SPEAKER INFORMATION PAGE
Calm Connected Tweens and Teens
2ND ANNUAL
Online Parenting Summit
Calm Connected Tweens and Teens
| 21-23 Feb, 2025 |
Helping families reach cooperation, connection, and calm with their tweens and teens
Strong Relationships
Wellbeing
Independence & Resilience
Welcome! Thank you for being a part of this parenting summit. We're grateful to have you as a speaker!
Here you’ll find resources and information to make life easier as a speaker.
If you have any questions, please email us at: [email protected]
Meet Your Summit Hosts
Jenny Atkinson
Jenny is the bestselling author of ‘High School Rocks’, a speaker, parent and dedicated teacher with over 30 years’ experience. As founder of Sparks Education Australia, she created the ‘Get Set For High School’ and ‘High School Hub’ Programs: a series of workshops, parent talks and online membership that have helped thousands of students, parents and teachers thrive in the challenging transition to high school.
See Jenny's work with schools, parents and students here:
Justine Lamont
Justine is a New Zealand speaker, parenting coach and parent of two young adults. With 18 years experience, and as the founder of Good To Great Parenting, she’s spreading the message to parents and teachers that being enough is good enough! Her upcoming parenting book helps parents to see themselves as the uniquely placed experts on their own children, and gives them the tools to advocate for their child at home, school and in life.
See Justine's work with schools and parents here:
Speaker feedback
Michelle Mitchell
Team Maggie Dent
How The Summit Will Work
Date: 21st- 23rd February, 2025
We're committed to giving parents
Advice from high quality experts - great content with no fluff!
A better understanding
of their parenting and their child
Effective, practical strategies to resolve challenges they face
Clear actionable steps.
Here’s where you’re at - here’s a roadmap forward.
All speaker presentations are pre-recorded at a time of your choosing during Oct, 2024 through to Jan, 2025.
Over the 3 days of the summit, we offer 15 to 18 expert presentations on the following topics:
Strong Relationships
Wellbeing
Independence & Resilience
Communicating With Teens So They Want To Follow - Michelle Mitchell
Busting The Myth Of The Perfect Parent - Justine Lamont
Helping You Build A Close Relationship With Your Teen- Maggie Dent
Navigating teen friendships-
Being the dad you want to be and showing up for your kids-
Sibling Relationships-
Helping Anxious Teens Find Their Way -Steve Biddulph
The Importance Of Sleep For Teenagers' Wellbeing - Andrew Fuller
Alcohol And Your Teenager: What do parents need to know? - Paul Dillon
Helping Tweens & Teens With Anxiety- Karen Young
Things I Wish You Knew About Your Teen's Mental Health-
Understanding The Emotional World Of Teenagers
The teen brain: what parents need to know- Nathan Wallis
Keeping Your Teen Safe On Social Media - Kirra Prendergast
Supporting Your Teen With ADHD - Sharon Collon
Effective Time Management & Organisation For Teens- Leslie Josel
Helping Teens Build Confidence & Resilience- Jenny Atkinson
Navigating The Joys And Challenges Of Being A Mum
* There will be a minimum of 15 speakers, and no more than 20 speakers. *
These are the current topics to be covered in the Calm Connected Tweens and Teens Summit. Once speakers are onboard, we'll update this list to show the final talk names and speakers.
We will release 5-6 presentations on each day of the summit. Parents and caregivers can watch each day's presentations free for 24 hours. If they wish, they may also purchase an All Access Pass to have ongoing access to extra resources and to watch the presentations.
Pre-recorded Presentations
A 30 minute presentation to be pre-recorded at a time/date suitable to you in Oct, 2024 through to Jan, 2025. This will be an interview style where we ask you questions (you can pre-approve and suggest questions).
You'll find a booking button on this page for you to schedule a mutually convenient date/time to meet online and record your presentation. The same link is also in the Speaker Information Google form, too.
