Glenn McGrath …Australia's fiery paceman....
Glenn McGrath is the premier fast bowler in Australia and winner of the first prestigious Alan Border Medal. Since his International Test debut in 1993/94 in Perth against New Zeal...
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Mark McGregor …helping others achieve their goals....
Mark McGregor grew up in the sport sector. After playing hockey for many years through minor, junior and university ranks, he became a hockey coach in Germany and in the Swiss Nati...
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Eddie McGuire …sports administrator and media personality....
Eddie McGuire joined Channel Nine in February 1994 as sports commentator and co-host of the award winning program "The Footy Show".
In 1996 he presented the nightly sports repo...
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Mike McKay …oarsome olympic achievement....
Mike McKay is one of the founding crew members of the Oarsome Foursome - four Melbourne rowers who took on and defeated the best in the world.
McKay together with James Tomkins,...
Mike was terrific, his sporting insights were most relevant to our business.
National Australia Bank
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Colin Miller … Australian Test Cricketer of the Year 2001....
Colin Miller is a consummate cricketing journeyman, whose talents have seen him play for three Australian states, Holland’s national team, a number of European clubs, and in locati...
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Alice Mills …a new breed of Australian female swimming....
Alice started swimming at 6 months - by age 5 she had won her first club meet and in doing so broke her first pool record. By the year 2000, Alice’s hard work and determination sta...
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Michael Milton …five-time Paralympian, Australia's fastest skier, cancer survivor....
He is Australia’s fastest ever skier, represented Australia at five Paralympic Games, won dozens of international medals, climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and walked the Kokoda Track, he’s a...
It was a great privilege to have Michael as a guest speaker. He was generous with giving of himself for the entire session, particularly as he was still a bit under the weather. Th...
Alpine Accessibility Tourism Project Launch
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Allan Moffat …professional international racer....
Four times Bathurst winner, Allan Moffat OBE began professionally racing in Australia in 1964. In a career spanning over 25 years, he has won a multitude of international races in ...
Allan really warms on the podium and our motoring enthusiast audience loved him.
RACV City Club
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Steve Moneghetti …legendary marathon runner....
Steve Moneghetti's success as a marathon runner is legendary.
In his first Commonwealth Games in 1986, Steve's Bronze Medal in the Marathon was the fastest debut by an Australi...
Steve really engaged the audience and our team were very interested in both his presentation and with the individual interactions they had with him before and after this. Steve kn...
ANL Container Line Pty Limited
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Jenn Morris …dual Olympic gold medallist and former Hockeyroos captain....
Dual Olympic gold medalist, Jenn Morris represented Australia in hockey from 1991 to 2000 playing 150 games for her country and scoring 86 goals.
She was one of the original pla...
Jenn was particularly engaging and her style of delivery suited our event very well.
Jackson McDonald Lawyers
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Stirling Mortlock …international rugby star....
Stirling Mortlock is the current Wallaby outside centre and ACT Brumbies Captain.
Stirling's burst on to the world stage in his debut international season in 2000. Stirling brok...
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Craig Mottram …spectacular distance runner....
Throughout his teams, Craig Mottram participated as an Australian junior triathlete. However, due to his school studies in 1998, he found he didn't have time to train for the three...
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Tony Mowbray …the power of commitment....
The power of commitment enabled Tony Mowbray to become the fastest Australian to sail solo non-stop and unassisted around the world. A record-breaking 181-day adventure that requi...
Tony was able to cut through all the ‘ice breaking’ which normally occurs at the start of any national conference, and after his presentation our whole team were engaged, unified, ...
M&T Resources
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Frances Murphy ...one of Australia’s leading female sports reporters....
Frances Murphy is an award winning journalist and one of Australia’s leading female sports reporters. She has more than twelve years experience working in the media – eight of tho...
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Iain Murray …sailing, design and passion...
Iain Murray was included in the Australia Day Honours list in 1992 as a member of the Order of Australia for his services to sailing, yacht design and to the community. His extraor...
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Les Murray ...the face and voice of Australian soccer....
Les Murray is known as both the face and voice of football (soccer) in Australia. As the most prominent commentator and presenter of football on Australian television, he is credit...
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Kevin Muscat …Melbourne Victory captain and socceroo....
A former Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Millwall player they don’t come much bigger than Kevin Muscat. The announcement of his signing to Melbourne Victory in the newly forme...
Excellent discussion; very enjoyable and entertaining.
CPA
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Nadine Neumann …swimming against the tide....
By the age of 20, Nadine Neumann had already lived a lifetime of success and setbacks.
She overcame Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at the age of 15, only to have her dream of an Olymp...
