{"id":16816,"date":"2021-06-01T15:47:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/?p=16816"},"modified":"2022-11-08T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T07:53:08","slug":"focus-on-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/running-a-pest-control-business\/training\/focus-on-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS ON LEARNING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Men&#8217;s health was one of the key focus topics at the &#8220;Blokes&#8217; Day&#8221; event, part of the 2021 PWAPM Conference.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-thick\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the inaugural PWAPM Conference on the Gold Coast, Dr <strong>Don Ewart<\/strong> and <strong>Ron Smith<\/strong> from TIPRM (<a href=\"https:\/\/tiprm.com\/\">The Institute of Pest Risk Management<\/a>) ran \u201cBlokes\u2019 Day\u201d, an independent satellite session, primarily for male partners of conference attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker was <strong>Stuart Torrance<\/strong> from the Australian Men\u2019s Shed Association who delivered\u00a0a thought-provoking talk and discussion on aspects of men\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStuart\u2019s talk took a fresh perspective on a topic that resonated with everybody. Blending it\u2019s-like-servicing-your-truck with deeply personal stories, he delivered a strong positive message. We\u2019re certainly keen to have him back at our next event,\u201d said Dr Don.<\/p>\n<p>With additional talks provided by the sponsors \u2013 Bell Labs on rodent management and Exterminex on termite baiting \u2013 as well as from TIPRM, a wide range of topics were covered. In particular, the discussion resulting from Dr Ewart\u2019s session on chemical groups, risks and uses \u201ccould have continued for days\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really appreciate the support from <strong>Samuel<\/strong> <strong>Wood<\/strong> (Bell Labs) for sponsoring the men\u2019s health talk and for <strong>Dion<\/strong> <strong>Peters<\/strong> (Exterminex) for providing food throughout the day. They also contributed education sessions, without the hard sell, that were greatly appreciated and opened up much discussion,\u201d commented Dr Don.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRon masterfully organised the event through the difficult Covid summer, with no guarantees of cross-border travel until a week before the event. This did keep numbers down, but we were really happy with the very interactive group,\u201d said Dr Don.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges of organising an event during Covid, the feedback was very positive and TIPRM will be looking to replicate similar events in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men&#8217;s health was one of the key focus topics at the &#8220;Blokes&#8217; Day&#8221; event, part of the 2021 PWAPM Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Men's health was one of the key focus topics at the \"Blokes' Day\" event, part of the 2021 PWAPM Conference.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[379],"tags":[],"company":[],"pest":[],"pesticide":[],"product-service":[182],"class_list":["post-16816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training","product-service-conferences","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"pest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pest?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"pesticide","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pesticide?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"product-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-service?post=16816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}