We can also do an optional planning session with you to plan your presentation content and interview questions.
Are there any live summit components?
All presentations are pre-recorded, but if you would like to you can participate in a live Q & A session to answer audience questions. Another option is to pre-record a Q&A with you answering audience questions related to your presentation topic.
If you're available, we'd love if you could pop in to the Summit Facebook group on the day your presentation airs. And you're welcome to check in any other time you like, as it’s a great chance to engage with the attendees, answer simple questions, and point them to additional resources you have.
Summit Promotion
We also call out your chosen point of contact (eg website/email/social media) at the end of the presentation and provide a link to your offer/website under your video presentation for attendees to click if they choose.
We’ll have a strong two weeks of promotion commencing 7th Feb. Once we have our full speaker line up, we'll add the swipe copies of emails, social media posts and graphics to the resource files section to make promotion simple and easy.
Please promote at least once via email and once on social media to ensure everyone benefits, but anything beyond that is up to you, your goals with affiliate commissions, and how much you'd like to support the event.
During the promotion phase and as the summit is running, we’ll promote the All Access Pass. This includes full access to the presentation replays, summit notes and a resource which you may include related to your talk topic. This will provide immense value to our attendees and assists you to bring in affiliate commissions and grow your audience and reach.
All Access Pass + Your Resource To Include
Please consider the resource option you might include in the summit All Access Pass (paid). Some examples are: a masterclass, checklists, 3 to 5 day challenge, e-book, parenting scripts, workshop, parenting templates, mini course, family planners.
(* This is an indication only at this stage. Final decision of resource contribution is due by 10th Dec.)
We'll provide a link to this resource on the Summit All Access Pass (paid) page. Attendees who purchase the All Access Pass may click the resource link, go to your website, and leave their name/email address for access to the nominated resource on your website.
During the promotion phase and as the summit is running, we’ll promote the All Access Pass. The pass assists you to bring in affiliate commissions and grow your audience and reach.
What's in the All Access pass?
Attendees who pay for this pass will get full access to the presentation replays, any bonuses we offer, the summit notes, transcripts, action plans we create from the presentations and a resource which you may include related to your talk topic. This will provide immense value to our attendees and assists them to continue their learning after the summit with additional information from our expert speakers.
*Please note that attendees who buy the All Access Pass in this summit have paid for access to this resource and so cannot be charged further costs to use the resource you offer.
Meet the Summit Speakers...
We've put the call out to speakers! As they come on board, we'll add speakers here with their information.
You can see all of the other awesome speakers who will be sharing their expertise and advice alongside you in the summit.
Maggie Dent
Commonly known as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent has become one of Australia's favourite parenting authors, educators and podcasters. She has a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience, and is an undisputed 'boy champion'. Maggie is the author of 10 major books, including the bestselling Mothering Our Boys, From Boys to Men and Girlhood. In 2024, she released her final parenting book, Help Me Help My Teen. Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and has hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything. She is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.
See Maggie's work here:
Steve Biddulph
Steve Biddulph AM is one of the world’s best known parent educators. Steve was voted Australian Father of the Year in 2000 and was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his work in adolescent mental health.
A psychologist for 30 years, he is now retired but continues to write and teach. His books, including 'The Secret of Happy Children', 'Raising Boys', 'Raising Girls', '10 Things Girls Need Most' are in SIX MILLION homes and 31 languages. They have influenced the way we look at childhood. Steve's latest book is, 'Wild Creature Mind', the neuroscience breakthrough to help transform anxiety. His live talks have reached 160,000 people across the globe.
See Steve's work here:
Andrew Fuller
Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, author, speaker and creator of Learning Strengths ™. He started working in psychiatric crisis teams with people who were at their last hopes and that inspired him to create with people, futures they can fall in love with. His work with over 4,000 schools and communities and with more than 500,000 young people has identified the concept of The Resilient Mindset and also the three main components of resilience- connect, protect and respect (CPR).
