Tracey Spicer AM is a multiple Walkley Award winning journalist, author and broadcaster who spent more than 30 years anchoring national programs for ABC TV and radio, Network Ten and Sky News.
The inaugural national convenor of Women in Media, Tracey is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers and emcees in the Asia-Pacific on the topics of artificial intelligence, social justice and equity. Her book about AI, Man-Made: How the bias of the past is being built into the future, was longlisted for a prestigious Walkley Award. It won the Social Responsibility category, and was a finalist in the Technology category, in the Australian Business Book Awards.
In 2019, Tracey was named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, accepted the global Sydney Peace Prize with Tarana Burke for the Me Too movement, and won the national award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership through Women & Leadership Australia. ABC TV highlighted Tracey’s #metoo work in the docuseries, Silent No More.
In 2018, Tracey was chosen as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, winning the Social Enterprise and Not-For-Profit category. For her 30 years of media and charity work, she has been awarded the Order of Australia.
Highlights of her outstanding career include writing, producing and presenting documentaries in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Papua New Guinea and India. Tracey is an Ambassador for ActionAid, Your Side, the Ethnic Business Awards, Emerge Australia, the Australian POTS Foundation and Purple Our World, and Patron of the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance.
Her first book, The Good Girl Stripped Bare, is a bestseller, while her TEDx Talk, The Lady Stripped Bare, has attracted almost seven million views worldwide.
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Event Host | MC | Panel Facilitator
Tracey is an accomplished and highly sought-after MC who is experienced in hosting events in an efficient and appropriate manner with the professionalism of an experienced television anchor who is utterly at home on stage.Event Host | MC | Panel Facilitator
As a panel facilitator, Tracey always ensures that the discussion is both informative and entertaining. She draws on her experience as a journalist to ask the right questions at the right time. Her television and radio background has enabled her to elicit all the relevant information and keep it engaging for the audience.
Man-Made: How to Beat AI Bias
Artificial Intelligence is often sold as the solution to our most pressing challenges—more efficient, more accurate, and more objective than humans. But what if it’s worsening the very problems it promises to fix? In this eye-opening, deeply researched, and surprisingly funny keynote, multiple Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer AM pulls back the curtain on the hidden biases lurking within AI systems. Drawing on real-world examples and cutting-edge research, Tracey reveals how AI algorithms—built on flawed data and human assumptions and deepened by machine learning—can quietly embed discrimination into everything from hiring and healthcare to policing and advertising.Man-Made: How to Beat AI Bias
From the ‘bodgy bots’ that reinforce stereotypes to systems that jeopardise brand integrity and customer trust, Tracey explains the very real risks that unchecked AI poses to your organisation and community. More importantly, she arms audiences with the knowledge and tools they need to fight back. With a powerful mix of storytelling, practical strategies, and a hopeful call to action, Tracey inspires leaders, professionals, and everyday users to take control of the technology shaping our future. Rather than a dystopia, she presents a ‘protopia’—a more inclusive, ethical, and human-centred vision of AI that benefits us all.
Audience Takeaways:
• Identify where dangerous and damaging biases are hiding in datasets, design processes, and everyday AI applications.
• Gain practical steps and tools to reduce algorithmic bias and protect your brand, team, and community.
• Understand how to move toward a ‘protopia’ by implementing ethical, inclusive, and human-led AI practices.
Perfect for:
• Business owners, from startups to enterprise
• Executives, managers, and change-makers across industries
• Anyone who interacts with AI tools—at work or at home
Best Bots for Business
Artificial Intelligence has become the ultimate game-changer in business—but only if you know which bots to trust. In this high-energy, humorous, and revealing keynote, award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer AM shares the latest must-know insights from the frontline of AI innovation. Drawing on her investigative roots, Tracey cuts through the hype to showcase the best AI tools transforming workplaces today—while sounding the alarm on the biased bots that can quietly damage your brand, alienate customers, and erode staff morale.Best Bots for Business
With her trademark wit and clarity, Tracey helps business leaders, teams, and tech users navigate the AI landscape with confidence. She introduces ‘mindful AI’ as a framework for using smart tech ethically and effectively—keeping your bottom line healthy while building trust with clients, staff, and stakeholders. Whether you're a startup founder or leading a large organisation, this keynote is your roadmap to thriving in the age of automation without losing your human edge.
Audience Takeaways:
Discover the best bots on the market—and how to use them to skyrocket productivity and profits.
Learn how ‘mindful AI’ helps reduce customer churn, improve staff retention, and future-proof your business.
Explore the latest strategies to detect and defeat biased bots, safeguarding your reputation and brand integrity.
Perfect for:
• Business owners, entrepreneurs, and tech innovators
• Executives, managers, and team leaders in all industries
• Professionals using AI tools in day-to-day operations
Storytelling and Communication
Storytelling isn’t just for books and movies—it’s one of the most powerful tools in business. In this witty, engaging, and highly practical keynote or workshop, Tracey Spicer AM draws on her decades of experience in journalism and broadcasting to teach the science and strategy behind compelling communication. Whether you're speaking to a client, pitching an idea, or leading a team, the right story told the right way can shift perspectives, spark action, and build lasting trust.Storytelling and Communication
With warmth, humour, and real-world examples, Tracey breaks down the elements of powerful storytelling—from the timeless structure of the hero’s journey to the dramatic arc that keeps audiences engaged. She also unpacks the neuroscience of communication: how body language, tone of voice, breathing, and posture all play a role in influencing how your message is received. Whether you’re looking to boost confidence, sharpen your delivery, or inspire your audience, this session delivers the tools you need to speak with impact and authenticity.
