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Notice of AusAPT Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Association for Psychological Type Inc will be held on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 at 7pm AEDT, 6pm AEST, 5pm JT. The AGM will be a virtual meeting held via Zoom Conference. The Zoom link has been sent to life and financial members of the association by email. Members who did not receive the link may request it from the Secretary: secretary@ausapt.org.au Current financial and life members are cordially invited to attend.  AGENDA  1. Confirmation of Quorum  2. Apologies  Apologies may be notified to secretary@ausapt.org.au.  3. Confirmation of Previous AGM Minutes  Minutes of the AGM (more…)
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Members Invited to Nominate for the AusAPT Management Committee

Members of the Australian Association for Psychological Type Inc are invited to nominate for the following roles on AusAPT’s Management Committee. Office Bearers:      President      Vice-President      Treasurer      Secretary Regional Representatives:      New South Wales & ACT      Victoria & Tasmania      Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory       InternationalThe Management Committee is AusAPT’s governing body. Management Committee members serve in an honorary capacity for terms of two years, commencing from the annual general meeting on 23rd November 2022If the number of nominations received exceeds the number of vacancies for office bearers, a ballot of members will be held. Appointment of Management Committee members will be (more…)
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Sands of Time: Revisiting AusAPT’s first conference—Phil Kerr

The Australian Association for Psychological Type (AusAPT) was formed in October 1991 at Australia’s first type conference, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Australian Perspectives. The fledgling association’s leaders immediately set about convening another conference, this time in AusAPT’s own name. The first issue of the Australian Journal for Psychological Type (March 1992) announced that: The newly formed [AusAPT] will hold its first National Conference on the Sunshine Coast, at Twin Waters Resort, commencing on Wednesday, 30 September 1992. This conference seeks to explore all aspects of Psychological Type including application and practice in the field, research, the concerns of practitioners and others, (more…)
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Asia Pacific Institute of Learning and Performance Partnership – Member information

This is an AusAPT Member Only information so you can access the brilliant benefits of our partnership with the Asia Pacific Institute for Learning and Performance (ILP). Here are the benefits and how to access them! ILP Member Discount + code ILP Member Discount: Special discount for AusAPT members wanting to join ILP. AusAPT Members can use a Special Discount Code that gives AusAPT professional (paid) members $100 off whatever ILP membership they would like to have – Associate, Professional or Fellow. Explore ILP Membership HERE and use Special Discount Code AusAPT that gives you $100 off whatever ILP membership you would like (more…)
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AusAPT Members only access to APTi Conference link

Thank you for being an AusAPT member. One of the benefits of membership is our ability to provide special benefits and conference rates for events sponsored by our APT partners including the Association for Psychological Type International APTi and the British Association for Psychological Type BAPT. The APTi is holding a Winter Conference (their Winter!) from 25- 26 February, 2022 and APT members can register at the APTi member rate of $150 USD using the registration link below. Here are the instructions: Use this special registration link: https://apti.memberclicks.net/special which takes you to a page to enter your name and email addressThe (more…)
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Changes to the AusAPT Management Committee in 2022

We wish to advise some changes to the AusAPT Management Committee over recent months. Kerry Gubb advised us in December 2021 that he would unfortunately no longer be continuing as Vice President, IT and Web Support Officer and Committee member into 2022. We wish to acknowledge the immense contribution of Kerry to AusAPT over many years, including as relieving President in 2020 and his IT and web support work. Kerry’s skill and expertise has been a key reason we could make the shift to virtual delivery and shape a responsive web presence. He has been a valued member of the (more…)
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Party like it’s 1991: Celebrating 30 Years of AusAPT – Phil Kerr

The Australian Association for Psychological Type was formed in 1991 at Australia’s first type conference, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Australian Perspectives. This year we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of those two milestones. Australians studying theology and spirituality in California in the late 1970s encountered the MBTI and were enthused. On their return they ran seminars and workshops that popularised type in religious communities and schools. During the 1980s, use of the MBTI spread to organisations in the private and public sectors. In response to the growing interest, Mary McGuiness established the Institute for Type Development (ITD) in Sydney. In 1986 she (more…)
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New International Regional Representative on the AusAPT Management Committee

We wish to advise that Harumi Gondo has joined us as the International Regional Representative on the AusAPT Management Committee. The vitality and future of AusAPT depends on the efforts of members including those who volunteer to be part of the Management Committee of AusAPT. So we are very grateful that Harumi has joined us to provide input on AusAPT strategic directions, member priorities and events, especially to advise on behalf of community members who live in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. Harumi Gondo Harumi Gondo (ENFJ) is an MBTI Master Practitioner and is also certified with Majors PTI (more…)
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Increasing your Sales Using Personality Type – Tim Van Milligan

Tim Van Milligan (ISTJ) joins us for the AusAPT 2021 Talking Type Together Online Conference to speak on Increasing ‘Your Sales Using Personality Type’. He provides an overview of his conference presentation topic here. Tim is a business owner, entrepreneur and conference speaker based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He is also an author of several books on copywriting and marketing, including the books: “Selling by Personality Type,” “Emotional Copywriting Revealed,” and “Selling Yourself: Advanced Strategies for Landing Your Dream Job.” He endorses the practical application of personality temperament to the world of sales and marketing, showing how to (more…)
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New NSW/ACT Regional Representative on the AusAPT Management Committee

We wish to advise that Ellen Owen has joined us as the NSW/ACT Regional Representative on the AusAPT Management Committee. The vitality and future of AusAPT depends on the efforts of volunteers including those who volunteer to be part of the Management Committee of AusAPT. So we are very grateful that Ellen has volunteered to join us to lead the NSW/ACT community and events and to be part of the leadership team. A long-standing member of AusAPT, we are already appreciating Ellen’s valuable input and local leadership of AusAPT NSW/ACT. Thank you Ellen! So here is an update of the (more…)