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Jack Newton …Australian golfing legend....
Jack Newton won his first professional tournament in 1971 - the Dutch Open - after turning professional just one year previously. His successes accumulated rapidly over the next de...
Jack was a very approachable person and his duty as speaker was more than appropriate for the night. He has no issue with speaking to a room of diverse speakers whether individually or as the group.
Scone Neighbourhood Community Centre
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Glynis Nunn …peak performance athlete....
Glynis Nunn, winner of the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, is one of Australia's most successful athletes.
Glynis has an extensive background in ...
A wonderful person with a great message.
Corryong Rotary, Vic
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Shelley Oates-Wilding …versatility and determination....
As a child, Shelley dreamt of one day representing Australia at the Olympics. That dream led her to compete at an international level in track and field, netball and Surf Lifesavin...
You successfully inspired and motivated the 200 members of our group and gave them a true understanding of our theme (what finish line?). We hope you can appreciate that you indeed...
Device Technologies
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Simon O'Donnell … top aussie cricketer....
The sporting career of Simon O’Donnell reads like a country boy’s dream come true. After excelling in sport at Assumption College in Kilmore, Simon moved to Melbourne to play Aust...
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Brett Ogle … champion golfer....
Brett Ogle was born in Paddington, Sydney in 1964. He was adopted at 6 weeks of age and grew up in the country town of Goulburn.
He played all sports as a child; hockey, rugby, ...
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Heath O'Loughlin ...sports journalist and television reporter....
Sports journalist and television reporter Heath O’Loughlin is currently attached to Seven News in Melbourne. He started work with the network in production roles behind the scenes ...
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Susie O'Neill …one of Australia's all time swimming greats....
One of Australia's most successful swimmers ever, Susie O'Neill holds a record 35 Australian titles, eight Olympic medals and a string of victories at international level. She was ...
Susie has an ability to relate to the audience by using her humour and realness.
Macquarie University Sports Association
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Denis Pagan ... legendary AFL coach. ...
Throughout a distinguished coaching career spanning three decades, Denis has forged a reputation as a meticulous planner, an inspirational leader of men and for the relentless purs...
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David Parkin …what it takes to win in the AFL....
David Parkin is one of the best business/motivational speakers in Australia. David's accomplishments as a football player and coach are outstanding; he captained Hawthorn Football ...
We received excellent feedback not only on his presentation but his willingness to stay and chat about all things (not only football). His presentation linked perfectly with the fo...
ANZ
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Amanda Pascoe … world class swimmer....
Amanda Pascoe is one of the bright young stars of Australian swimming. With impressive swims through 2001 and further improvement to come, Amanda has posed the first real threat to...
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Matthew Pavlich … a player with everything....
Matthew's coach, Chris Connolly, describes him as a player with everything - enthusiasm, personality and outstanding ability. Matthew is an engaging speaker whose presentation buil...
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Wayne Pearce ...
Wayne Pearce is one of Australia’s most respected and highest profile Rugby league identities.
He carved out an illustrious career in Rugby League where he represented and capt...
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Pelé … the greatest football player ever....
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, is a living legend and widely regarded as the best soccer player ever.
He is best known for leading the Brazilian national soc...
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Nova Peris …versatility in sport....
Nova Peris is a versatile Australian athlete who has succeeded in both the sporting arenas of field hockey and track and field.
She participated as a member of the Australian W...
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Kieren Perkins …Australia's golden swimming hero....
Kieren Perkins is a hero of the Australian sporting arena. From Captain of Swimming at Brisbane Boys' College in 1990, to dual Olympic gold medallist just six years later, Kieren h...
Kieren was very professional and very interesting.
KPMG
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Clark Perry ...one of Australia's best-known and most experienced sports psychologists....
In 1990, Dr Clark Perry accepted a position as Senior Psychologist at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Prior to his arrival in Australia, Clark was Senior Vice-Presid...
Clark Perry's message was clear and to the point. He was very well received and drew a good connection between excelling at sport/life and sales.
AMP Banking Ltd
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Ryan Phelan ...sports television presenter. ...
One of the most recognisable faces of the Australian media Ryan Phelan is a highly accomplished television presenter with a wealth of experience.
Ryan spent 2007 in the United S...
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Mark Philippoussis … Australian tennis champion....
Mark Philippoussis, nicknamed the ‘Scud’ holds the world record
for the fastest serve of 229km/hour. One of Australia’s best
known and most talented international tennis stars, M...
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Jim Piper …Australia's breaststroke king....
Jim continued his reign as Australia’s 200m breaststroke king with victory at the 2005 Telstra Trials, clocking 2:10.76.
