About National Training Day

A day to mark the key contribution training and learning professionals make in helping organisations develop and succeed through learning. National Training Day 2008 promises to be once again an extremely informative and engaging day that has International and Australian workforce educators tackling the key areas of enterprise training and learning. It's a fabulous day for professionals wanting to strengthen competencies. Join us and meet the contributing experts and hands-on practitioners that make National Training Day the No.1 day of learning. Benefit from the great networking potential and walk away with a host of positive learning strategies you can use to transform and align enterprise education with organisational objectives.

National Training Day & Clown Doctors

Since the first National Training Day Symposium in 2005, Training Australia Magazine has supported The Humour Foundation and in particular their core project, the Clown Doctors. Clown Doctors touch the lives of over 60,000 people every year. The focus is children's hospitals, and Clown Doctors are now part of hospital life in every major children's hospital around Australia. The Humour Foundation is a national charity established in 1997 to promote the health benefits of humour. Clowns have also visited east Timor and Afghanistan. Clown Doctors attend to the psycho-social needs of the hospitalised child. They parody the hospital routine to help children adapt to hospital. Clown Doctors distract children during painful or frightening procedures. They dispense doses of fun and laughter and help children forget for a moment that they are ill. Everyone benefits…patients, families and staff. Clown Doctors are highly skilled professionals  and work in partnership with health professionals. Get Involved Click Here