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Ben Angel – Nationwide Networking
Ben Angel is a recognisable brand and leading expert in personal branding and networking strategies in Australia. In the space of four years he has built his networking organisation, Nationwide Networking, to 5000+ business owners internationally, utilising innovative and cost-saving networking strategies.
Ben’s success is driven by his ability to distinguish opportunities typically overlooked by businesses and individuals. Ben brings together image, relationship marketing and personal branding skills to ensure individuals stand out for all the right reasons. His new book, “Sleep Your Way to the Top in Business – The Ultimate Guide to Attracting & Seducing More Customers”, focuses on personal branding and how to attract new clients through networking and visual engagement. Ben is also a regular columnist for Australian Anthill Business Magazine. Ben is highly energetic with a reputation for delivering interactive, informative and engaging presentations that instigate real change within his audiences.
www.nationwidenetworking.com
Jo Banks – U&i Consulting
Jo Banks is founder and director of U&i Consulting. Jo is a self-driven, passionate senior executive with over 25 years in strategic and operational leadership in the UK and Australia. Jo passionately believes that by providing leaders with access to complementary executive ‘know how’ and ‘independent thinking’, as and when demanded by their businesses, their capacity to translate vision into reality is greatly enhanced.
Previously, Jo was publishing director of South London Press Group, a division of Trinity Mirror – the largest UK publisher of on- and off-line newspapers. Jo now assists organisations to overcome decreases in performance and competitive pressures, and to cope with mergers and acquisition, emerging technology, changing customer demands and consumer behaviours through strategic interventions. Her most recent role, Chief Operating Officer of the Sensis-owned Trading Post Group, followed her tenure as General Manager, Adcorp Australia (Victoria). Jo serves on the board of Crisis Support Services and is a key adviser to the CEO. Driven by her experiences in these positions, Jo founded U&i consulting in 2008.
David Barnes – Platform Interactive Ltd 
David Barnes is the executive director and chief software architect of Platform Interactive, an Australian internet software development and digital marketing company. David first joined Platform Interactive’s product development team for web management systems in 2004. Since then he has managed the completion of over 300 small to large projects and website implementations.
David began his software and internet career in 1997 with PC Guardian Security Software, based in California. After two years as a national sales agent in Australia, David began contracting to the Western Australian Government and small to large corporations as a Microsoft technology web developer before becoming an internet project manager with BankWest. David’s successful career with BankWest included implementing the state’s first enterprise content management system and delivering an extremely profitable return on investment technology project, Online Credit Card Sales, in 2002.
Recognised as an expert in his field, David delivers engaging presentations on web content management, enterprise content management and online marketing.
www.platforminteractive.com.au
Stacey Barr – Stacey Barr Pty Ltd
Stacey Barr shows business owners how to maximise their business performance, through a strong focus on goals and making measured progress towards reaching them. Stacey is passionate about making this fun, easy and faster for people to measure what matters in their business and empowering them to take control of their destiny.
Stacey is the creator of PuMP® – the methodology that gives people the detailed practical steps to develop performance measures. With her consulting programs, public workshops and information products, Stacey helps organisations develop meaningful performance measures more easily and with more buy-in than ever before. Her goal is to help people build their performance measurement capability, because it’s one of the most critical and foundational systems any organisation can have. Stacey’s clients include federal and state government agencies, local government authorities, corporations, non-profit organisations and small to medium enterprises throughout Australia and New Zealand. Stacey also has a growing customer base internationally. Stacey will discuss ‘How to Measure the NON-Financial Bottom Line’ as part of the forum program. www.staceybarr.com
Colin Beames – WRDI Institute
Colin Beames is one of Australia’s leading human capital experts. Colin is the director of the Workplace Relations Development Indicator (WRDI) Institute, which provides services in human capital reporting, employment strategies, workforce segmentation, workforce engagement and alignment, retention (including key talent) and career development.