In 2004 Jim was one of the stars of the 2004 Telstra Oly...
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Norma Plummer ...Australian netball coach. ...
Norma Plummer is the Australian Netball Coach and one of Australia’s most respected coaches.
As a player she first represented Victoria in open competition in 1967 and as playi...
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Ricky Ponting ...
Ricky Ponting is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. He is one of the world's leading batsmen in both forms of the game, as of June 2004 having ma...
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Ange Postecoglou … insights into the world game....
Ange Postecoglou is the former National Youth Coach for the Football Federation Australia. His playing and coaching career has spanned 3 decades.
He began his career at the Sout...
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Kerri Pottharst … legendary Volleyball player....
Kerri Pottharst is undoubtedly one of Australia's most popular female sporting personalities.
She is also Australia's most decorated Indoor and Beach Volleyball player, having r...
Just wanted to drop you a line and say how fantastic I thought Kerri was on the Seafolly away day. I must say I have attended many away days and this lunch time hit out was fantast...
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Stephen Quartermain …first-rate sports journalist....
Stephen Quartermain began his career in journalism in 1980 as a cadet reporter with Leader Associated Newspapers, moving two years later to the ABC. He joined the TEN Network in De...
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Carl Rackemann …a career of cricketing prowess....
Carl was born and bred on the family farm near Kingaroy, Queensland. Carl's sporting prowess first came to recognition as a schoolboy at Kingaroy State High School when he gained ...
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Tony Rafferty …world ultra marathon champion...
Tony Rafferty, Australia's best known and highest achieving distance runner, speaks on fitness, lifestyle and general well being. In 1972 Tony was the first man to run from Sydney ...
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Pat Rafter … life on centre court....
Pat Rafter is Australia's greatest singles tennis player since the legendary John Newcombe in the 1970s. His back to back victories at the US Open, his climb to the top of the wor...
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Adam Ramanauskas … challenges on and off the field....
Adam Ramanauskas debuted with the Essendon Football Club in 1999 after being selected at no. 12 in the 1998 AFL Draft. Playing mainly as a defender or midfielder, Ramanauskas was a...
Adam, on behalf of National Australia Bank I wish to thank you for your involvement and support of the 2006 NAB AFL Rising Star Medal Presentation and for your courageous and inspi...
National Australia Bank
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Andy Raymond …renowned sports presenter....
Over the past seventeen years Andy Raymond has built an impressive career across Australian television, radio and the corporate MC circuit. His ability to adapt his presentation, h...
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Luke Ricketson …rugby league star turned media personality....
Luke Ricketson has made a seamless transition from professional rugby league into the media. Since retiring from the game Luke has joined Channel Nine's top rating Footy Show.
H...
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Phillippe Rizzo …world-class Australian gymnast....
Australia's male gymnasts have generally been overshadowed by the performances of their female counterparts, but in Philippe Rizzo, they have a genuine world class performer.
Th...
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Michael Roberts ...respected sports journalist....
Born in Melbourne in 1959, Michael Roberts has moved from sporting champion to respected sports journalist over the past two decades.
The son of St Kilda Brownlow medallist and ...
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Clint Robinson …Australian kayaking great....
Clint Robinson is one of Australia’s national sporting heroes.
Arguably Australia’s greatest ever kayaker, Clint won gold in the K1 1000m at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and ...
Clint is a great presenter and his down to earth friendly attitude, despite his extraordinary success, is very motivating & inspiring.
Count Financial Limited
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Dennis Rodman … legendary NBA basketballer....
Dennis Rodman is an American professional basketball player best known for his fierce defensive and rebounding ability, leading the National Basketball Association in rebounds per ...
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Giaan Rooney …world record performer....
With her trademark million-dollar smile firmly in place and an Olympic Gold Medal and World Record to her name, Giaan Rooney had a stellar international swimming career.
Giaan ...
We really could not be happier with Giaan and her ability to engage a very diverse crowd; extremely nice girl and received a number of glowing reports from both our VIP guests and the general public.
The Meadows
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Paul Roos ...everything is about and for the team....
With more than 92,000 fans watching on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and hundreds of thousands more glued to television screens around the world, this was Paul Roos’ moment of gl...
Paul Roos delivered one of the best presentations I have ever heard. His presentation exactly reflected my brief and gave the audience an insight to how he runs the Swans as a busi...
Boss Magazine, Australian Financial Review
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Eric Rush …one of the world's foremost Sevens rugby players....
Eric started first-class rugby with Auckland as an explosive flanker with more pace than most backs.
