Solution-Focused Schools Conference, USA, August 2024

Strong Minds, Safe Schools. The Solution-Focused School Conference equips you with tools and strategies to nurture resilience and mental strength among students, preparing them to face challenges confidently and constructively.

Listen to a grand storyteller as he weaves the magic of storytelling into your solution-focused work. Hear how sharing your own narratives can inspire students to share theirs, fostering deeper relationships and helping them connect with personalized solutions to their challenges. This session is not only about facilitating trust but also about unlocking boundless possibilities.

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National Education Summit, Brisbane, August 2024

Join principals, school leaders and educators from K-12 at the National Education Summit. Held over two days educators can experience innovative Conferences, Workshops and interactive Seminars delivered by experts and thought leaders from the education sector. Educators can also engage with exhibitors showcasing the latest in resources at the education focused free trade expo. Educators attending the event can earn professional development hours on any time spent at the event.

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EduTECH, Melbourne, August 2024

Australia’s largest conference and exhibition for educators and EdTech providers. EduTECH Australia is not just about speeches and presentations, it's about dialogue and collaboration. It's about forging connections and partnerships that will drive meaningful change in education. It's about sharing insights and experiences that will inspire and empower all educators to be the change-makers the sector needs.

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Forming Connected Family Relationships Through Storytelling - Workshop

Word For Word Festival, Geelong Regional Libraries, August 2024

As parents, we all want to feel connected with our children. We want to create nourishing relationships built on love and trust. Helping our children to learn to be resilient in the face of today’s challenges and mental health struggles is one of our key roles as a parent. Using personal stories not only helps our children learn these skills, but it also helps us to build connected relationships.

Led by Andy McNeilly, this workshop is filled with stories and examples of how to do this at home. You will walk away with simple strategies to help your children learn the skills to become more resilient and face the challenges of today’s world.

Bringing Back the Fun into Parenting - Workshop Series

Regional Victoria, March 2024

Through our life journeys, we have all often enjoyed having fun. Spending time together telling stories, playing, and laughing, are some of the joys of being alive. It is through these fun times together as a family that we form strong, connected, and loving relationships. But the busyness of life can often get in the way. As adults, we can find ourselves distracted with all those so-called important tasks we need to do. This fun-filled workshop will leave parents and carers with simple strategies and reminders to take home and use immediately, needing little resources. We’ll talk about the importance of building strong, connected relationships, and some of the challenges our children are facing.
Sponsored by Parenting Services Victoria and City of Greater Geelong

World Education Summit, UK, March 2024

Learn from and with the very best in education

Incredible expertise, practice & the latest research. Instant access to world-class speakers, passionate practitioners, and school showcases with proven strategies for the whole school.

Passionate Practitioners: Andy McNeilly - Building Connected Relationships.

Living Books: Andy McNeilly - Connecting with Your Teens.

The Connected PE Online Conference, February 2024

The ConnectedPE Online Conference is a global physical education event that takes place over one week. Each day you will presented with two amazing Physical Education-themed sessions led by presenters from all over the world. All attendees will be presented with certificates of completion highlighting the professional development you've received.

Connected relationships are one of the special joys of being human. Building stronger, more connected relationships with students will naturally improve their academic results.

Andy McNeilly is not only a fantastic storyteller, but he is also a fantastic presenter. His charming manner conveys his passion for his work and helps us to understand how clients come to know him and cherish his work with them. I am so pleased our paths have crossed from so far away and look forward to many more "closing comments" at every conference I have in the future. Dr. Linda Metcalf, SFSU

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Podcast: Connecting with your Teens; Rich Bolus, The Dad Mindset, February 2024

Conferences: Solution-Focused Annual Schools Conference: USA; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Podcast: Parenting, Schools and Building Independent, Resilient Teens; Dale Sidebottom, Founder of Energetic Education; November 2023

Podcast: It’s Not Just Numbers; Adam Renouf, Managing Director and Senior Financial Advisor, Renouf and Partners; July 2023

Conference: Parents Victoria Annual Conference; October 2022

Conference: World Education Summit; March 2022

Conferences: UKEd Chat Hybrid Conference; 2021, 2022

Podcast: Connecting With Your Kids with a Solution Focus; Cher Kretz, Parenting with the Focused Mindset; July 2020