Colin was initially an engineer in senior management and consulting roles within the mining and resources sectors. Then in the early 90’s, he made a mid-life career change to organisational psychology. As a corporate psychologist, Colin works with organisational development consultancies, both in the private and public sectors, from “blue chips” through to SMEs. This experience fuels Colin’s passion for the need to rethink workforce strategies and to lift the quality of reporting on human capital, consistent with other assets of the business. To that end, he has developed what he terms a “3M approach” to the management of human capital – right Mindsets, Models and Measures. Colin is currently writing a book entitled “Building Sustainable Workforces: What Every CEO Should Know”.
www.wrdi-institute.com
Mark Bloodworth – Caden Recruitment
Mark Bloodworth speaks on engagement and retention issues impacting Australian businesses. Mark’s background in manufacturing and recruitment gave him experiences that shaped his current strategies for how to take your business to a new level of performance. He facilitates workshops in organisations to create the momentum for leadership and business performance growth. Mark’s passion is to create workplaces where people want to be and want to contribute to its success. Mark’s presentations draw on the secrets of leaders in Australian businesses; those secrets that were learnt the hard way - by having a committed go!
www.caden.com.au
Andrew Bloye – Aspin Group
Andrew Bloye is the manager of the eLearning department of the Aspin Group. The Aspin Group has been providing training and consulting for corporate, government and health and community service for the past five years. The eLearning component of the business has successfully helped many organisations develop an eLearning strategy that has helped reduce training costs and enhance the training experience.
Andrew has been a driving force behind the success of Aspin eLearning and will speak about the benefits of eLearning and the industry as a whole. Andrew will also look into some of the intangible benefits of eLearning particularly the positive effect it can have on an organisations culture and the productivity of its people.
www.aspinelearning.com.au
Alison Monroe – SageCo
Alison brings to SageCo more than 15 years experience across the HR, career management, and hospitality industries and worked in Europe and the USA before coming to Australia in 1996.
Alison is a member of the Executive Committee of the NSW EEO Practitioners Association (NEEOPA); an accredited Retirement Success Coach™; Genos Emotional Intelligence Coach; Judge of the Deloitte Businesswoman of the Year 2006; Judge of the Diversity@Work Awards 2008; a member of the Good Beginnings Advisory Board and is a frequent speaker on the challenges and opportunities of workforce ageing.
Alison has a proven track record in relationship management, business development and developing progressive age management solutions for clients. Alison's results-focus, innovation and enthusiasm has resulted in excellent business outcomes for her clients across diverse industries including banking and finance, insurance, legal, engineering and the public sector.
www.sageco.com.au
Michael Cagel – Salesfirm Foundation
At Sales Firm Foundation, we are passionate about your business’ success. We enable you to accomplish your goals through the provision of dedicated and professional mentoring, coaching, training and development. Our customised approach has consistently positioned our clients to gain a better understanding of their own clients: thereby increasing sales, margin and profits.
www.salesfirmfoundation.com.au
Hunter Dean – Human Performance Specialists
Hunter Dean is head of Human Performance Specialists (HPS), a consulting company that models the unique internal expertise of your organisation’s top performers then replicates it across your entire organisation. With a specific focus on your business drivers, targets and performance measures, HPS significantly increase the performance of your workforce, and provide you with the internal resources to retain your expertise for ongoing people development.
Hunter is a consultant, speaker, author and change agent within the largest organisations in the AsiaPacific. Hunter has recently written a book entitled Replicating Expertise to Win and has also written extensively on dealing with fear and uncertainty in changing times, creating accountability in organisations, linking behaviour to culture change, replicating experts and keeping your best people. Hunter works in a systemic fashion and focuses on what is important to your organisation to enable your company to create the change you want. Hunter extracts the very best from your organisation’s existing talent to enhance your clients’ satisfaction and increase your bottom line. www.BehaviourChange.com.au
Stephen Duns - SuccessWorks
Stephen Duns is the director of SuccessWorks, a team of consultants who contribute to the creation of a civil and just society by invigorating and transforming organisations and communities. Stephen’s passion is to help individuals, organisations and communities identify their potential and support them to transform themselves to achieve their intrinsic magnificence. Stephen believes deeply that a strengths-based approach, storytelling and systems thinking are key factors in human emergence.
www.success-works.com.au
Rob Glenn - Compass Lifeskills Pty Ltd
Rob Glenn is a talented facilitator with Compass Lifeskills and specialises in workplace training and education, primarily in the areas of personal money management. This is extremely important for today’s workforce as there is a distinct correlation between personal financial wellbeing and productivity, performance and contentedness in the workplace.
