Stella Axarlis …achieving excellence through empowerment....
From mathematics teacher to internationally acclaimed opera singer, managing director and Board member, Stella Axarlis consults with organisations that are undertaking significant ...
I don't think excellent is good enough to describe Stella. She is an inspirational and sensational speaker.
Hotel Grand Chancellor
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Gary Bertwistle …founder and director, Blue Moon Creative....
Gary is Australia’s new pioneer in creative thinking and problem solving. With over 20 years experience in Marketing and Promotions, he has extensive knowledge across a diverse ran...
Being a believer of simplicity, Gary was able to present this workshop in a very straightforward, uncluttered but outstanding substantial manner. From now, I will never see marketi...
AMI Institute
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Marianne Broadbent …developing exceptional 21st century leadership....
Dr Marianne Broadbent is an executive advisor, specialist in leadership and executive capabilities, and commentator on global business and workplace developments. She combines a di...
Dr Broadbent’s knowledge and strategic thinking on truly complex IM/IT issues is exceptional. Her insights illuminate the present situation and anticipate directions for organisation.
Health Canada
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Bob Carr …a master orator....
One of Australia's most popular and respected political leaders, Bob Carr made his political reputation through public speaking.
"There is no doubt Carr is a master orator," acc...
The Hon Bob Carr delivered an informative and thought provoking presentation. Our client ACCA, the event sponsor KPMG and other headline speakers all agreed that he set a high leve...
CIMBIO
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Michael Carr-Gregg ...healthy mind, healthy body....
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is an outstanding speaker on a wide variety of subjects associated with health lifestyle and well being. These vary from self management to maximizing the ef...
Each time we have used Michael he capture the audience. An excellent speaker.
AMP GI Distribution
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Chris Caton …leading strategic forecaster....
As Chief Economist of BT Financial Group, Dr Chris Caton advises clients on the financial implications of economic trends, policy pronouncements and major political developments. A...
Entertaining and of great interest- fantastic speaker.
Australian Society of CPAs
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Mike Chinoy … CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent....
Mike Chinoy is CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent. Formerly Beijing Bureau Chief for eight years and Hong Kong Bureau Chief for five years, Chinoy has brought unique depth and perspec...
We could not have asked for more from Mike - his preparation before the event, the alignment of his presentation with the brief provided and his willingness to alter his speech as ...
Fidelity Australia Limited
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Roger Corbett …leadership in international business....
Roger Corbett is the retired CEO and Group Managing Director of Woolworths Limited, the largest retail company in Australia. He continues to work with Woolworths in a consulting C...
Following the HP Technology@Work event in Melbourne, we wanted to personally thank you for your contribution to the day.
Your keynote really was a high point of the event. It w...
Hewlett-Packard
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Peter Fisk …author, marketing genius and the complete CEO....
Peter Fisk is an experienced strategist and marketer, a leading business advisor, and an inspirational speaker, author and coach. He was recently described by Business Strategy Rev...
The presentation was thoughtful and provocative. An excellent bringing together of our business challenges that left our people energised and inspired
Accenture
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Barry Jones … a national icon....
Hon. Dr. Barry Jones, AO, FAA, FAHA, FTSE, FASSA, FRSA, FRSV, FACE, FAIM is a writer, broadcaster and former Labor Minister.
A Member of the House of Representatives for the Vic...
Dr Jones, was very professional to work with prior to and during the conference and he is an excellent presenter.
Australasian Cemeteries and Crematoria Association
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Graeme Joy …leading a high performance team....
Graeme Joy is one of the most focused and motivating of all business presenters in Australasia. He is perhaps best known as joint leader and navigator of the International North Po...
Graeme's use of the theoretical constructs we were using (Good to Great, Jim Collins) was very good and his ability to combine his North Pole adventures made it very real for the a...
Barrington Consulting Group
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Kathy Keele …a wealth of management and leadership experience....
Kathy Keele graduated with a Bachelor of Arts – languages and Masters in Business Administration at the Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle, Washington and has gone on to develop...
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Rod McGeoch …inspirational leadership....
With a remarkable career at the forefront of business, sports administration and the legal profession, Rod McGeoch unites exemplary senior level management experience with an unpar...
Thank you for your valuable contribution to the AIG bancassurance BDM conference. The positive feedback on your session is overwhelming … well done and thank you!
AIG
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Linda Nicholls …leading director and corporate advisor....
Linda Nicholls is a corporate adviser and Director of a number of leading Australian companies and organisations. She has more than 30 years' experience as a senior executive and c...
Ms. Nicholls' presentation at the 67th Annual Conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) at George Moscone Conference Center in San Francisco was very well received. ...
