Go on, show off!

Have you thought about submitting an abstract for the 2012 Australian Community Engagement & Fire Awareness Conference? Last year’s attendees told us they especially liked hearing other volunteers speak.

Abstract submissions are expressions of interest to present one of our workshop streams (which run for approximately 45 minutes) or you may like to submit a poster or short video. All submissions will be reviewed by a Working Party of volunteers who will help us shape the conference program.

Why don’t you share your successes? What have been the biggest challenges and how did you overcome them? Any programs that are working well?

If public speaking gives you the horrors, why don’t you share the duties with another volunteer? This site has some great public speaking tips - http://bit.ly/9qgLbY.

Get cracking as the deadline is 24 February. For more information and the abstract paperwork go to http://bit.ly/hdXIs8.

Online registrations (to attend the conference) will take place soon. Standby for more information. Once the form is posted we’ll let you know.

Kind regards,



Nicole Miller

Community Engagement Coordinator

NSW Rural Fire Service

Community.engagement@rfs.nsw.gov.au