After transferring to North Harbour he got more regular match play and was s...
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Wendell Sailor … played both Rugby League and Rugby Union at elite level....
He talks the talk, now he's walking the walk. Wendell Sailor is a larger than life character who is never far from the headlines, just ask him, he'll tell you himself!
"The most...
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Anne Sargeant …a great sporting ambassador....
Anne Sargeant represented Australian Netball for over a decade, 1978 -1988, captaining the Australian Netball Team for six years. Perhaps the greatest ambassador for a sport this c...
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Louise Sauvage …queen of the track....
The undisputed world number one in her sport, holder of 9 Olympic Gold medals, Louise Sauvage is recognised for her unique athleticism and outstanding success as a wheelchair track...
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Cameron Schwab …CEO, Fremantle Dockers Football Club....
Cameron commenced his career as a junior administrator/office boy at the Melbourne Football Club at the age of 18 in 1982. He was later appointed Recruiting Manager. In 1987 the De...
A quality presentation delivered in a relaxed manner using specific examples relating to the topics discussed made this a thoroughly enjoyable experience for all of our management sales team.
Celebration Homes WA
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Wayne Schwass …one of the premier running players of the modern era....
This highly skilled left foot winger was one of the few men to have won the Morrish medal and gone on to be one of the most highly rated performers in the AFL, over the past decad...
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Colin Scotts …the American NFL's first Australian...
By becoming the first and only Australian to win a football scholarship in the United States and be drafted into the NFL (National Football League), Colin shares his unique persist...
Colin Scotts is one of the uncelebrated achieving Australians. What he did in taking his athletic talents from here to the incredibly competitive world of American football is som...
Alan Jones - Australian Broadcaster
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John Shackleton … former UK and New Zealand champion swimmer....
John Shackleton has achieved his sporting success late in life after realising that it was low self esteem that held him back in his youth. At the age of 50 John is swimming faster...
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Kevin Sheedy …enduring AFL hero....
Kevin Sheedy AM was the coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. He holds the AFL record for the most games combined as a player and coach.
Sheedy was the q...
Kevin was excellent in his presentation of his role as coach and our company's role with customers. He had the complete attention of the audience.
Aquarian Developments
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Flip Shelton …living embodiment of health and determination....
Flip is young, vibrant, fit and into food……especially healthy food. Her TV credits include a nutrition segment on Channel 7 hit show Surprise Chef ( 2001/2 ), 2 years with Hueys C...
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Andrew Slack … australian rugby legend...
Former Australia and Queensland Centre, Andrew Slack is most famous for leading the Wallabies on their 1984 Grand Slam tour of Europe which saw the stylish Wallabies record victori...
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Allana Slater …Australia's most successful female artistic gymnast....
Allana Slater is the most successful women's artistic gymnast that Australia has ever produced. From a young age she produced remarkable results, challenging the perception within ...
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Michael Slater …world-class cricketer....
A combative and wholehearted cricketer, Michael Slater (affectionately known as “Slats”) played many vital innings for New South Wales and as an Australian opener with his adventur...
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Jimmy Smith …popular NRL player turned commentator....
Since concentrating his energies in the field of sports media, Jimmy Smith's career has gone from strength to strength.
With a background of 11 years of professional rugby leagu...
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Rachel Sporn … star basketballer....
Rachel Sporn is one of the stars of Australian Basketball. Playing for Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL, Rachel has won the WNBL’s Most Valuable Player award in 1996 and 1997. Her 19...
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Ian Stanley … life on the green....
Ian Stanley followed in the footsteps of two of his heroes, Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson, when he won the 2001 De Vere Hotels PGA Seniors Championship at Carden Park and then, a mat...
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John Steffensen …Australia's new athletics hero....
One of Australia’s most talented track stars, John Steffensen represents an exciting new era in Australian athletics.
Steffensen’s gold medal winning run at the Melbourne 2006 ...
Speaker was better than excellent and far better than our expectations.
Highground Consultancy
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Ron Steiner …former CEO of Rugby Victoria....
Ron Steiner is the former CEO of Rugby Victoria; a position he held for many years before retiring in mid 2008. He has a unique spread of qualifications and experience, including m...
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Jackie Stewart … success in sport and business....
Known as "The Flying Scot", the former racing driver from Scotland is seen by many as the first truly modern professional racing driver. Jackie has done more than any man before or...
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Ricky Stuart … rugby coaching superstar....
Ricky Stuart jumped to the top of rugby league's world coaching ladder in 2002 with his spectacular first-up success with the Sydney Roosters and then the World Club Challenge crow...
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Jim Stynes …outstanding footballer, youth-worker and Melbourne Demons president....
