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James
O'Loghlin

Laughs all round.

Profile

James O’Loghlin is one of Australia’s most respected media personalities, and an experienced and highly skilled keynote speaker, facilitator, and MC. James is perhaps best known for his 15 years presenting witty and entertaining programs on ABC Local Radio, and as the host of over 300 episodes of the much loved "The New Inventors" on ABC-TV . It was this role that fuelled James’ passion for practical innovation.

James has been delighting corporate audiences with his unique brand of corporate insight and comedy for over a decade, and is equally at home giving keynotes, acting as MC for conferences and awards nights, and facilitating panel discussions. He is a favourite with Australian audiences and event planners, and a true industry professional with hundreds of successful live events to his credit.

James is the author of 12 books, including ‘Innovation is a State of Mind’, and, with Prof Ian Hickie, the bestselling mental health book ‘Minding Your Mind’. Prof Hickie and James’s mental health podcast, ‘Minding Your Mind’, has been listened to over a quarter of a million times.

James speaks on the topics of Innovation, where he shares practical strategies to help people identify opportunities for innovation in their business and take advantage of them, Mental Health, where he shares evidence based strategies to help people maintain and improve their mental health, and Persuasion and Influence, where he shares practical strategies to help people to become more persuasive and influential.

Expertise
Talking Points

Innovation is a State of Mind

Everyone knows innovation is important. The pace of change has never been faster. Today’s cutting edge best practice quickly becomes tomorrow’s fax machine. No matter how well your business is doing today, to stay relevant and successful, you have to keep innovating

Former host of ABC-TV’s ‘The New Inventors’, author of ‘Innovation is a State of Mind’ and innovation expert James O’Loghlin will discuss:

How to identify opportunities for innovation and generate new ideas
3 things everyone can do to be more innovative
A process everyone can use to create innovation
How to build a workplace culture that encourages innovation


Note – a practical workshop can follow the keynote, where participants apply the innovation process to their own business, identify opportunities for innovation, and come up with new ideas.

Overcoming the Barriers to Innovation

Many of us want to focus more on innovation and improving our business but find it just doesn’t happen. What goes wrong? What stops us from being innovative? How can we overcome those barriers? In this informative and entertaining keynote, former host of ABC-TV’s ‘The New Inventors’, author of Innovation is a State of Mind’ and innovation expert James O’Loghlin will outline the 6 big barriers to innovation, and share practical strategies to overcome each one, to enable people to ensure that making their business better becomes a part of their work every day.

Session takeaways:

An understanding of the factors that prevent us from being more innovative
Easy to implement strategies to become more innovative every day
Strategies to identify opportunities for innovation and take advantage of them
How to create an innovative workplace culture

Note – a practical workshop can follow the keynote, where participants apply the innovation process to their own business, identify opportunities for innovation, and come up with new ideas.

Minding your Mind

There are things we can all do to maintain and improve our mental health. In this engaging and informative keynote James O’Loghlin, co-host of the mental health podcast, ‘Minding Your Mind’, downloaded over a quarter of a million times, and co-author of the book ‘Minding Your Mind’ will share practical, usable strategies that empower people to maintain and improve their mental health.

Session takeaways:

How to notice, and deal with, the early signs of burnout
7 evidence-based strategies to improve mental health and live happier, more productive lives
The importance of being socially connected for good mental health
How do deal with large, unsettling changes

Note – a practical workshop can follow the keynote

Persuasion and Influence

How do you persuade people? When you have an idea, how do you get others on board to help you turn it into something real? Lots of good ideas never get anywhere. How can you make sure that yours do?

Being able to persuade is an essential skill. You might have an idea at work, something you want to pitch in a meeting, or a proposal you want to excite clients and customers about. You might want to get your team fired up, persuade your boss, or even harder, one of your kids. To do it, you need to know how to persuade, and how to influence. In this compelling and informative keynote, James O’Loghlin will share practical strategies to enable people to be more persuasive and influential.

Session takeaways:

How to boil a complex argument down to its essence and present a short, sharp and compelling pitch
How to identify and get to decision-makers
How to work out what a decision maker wants, what they need and how your proposal can solve a problem for them
How to focus on solutions
How to find and enlist influential supporters

Note – a practical workshop can follow the keynote, where participants apply the innovation process to their own business

Master of Ceremonies & Facilitator

James is an accomplished and highly experienced MC, able to draw laughs from whatever is happening whilst running events efficiently. You get the professionalism of an experienced radio and television host who is utterly at home on stage, combined with the humour of one of Australia’s best corporate comedians. James is an experienced and able panel facilitator who always ensures that the discussion is informative and entertaining.
Media
Feedback
Just wanted to say thank you for working your magic as MC last Monday at the NSW Premier’s Awards. We’ve received an overwhelmingly positive response regarding the awards ceremony with many mentioning just how much they appreciated your work – so thank you! NSW Department of Health

Excellent. James is a highly professional entertainer. His performance was outstanding.

Australian Venture Capital Association

You were fantastic and everyone enjoyed your humour, style and professionalism.