Rob has provided personal money coaching and services for over a decade. He is a highly knowledgeable, accomplished and entertaining presenter. Rob has extensive experience in training personnel in the workplace and people in the accounting and financial planning professions. He is regarded as a leading authority on personal financial wellness and practical money solutions in Australia today. Rob holds a number of professional affiliations and memberships as well as financial, training and coaching qualifications.
www.compasslifeskills.com.au
Jon Hopwood – Event Heads
Jon Hopwood is the director of Event Heads, an organisation focused on consultancy, research and training services for the Events Industry. With over 16 years’ experience in marketing communications, brand management and event management roles up to a senior level internationally, Jon’s work portfolio includes General Motors, National Australia Bank, the Commonwealth Games Federation, Hewlett-Packard, Volkswagen, Swiss Reinsurance, RMIT and British Telecom.
Jon ran the BA (Hons) in Events Management at Greenwich University for three years before immigrating to Australia. Here, Jon is course director for Event Management Training Australia, providing practical skills training for business professionals across the Asia-Pacific region. Jon is currently working on a 3-year research project (Doctoral thesis) at Deakin University focused on social creativity in the events industry.
Dr Lauchlan A.K. Mackinnon
Lauchlan Mackinnon undertook research in the psychology of creativity as part of his doctoral thesis. In this talk he gives us a brief introduction to a long standing and influential theory of creativity that helps us understand how and why our most brilliant and exciting ideas come about - and what we can do to have more of them!
The draft description for the workshop would be "We can all benefit from having more creative insights - more 'aha' moments of realisation and understanding. In this workshop, Lauchlan Mackinnon will lead workshop participants understand the creative process through which creative illuminations and insights are generated, and learn how we can apply the principles in the framework on a daily basis to achieve. After the workshop, participants shoud be able to generate more creative insights on a regular basis both at work and in their personal lives."
www.cognitive-transitions.com.au
Dr Louise Mahler – The Art Of Business
Dr Louise Mahler is the creator of the groundbreaking theory, Vocal Intelligence, which moves individuals and groups to take positive action through a unique perspective focusing on the unsung wisdom of voice. An acclaimed opera singer for 9 years, including a two-year soloist’s contract with the Vienna State Opera, Louise shares her passion for people through speaking, training and individual coaching at the highest levels in organisations. Her award-winning PhD focuses on voice as a rich creative tool for effective personal and professional development and a source of deeper organisational understanding and cultural awareness. Vocal Intelligence is a way of recognising patterns of thought and expression, which have repercussions not only for communication, but for other areas as well. Understanding Vocal Intelligence allows for free flowing communication in an organisation, which leads to greater passion, productivity and profits.
www.artofbusiness.com.au
Guy Moxley – Teambuilding Australia
As director of Teambuilding Australia, Guy Moxley has been providing advice, training and facilitation to teams across the world for over 10 years. As a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development, Guy enjoys the exploration of new approaches to developing training in teamwork. Key areas of research are return on development for teambuilding, synergy in groups and designing new training activities. Guy’s belief that ‘trainers need to be fun, energetic and outgoing… who wants a bore to teach’ is his main drive to putting passion into his sessions. Teambuilding Australia provides teambuilding solutions in a fun, energetic and safe manner that teams, businesses and people love. Teambuilding Australia has earned a reputation for the design and implementation of the highest quality experience-based learning programs.
www.teambuildingaustralia.com.au
Yamini Naidu and Gabrielle Dolan – One Thousand & One
Yamini Naidu and Gabrielle Dolan are co-founders and directors of One Thousand & One.
Yamini Naidu has extensive corporate experience and has worked in a range of industry sectors with senior industry leaders, key stakeholders and company boards. Yamini is the Vice President of ElNet (Elearning Network of Australasia) and has taught leadership and management at RMIT University. This passion, experience and knowledge in learning, e-learning, management and leadership studies are now being directed to organisational storytelling. Yamini has a Masters degree in Economics from Bombay University and a Masters degree in Personnel Management from the London School of Economics, and holds further qualifications in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne.
Gabrielle Dolan has worked as an independent business management consultant and has held various senior management roles at the National Australia Bank. Her hands-on experience of the challenges organisations face in communicating effectively led her to the power of organisational storytelling. Gabrielle has had extensive experience in the finance industry, agricultural, manufacturing and not-for-profit sectors. She has held various roles in change management, learning and development and project management. This background puts her in an ideal position to provide expertise on the various applications of organisational storytelling. Gabrielle’s current academic qualifications include a Masters degree in Management and Leadership from Swinburne University and an Associate Diploma in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne. www.onethousandandone.com.au
David Perry – Value Enancement Management 
David has undergraduate and masters degrees in commerce from Melbourne University. His business life had been varied and included a senior economist of a major bank, head of research of a stockbroking and investment group, a senior consultant and head of research at VEM, and finance director and deputy chairman of a community organisation. David moved into the communications arena via his work with Value Enhancement Management (VEM) in 2001. VEM is a leading investor relations and strategic communications firm and one of VEM’s core competancies is high level stakeholder feedback
www.vemanage.com.au
Dr Andrew Rixon – Babel Fish Group Pty Ltd
Dr Andrew Rixon is director of Babel Fish Group, an Australian-based group of management consultants who specialise in the application of facilitative processes to help organisations and individuals transform. Andrew focuses on how effective communication and facilitation skills can change the way we work. Today more than ever language, communication and facilitation are becoming appreciated as important, if not critical factors, for successful business and organisation.
