SPEAKER INFORMATION PAGE
Calm Connected Tweens and Teens
3rd ANNUAL
Calm Connected Tweens & Teens
Parenting Summit
Helping families reach cooperation,
connection and calm with their tweens and teens
ONLINE | 26-28 Feb, 2026
Strong Relationships
Independence & Resilience
Wellbeing
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 Jenny & Justine 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. Jenny has co-hosted the annual Calm Connected Tweens & Teens Summit since 2024.
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. Justine has co-hosted the annual Calm Connected Tweens & Teens Summit since 2024.
See Justine's work with schools and parents here:
Speaker feedback
Michelle Mitchell
Team Maggie Dent
How The Summit Works
We bring a whole lot of heart, reassurance and expert guidance to parents of tweens and teens.
Top Experts
Reassuring, helpful advice from experts - great content with no fluff!
Understanding
A better understanding of their parenting and their child
Practical
Effective and practical strategies to resolve the challenges faced
Actionable
Actionable steps. Meet you where you’re at & inspire a roadmap to go forward
Summit Airs Online: 26th- 28th February, 2026
Over the 3 days of the summit, we offer 20 heartfelt, expert presentations.
5-7 presentations are released each day and can be viewed for free for 24 hours. If parents wish, they can purchase an 'All Access Pass' to have ongoing access to watch presentations and get bonus resources and speaker offers.
OUR 2026 PLAN - BROAD TOPIC AREAS
We'll update this list with finalised talk topics and speaker names as speakers come on board.
Strong relationships
Wellbeing
Independence & Resilience
Communicating with teens
Fatherhood: what your teen needs
Girls' friendships
Building relationship with teens
Parenting through difficult times
Conscious parenting
Loving the teen you have
Navigating teen emotions
Improving mental health
Anxiety
Teens & screen-tech use and boundaries
Teen boys - emotions, communication & healthy, respectful relationships
Navigating Grief In Families
Bullying
Motivation and habits
Developing a growth mindset
Learning and school
Responsibility & accountability
Neurodiversity
Executive Function
Time management & organisation
Our PAST 2024 & 2025 summits INCLUDED awesome speakers such as:
Maggie Dent Andrew Fuller Steve Biddulph Karen Young Dr Vanessa Lapointe
Michelle Mitchell Nathan Wallis Kirra Pendergast Paul Dillon Leslie Josel
Summit Presentations & Promotion
All sessions are pre-recorded at a time of your choosing from 4th Sep, 2025 to 30th Nov, 2025.
Pre-Recorded Interview OR Create Your Own Presentation
* Pre-recorded Interview: We've selected most speakers to do an interview style presentation, where we ask you a series of 3 to 5 questions. on your pre-agreed topic. You can pre-approve and suggest questions. This is a 25 to 30 minute interview to be pre-recorded with us via zoom at a time/date suitable to you from 4th Sep, 2025 through to 10th Dec, 2025.
* 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.
OR
* Create Your Own Presentation: A few speakers have been invited to create their own 20 min presentation. This will be on an agreed topic and may include suggested questions. Presentations are to be submitted by 30th Nov, 2025.
* We will make it clear in your invitation if you will be doing an INTERVIEW with us OR CREATE YOUR OWN PRESENTATION.
* If you wish, 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 call out your chosen point of contact (eg website/email/social media) in 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 9th 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 below to make promotion simple and easy for you.
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, bonus resources + resources offered by speakers. Our attendees tell us about the immense value this brings them 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 20th Nov.)
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 with you for access to the nominated resource on your website. Alternatively, we can upload the resource to the All Access Pass area if it is a PDF.
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. All video replays and resources are kept in our Thrivecart Course Area with login access by members who purchase.
*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.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS IN OUR 'TALKS FOR TEENS' CATEGORY (see down the page)
Meet the 2026 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 fantastic 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 hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything. In 2025, she also featured in the genre-bending ABC TV series, The Role of a Lifetime. Maggie is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.
See Maggie's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
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:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
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:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Dr Jodi Richardson
Dr Jodi Richardson is a speaker trusted by schools and parent communities Australia-wide to make sense of anxiety and share practical strategies that truly help. She equips parents with tools to calm stress in the moment, ease anxiety over time, and strengthen resilience in their children and themselves. A former teacher with clinical and lived experience, Jodi blends science with warmth, compassion, and practical tools in every presentation. She is the bestselling co-author of Anxious Kids and Anxious Mums and creator of the Anxiety Toolkit for Parents. Jodi also hosts the award-winning podcast Well, Hello Anxiety.
