Personal Researcher Page of Ros Derrett

Regional festivals: nourishing community resilience: the nature and role of cultural festivals in Northern Rivers NSW communities, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2008)

This thesis examines four regional community cultural festivals in the Northern Rivers region of New...

The power of passion, Marketing Summit 2008, Australia Council for the Arts (2008)

Best practice customer service - building relationships with all stakeholders, Northern Australia’s Regional Performing Arts Centres Association (NARPACA) Conference (2007)

Recognising engagement: examining a regional university’s partnerships and practice (with Jan Strom and Justin St Vincent Welch), The scholarship of community engagement: Australia's way forward: Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA) National Conference (2007)

Regional festivals: nurturing community resilience, Festival places: revitalising rural Australia: ARC Cultural Research Network symposium (2007)

Queensland arts and cultural tourism strategy (with Jeremy Buultjens and Milica Loncar), School of Commerce and Management Papers (2006)

The good, the bad and the not just a pretty face of sustaining regional engagement, Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA) Conference (2006)

The rainforest ways: managing tourism the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia (with Joanne Mackellar), Managing world heritage sites (2006)

Celebrating a sense of place, U3A (2005)

Connecting arts and local government to lead future creative regions (with Patrick Mitchell), 2nd National Conference on the Future of Australia's Country Towns (2005)

A project to inspire creative regions provided local government personnel an opportunity to appreciate the...

Debate: Tourism is essential for national parks survival, NPWS Advisory Committees Conference (2005)

Enhancing the sMAD experience – challenges for effective student community engagement (with Justin St Vincent Welch), Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA) Conference (2005)

What's in it for me? Co-operative tourism marketing, Redlands Shire Council (2005)

Why do regional community cultural festivals survive?, The impacts of events: triple bottom line evaluation and event legacies: Third International Event Management Conference (2005)

A private journey, in the barbeque, 2004 Seniors Short Story and Poetry Anthology (2004)

Bed and breakfasts in the Northern Rivers – marketing opportunities, Southern Cross University Regional Gateway (2004)

Economic impacts of the arts on regional economies, Regional Arts NSW Forum, Byron Bay Writers Festival (2004)

Festival audience development, , International Festival and Events Association Conference (2004)

Festivals and innovation in Northern Rivers, New South Wales – examination of the Northern Rivers Herb Festival and Casino Beef Week (with Joanne Mackellar), Regional tourism cases : innovation in regional tourism (2004)

What are special events? Case study – Lismore City Council Event Strategy, Festival and special event management (2004)

Your regional tourism experience – how does it rate?, U3A (2004)

Business, arts & tourism: links and liaisons, Maleny Arts Council (2003)

Byron Bay New Year’s Eve 2002/2003: systematic observation and critical evaluation (with Meredith Lawrence), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (2003)

Byron dreaming: residents make choices about visitors, (with Meredith Lawrence and M McKinlay), Riding the wave of tourism and hospitality research: proceedings of the Council of Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference (2003)

Culture + heritage + tourism, Queensland Arts Council (2003)

Experiencing local tourism, U3A (2003)

Festivals and regional destinations: how festivals demonstrate a sense of community & place, Rural Society (2003)

The cultural aspects of a way of life of a place and a sense of...

Festivals and tourists in the Rainbow Region, Belonging in the rainbow region : cultural perspectives on the NSW North Coast (2003)

Festivals, events and the destination, Festival and event management: an international arts and culture perspective (2003)

This chapter explores the relationship between festivals and events and a destination's prosperity, identity, tourism...

How festivals reveal who we really are: four regional community cultural festivals, Navigating knowledges : conference program & proceedings, 2nd Crux Interdisciplinary Conference (2003)

Making sense of how festivals demonstrate a community’s sense of place, Journal of Event Management (2003)

Regional tourism planning workshops, 10th Annual Tourism Executive Development Programme (2003)

Unfinished business, in regeneration, 2003 Seniors Week Short Story and Poetry Anthology (2003)

40 sheds and 40 kilometres: a heritage tourism project (with Justin St Vincent Welch), Making tracks: Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (2002)

A project recording an image based interpretive educational program informing regional communities of the potential...

Birdsville races, case study, Festival and special event management (2002)

Catering for the overflow, in age matters, 2002 Seniors week short story and poetry anthology (2002)

Cultural tourism (Presentation Newcastle University 2002), Workshop, Newcastle University (2002)

Cultural tourism (Presentation Queensland Merchandise Awards 2002), Memento, Queensland Merchandise Awards (2002)

In bed with the elephant - meeting tourism challenges, Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce (2002)

Making sense of how festivals demonstrate a community’s sense of place (Presentation), Events and Place Making Conference (2002)

Partners in tourism, Spirit of landcare: Northern Rivers Landcare Forum (2002)

SIT and drive tourism, Drive tourism : up the wall and around the bend (2002)

The place of wonder – celebrating the senses, Waterfront Celebrations Forum at Riverfestival (2002)

Australian regional tourism handbook: industry solutions (with Ian Kelly, Karina Morrison, Chris Kern, and Iain Waller), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (2001)

As the title of the Handbook indicates, it is concerned with regional tourism. But what...