Andrew’s research on neuro-developmental differentiation takes the research on resilience and brain sciences into the classroom to make the most difference. His books include, 'Tricky Teens' and 'Unlocking Your Child's Genius'.
See Andrew's work here:
Michelle Mitchell
Michelle Mitchell is an award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author. She has been termed ‘the teenage expert’ by the media and is sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens.
Michelle started her career as a teacher, but soon discovered a special interest in wellbeing. She left teaching in 2000 to found Youth Excel, a ‘boutique’ health promotion charity which delivered tailor made life skills programs and psychological services to thousands of young people and their families.
Today she uses her experience to write and speak in schools, community events and through media.
See Michelle's work here:
Karen Young
Karen began her career as a psychologist and is now a leading authority on child and adolescent anxiety. She has worked extensively with children, teens, and families.
Karen's website, Hey Sigmund, provide s contemporary, research-driven information on the art of being human, and being with humans and emphasises strengthening the mental wellness of children and adolescents. It attracts millions of readers each year worldwide.
Karen contributes to media, and is a sought-after speaker and consultant. She is the author of five books, including the bestselling ‘Hey Warrior’ and ‘Hey Awesome’, which creatively assist children to understand and manage anxiety. Her books have been translated into a number of languages and have sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide.
See Karen's work here:
heysigmund.com
Kirra Prendergast
Kirra is a leading international expert in online safety, with a career spanning over three decades. She is the founder of the 'Safe on Social' group of companies, a leading global cyber safety education and consulting provider. Kirra's proactive and compassionate approach to online safety education emphasises practical safety without fear-mongering.
Her ability to turn personal adversity into a mission to help others, combined with her extensive expertise and global reach, truly sets her apart. Collaborating with Kirra means accessing unparalleled knowledge and a genuine commitment to creating safer online worlds.
See Kirra's work here:
safeonsocial.com
Paul Dillon
Paul Dillon has been working in the area of drug education for almost 30 years. Through his own business, Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia (DARTA) he has been contracted by many organisations to provide updates on current drug trends, as well as advice on alcohol and other drug issues. He continues to work with many school communities across the country to ensure they have access to quality information and best practice drug education.
In 2009 his best-selling book 'Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs' was published and this has since been released internationally. Paul writes a blog for parents and caregivers, as well as another for young people, and both of these have recently been released in a podcast format.
See Paul's work here:
Nathan Wallis
Nathan Wallis has lectured in human development and has a background in child counselling, teaching and social service management. His presentations explore how the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform day to day interactions with children and young people. His humour and plain language bring this complex topic to life.Nathan regularly shares his expertise on child development on radio and television in New Zealand. His company facilitates easy to understand PD training with the latest neuroscience discoveries and their practical implications for everyday practice. He delivers over 200 presentations a year in New Zealand, Australia and internationally.
See Nathan's work here:
Justine Lamont
Host & Speaker
Justine is a New Zealand speaker, parenting coach and parent of two young adults. With 18 years experience, and as the founder of Good To Great Parenting, she’s spreading the message to parents and teachers that being enough is good enough! Her upcoming parenting book helps parents to see themselves as the uniquely placed experts on their own children, and gives them the tools to advocate for their child at home, school and in life.
See Justine's work with schools and parents here:
Jenny Atkinson
Host & Speaker
Jenny is the bestselling author of ‘High School Rocks’, a speaker, parent and dedicated teacher with over 30 years’ experience. As founder of Sparks Education Australia, she created the ‘Get Set For High School’ and ‘High School Hub’ Programs: a series of workshops, parent talks and online membership that have helped thousands of students, parents and teachers thrive in the challenging transition to high school.
See Jenny's work with schools, parents and students here:
Sharon Collon
Sharon is an award winning credentialed ADHD Coach and Consultant. She's passionate about helping people with ADHD understand how their brain works and create joyful, functional lives.