See Dr Richardson's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Dr Ann-Louise Lockhart
Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart is a pediatric psychologist, parent coach, speaker, and author who helps overwhelmed parents raise confident, emotionally healthy teens. She is the founder of A New Day Pediatric Psychology, where she equips families with practical tools to move from chaos to connection. Her book, Love the Teen You Have: A Practical Guide to Transforming Conflict Into Connection, launched October 2025. Dr. Lockhart has been featured in The New York Times, Parents, HuffPost, and on The Today Show, and her dynamic, relatable style has made her a trusted voice for parents nationwide. Her new book, 'Love The Teen You Have' is released on Oct 28, 2025.
See Dr Lockhart's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Dr Carrie Mackensen
Dr Carrie Mackensen holds a PhD in Individual, Family, and Child Psychology and has over 25 years of experience studying child development and relationships. She's worked in a multitude of settings, including schools (K-12), Community Mental Health, as an attending Psychologist at Cedars Sinai, as a Director at high-end Residential Treatment Programs for addiction and eating disorders, and in Private Practice in both Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach. Helping others as a parent coach, Dr. Carrie emphasizes that successful parenting relies on understanding and tools to be both loving and firm. She aims to empower parents to positively impact their children’s lives.
See Dr Mackensen's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Daniel Principe
Daniel is a passionate youth advocate and educator. He champions boys across Australia to challenge culture and aspire to live courageous, respectful and empathetic lives. Daniel is a board member of the DART Institute, an ambassador for the Women’s Resilience Centre and an ambassador for the national campaign Consent Can’t Wait. He was recently a nominee for the 2025 NSW Australian of the Year. Daniel is a regular guest on TV, radio and podcasts to discuss healthy masculinity, consent, respectful relationships and the cultural challenges young people are facing. None of these evolving challenges sway Daniel’s confidence that all young people can flourish if we create spaces for them to be their best selves.
See Daniel's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Dr Kirstin Barchia
Dr Kirstin Barchia is a Clinical Psychologist and international best selling author who has worked with teenagers and their parents for over 20 years.
Kirstin has developed the Calm Connection Program for parents of teens and other online resources to support parents of teens build Calm and Connection in their households. She recently co-authored an international best selling parent book. Her work focuses on assisting parents in implementing what they have learned in books and webinars in the "real world" of parenting teens.
See Dr Barchia's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Nathan 'Dubsy' Want
Nathan “Dubsy” Want is a dynamic speaker, author, and youth mentor who helps teens and parents navigate life’s inescapable moments. With nearly two decades of experience in wellbeing and leadership, he equips teens with the mindset and skills to face today’s challenges and those yet to come. Each year, Dubsy speaks to thousands of students and parents in schools and community organisations across Australia. Known for his relatable storytelling, research-based insights, and practical strategies, he leaves teens inspired and parents feeling encouraged, equipped, and confident to support their children through whatever comes next.
See Dubsy's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Dr Mary Kaspar
Dr Mary Kaspar is a clinical psychologist, teen educator, and bestselling author of 'The Popular Girls'. With over 20 years’ experience,
Dr Mary has supported teens, families, and schools through practical care, parent talks, and student workshops. She has also delivered national training for psychologists on friendship challenges and relational aggression, and she is the director of 'The Friendship
Project', a program that helps young people build stronger, healthier friendships. Dr Mary is passionate about giving teens the tools and support they need to thrive and is dedicated to creating more connected futures for young people.
See Dr Kaspar's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Nathan Wallis
Nathan Wallis is a grandfather of three, father of three and foster father to many more. His professional background includes early childhood and primary school teacher, child therapist, university lecturer and leading a national team of neuroscience educators. Internationally acclaimed, Nathan is in high demand throughout New Zealand, Australia and globally. He's the host of the TV Series, “Kids Don’t Come With A Manual”, host of the documentary “All in the Mind”, and co-host of the TV series “The Secret Life of Girls”. Nathan appears regularly on National Radio and TV as a expert on human development including neuroscience, parenting, Maori perspectives, teaching and understanding the wholistic development of young people.. Inspirational and charismatic, Nathan’s ability to translate neuroscience into everyday life engages all audiences.
