It was fabulous to gather in person at Rydges Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, for the 2023 AusAPT Conference. After a few years of online conferences, it was refreshing and energising to connect in person again. It was especially exciting to have type friends join us from overseas (US, UK, Japan, New Zealand) and across Australia. In particular, meeting AusAPT Committee Member, Harumi Gondo from Tokyo in person for the first time was a special highlight.AusAPT Management Committee members, Meredith Fuller and Harumi GondoPre-conference workshopWe kicked off on Thursday evening with a joint pre-conference networking and workshop on Type and Change with our (more…) Conference Round-up: ‘From Shadows to Showtime’, 1-2 September, 2023, Brisbane
It was fabulous to gather in person at Rydges Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, for the 2023 AusAPT Conference. After a few years of online conferences, it was refreshing and energising to connect in person again. It was especially exciting to have type friends join us from overseas (US, UK, Japan, New Zealand) and across Australia. In particular, meeting AusAPT Committee Member, Harumi Gondo from Tokyo in person for the first time was a special highlight.AusAPT Management Committee members, Meredith Fuller and Harumi GondoPre-conference workshopWe kicked off on Thursday evening with a joint pre-conference networking and workshop on Type and Change with our (more…) 
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, and 
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 brought Katherine 
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 meet 
AusAPT Type Research and Practice Collection Occasional Papers (#2 – May 2020)Face Value Only? A Review of Personality Inventories: Fiction, Fact, Future, by Jane Bozarth (2019) Peter Geyerpeter@petergeyer.com.au Werribee, AustraliaThis article is also available as a pdf download here:Face Value Only? DownloadThis paper examines the content and method of Jane Bozarth’s recent publication on personality inventories in the workplace, available here and at www.LearningGuild.com which has been provided to me for evaluation and comment. While there are many errors and misjudgements contained within, ranging from historical and other facts to research methodology, there are also questions asked deserving consideration. Preamble – How do 
ANGELINA BENNET (INTJ), Past President, British Association for Psychological Type (BAPT)This article first appeared in TYPEFACE, the journal of the British Association of Psychological Type, Vol 31, no 1, Winter 2020, 22-24 and is reproduced here with kind permission of BAPT and the author.The AusAPT Conferences have been going from strength to strength over the last few years. I attended my first official AusAPT Conference in 2017, having co-presented the Best of British mini conference the previous year with Susan Nash. Since then there has been a noticeable increase in the number of international experts from all over the world 
AusAPT Type Research and Practice Collection Occasional Papers (#1 – February 2020)A response to False Portraits by Jennifer V Fayard Psychology Today January 2020Peter Geyer peter@petergeyer.com.au Werribee, AustraliaThis article is also available as a pdf download here:Media-PuzzleDownloadTo see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle George Orwell [Campbell 2011 p187]There’s something about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) and the notion of types of people that provokes a consistent stream of criticism, whether it be about the questionnaire itself, or the ideas attached to it. Sometimes this prompts defences from various interested parties, when an explanation might be more 
AusAPT is excited to share the fourth episode in The Deep Dive Series of videos in advance of the AusAPT 2019 Conference in Melbourne, 22-23 November.AusAPT National President, Joshua Knight, interviews Catherine Stothart, author of How to Get on With Anyone. The focus is how to close the influence gap and the cues and miscues in how we interact with others. Catherine is presenting a session at the AusAPT 2019 Conference on Closing the Influence Gap: How Type helps you get on better with yourself and others as well as leading a half-day workshop on ‘Tips and Tools for Using Interaction Styles.Overview of conference session: How 
Want to learn how to facilitate and manage the needs of diverse participants with skill?Join us for Flawless Facilitation, a special one-day workshop expertly led by Susan Nash on Sunday 24 November, 9am – 5pm in Melbourne.Susan has extensive experience of facilitation and especially catering for the needs of different personality types within a group. Over the past 27 years, Susan Nash has successfully introduced Type to a range of both large and small organizations. During this time, she has developed and refined a learning design and delivery methodology that seems to appeal to all Types.This learning design methodology encapsulates:Defining clearly the role 
AusAPT is excited to share the third episode in The Deep Dive Series of videos in advance of the AusAPT 2019 Conference in Melbourne, 22-23 November.AusAPT National President, Joshua Knight, interviews Sue Blair, Director of Personality Dynamics and author of The Personality Puzzle resources. The focus is educational settings, learning challenges and the impact of mismatch between teachers and learners and how type can provide solutions. Sue is presenting at the AusAPT 2019 Conference on Learning Challenges and Misinterpretations:Everyone knows someone who has struggled through the education system. There are many reasons for this, but the patterns we can see through the application of Type