Her husband and her three sons all have ADHD. As well as Sharon's lived experience, she has been researching ADHD for over 15 years, studied at ADDCA in New York and the International Coaching Federation.
Sharon has helped over 35,000 families since The Functional Family was created.
See Sharon's work here:
thefunctionalfamily.com
Leslie Josel
Leslie is a critically acclaimed speaker and the award-winning author of, 'What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management' and 'How to Do it Now Because it’s Not Going Away'.
She is the creator of the award-winning Academic Planner: A Tool for Time Management® and is a respected resource on ADHD and Executive Functioning in students,. For the last EIGHT years, she's been named one of the top Time Management experts in the world.
As the founder of Order Out of Chaos®, and specializing in productivity and time management, she brings over two decades’ worth of experience to help students and clients bring “order out of chaos” to their lives.
See Leslie's work here:
orderoochaos.com
How The Summit Can Help You
Here are a few things we'll need so we can tell everyone how amazing you are.
It also helps us finalise the Registration Page, create social media graphics and show you off on our Speakers' Page.
How The Summit Can Help You:
* Grow your community with exposure to new audiences from the summit.
* Grow your email list by offering a free resource. (Link to your offer/website will be placed under your video presentation for attendees to click if they choose).
* Grow your email list even more by contributing a bonus to the All Access Pass (this resource can include a link to your website for attendees to use to follow up).
* You can earn a 50% affiliate commission when attendees buy the All Access Pass with your affiliate link.
* Opportunities to interact and connect with attendees in the Summit Facebook Group /Community (if you choose).
* We shout out you and your work on our social media and email lists before, during and after the summit.
* We showcase your expertise to attendees on our Registration Page and feature you and your website in our All Access Pass course area along with the interview videos and all bonus resources.
What we'll Need From You
Here are a few things we'll need so we can tell everyone how amazing you are.
It also helps us finalise the Registration Page, create social media graphics and show you off on our Speakers' Page.
Speaker Basic Information
To help us finalise materials for the summit, please use this link to fill in your basic information for the summit and book your recording slot on the calendar.
GOOGLE FORM LINK: https://forms.gle/Tgwg1Rzn67uDfd2y9
If you have any issues submitting the form, please email us the information listed below, with question number and your answer.
Q1. Name you would like us to use when introducing you: First and Last Name
Q2. Your website link
Q3. Best email address for us to contact you
Q4. Best email address for attendees to contact you (if you would like us to share)
Q5. Brief bio (up to 5 sentences)
Q6. Talk name + brief outline of talk (you can adjust this if need be up until 3 days prior to recording day)
Q7. Possible questions you would like us to ask in the interview. This will help to guide the conversation/interview and highlight your important points. (At least 3 questions)
Q8. Book your recording time slot here using this link: https://tidycal.com/sparkseducation/recordingslot
Note: These times best suit Australian and New Zealand speakers. Overseas speakers please email us if you would like to book a time more suitable to your time zone.
Q9. What resource option might you include in the All Access Pass? We will provide a link to this resource on the Summit All Access Pass (paid) page. Attendees will click the link, go to your website, and leave their name/email address for access to the resource on your website. * This is an indication only at this stage. Final decision is due by 10th Dec.
Q10. Would you be open to contributing one of your books to include in our giveaways for our super action taker attendees? (Totally optional and much appreciated!)
Q11. Upload your preferred headshot. You'll need to be signed in to your google account to upload an image to the google form. If you have any issues with this, simply email your headshot to us at: [email protected]
Speaker Agreement
Once you let us know you’re in, we’ll email you a speaker agreement. Please read and if you agree, reply by email with a comment stating that you agree to the speaker agreement. We will retain this email with the date, constituting your acceptance.
Please let us know if you have any questions about it. The speaker agreement is due as soon as possible, prior to recording or by 30th Oct at latest.
