An amazing webinar to kick off our 2026 professional learning series, with guest presenters Amanda Marshall and Skye Hughes from Youth Engagement Project leading a really engaging and informative session. A brief summary is provided below of key concepts covered during the presentation on changes to the social media landscape for young people and communication strategies that school sport associations can adopt to ensure effective engagement:
- Legislation and what’s actually occurred;
- Our responsibilities in relation to the legislation;
- Understanding the current youth landscape;
- Strategies for connection in the wake of the legislation.
Skye and Amanda presented strategies such as:
- Design communication systems, not workarounds;
- Default to one-to-many, transparent communications;
- Let adults be the bridge, not the bottleneck;
- Prioritise clarity, consistency and child-safe practice;
- See this shift as an opportunity, not a restriction.
A copy of the presentation slides, communication policy sample and webinar recording are available for members on the Resource Hub (login required). Our sincere thanks to Skye and Amanda for their outstanding work!