Since completing his PhD in mathematics and community ecology, Andrew has gained global experience in working with organisations within Australia, the USA, the Netherlands and the UK. The complex systems perspective drawn from his PhD has allowed Andrew to make contributions in systems and software development, knowledge management, social research, facilitation and management consulting. Andrew enjoys running local clubs to help others develop their practice of public speaking and improvisational theatre. Andrew juggles in his spare time.
www.babelfishgroup.com
Deanna Roberts – Think in Pictures
Deanna Roberts is a speaker and presentation mentor with a difference. Presenting yourself and your business requires techniques and magic ingredients that we all possess but perhaps haven't tapped into yet. Because we Think in Pictures, we have the power to focus on what we want in life and make it real. With this insight, you will maximise your potential, modify your perspective and skills – both personally and professionally – and accomplish great things.
With 28 years’ experience working in the corporate sector in presentation and training, project management, staff development, mentoring and coaching for firms such as Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Drake International and Western Mining Corporation, Deanna has the expertise to help your organisation master the skills of public speaking. Deanna has a degree in education and training, a diploma of arts and studied performing arts for many years. Deanna combines entertainment, humour, education and creativity in her weekly community radio show. Deanna’s zany characters capture the audience through their own unique expressions, character accents and voices. www.deannaroberts.com.au
Melina Schamroth – m.a.d.woman
Melina Schamroth is in the business of making a difference. Melina has combined corporate positions with voluntary roles to have a positive impact in the lives of others. She established m.a.d.woman to encourage, inspire and enable people to make a positive difference within the community. m.a.d.woman specialises in campaigns to improve our world such as corporate social responsibility, public relations, communication, cause-related marketing, events and strategic philanthropic advice. Melina’s flagship program, Single Volunteers, gives like-minded singles an opportunity to meet while contributing to the community. Melina is also a speaker and author of two motivational books: How to be m.a.d. (making a difference) and m.a.d. (making a difference) in a green way.
Melina has worked in journalism, communication, marketing and public relations for global companies, government, not-for-profit groups and emerging businesses. Melina studied Journalism in New Zealand and Philanthropy and Social Investment at Swinburne University. www.madwoman.com.au
Rik Schnabel – Life Beyond Limits Pty Ltd
Rik Schnabel, Australia’s No.1 Wholistic Wealth Coach and director of Life Beyond Limits, is an experienced coach, trainer, mentor and presenter who attains breakthrough success working with individuals and groups. Rik enables them to tap into their power at lightning speed and take action. He often sees the gold in people that they don’t see in themselves.
International speaker and author of ‘Life Beyond Limits: Infinity Belief’, Rik Schnabel is featured in the latest inspirational lifestyle documentary ‘What If’. Rik is an inspirational speaker and clearly enjoys sharing his knowledge and understanding of success with audiences around the world.
Rik’s former career was in the private sector within News Limited and he was founder and director of ‘Schnabel and Knight Advertising Agency’ and ‘WHOZU Advertising and Marketing’. Creator and entrepreneur, Rik built his businesses from ‘green fields’ to successful companies.
www.lifebeyondlimits.com.au
Arthur Shelley – Intelligent Answers Pty Ltd
Arthur Shelley is managing director of Intelligent Answers Pty Ltd, a small specialist consulting firm with the vision to build capabilities and productive relationships through fun learning. Arthur’s 20 years in professional roles and managing international projects have given him unique insights into what motivates people to collaborate. Through these roles he developed a keen interest in human behaviour and successfully implementing change to increase workplace productivity.