Stanford University
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Gregory David Roberts …adventure and achievement....
Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne in 1952 and there began a remarkable life affirming story.
When the brilliant writer and philosophy student’s marriage broke up, he t...
His life is testimony to power of love. Gregory is most exciting new speaker to hit the circuit in years . Unbelievably inspiring story brilliantly told. Gregory is not your usual ...
AMP
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James Strong …the nexus between business and the arts....
James Strong has been responsible for a formidable list of achievements in both business and the arts.
He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Woolworths; Chairman of Insura...
The general consensus of the seminar participants was that James' presentation was excellent and that the message to management was totally practical in its simplicity. Everyone c...
Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd, Melbourne.
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Andrew Walsh ...internationally renowned performing arts professional....
Andrew Walsh is one of the most experienced and respected performing arts professionals in the world. Posed with a great theatrical sense, he has extensive experience creating, dir...
You took what was a complex and unprecedented set up in Athens and you made it work. Better than that you produced ceremonies which are universally acclaimed as the best ever. Thro...
Jack Morton Worldwide
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Kevan Gosper …business and sport at the highest level....
Kevan Gosper combines outstanding records in athletics and business.
His athletics career includes being a member of the Silver medal winning Australian Athletics Relay Team at ...
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Ray Hammond … Europe's leading futurologist....
Ray Hammond is Europe's leading futurologist and business trend spotter. The author of 14 books which have been translated into 31 languages, he is a visiting lecturer at the City ...
Excellent and entertaining presentation. Ray used a lot of different but key issues together to create a platform of thought for the future. Captured attention and imagination of the audience.
CPA
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Paul Keating …outstanding political leader....
Paul Keating is one of the great Australian political leaders. His continued high international standing reflects his political and social achievements, his knowledge of world aff...
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Frank Abagnale …catch me if you can....
Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world's most respected authorities on the subject of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For twenty-two years, he has lectured to, and consu...
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Keith Abraham …results achieved....
Keith Abraham CSP is a best selling author and one of Australia's most in demand professional conference speakers. He has been described in Time Magazine as "Australia's up and com...
Feedback I have received from staff has all been very positive and I thank you for your dedication and commitment to making the transition to a sales culture much easier. I also ne...
Energex
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Phillip Adams … legendary satirist, social critic, film producer, comic writer....
Broadcaster, filmmaker, author, archaeologist, controversialist, social commentator and satirist, Phillip Adams was elected one of Australia’s 100 National Living Treasures in the ...
He was fabulous and as thought-provoking as we know he can be.
Albury North Public School Primary
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James Adonis …leading expert on engagement....
James Adonis is a leading expert on engagement. James shows managers how to engage their employees so that they become loyal high-performers, and shows individuals how to engage th...
James Adonis conducted a thought-provoking and entertaining presentation on Employee Engagement. We had great feedback from our members and would recommend James to anyone who want...
Australian Institute of Management
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Afterburner …fighterpilot tactics for business....
Afterburner is a powerful new approach that places corporate teams in the fast paced and dynamic world of elite fighter pilots. Your teams experience and quickly acquire the uniqu...
A big thank you from the team at CRT for joining us at the recent National Conference in Perth. You went to great lengths to tailor your presentation to our organisation and it mad...
Combined Rural Traders Pty Ltd
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John D Anderson … established one of the world's major tour operators....
At the age of 22 John, Anderson left New Zealand for England for a one-year trip overseas. He returned 20 years later with a wife, four children and the International tourism busin...
The feedback we have received about your presentation, your delivery, your enthusiasm, your passion has been phenomenal! The impact you made on our people was immediate and long la...
Century 21 Australia
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Blake Beattie …inspire, connect and motivate....
Blake Beattie is a director of his own consulting company and the Life Changing Experiences Foundation. Through coaching, speaking and training, Blake has provided long term, susta...
Your outstanding preparation and highly motivating presentation most certainly allowed us to achieve our goals for the day. The fact that you were able to develop and deliver your ...
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Geoffrey Blainey … Australia's heritage and future....
Professor Geoffrey Blainey has a long and distinguished career in academic circles. For twenty years he was a professor of economic history and then Ernest Scott Professor of Histo...
Marvellous performance!
A.I.C.U.M., Sydney
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Richard Butler …Australia's most influential diplomat...
Richard Butler is widely recognized internationally as Australia's most influential diplomat in contemporary times. For the last three years following his Australian and United Na...
“...your session was one of the highlights. Your presentation showed the big
picture.... was thought-provoking and excellent and it made us think beyond
the normal or expected an...
AICD 2002 Conference
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Pierce Cody … the spirit of entrepreneurship....
