Michael Walter
Enhance Your Student Leadership Program with Our Leadership Skills Quiz
Explore how you can use our leadership skills quiz to design the best possible student leadership programme!
top of page
Michael Walter
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Not “no” but “not yet” – how to support your student leaders to develop feasible and viable project ideas
Students can become frustrated when they suggest ideas to the school leadership only to get rejected each time. This can cause a lower...
101 views0 comments
Michael Walter
- Jan 11
- 5 min
6 Leadership Styles and Their Impact on Student Leadership Development
When developing a leadership program at your school, it’s important to encourage your student leaders to apply different leadership...
83 views0 comments
Michael Walter & Felicity Neeson
- Nov 17, 2023
- 2 min
Introducing agogue, our learning community
Today we launched “agogue”, our learning and development platform for teachers and professionals who work with young people. You might be...
32 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- May 16, 2023
- 6 min
15 unique ways for student leaders to take tangible action in their role.
Here are 15 ideas that you can share with your student leaders to inspire them.
1,387 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Apr 18, 2023
- 2 min
5 ideas to make student leader meetings more engaging
These 5 strategies will help ensure that students continue to choose to show up and value the time spent in the meetings.
267 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
6 ways to get your students’ attention
When working with students it is essential to have a range of ways to get their attention when you need to. While it can be tempting to...
84 views2 comments
Lauren Hichaaba
- May 17, 2021
- 4 min
Top 5 Reasons to run a service learning project in your school
Service learning occurs when students engage in real-life community projects to learn skills.
184 views0 comments
Michael Walter
- Mar 26, 2021
- 8 min
What volunteers think about volunteering: A guide for volunteer managers
It was through volunteering that I discovered a passion for community work. I have spent the best part of 15 years either volunteering or...
99 views0 comments
Lauren Hichaaba
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
5 key factors to develop a positive group culture
Over the past decade, a key part of my role as Director of the Cagliero Project, an organisation that sends volunteers internationally,...
135 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Feb 5, 2021
- 9 min
11 things nonprofit employees wish students knew before they came to volunteer
I volunteered extensively throughout school and university. I credit these experiences with teaching me resilience, compassion,...
132 views0 comments
Dr. Stephanie Pirotta
- Jan 25, 2021
- 4 min
Brain food: 5 easy impactful changes to help teachers improve their memory and concentration
Teachers have a mentally and physically taxing role. Managing a classroom of young people, explaining complex topics, managing parent...
51 views0 comments
Michael Walter
- Nov 8, 2020
- 5 min
Service Learning - Reflections from designing a school experience for a not-for-profit
On Wednesday night we hosted our first webinar on service learning. The definition of service learning that we were working with is...
97 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Are you motivating yourself in the right way?
There are two key types of motivation. “Away-from” motivation which is about avoiding something you don’t want, and “towards” motivation ...
537 views0 comments
Michael Walter
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Future We Create
Ever since June last year I have been trying to develop my inner character. This commitment was prompted by a complete restructure of the...
41 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
5 videos to inspire you and your team
Videos are a powerful tool to convey your message and inspire others. Here are five of my favourites and why I recommend you check them out:
685 views0 comments
Michael Walter
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Connection problems: what we can learn from Zoom about how to communicate
I was on a zoom call the other day and everyone else was choppy but my screen was fine. Initially I thought that it must be a problem...
48 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Sep 27, 2020
- 6 min
5 tips to make the most of your student leadership role
As we near the end of the year, many students will be preparing to take on leadership roles in their school next year...
1,087 views0 comments
Michael Walter
- Sep 13, 2020
- 8 min
Scaffolded leadership - Strategies to support the development of young leaders
“That’s not what I think you need.” I was at Bunnings with my housemate Maddi trying to find washers to fix our spinning tap. A kind and...
161 views0 comments
Felicity Neeson
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Is it okay to be happy when others are suffering?
Many people are struggling at the moment. People are out of work, experiencing loneliness and fear for their health and safety...
91 views0 comments
bottom of page