Nic has spent the last 3 decades leading and delivering change at a global scale. He re-invented the UK’s approach to homelessness earning him an MBE, was CEO of the Brotherhood of St.Laurence in Australia and was an early leader of the global social enterprise movement.
Nic then used his social enterprise skills to work on the climate crisis, founding companies that significantly reduced carbon emissions through its campaigns, nationally and globally. He was recognised by the World Economic Forum as one of the leading global social entrepreneurs.
Nic believes that the world needs radical change to address today’s issues and that transformation of our leadership is needed to achieve it. And that is the challenge.
Talking Points
Personal Development
For all of us who lead large organisations, we know the importance of our staff. That they are growing, professional, well educated and committed directly impacts our bottom line. Our staff, therefore, need to believe that we care about their professional development, their personal growth and the quality of the whole of their life, not just their work life. On Nic's journey he has been a stripper, priest, atheist, one of the youngest people in Great Britain to receive and MBE for services to charity and received a Century Medal from John Howard. He is dyslexic and required no qualifications from his education, and recently acquired a non-fiction award in Australia for his book, the End of Charity. As an entrepreneur, he is one of the world's leaders in the domestic energy efficiency and carbon credit industry. As a social entrepreneur, he is recognised by the world economic forum as one of the world's leaders. He's been a stockbroker and an award winning TV presenter. As a motivational speaker, his ability to draw audiences in to their own potential and opportunity is renowned.
Personal Development
The Future
At a time when Europe is on the brink of breaking up, when financial markets have been unable to recover in the last three years, when industries are coming to terms with a carbon constrained economy, when nationalism if on the rise but the need for global partnership is ever greater, the future is uncertain. For organisations and industries that engage honestly with these changes suspend their beliefs and prejudices for long enough to consider a new world, who stand back and look at their people and their purpose, these times may prove to be the environment for heroic success and leadership. Nic's uncompromising and impassioned call to us become the creators of our future creates the opportunity for those involved to step forward in new and different ways.
The Future
Society
Nic is recognised by the World Economic Forum as one of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. He is an award-winning author in the area of the role of markets as a tool for social and environmental change where he developed the concept of value-centered market economics which specifically looks at the role of government in driving national values into our industry and commerce. Nic has worked internationally and nationally in industry, with government and in the not-for-profit sector and powerfully articulates the opportunity that these sectors face in creating a more value-based society.
Society
Carbon Markets
As a Social Entrepreneur over the last decade, Nic has founded and led a for-profit-organisation, Cool NRG. Cool NRG has now undertaken globally several of the world's largest energy efficiency campaigns. He is responsible for creating the first domestic energy efficiency carbon credits under the United Nations Clean Development mechanism. Cool NRG is recognised globally as a company at the cutting of developing the methodologies and systems to support the expansion of domestic energy efficiency worldwide. This is particularly important, as it is only domestic energy that as well as creating a reduction in Carbon emissions and energy efficiency nationally, also uniquely reduces energy poverty for the population. As Australia faces an economy where carbon constraints have a financial impact, Nic is one of our most qualified practitioners to open up the strategic pitfalls and opportunities of this direction.
Carbon Markets
Video
Nic Frances at the Saxton Corporate Luncheon
A former stockbroker, Nic left London at the height of the 1980s boom for Liverpool where he built the Furniture Resource Centre into a leading social enterprise. His work to provide assistance and employment opportunities to vulnerable people was acknowledged when he was awarded the MBE.Tracey Curro up close and personal with Nic Frances, Megan Quinn and Creel Price
A former stockbroker, Nic left London at the height of the 1980s boom for Liverpool where he built the Furniture Resource Centre into a leading social enterprise. His work to provide assistance and employment opportunities to vulnerable people was acknowledged when he was awarded the MBE.You wowed them. Again, I guess you're used to that but thanks for coming along and being, for many people, a highlight of the two days. ... keep reading Green Building Melbourne
Nicholas was engaging, entertaining, challenging and thought provoking. He gave it his all in a professional, yet down to earth manner. Everyone in the room was encouraged and challenged to think about their behaviour and values and how these apply to the way they work with other people.
A dynamic speaker that got everyone talking; his controversial views and no holds barred expression was just what was required to get everyone energised. His enthusiasm is contagious and his compassion is extraordinary. Great speaker, good choice.
Nic's presentation was fantastic. His background meant he connected with the audience and the manner in which he delivered his presentation was both meaningful yet lighthearted. He was a last minute stand-in as our booked speaker was taken ill and he fitted the bill perfectly. Thanks for the recommendation and we'll certainly be recommending him to others within the sector.
Nic Frances was great! He gave an interesting and heartfelt presentation to 220 of our festival stakeholders, and I have had nothing but very positive feedback from our guests. Nic was down to earth, warm, interesting and focused on the humanness of being a small business owner. His presentation easily covered the topics included in our brief, and he was very generous in sharing information about his own experiences and that of his family.
