encourage, and manage change, as well as mentor and develop employees. We wanted our delegates to walk away from the conference feeling inspired and more focused. A survey was emailed out to all the delegates and sponsors, and we are pleased to have received so many positive comments and feedback. If you have not yet completed the survey, we would really appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes so that we can hear your thoughts. It is important that we know what our members want, and your suggestions are important to us.
Since the conference, I am pleased to see that we have had a spike in membership numbers and more sponsors are getting involved within the PWAPM. We are looking forward to running the conference again next year, with preparations already in the works. Keep a look out because more details will be released in the next gazette. In other exciting news, the next event for us will be the PWAPM networking breakfast held at this year’s AEPMA (Pesticon) National Conference, at The Star Gold Coast – sponsored by Ecolab. We invite all women attending the conference to come along to the breakfast, as well as any women located on the Gold Coast or nearby. All is welcome; you do not have to be a conference delegate to attend! The 2021 PWAPM Excellence Award is also about to be launched with nominations opening in the next couple of weeks. I encourage you to nominate a female you feel should be recognised for the work that they do. The winner will be announced at the Pesticon Gala Dinner along with the Pest Manager of the Year Awards. I would like to thank AEPMA and BASF for getting behind these awards, to recognise and promote professionalism in the pest management industry.
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