Born in Melbourne, Pierce Cody started his career in advertising. In 1986, Pierce founded CODY Outdoor, developing a network of over 600 billboards and outdoor advertising placem...
… the delegates really enjoyed his presentation. One comment was that it was a real education. Pierce Cody's session was perfectly placed with another of our presenters who were bo...
Diversified Exhibitions Australia
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Mike Conway … business strategist for The Wiggles Group. ...
Mike Conway has a “can do”, passionate and often “off the wall” fun approach to life and his work. He is the Business leader and strategist for The Wiggles Group of Companies with ...
He really displayed passion for his business.
AMP Services Limited
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Peter Cosgrove …inspirational leadership....
General Peter Cosgrove retired from the army in 2005. Four years earlier, he had been Australian of the Year: “In every respect Peter Cosgrove demonstrated that he is a role model....
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Andrew Demetriou ... CEO of the Australian Football League....
Andrew Demetriou is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League recently taking over from Wayne Jackson who held the position for 6 years. For three years prior t...
Very good
Landmark
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Chris Gabriel … Director of Finance, Optus Business....
Chris Gabriel is the Chief Financial Officer of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco). Appointed to this role in November 2005, he is accountable for Finance, Treasury, Reve...
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Grace Gawler …the key to accessing your field of possibilities....
Grace Gawler is an accomplished speaker, qualified natural therapist and author with a high profile on the international and national speaking circuit.
Grace has 30 years of ex...
Grace has been a key speaker at three of our seminars. At each of these seminars, Grace has
provided inspiration and encourgaement to breast cancer sufferers, some of who have tra...
BCAQ
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Bruno Giussani … technology and society....
Bruno Giussani is a Swiss writer and author, the Co-Producer of the TEDGLOBAL conference (Oxford, UK, 12-15 July 2005), a 2004 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and an Affiliate...
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Richard Hames …futurist, author and corporate philosopher....
Dr Richard Hames is a strategic foresight practitioner and one of the world’s most influential intellectuals. As founder of globally distributed think-tank The Hames Group, Richard...
Richard’s ability to rapidly understand our culture and impart a strategic thinking skills-set to groups with little previous exposure to this were crucial to our very survival.
Datacraft Technologies
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Bob Hawke ...former Australian Prime Minister....
The Rt Hon. Robert (Bob) Hawke AC led the Labor Party to victory in the general election of March 1983 and became Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister, winning three su...
As Mr Hawke was speaking to 11/12 year olds, it could have been quite challenging. However, many comments were made by our team, and teachers and parents that were also at the eve...
Young Leaders Foundation Ltd
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Shane Healy …pathway to excellence....
Shane Healy has walked a fascinating path to the top of the competitive radio industry in Australia. Shane has faced many challenges during his career culminating in his rise to th...
Shane Healy is a highly accomplished speaker with a brilliant story and a captivating delivery. He is a natural raconteur but also provides some fascinating insights into the world...
Central Victorian Sportsmans’ Association
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Chris Helder …mastering communication with your clients....
Chris Helder is one of the most in demand speakers in Australia.
His messages can be life changing in both the personal and business spheres; and while Chris is often called u...
As a result of Chris’s skills the program was enjoyable and quickly absorbed. There have been immediate improved results in behaviour and increased selling skills.
ANZ
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Michael Hewitt-Gleeson … multiply your business by ten....
Michael Hewitt-Gleeson has taught more people to think than any Australian in history. He is Australia’s best-selling business author of Software For Your Brain, NewSell and his ne...
ANZ would like to thank you, Michael, for your contribution to our cultural transformation journey to perform, grow and breakout.
ANZ
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Peter Hillary …climbing your own Everest....
Presentations on challenges, change, achievement and survival
Peter Hillary’s life is a testament to setting goals and achieving them. His skill, driving ambition, and good judg...
“We have received a great deal of feedback regarding you representation and there is no doubt that your presence and the quality of your presentation added to the evening's profile and success”.
Horwath & Horwath
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Fred Hilmer …the business of media....
Fred Hilmer, AO is a challenging and powerful businessman whose thoughts on business and society can be quite provocative. He is the former CEO of Fairfax Holdings and currently De...
Fred was very well-received by the delegates… we thought he had excellent content in terms of his messages.
Investec Bank
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Barbara Holborow … fighting for childrens justice....
Barbara is Australia's most outspoken and committed advocate of children and family rights. A Magistrate on the Bench of the Children's Court for 12 years she was instrumental in s...
A professional, capable and simply outstanding speaker.
Inverell Shire Council
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Ross Honeywill …the future of business....
Social & Business Futurist
The doyen of consumer behaviour, Ross Honeywill is an internationally recognised authority on the impact of the changing social fabric on the future o...
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