See Nathan's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Jenny Atkinson
Summit 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. Jenny has co-hosted the Calm Connected Tweens & Teens Summit since 2024.
See Jenny's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Barbara van der Merwe
Barbara van der Merwe is the Founder and Director of Mandy Money, a financial education provider which specialises in working with schools, businesses and individuals to build a generation of financially empowered young people.
She is the author of Australia's first personal finance textbook for high school students. Barbara is passionate about helping learners take the ‘first step’ towards financial empowerment.
See Barbara's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Marie Alessi
Marie is a Grief Advocate, bestselling Author, TEDx and Keynote Speaker. After her husband’s unexpected death, she decided to heal and create happiness for her young family. Becoming a widow at 45 was nothing she had anticipated. Marie has dedicated her life to Bringing Lightness into Grief!
See Marie's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Justine Lamont
Summit 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. Justine has co-hosted the Calm Connected Tweens & Teens Summit since 2024.
See Justine's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Leslie Josel
Leslie Josel is an internationally recognized academic and parenting coach, the founder of Order Out of Chaos®, and one of the most trusted voices on ADHD and executive functioning. For over 22 years, she’s helped parents, students, and professionals cut through the overwhelm and build the skills needed for success in school, at work and in life.
She’s the creator of the award-winning Academic Planner: A Tool for Time Management®, a game-changing tool used by hundreds of thousands of students to master time management. Leslie is also the author of three acclaimed books, including How to Do It Now Because It’s Not Going Away, widely praised for its accessible and actionable strategies.
For years, Leslie penned ADDitude Magazine’s beloved “Dear ADHD Family Coach®” column, where her real-talk advice helped families navigate the complexities of ADHD and executive functioning. A sought-after speaker, she presents globally, equipping audiences with practical, proven tools to thrive.
Named one of the Top 20 Time Management Experts in the World by Global Gurus for eight consecutive years, Leslie’s work has reshaped how we think about time, productivity, and how best to support students and their families who learn differently.
See Leslie's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Lenore Skenazy
After Lenore Skenazy’s newspaper column, “Why I Let My 9-year-old Ride the Subway Alone,” landed her on The Today Show, The Daily Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, The View, Fox News, NPR - she wrote the book “Free-Range Kids,” which grew into the Free-Range Kids movement. She's president of Let Grow, the national non profit she co-founded with three others, including Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation.” Their mission? Making it easy, normal, and legal to give kids back some old-fashioned independence.
Lenore says our kids are smarter, safer, and stronger than our culture gives them credit for. She's lectured everywhere from Microsoft to DreamWorks to Harvard Medical School – and the Bulgarian Happiness Festival! (They still seemed a little gloomy.)
She lives in New York City with her husband and beloved computer. Her kids have flown the coop. (Whew!) And, for the record, she used to write for Mad. Yep, Mad Magazine! Here’s her TED Talk:
See Lenore's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Mandy Beverley
Mandy Beverley defines a mindset relevant in today's world as one that is resilient, resourceful, and transformative.
She is expert at helping others use life's events and surprises as momentum for continual growth and transformation.
Specialising in human behaviour, she helps her clients create exponential shifts in their perceptions, decisions, and actions.
Mandy started her career as a Registered Nurse, and for the last 15 years has been a Certified Demartini Method® Facilitator. She has seen how powerfully we can let past experiences influence our future relationships, and ability to move forward.
Mandy’s work helps to shift minds and bridge the strategy and mindset gap of people and organisations through consults, workshops and speaking events. Mandy coaches mindset and personal development to a national businesswomen’s network focused on women's growth and potential in business. She’s also an author and host of the Remarkable Women Radio Podcast. Mandy is a mother to three daughters, and is a proud grandmother.
See Mandy's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Susan McLean
Susan McLean Susan Mclean is a cyber safety expert and was a member of Victoria Police for 27 years. Widely known as the 'cyber cop', she was the first Victoria Police Officer appointed to a position involving cyber safety and young people. She provides cybersafety education and support to schools, companies and sporting organisations in Australia and internationally. She's backed by over 28 years of experience in the digital space. Her upcoming book, 'Growing Up Digital', is a lifeline for raising a safe, resilient and informed generation in today’s online world.