The 1991 Brownlow Medal winner, Jim Stynes has been the Melbourne Football Club's Best and Fairest four times. His most extraordinary performance was to play an AFL record breakin...
Entertaining, good story teller, has a message both if interest and of substance. Very well received… he was passionate, inspirational and an appropriate dinner speaker.
Australian Friendly Societies Association
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Fiona Taylor …high performance consultant....
Fiona Taylor is a High Performance Consultant and expert in human behaviour, consciousness and transformation; Winner of Seven World Titles in Windsurfing; 1992 Barcelona Olympian;...
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Jason Taylor …rugby league hero....
Jason Taylor has experienced a career of many highlights and many disappointments but says he wouldn't change a thing. The tough times made the successes that much more enjoyable.
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Thank you for you contribution as Master of Ceremonies to our recently fundraising event for the Westmead Children’s hospital. The night was a great success thanks largely to your ...
AGC Limited
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Mark Taylor …an outstanding career in cricket....
When Australian of the Year for 1999 and Test captain, Mark Taylor, retired from international cricket in 1999, the curtain dropped on an outstanding career. With 7,525 runs from ...
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Shelley Taylor-Smith …developing a Champion Mindset....
Despite being told that she had "no natural ability", was "disabled" and "nothing above average", 7-time World No.1 Women's Marathon Swimming Champion Shelley Taylor-Smith is the o...
Having overcome so many issues in life really has placed you in a good position for businesses to learn from your life’s successes. We especially appreciated how you personalized y...
Angela Wakefield, Director, Master Lifts Pty Ltd
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Petria Thomas …phenomenal Australian swimmer....
Petria Thomas has become one of Australia’s most successful female swimmers. Her three gold medals and one silver medal at the Athens Olympic Games has brought her Olympic medal co...
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Jeff Thomson … a fast bowler through and through....
Jeff Thomson - a man with a first class cricket career spanning 1972 to 1986 and a fast bowler through and through.
As Ian Chappell commented, Thommo was "prepared to live or p...
Jeff was very good on the night and the majority thought he was very entertaining.
Gilgandra District Cricket Association
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Ian Thorpe …swimming world champion....
The 'Thorpedo' as he is affectionately known has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one ...
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Karen Tighe …one of Perth's most sought after MCs....
Karen Tighe joined ABC Sport in 1989 – first in TV, before moving to her current role with the national Grandstand radio program in 1997.
Karen has hosted many of ABC TV’s major...
Karen was an outstanding MC for the Best on Earth in Perth’ launch. We received many comments on her polished performance.
Eventscorp
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Michele Timms …Australia's greatest female basketballer....
For 13 years, the break-neck breakaways, jammin’ jump shots, and furious fast breaks of Michele Timms have made her a household name in her native Australia.
The WNBL’s all-tim...
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James Tomkins …one of Australia's greatest rowers....
One of Australia's greatest rowers, James Tomkins is the only rower in history to win world championship titles in every sweep oar event.
James together with Mike McKay, Nick G...
James was an inspiration and his story was so interesting. His passion and personality shone through and we've had very positive feedback from our clients following his presentation.
JLF Corporation
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Mark Tonelli … teamwork makes teams work....
Skills are transferable. Olympic Gold medals and business successes do follow the same basic philosophies. Business “athletes” are better equipped and conditioned to compete in to...
The thank yous have not stopped coming. The function in Darling Harbour hosted by Mark Tonelli was a fantastic success. Mark’s professionalism, humour & vast sporting knowledge en...
AMP
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Lee Troop …one of Australia's toughest distance runners....
One of Australia's toughest distance runners who always serves it up to the field.
After breaking Ron Clarke's 33-year-old national record in the 5000m in 1999, Lee decided to ...
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Ben Tune … one of the world's most entertaining rugby players....
Ben Tune is one of the world's most entertaining rugby players. His electrifying speed, together with his strength and determination, and genuine ability to beat an opponent, have ...
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Frank Tyson …arguably cricket's fastest ever bowler....
In terms of raw, unbridled pace, few bowlers in history can match England's Frank “Typhoon” Tyson. Regarded by many as the fastest bowler ever to play world cricket, even Richie Be...
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Tammy Van Wisse … marathon swimming phenomenon....
Marathon swimming champion Tammy van Wisse has conquered some of the world’s longest, deepest and coldest waterways, clocking up an astonishing 65,000 kilometres, which is equivale...
We were absolutely delighted with your presentation. As the opening speaker for our Outstanding Women’s Series you have certainly set a high standard for others to follow.
Australian Institute of Management
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