Hargraves Institute Member Benefits and Services

The Hargraves Institute has developed an exciting calendar of events and activities to deliver a range of outcomes to its members. All activities are aimed at specifically addressing member needs and are developed in close consultation with members.

These activities include:

Member initiated forums:

Held regularly in multiple locations, all member forums respond to member initiated topics and issues. All members have the opportunity to host a forum, and/or suggest forum topics. The facilitated forum allow  members to openly collaborate and share experience and knowledge, providing real insights and an opportunity to identify best practice.

“Innovation: a Contemporary Perspective” the annual conference

This event showcases both new ideas from a wide range of speakers and the activities of members themselves. At least 50% of the conference is interactive and includes site visits, workshops, dinners and networking opportunities. The conference proceedings are captured in a conference report that is circulated to members and the wider community. The conference is held in March each year and 2008 is the fifth conference of its type.

“Excellence: A Shared Perspective”

Excellence provides a variety of experiences to show how leading enterprises are building excellence as a foundation for delivering future growth. ‘Excellence’ comprises a number of hosted events with member organisations selecting topics and hosting events on their premises for other members. This “non-conference” is designed to be an alternate event to the annual conference and is run over a several weeks during September each year.

Key note speaker events

Each year Hargraves Institute undertakes to bring to Australia one keynote speaker for a program of interactive training and discussions . The keynote speaker is selected following member input, ensuring relevance and value.

Hargraves Program and Services

The Hargraves Institute provides a range of programs and services for individuals and consortiums of members to address specific issues facing business. The first consortium program was the Professional Development Program which introduces participants to the fundamental principles, techniques and tools involved in innovation.

Issues facing business are addressed collaboratively with consortiums of members where the power of numbers can deliver large outputs for small inputs. Individual members work directly with the Hargraves Program team to address specific issues through customised programs, services and activities which have previously included facilitation, training, and tailored consulting.