Welcome
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson will be the Guest Speaker at our 2021 National Conference, joining us live on Saturday 13 February in a programme that starts at 9.30am and finishes at 12.15pm, all sponsored by Gallagher.
2020 has been a tough year and so the conference will be a chance to regroup, restart and rebuild. We might not be able to meet in person but we can still come together as a community, motivate each other for the year ahead and learn together.
The event will be streamed via YouTube, Facebook and our website. The conference is free of charge and open to everyone involved with or interested in the Sailability community.
Please do share the event to all your members - let's engage as many people as possible.
In the two weeks after the conference, there will be a programme of Development Sessions streamed live and available on demand afterwards. You can take part in as many sessions as you like.
Click on the link below to secure your place at this year's conference and to book your place on the Development Sessions.
Bookings are now closed but you can still attend the Conference on Saturday by clicking on one of the links below. Please note that if you want to have access to subtitles you need to choose the website option.
Agenda
Meet The Presenters and Panelists
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Guest Speaker
Frank Fletcher - CEO Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust
Challenges facing schools, community and health organisations
Steve McFadyen - Alzheimer's Society
Challenges facing schools, community and health organisations
Lydia Bone - Disability Rights UK
Challenges facing schools, community and health organisations
Helen Mason - Freewheeling Dance
Challenges facing schools, community and health organisations
Richard Fish - Kisimul Group
David Durston
Sailors reflecting on the past year and hopes for the year ahead
Ben Foulsham
Kate Healey
Sailors reflecting on the past year and hopes for the year ahead
Kathy Hancock
Sailors reflecting on the past year and hopes for he year ahead
Hannah Shelmerdine
Sailors reflecting on the past year and hopes for the year ahead
Join Development Sessions
How can your Sailability group successfully recruit and manage volunteers
Monday 15 February
11:00 - 12:00
How can your Sailability group use the RYA's development model to help ensure a positive future for your club and members
Monday 15 February
15:00 - 16:00
How to develop your sailing whilst you are off the water
Tuesday 16 February
13:00 - 14:00
Ideas and tools to run engaging Sailability sessions on the water
Wednesday 17 February
15:00 - 16:00
A Guide to Using Teams
1. Go to the event website and click on the Development Sessions Tab
2. Find the session you want to join
3. Click on the ‘Click here’ button
4. If you already have Teams you will be given options on how you want to join Microsoft Teams:
a. Download the app
b. Continue on the web browser
c. Open the app (if you already have it installed)
You will get most from the experience if you download the download the desktop or mobile app
Here is a video showing you more about joining a Teams session
How to turn on live captions
Teams can generate live captions during the Sailability Development Session. If you choose to use this function, you can see the live captions, but other users will only see the captions if they also turn them on.
The live captions function is only available if you have the desktop or mobile app.
Download the desktop or mobile app
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using a touchscreen and are an essential alternative to using a mouse. Read this Microsoft article for more information about the keyboard shortcuts available.
Microphone, camera and chat
During the Development sessions you may want to:
· Raise your hand if you have a question
· See the list of participants
· Turn your video / camera on and off
· Turn your microphone on and off
· Use the chat to ask questions or chat to other participants
New meeting experience
If you have downloaded the desktop or mobile app it is worth turning on the ‘new meeting experience’ to benefit from all the features
1. Open Teams
2. Click on your photo / user icon (top right of screen)
3. Click on settings
4. Click on general
5. Tick the check box ‘Turn on new meeting experience)
Development Session Resources
Below are a number of resources that support the Development Sessions taking place as part of this year’s conference along with the links to access them.
| Development Session | Resource Document | Link |
| Insight – Complex Communication | Getting to know people – A guide to a conversation with participants
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| Insight – Complex Communication | Improving Communications | |
| Insight – Complex Communication | Part 1 Presentation Slides
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| Insight – Complex Communication | Part 2 Presentation Slides | |
| Safety Management Systems | Part 1 Presentation Slides | |
| Safety Management Systems | Part 2 Presentation Slides | |
| How your Sailability Site can use the RYA development model to help ensure a positive future for your club and members | A Guide to Developing your club | |
| Planning for a restart | Frequently Asked Questions |
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| Ideas and tools to run engaging Sailability session on the water
| Presentaton Slides | |
| Ideas and tools to run engaging Sailability session on the water
| A4 On Board Guide to getting the most from your sessions | These resources will be emailed to you the day before your session |
| Ideas and tools to run engaging Sailability session on the water | A4 On Board Session Cards | These resources will be emailed to you the day before your session |
| Ideas and tools to run engaging Sailability session on the water | A6 On Board Guide to getting the most from your sessions | These resources will be emailed to you the day before your session |
| Ideas and tools to run engaging Sailability Sessions on the water | A6 On Board Session Cards | These resources will be emailed to you the day before your session |