Invigorate

You were a real hit - you added some really important humour and a great energy to our night of nights.

Australian Council of Private Education and Training

You managed to turn what might have been a fairly dry evening into one that everyone enjoyed. Thanks for being involved and preparing so thoroughly.

Australian CleanTech

Many thanks for your work on the Awards for Excellence – we have had great feedback. We really enjoyed working with you. Your material was witty, clever and the right tone for the awards and finale event. I valued your willingness to work with us pre-event to ensure we all had what we needed and the running order and scripts were in good shape.

Exhibition and Event Association

Thank you for doing a brilliant job as MC at our first finder Innovation Awards last week - the feedback has been incredible, and we look forward to working with you again in future.

Finder

James did a fantastic job of making our event a really special and memorable night. We had some great feedback from attendees – they really enjoyed that he personalised the event as much as you did.

Ventura Health

James put a lot of preparation into his role as MC. He made sure he understood our needs prior and on the night and was instrumental in setting a fantastic atmosphere for the event. Many of our staff have commented on how interesting and funny he was and our CEO was extremely happy with him too.

EML Insurance

James O’Loghlin did an amazing job as our MC for our Virtual Conference this year. We received many compliments on the professionalism of our event which was achieved by having James as our MC. James demonstrated a passion for innovation and was great in interacting with our speakers during the Q&A sessions.

Unimutual Limited

Thank you for striking the right mix of humour, intellect, and wit. You not only inspired everyone with your keynote but you connected with the audience as an MC and took all our events to the next level.

Countrywide Food Service Distributors

James’ ability to make running adjustments, comedic commentary, and timekeeping as emcee, really made the event a success. James was one of the highlights of the conference program.

Leading Edge Group

Bringing his unique blend of wit, charm and professionalism, James not only kept the event organised but also infused it with energy and engagement. His ability to connect with the audience and navigate the conference agenda made our event a success.

Qantas

Excellent. James is a highly professional entertainer. His performance was outstanding.

Australian Venture Capital Association

James held the spotlight for 70 minutes telling clever, philosophical jokes, and had the audience in the palm of his hand.

The Sun Herald

The perfect mix of levity and seriousness. Entertainment with substance. Thanks again for adding a real sparkle to our conference.

Australian Defense Logistics Conference

Excellent. Extremely amusing and an excellent ability to work the audience.

Telstra

We all thoroughly enjoyed his humour and charm.

Sparke Helmore Solicitors

James was an outstanding MC and keynote speaker. From beginning to end, he held the audience’s attention with his engaging presence and insightful content. His presentation was a great success, leaving a lasting impression on everyone.

Palantir Consulting

James is a true professional and a delight to work with. Both entertaining and thoughtful, he kept our event on track!

ASX

James was an outstanding keynote speaker and MC. He clearly took the time to research and understand the unique challenges we face, delivering practical strategies with energy and authenticity. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive - truly a highlight of our event!

Farmsafe

James was very flexible, very approachable, and professional. he was a great MC for both our events and very easy to work with. I would recommend him as speaker or MC.

Tungsten Automation Australia Pty Ltd

Very easy to work with, enthusiastic and genuinely interested in the program and topics - and this came across in his presentation on stage.

Australian Chamber Alliance

James was a pleasure to work with, nothing was an issue and this made the overall organisation on the night a breeze.

Reed Business Information

James was so easy to work with in a challenging area that he was unfamiliar with. He was so relaxed, charming and clear. He used his humor well and engaged the audience well and coped with the little hiccups on the way. Was so happy to have him.

Deaf Society of NSW

James was an excellent after dinner speaker “ entertaining, light hearted and great fun.

Lake Macquarie Private Hospital

James was succinct, chose his audience well, provided great entertainment, was eager to please and gave a polished performance . I would definitely use James again!

Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia

I thought that James' performance was articulate, clean, funny and insightful. He managed, in a very shot time, to understand the importance of the night by acknowledging the efforts of LWA's people in doing something uniquely Australian and meaningful to life. James managed to reinforce the importance of the night through fun and laughter a Canberra boy and by no means a Hollowman.

Land & Water Australia

Extremely professional, funny and very well prepared for what he was involved throughout the day.

NSW Minerals Council

James was very entertaining and engaging with the audience.

Changecorporation

Brilliant speaker that related well to the guests and the industry.

David Grant Special Events

James was excellent - a big hit with the audience. He connected very well with them, was thoroughly professional and really gave the attendees a motivational boost. His humour was spot on and supported his topic well. A very engaging guy who mingled with the audience members before and after the event. James was a major feature of the event and a lot of the attendees wanted to meet with him and share ideas. I also thought that James was very gracious when people came up to him with a bit of idol worship. Seriously - on at least two occasions that I witnessed - people would come up to James and tell him that he was their hero and that they never miss his show etc. James was very pleasant and respectful at all times. We would definately ask to have James speak again - he knows his stuff and knows how to reach an audience and is therefore good value.

Dept of Innovation, Industry & Regional Dvlpmnt
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