Presentation Content
This will be an interview style presentation
You can suggest 3 to 5 questions and we’ll use those questions to guide you through your 30 min presentation. Slides/powerpoint are not necessary. Our speakers are experienced, so for most it will involve preparing some dot points for each question and speaking to those.
Alternatively, we can suggest 3 to 5 questions on your agreed topic.
Some suggestions if you wish to include them:
1. We will introduce you using your supplied brief bio (5 sentences or less)
2. Topic overview
3. Where people go wrong and tend to create more conflict, challenge and/or stress
4. Challenges in your topic area and specific action steps to give a transformation
5. Up to a 2-minute share of where attendees can find you for further contact/information - such as website, social media, email, your book, mention of your 'All Access Pass' resource and how it can help parents.
Format: We're not looking for perfect, but would like a friendly and informative interview style presentation. We want our attendees to learn something valuable and provide a transformation for them. Whilst theory is helpful, we'd also love a focus on specific action steps parents can take, moving them closer to having a strong relationship with their calm, connected tweens and teens.
Questions: We will ask you relevant questions to guide the conversation/interview and highlight your important points. You can suggest and pre-approve questions up until 3 days prior to the recording date. (You can suggest at least 3 questions on the speaker information form.)
Recording The Presentation: We will video record a zoom presentation when you meet online with us at a mutually agreed upon date and time. Click on the calendar button in the email, or below, to book your presentation recording slot.
3rd party Logos: Please do not wear or display any third party logos to avoid problems with intellectual property rights of those third parties. If you do, we may not be able to include your presentation. You may wear and/or display your own logos when recording the presentation if you wish.
Summit Notes: We will create summit notes, transcripts and action steps based on key points in your presentation and include them in the 'All Access Pass'. We will give you access to download these after the summit to use in for yourself as well.
Can You Use Your Own Presentation After The Summit? Yes! We will send you a link to download a copy of your presentation after the summit ends. From then you are free to use your presentation however you’d like. We do ask you to credit the summit when you display the presentation in part or full. We also give you the speaker notes, transcript and action steps we create from your interview to use.
Book Your Interview Recording Slot
Follow this link to go to the booking calendar and choose a date/time to meet with us on zoom to record your presentation.
https://tidycal.com/sparkseducation/recordingslot
* We've allowed an hour for the session (just in case!) but your recording is for 30 minutes.
* After you book a time slot, you'll receive a confirmation email 1 day prior and 1 hour prior to recording. This email includes your zoom link.
* Prior to your chosen date, we'll email you with any updates or important points.
Important note for time zone differences:
Available times are booked in (+11:00 AEDT Sydney) time zone. These times best suit Australia and New Zealand - 'cause that's where we live!
If you're on the other side of the world, we don't expect you to record at some crazy 'middle of the night' time slots that may come up when you select your own time zone. Just email us with your time zone/dates/times you'd prefer so we can work out a more suitable time to record.
Affiliate Details
Speakers are not paid a speaking fee, but we’ve set up a generous affiliate program for you to receive a 50% commission from sales you refer to the summit.
Some speakers prefer not to participate in the affiliate program and that's fine, too - just let us know.
You will get your own individual affiliate links to share with your audience to promote the summit.
*As with all affiliate promotions, be sure to disclose that you’re an affiliate when sharing with your audience.
And please be mindful of keeping a balance between promoting the summit and our chief aim of helping our audiences.*
Affiliate Link Details
If you'd like to be an affiliate, we’ll ask you to create an account with our affiliate program. You will have your own affiliate links which you can share with your audience to promote the summit. We will send reminders for when to use the links and can help you with any questions you have.
We're willing to do a podcast interview, write a guest newsletter/blog post, or do a live in your Facebook group (all with your affiliate link) to assist you.
You will get 50% of the sale proceeds of each All Access Pass sold using your affiliate link (net of any sales taxes, payment processing and shopping cart fees we have to pay in relation to such sales.) Your affiliate links will operate from the promotion date until at least 7 days following the summit.