Arthur’s observations of people have been captured in his USA published book, The Organizational Zoo – A Survival Guide to Workplace Behavior. Arthur enjoys facilitating groups to leverage their diversity, generate productive interactions and lead change. His unique workshops and capability development programs can be used to develop team members and for understanding how to get people to work together more effectively. Arthur’s sense of fun and tongue-in-cheek style engages participants, who soon find themselves enjoying observing the ‘animals’ around them and understanding how to work more productively with them. www.organizationalzoo.com
Mike Symonds – Interactive Events
Mike Symonds is the managing director of Interactive Events and has been using 'games' for training and energising staff for over 10 years. Interactive Events is a unique business that specialise in engaging staff, igniting relationships and creating fun and exciting workplaces. Using a range of 'FUN'ergizer™ Activities, Interactive Events works on the basis that the best way to ignite relationships is through the use of structured, creative, engaging and fun team activities. Using a simple philosophy and approach, Interactive Events have assisted a range of businesses – from Top 200 through to not-for-profit organisations – in creating a more engaged and personalised ‘community’. Clients have used Interactive Events to break down barriers between departments, create a more ‘engaged’ sales team and to energise and thank staff.
www.interactiveevents.com.au
Sophie Trpcevski – Minds Collective
Sophie Trpcevski’s passion is to transform children and adults into successful, confident and inspirational leaders that are connected firstly with themselves and then to others. Sophie coaches individuals, inspires teams and drives organisations to achieve success with enthusiasm. She works closely with the Brain Research Team at Swinburne University to develop the latest knowledge on Emotional Intelligence.
Sophie has 25 years’ experience in teaching and personal development, 12 years’ experience in the health and fitness industry managing gyms, and has worked with a number of AFL clubs. She has also owned successful aerobics and personal training businesses in both England and Thailand. Her love for people and their wellbeing also lead her into the beauty industry where she ran a successful studio alongside her teaching career.
Emmanuel Tsesmelis – My Passion Coach
Emmanuel Tsesmelis is Australia’s No. 1 Passion Coach and leading expert in understanding your people’s passions and natural talents to increase engagement, retention, productivity and profit. A successful entrepreneur, Emmanuel has built several businesses, including a fashion company he started and grew to achieve over $3M in turnover a year. Emmanuel believes everyone can and must love their work. He taps into people’s passions so they express a genuine interest and enthusiasm in their work, which leads to a more productive, engaged and committed employee.
By interviewing some of Australia’s most successful self made millionaires, Emmanuel has incorporated their secrets and success strategies with his own business principles to develop the ‘My Passion’ audio series, ‘The Key’ – Passion Program as well as customised programs, workshops and trainings that ensure your organisation gets the best performance, productivity and engagement out of its people. Emmanuel founded My Passion Coach to teach and educate his clients on exactly how to generate passionate people and more profits. Emmanuel is a dynamic and passionate presenter.
www.mypassioncoach.com
Tanie De Jong AM – Creativity Australia
Tania de Jong is the inspiration, co-founder and artistic director of Pot-Pourri and of Music Theatre Australia one stop entertainment and event production company. A graduate of the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Law with Honours and the Victorian College of the Arts, Tania is considered one of Australia's most talented sopranos. She has performed with the Victoria State Opera and as a soloist with a number of orchestras. In 2006 Tania received the Ernst and Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award for her work in founding The Song Room. Tania's other awards include the "Outstanding Individual Contribution to Australian Culture", Churchill Fellowship and the Accessibility Award in The Melbourne Awards. She was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women's Awards and has recently been inducted into the AGSE Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame. Tania is on the Board of Child Abuse Prevention and Research Australia. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 for service to the arts as a performer and entrepreneur and through the establishment and development of music and arts enrichment programs for schools and communities. She has recently founded Creativity Australia to bring wellbeing into the workforce and communities through creative thinking and leadership programs.
(Trivia: She attended college in the USA on a tennis scholarship.) www.creativityaustralia.com.au
Katja Rembrandt – Insync Surveys
Originally trained in pure mathematics at the LSE, Katja’s first career was in computer science at companies spanning Europe and Scandinavia. Katja is multi-lingual in six European languages and has lived and worked in ten countries spanning three continents.
In the last fourteen years Katja’s professional interests have turned to what makes organisations successful and individuals fullfilled in their career. An accredited organisational coach, she has run her own executive search and talent development firm for some years. She is experienced at combining rigorous and analytical research methodology with commercial imperative and delivering useful and actionable results. She is also passionate about cross-cultural issues and organisational diversity. And she loves to laugh…especially at work. Katja joined Insync Surveys early 2008.
www.insyncsurveys.com.au
