{"id":5635,"date":"2024-02-22T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/?p=5635"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:22:12","slug":"sigbi-conference-report-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/2024\/02\/22\/sigbi-conference-report-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGBI Conference Report 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0Feeling inspired and grateful after an amazing experience of connecting with so many passionate and like-minded women from across our Federation. The SIGBI Conference 2024 was a powerful reminder of the incredible work Soroptimist Clubs are doing\u2014from impactful environmental projects to community-driven initiatives. One of the highlights was witnessing the shortlisted projects for the Best Practice Awards. A special shoutout to <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/poole-purbeck\/\">SI Poole<\/a> for winning the delegates&#8217; prize for their brilliant &#8220;Fresh Thoughts&#8221; project! Huge thanks to Caroline for sharing insights on this at our recent Club meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">The lineup of speakers was equally inspiring! Baroness Floella Benjamin moved us with her life story. Ann Beatty from the Steve Sinnott Foundation shared invaluable insights, and panel discussions reinforced the transformative power of mentoring. Presentations from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soroptimisteurope.org\/\">SI Europe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/siafrica.org\/\">SI Africa<\/a> further showcased the impressive work of our Soroptimist sisters worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">Here are some key takeaways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"yiv6307906121\">\n<li class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">Reconnecting in person fostered a renewed sense of community, old friendships and new connections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">Poster displays highlighted innovative projects from other Clubs, sparking ideas for our own work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">Speaker sessions delivered fresh insights and motivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">Hearing from International President Siew Yong enriched our understanding of Soroptimist impact globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\"><span class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"font-size: large\">And last but not least, we were overjoyed to see Pat C honoured by SIGBI for her immense contributions to the Federation and Soroptimist International! Congratulations, Pat\u2014your recognition is so well-deserved \u00a0and we couldn\u2019t be prouder of you!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6307906121\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SISN-Poster-2024-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5639 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SISN-Poster-2024-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SISN-Poster-2024-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SISN-Poster-2024-rotated.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/Pat-is-honoured-an-an-honorary-SIGBI-member.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5637\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/Pat-is-honoured-an-an-honorary-SIGBI-member-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/Pat-is-honoured-an-an-honorary-SIGBI-member-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/Pat-is-honoured-an-an-honorary-SIGBI-member.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SI-Perth-at-SIGBI-Conference-2024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5636 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SI-Perth-at-SIGBI-Conference-2024-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SI-Perth-at-SIGBI-Conference-2024-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/perth\/files\/2024\/11\/SI-Perth-at-SIGBI-Conference-2024.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Feeling inspired and grateful after an amazing experience of connecting with so many passionate and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news-2024-25"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SIGBI Conference Report 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Perth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Perth : Blog &amp; News : SIGBI Conference Report 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Perth . 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