See Susan's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
Penny Williams
Penny Williams is a leading behavior and parenting coach specializing in supporting families raising neurodivergent kids — those with ADHD, autism, anxiety, and other differences in how they think and process the world. Through her SIGNAL Parenting™ framework — a science-informed, compassion-centered approach — Penny helps parents stop trying to fix behavior and start interpreting what it’s communicating. Her work replaces outdated discipline models with neuroscience-based strategies rooted in compassion and connection, teaching parents to respond through regulation and relationship instead of reaction.
Penny is the award-winning author of Boy Without Instructions and three other books on ADHD, host of the Beautifully Complex Podcast with over 5 million downloads, and founder of the Regulated Kids Project. Her work has been featured in ADDitude Magazine, Autism Parenting Magazine, and CHADD’s Attention Magazine. At the heart of Penny’s work is one powerful belief: Behavior isn’t the problem — it’s the signal.
See Penny's work here:
INTERVIEW COMPLETED
STAY TUNED as we add our line-up of awesome speakers for 2026!
How The Summit Can Help You
How The Summit Can Help You:
* Further build your positioning as an expert in helping parents, families and tweens & teens.
* 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 website pages, create social media graphics and show you off on our Speakers' Page.
Speaker Basic Information - all speakers
To help us finalise materials for the summit, please use this link to fill in your basic information for the summit and book your interview recording slot on the calendar.
GOOGLE FORM LINK: Submit your information here- Speaker Information Google Form
If you have any issues submitting the form, please email us the information listed below. Just copy the questions and include your answers.
Q1. Name you would like us to use when introducing you: First and Last Name
Q2. Title: Include your title as you'd like it to appear on promotional materials. Eg: Author, speaker, educator... (You can have multiple titles)
Q3. Your website link
Q4. Best email address for us to contact you
Q5. Best email address for attendees to contact you (if you would like us to share)
Q6. We love to thank our speakers! If you'd like a gift delivered after the summit, please leave a delivery address here. (Is this a business or residential address?)
Q7. Phone number (as a back up for zoom sessions & for any email issues)
Q8. Brief bio (up to 5 sentences)
Q9. Suggested talk name + brief outline of talk (you can adjust this if need be up)
Q10. Possible questions you would like us to ask in the interview. This will help to guide the conversation/interview and highlight your important points. We will be in touch via email and can suggest interview questions on your topic for your approval. (At least 3 questions)
Q11. Speaker Agreement: We’ll send 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. Due as soon as possible or before 10th Sep.
Q12. Book your interview recording time slot here using this link: https://tidycal.com/sparkseducation/recordingslot
1. Book with this link.
2. Select your time zone at the top.
3. Click on an available date/time.
4. Fill in your full name and email.
5. You'll receive a confirmation email with booking details.
Note: These times best suit Australian and New Zealand speakers. Overseas speakers please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to book a time more suitable to your time zone. Or leave a message below with your time zone and preferred dates/time. 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.
Q13.What resource option might you include in the All Access Pass? We will promote this resource on the Summit All Access Pass (paid) page. Attendees who upgrade to the All Access Pass will go to our course area, click your website link, and give you their name/email address for access to the resource on your website.
* This can be something you've already created such as:
-Masterclass or video content OR PDF resource/guide OR Free chapter of book OR Short course OR Checklist or 'step by step how to' resource OR Parenting script OR Other. * This is an indication only at this stage. Final decision is due by 20th Nov.
Q14. Would you be open to contributing ONE of your books or other offer to include in our giveaways for our super action taker summit attendees? (Totally optional and much appreciated!) *Attendees are very excited to be chosen to receive a gift for their participation Some past examples have been 1 year membership, book, a 1:1 parent coaching call (one only).
Q15. Please 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, simply 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 10th Sep at latest.
Interview Style Presentation
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're happy to 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 3 to 5 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 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 Recording Slot - (not for Create Your Own Presentation Speakers)
Follow this link to go to the booking calendar and choose a date/time to meet with us on zoom to record your interview.
(For interview recordings only.)
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 + 1 hour prior to recording. This email includes your zoom link.
* Prior to your chosen date, we'll email you with interview questions for your approval, 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.
Create Your Own Presentation Information
Create Your Own Presentation
* A few speakers have been invited to create their own 20 min presentation. This will be on an agreed topic and may include suggested questions. Presentations are to be submitted by 30th Nov, 2025.
* We will make it clear in your invitation if you will be doing an INTERVIEW with us OR CREATE YOUR OWN PRESENTATION.
* If you wish, we can also do an optional planning session with you to plan your presentation content and guiding questions.