Festivals: facing the future of tourism, Media & Culture Review (2001)

Heritage tourism workshop, Northern Rivers Regional Museums Conference, Richmond River Historical Society (2001)

Heritage tourism workshop (Presentation Museums Australia 2001), Museums Australia Queensland Conference (2001)

Partners in tourism (Presentation Landcare Conference 2001), Landcare Conference (2001)

Personal management workshop and regional tourism planning workshops, 9th Annual Tourism Executive Development Programme (2001)

Regional community cultural tourism and tourism culture: a changing landscape, Heritage landscapes : understanding place and communities (2001)

Regional events strategies, NSW Festivals and Events Annual Conference (2001)

Regional planning, marketing, heritage tourism, community consultation, Regional Tourism Executive Development Programme (2001)

Special interest tourism (with Norman Douglas and Ngaire Douglas), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (2001)

Special interest tourism: Introduction, Special interest tourism (2001)

Special interest tourism: Starting with the individual, Special interest tourism (2001)

The Northern Rivers festival experience – quality or quantity?, School of Humanities, Media and Cultural Studies, Southern Cross University (2001)

Volunteers in event management, Manning River BEC (2001)

‘What is’ and ‘What could be’ for tourism managers, NSW Australian Institute of Tourism Officers (AITO) (2001)

40 sheds and 40 kilometres: Heritage Tourism Project (with Justin St Vincent Welch), Northern Rivers Regional Cultural Tourism Organisation (2000)

All is not lost; quality heritage tourism experiences, Southern Cross University, Port Macquarie Alumni Association (2000)

A training needs assessment of wildlife tourism operators in NR Tropical NSW (with K Rann), Sustainable Wildlife Tourism Convention (2000)

Can festivals brand community cultural development and cultural tourism simultaneoulsy?, Events beyond 2000 : setting the agenda : proceedings of conference on event evaluation, research and education (2000)

This paper is concerned with research into the stakeholder positions that exist in destinations hosting...

Cultural tourism (Presentation Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy 2000), Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Griffith University (2000)

Northern Rivers NSW tourism, CSIRO Tourism Scientists Workshop (2000)

Rainforest Way strategic plan (with Margaret Tiyce, Joanne Mackellar, and Justin St Vincent Welch), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (2000)

Regional cultural tourism partnerships for the millennium, State of the Arts 2000 Regional Forum, Tweed Shire Council (2000)

Trends in regional event management, NSW Festival and Events Association Meeting (2000)

Community cultural tourism and tourism culture - a changing landscape, Cultural Heritage Management Conference (1999)

Events, a new slant, Queensland Events Association Annual Conference (1999)

Food for the brain, unleashing people potential, 5th Festival and Event Conference (1999)

Gwydir Highway, World Heritage Way: a strategic approach (with Kay Dimmock), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (1999)

Managing sustainable regional cultural tourism, Queensland Arts Council AGM (1999)

Personal management workshop and regional tourism planning workshops (Presentation 1999 Tourism Executive Development Programme), 9th Annual Tourism Executive Development Programme (1999)

Planning through community consultation, Sustainable development of tourism : an annotated bibliography (1999)

Postcards from Australia’s creative edge, Museums and Galleries Foundation of NSW annual Conference (1999)

Regional community theatre: images and impacts (with P Derrett), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (1999)

Strategy and policy, Heritage visitor attractions : an operations management perspective (1999)

Why is customer service important to you?, Big Sky Regional Tourism Conference (1999)

Australia’s creative edge!, Innovations in cultural tourism : proceedings of the 5th ATLAS International Conference Innovatory approaches to culture and tourism (1998)

Coastwise, images from the edge! (with I M. Dutton, Katrina Luckie, William E. Boyd, Kay Dimmock, and S Knox), Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (1998)

Cultural tourism a changing landscape (Presentation CAUTHE 1998), Proceedings of Where the bloody hell are we?: Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research (CAUTHE) Conference (1998)

Cultural tourism a changing landscape (Presentation National Regional Arts Conference 1998), National Regional Arts Conference (1998)

Festival and event strategy (with G Prosser and Kay Dimmock), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (1998)

Personal management workshop, and regional tourism planning workshops (Presentation 1998 Tourism Executive Development Programme), 6th annual Tourism Executive Development Programme (1998)

The changing landscape of cultural tourism, Smarts (1998)

Guiding principles for establishing a tourism promotion organisation (with G Brown and Kay Dimmock), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (1997)

Images from the edge!: landscape and lifestyle choices for Northern Rivers Region of NSW (with I M. Dutton, Kay Dimmock, Katrina Luckie, William E. Boyd, and S Knox), Faculty of Resource Science and Management, Southern Cross University (1997)

Lismore events strategy (with Kay Dimmock and G Prosser), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Papers (1997)

Personal management workshop, and regional tourism planning workshops (Presentation 1997 Tourism Executive Development Programme), 5th annual Tourism Executive Development Programme (1997)

Regional cultural tourism development and planning: a case study, Cultural Crossroads: Ownership, Access, Identity Conference (1997)

Shire-wide tourism promotion, Byron Shire Tourism Association (1997)

The art part of participation in community consultation, Emerging Paradigms in Design Education International Conference (1997)

Community consultation workshop, 4th annual Tourism Executive Development Programme (1996)

Cultural tourism planning: community consultation partnerships, Mapping regional cultures : discourses in social contexts (1996)

Images from the edge! Resource file (with William E. Boyd, Kay Dimmock, I M. Dutton, S Knox, and Katrina Luckie), Faculty of Resource Science & Management, Southern Cross University (1996)

Management culture of cultural management in Australia, Masters thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (1996)

The tourism culture and cultural tourism - partnerships for the 21st century, Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference (1996)

The tourism culture of cultural tourism: planning through community consultation (Presentation), Tourism and Cultural Change Conference (1996)

Tourism culture of cultural tourism: planning through community consultation, Tourism and culture towards the 21st century: conference proceedings: Culture as the Tourist Product (1996)

Coastwise - images from the edge!, Australian Heritage Commission (1995)

Management culture of cultural management in Australia (Presentation), Cultural policy: state of the art : taking cultural policy into the 21st century : international conference (1995)

Measuring coastal landscape and lifestyle values: an interpretive approach (with I M. Dutton, William E. Boyd, Katrina Luckie, and S Knox), Australasian Journal of Environmental Management (1995)