* All sales using affiliate links are tracked in the affiliate program and are paid within 30 days of the summit end - by 25th March, 2025.
The pricing structure for the All Access Pass will be:
EARLY BIRD: $47 (until midnight AEST 25th Feb) Full Price: $77 (from 26th Feb to 2nd Mar)
Affiliate Links:
You'll be given a link to match the timing of the All Access Pass pricing:
1. 'Early bird' pricing. (Starts on the day you complete your presentation and ends at midnight (AEST) on 25th Feb, 2025 - 2 days after the summit free viewing ends)
2. Regular pricing for the All Access Pass. $77. (From 26th Feb, 2025 until 2nd March, 2025 - All affiliate links end 7 days after the summit)
Resource Vault
We will add resources here once we finalise our speaker line up and your speaker information.
When it's time to promote, you'll have all you need as we want this to be an easy and rewarding experience for you. This includes email swipe copy, social media swipe copy, social media graphics and summit branding.
Email swipe copy and suggested send dates
Social media swipe copy and suggested posting dates
Social media graphics - to share
Calm Connected Summit - Tweens & Teens (co-hosts)
2025 Summit branding (in case you'd like to show off that you've been featured as a speaker)
Summit Branding - square
Summit Branding - with dates
If you would like different sizes or formats for the images, or have any other questions, please email: [email protected]
Action Steps
Let us know you're in by
15th Oct, 2024
Once we know you'll be a speaker, we can add you to our speaker page. Book your
Provide Speaker Information
Click this link to share your speaker information on the Google form - such as bio, headshot, talk outline, website link.
Affiliate links
Once you're in, we'll invite you to create an account in our affiliate program.
You'll get custom links to share with your audience and receive 50% commission on sales if they purchase an All Access Pass.
Grab your speaker checklist
Once we have our speaker line up, we'll link a speaker checklist here with tasks and dates.
Coming Soon: Speaker Checklist
Click the button below to download a list of important due dates and a checklist with links to help you keep track of tasks.
Let us know you're in by 15th Oct, 2024
Once we know you'll be a speaker, we can add you to our speaker page!
Provide basic information
Simply reply to our information request email including the requested items ... such as bio, headshot, website link.
Affiliate links
Once we know you'll be a speaker, we'll provide you custom links to share with your audience. Every time someone signs up with one of your links, you receive a 50% commission.
Grab your speaker checklist
Once we have our speaker line up, we'll link a speaker checklist here. Mark those dates on your calendar!
Coming Soon: speakerchecklistlink
Important Dates
Here’s a roundup of our key summit dates
Mark the dates on your calendar. We'll also send you reminders when each date gets close.
Accept speaker invitation: As soon as possible (by 15th Oct)
Speaker agreement: As soon as possible (by 30th Oct & prior to recording)
Speaker information: As soon as possible (by 30th Oct)
Presentation slot scheduled: As soon as possible (by 30th Oct)
Online zoom session to record presentation: Oct, 2024 through to Jan, 2025
All Access Pass resource contribution details: by 10th Dec
Speaker Promotion period: 7th Feb to 2nd Mar
Summit dates: 21- 23 Feb, 2025
Free presentation viewing day ends: 23rd Feb
All Access Pass cart closes: 2nd Mar, 2025
Affiliate payouts: 25th Mar, 2025
21-23 Feb, 2025 | Online
PARENTING SUMMIT
Calm Connected Tweens and Teens
When parents are up against tricky situations with their teens, we give them help to navigate the troubled waters in a calm, considered way.
When they just don't know how to respond or what to say or do, we're here for them with all the specialist parenting wisdom in one place.
Our mission is to support families to build strong relationships with their teens, and show them practical ways to build their teen's independence, resilience and wellbeing.
We're so glad you'll be a speaker at our summit! Together we can equip parents to empower their tweens and teens for their first steps towards adulthood.
All material is provided for informational or educational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. For advice and support specific to your needs, please consult a professional.
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