Audience Takeaways:
• Understand how to craft powerful narratives using the hero’s journey and Freytag’s dramatic arc.
• Learn how to use body language, gesture, and voice to connect with audiences and communicate clearly.
• Explore practical neuroscience-backed techniques to manage nerves and present with confidence.
Perfect for:
• Executives, managers, and business leaders
• Owners of small or large businesses
• Anyone who interacts with clients, customers, or staff in person or online
Media and Presentation Training with Tracey Spicer
Led by award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer AM, this expert media and presentation training equips participants with the skills to communicate with confidence and clarity. With over 35 years of experience across Channel 10, Sky News, and ABC TV, Tracey delivers tailored training for corporate, government, and non-profit organizations.Media and Presentation Training with Tracey Spicer
The program covers key messaging, media interview techniques, crisis communication, body language, and voice control. Training includes a PowerPoint session on communication theory, followed by hands-on on-camera interview simulations, where participants receive professional feedback, digital recordings for review, and Tracey's own training resources.
Tracey’s engaging and practical approach ensures participants build confidence in handling tough media interactions, refining their storytelling, and improving delivery in high-pressure situations.
Key Takeaways:
• Master key messaging and effective storytelling
• Build confidence in handling media interviews and challenging questions
• Enhance presentation skills, body language, and vocal impact for public speaking
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Tracey was amazing.10/10! It was obvious that she was well-researched with the book; made some great points and highlighted the different ways AI can be positive and negative.
Thank you so much for being part of our launch. You gave it the professionalism, credibility and warmth we were looking for!
Tracey was an impeccable speaker and perfect for our IWD event. Her message resonated with both young and older audience from various backgrounds. Her smart delivery is full of humour and has guests still talking about it today.
Tracey was very accommodating and an absolute pleasure to work with.
Tracey was of course amazing and such a professional. I really appreciated the fact that she arrived onsite earlier than her scheduled performance to really understand the event and the audience. As I said, such a professional, and the ideal speaker for our event.
Your professionalism and uplifting spirit was a highlight of the night. I know the panellists and patient speakers were grateful to have your calming reassurance on stage and I wanted to thank you for handling the whole night with sensitivity and compassion. Thank you again for sharing your personal story with honesty. It was inspiring and empowering for all of us in the room.
Tracey is lively and very approachable and our business community loved the event her speech and sense of humour can thank her enough. I hope she felt the warmth from the crowd, will definitely be recommending her to all my networks.
It is always such a pleasure to work with Tracey Spicer, and it was a joy to have her involved as our headline speaker for our women’s leadership forum series. Tracey was adaptable and agile to our needs when creating the events, and the advice, stories, and lessons she shared with our audience were timely, engaging, and practical. Her presentations were always engaging, dynamic, informative, and personable, and her messages resonated with our audiences because they were relatable and honest. I highly recommend engaging Tracey for your event as she contributed greatly in making our events series a success.
Tracey is a total professional and provides so much value to any event she attends.
Tracey is truly authentic. She held the attention of everyone in the room. It was an absolute pleasure to work with her. She is an amazing woman who is really making a difference in the world.
Thank you so much for being part of our launch. You gave it the professionalism, credibility and warmth we were looking for!
Thanks again for such an extraordinary interview the other night – I’m still having people say how fantastic and nuanced and perfectly pitched you were.
With her usual rigour, Tracey Spicer dives into big data and uses of AI, revealing its clear biases and range of inequalities, making this urgent topic easily comprehensible.
Tracey was spectacular, highly-knowledgeable, engaging, fun to listen to/learn from, flexible and very human. She was instrumental to delivering an event that delighted our guests. To date, we have received excellent feedback!
Your professionalism and uplifting spirit was a highlight of the night. I know the panellists and patient speakers were grateful to have your calming reassurance on stage and I wanted to thank you for handling the whole night with sensitivity and compassion. Thank you again for sharing your personal story with honesty. It was inspiring and empowering for all of us in the room.
Tracey was excellent, candid, refreshingly down to earth, interesting, thought-provoking, and funny too! We thoroughly enjoyed listening to her and loved the stories of her life, career and family.
Tracey commanded the room with poise and grace. Maintaining an energetic tempo that kept the forum lively and thought-provoking.
Tracey is a consummate professional who lights up the room with her incredible charisma. The leaders in the room were captivated by her insights and delivery.
Tracey truly elevated the experience for everyone involved, making the conference both memorable and meaningful. She was a highly positive addition to our event.
Tracey's delivery and message was right on target and had a great balance of energy, reality, humour and optimism. Perfect.
Tracey captivated the audience with her signature grace, wit and incisive commentary. The feedback was universally positive, and we felt very lucky to have had Tracey with us.
Tracey has a remarkable ability to create a comfortable environment with practical advice, while challenging the panellists with tough questions.
What a lovely time we had with Tracey to help train our team for our large-scale summit. Tracey also spent time media training our CEO. This was a very worthwhile exercise in upscaling our staff’s skillset in public speaking.
We were pleased to have Tracey Spicer as a virtual guest speaker for our 2021 International Women’s Day celebration. Our team was glued to the screen for laughs, inspiration and most importantly encouraged to start the discussion of gender diversity. Tracey was extremely engaging and I would highly recommend her as a guest speaker.
