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Conference Electives

The elective program for 2025 is currently being assembled. This year electives will take place in seven parallel streams, listed below. Session details will be updated throughout March.

Governance Stream
People / HR Stream
Finance & Legal Stream
Fundraising & Communications Stream
General Stream
Executive Leadership Stream
Tech Stream

 

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  • Governance Stream
  • People / HR Stream
  • Fundraising / Marketing Stream
  • Executive Leadership Stream
  • General Stream
  • Tech Stream
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Which tools and techniques from mainstream fundraising are out of bounds for Christian fundraisers?

Panel discussion led by June Steward, Creagivity

Leading Faithfully in the Age of AI: An Open Dialogue
In this interactive session, we’ll explore the opportunities and dilemmas AI presents for boards and leaders of Christian organisations. Through shared insights, participant questions and shared experiences, we’ll wrestle with real-world challenges around ethics, oversight, safety, and faithful innovation. Come ready to discuss, discern and shape your organisation’s response to this powerful technology.

Louise Mercer, Nova Sight

Beautiful conflict – the essential building blocks of a conflict competent organisation
While diversity is unquestionably a driver of innovation and performance, it can also contribute to misalignment, frustration and damaged relationships. This session explores the practical steps that executive teams can take to embrace diversity with frameworks that hold teams and stakeholders in right relationship.

Mal Cooke and Heidi Rawson, Neometric

A quick and effective way to evaluate your risk management framework
Are you looking for a quick and effective way to evaluate the strength of your risk management framework? Ansvar has leveraged its deep expertise in enterprise risk management to create RMA Online, a powerful new system designed to help community and not-for-profit organisations assess and enhance their risk management frameworks. This session delves into the essential components of a modern risk framework, highlights the common risks faced by organisations, and demonstrates how RMA Online can support your Board and Executive in identifying and implementing improvements.

Anthony Black, Ansvar Insurance

Grace in the Boardroom
This session will focus on how our theology shapes the way we do everything in the boardroom – including the business practices we adopt, the role models and mentors we follow, and even the language we use and the agendas of our meetings.

Ken Dean, Reformed Theological College

AI That Works: 10 Simple Ways to Use AI Today
Discover ten practical and easy-to-implement ways AI can save you time, reduce costs, and boost your impact—without needing a tech team. This session breaks down real-world uses of AI for marketing, admin, communication, and more, tailored for Christian organisations and small businesses. No hype—just tools and tactics you can use straight away to work smarter and serve better.

Stephen Hughes and Michael Dogger, R6 Digital

Innovation Leadership in Church Life
What does innovation leadership look like in the context of local churches and ministry life?    Using results from thousands of local leaders, who took part in the National Church Life Survey, this elective provides research-based insights.   Do leaders see themselves as innovative? Who are the most innovative leaders?  What are some examples of innovation taking place?   How are churches and church ministries managing innovative practices?  The National Church Life Survey is conducted every five years across more than 20 denominations.

Dr Ruth Powell, NCLS Research

Understanding AI: Risks, Realities and Relevance for Christian Organisations
 AI is reshaping how we live, work and serve. This session unpacks what AI really is (and isn’t), explores practical use cases from sectors like education and aid, and shares lessons from designing responsible AI in high-stakes environments. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of AI’s capabilities and ideas for how you could use AI, along with insights on risks and governance implications and how they apply in faith-based and charitable contexts.

Louise Mercer, Nova Sight

A practical and biblical approach to Psychosocial Hazards in the Christian Workplace.
Just as Empatia integrates the Gospel with therapy and PeaceWise brings the hope of Jesus into conflict situations, this elective brings a biblical perspective to the challenge of addressing workplace Psychosocial Hazards.   Referencing case studies, participants will not only be provided with practical ways of identifying, assessing, controlling and reviewing hazards and risks but, we will show this can be an opportunity to nurture Gospel based communities of healing and cultures of peace.

Dr Shannon Hood, Empatia and Wayne Forward, PeaceWise

Thinking Christianly about AI and techno-enthusiasm.
Artificial intelligence and digital technologies raise urgent ethical concerns—job losses, privacy, misinformation, and more. But a Christian perspective on our techno-enthusiast times raises questions that may not be asked by others: What does it mean to be human, made in the image of God? What is the nature of consciousness? Can machines bear moral responsibility? How do we honour God in shaping and using these tools? This session explores how faith can guide our response to technology’s promises, perils, and potential idolatries.

Chris Mulherin, ISCAST

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