Some suggestions if you wish to include them:
1. Briefly introduce yourself and your expertise in this area
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 at least 3 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. If you don't include your contacts here, we will add a slide with this information at the end of your presentation.
Format: We're not looking for perfect, but would like a friendly and informative 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 and practical action steps parents can take, moving them closer to having a strong relationship with their calm, connected tweens and teens. Slides/powerpoint are not necessary but feel free to use them to illustrate your main points. Bullet points are better as too much text on screen can be distracting.
Recording The Presentation: Please ensure lighting and sound are working well and check what you can see in the background of your video prior to recording. Simple, uncluttered backgrounds work best at helping attendees focus on your message.
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 for yourself as well.
Can You Use Your Own Presentation After The Summit? Yes! We are happy for you to use your presentation after the summit ends. From then you are free to use your presentation however you’d like. We also give you the speaker notes, transcript and action steps we create from your presentation to use.
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
We will create an affiliate link for you as part of our affiliate program. You will have your own affiliate link 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. Just let us know!
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 start date (9th Feb, 2026) until 7 days following the summit (8th March, 2026).
* All sales using affiliate links are tracked in the affiliate program and are paid within 30 days of the summit end - by 28th March, 2026.*
The pricing structure for the All Access Pass will be:
EARLY BIRD: $69 (until midnight AEST 2nd Mar) Full Price: $169 (from 3rd Mar to 8th Mar - until midnight AEST )
Affiliate Links:
You'll be given ONE affiliate ink for the All Access Pass to share when you promote.
All affiliate links end 7 days after the summit at midnight on 8th March, 2026.
Inspiring Young People
'Tips For Teens'
Our teens are calling out for uplifting and positive messages.
Our speakers have left short messages for teens with a piece of advice to help them through the teen years. These are little pearls of wisdom, spoken from the heart, with their best intentions for our young people.
Parents can share these tips with their teen to engage with positive uplifting messages: to be themselves, chase their dreams and live a fulfilling life.
Included as part of the ALL ACCESS PASS ~ ''Tips For Teens' are not aired on the summit watch days. They are available for viewing in the All Access Pass course area.
Resource Vault
We will add resources here once we finalise our full 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 & Social Media Swipe Copy
Email swipe copy and suggested send dates
Social media swipe copy and suggested posting dates
Social Media Graphics To Share
COMING SOON! To download/save these graphics:
1. Right-click. 2. Select 'save image as'. 3. Select the location in your computer to save the image in . 4. Select 'save'.
You'll be emailed a link to a Google drive folder containing the 'All Speaker' graphics (as below) and your 'Individual Speaker' graphics with your name, topic and summit details.
Social media graphics - ALL Speakers
2026 Summit Graphics: Coming Soon
1. Right-click. 2. Select 'save image as'. 3. Select the location in your computer to save the image in . 4. Select 'save'.
You'll be emailed a link to a Google drive folder containing the 'All Speaker' graphics and your 'Individual Speaker' graphics with your name, topic and summit details.
All Speakers - Facebook
All Speakers - Linked In Post
All Speakers - Instagram (square)
All Speakers - Instagram (1080x1350)
Individual Speaker Graphics
Closer to the summit, you'll be emailed a link to a Google drive folder containing the 'All Speaker' graphics (as above) and your 'Individual Speaker' graphics with your name, topic and summit details.
Summit Branding
Summit Branding - square
Calm Connected Summit - Tweens & Teens (co-hosts)
Summit Branding - with dates
If you would like different sizes or formats for the images, or have any other questions, please email us: [email protected]
Speaker Action Steps
Let us know you're in by
10th Sep, 2025
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 a custom link 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
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 (deadline - 10th Sep)
Speaker agreement: As soon as possible (by 15th Sep)
Speaker information: As soon as possible (by 15th Sep)
Interview slot scheduled: As soon as possible (by 15th Sep)
Online zoom session to record interview: 4th Sep, 2025 to 10th Dec, 2025
Create Your Own Presentation due: By 30th Nov, 2025
All Access Pass resource contribution details: As soon as possible (by 20th Nov)
Speaker Promotion period: 9th Feb to 8th Mar, 2026
Summit dates: 26- 28 Feb, 2026
Free presentation viewing day ends: 1st Mar, 2026
All Access Pass cart closes: 8th Mar, 2026
Affiliate payouts: by 28th Mar, 2026
26-28 Feb, 2026 | 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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