Booking international speakers and facilitators that are already coming to Australia can give you a great draw card for your event, a fresh point of view, as well as substantially reducing the cost of bringing in an international speaker or facilitator yourself. To see who else will be visiting our shores click here.

Tony Blair Visiting from: UK Dates: July Tony Blair is one of the most exciting, mesmerising and in demand speakers on the planet.  He has a long list of accolades including Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In July, he will be appearing in Australia and New Zealand for the first time ever.			Kevin McCloud Visitng from: UK Dates: October Kevin McCloud is best known for Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated Grand Designs and for his annual coverage of the Stirling Prize each year. His television work, including the series Demolition and Don't Look Down for the BBC, has always revolved around the built environment.			Steve Wozniak Visiting from: USA Dates: June In 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer.  A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than 30 years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh.			Richard Branson Visiting from: UK Dates: April and July Richard Branson is the eccentric and outspoken chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways and the founder of Virgin Records, which he recently sold for an unprecedented $1 billion. Famous for his daring entrepreneurial style, he oversees the Virgin Group, an extensive conglomerate encompassing over 360 companies worldwide.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new ~ Steve Jobs

Earth Hour 2011

On March 26, hundreds of millions of global citizens, from one hundred different countries, will unite in the action of lights out.

Earth Hour is a call to action to every individual, every business and every community. It starts with a flick of the switch at 8:30pm Saturday March 26, in a collective display of commitment to protect the one thing that unites us all - the planet.

Here are some ideas for great sustainable speakers: Tony Wheeler, Nigel Marsh, Yossi Ghinsberg, Kim McKay, Todd Sampson and Visiting International Kevin McCloud.
 

Aussie Speakers Taking Over the U.S.A!

Australian speakers are taking over the U.S.A. with more and more of them living part time on both sides of the pond. Not only do they get to network with some of Hollywood’s finest (see Kirsty Spraggon pictured left with Sam Worthington), it also gives them an edge as speakers, keeping them at the forefront of emerging global trends. This also means as a client, they are more accessible to you being able to book them anywhere in the world!

Speakers currently living in both the U.S.A. and Australia include: Brett King, Sam Cawthorn, Mike Walsh, Peter Sheahan, Siimon Reynolds, Troy Hazard , Terry Hawkins, Explosive Minds  and Kirsty Spraggon . If you would like to book one of these now International Speakers call: 1800 682 846
 

Jason Jay - A Speaker with True Flair!

We all know that staff engagement is important – but is it enough? Do we want our staff to be simply engaged – or do we want them to be inspired?

Jason Jay believes that Staff Empowerment is the next level in the quest to align the attainment of business goals with the happiness and growth of our people. In his inspiring speech ‘Do it with Flair’, Jason focuses on the way in which we approach our work and how closely this relates to the results we end up achieving.

A former champion flair bartender, Jason energises the room with bottle tricks and shakes up cocktails with audience members, all while making the point that ‘it’s not WHAT you do – but HOW you do it’.

Jason also brings a fresh energy to the role of MC, linking speakers, topics and segments while maintaining momentum and mixing-in just a dash of playfulness.  So if you are looking for something a little different and to make your next event memorable call one of our sales consultants to enquire about Jason.
 

Last week I was in Canberra facilitating a Senior Management Meeting for an organisation operating in the Asia Pacific region. It was a three day meeting, with the objective being to facilitate the group to provide the key inputs to next year’s Annual Operating Plan. It was going to be quite a job, so early on the Monday morning I went for a run just to clear my mind and prepare myself for the opening day.

When I arrived the evening prior night had fallen, but I had stayed in this hotel and jogged in the nearby park before. So off I set, the cool morning air stinging my face and waking me up! I drifted into that zone where I was barely thinking about the run and was playing over in my mind what was going to happen that day, and what I wanted to achieve.

I was going for about 20 minutes and was on the home leg back to the hotel. When I rounded the final street corner, I was surprised to see that the road I had thought was going to be there wasn’t actually there. In fact, when I had a really good look round, I realised I didn’t recognise any of the surroundings, and was probably pretty lost!

So what did I do? Instead of stopping and thinking coherently and objectively about the position, how I got there, where I went wrong and how I could address it, I did what most of the corporate world does – I ran even quicker, refusing to believe I WAS actually lost, and thinking if I just went a little bit further it would all be OK. And of course, in so doing, I got even further lost. Then I panicked, thinking of the time I was wasting, that I’d be late for the conference, that the whole thing would be ruined – so I ran even faster even though I was pretty tired, and kept hoping I would find a better way. It was a disaster!

Eventually I did of course get back to the hotel, but who knows how much time I wasted out of panic, and how many of my resources were depleted in pursuit of a hopeless direction? I reflected in the shower how often do we do this in organisational life?

Any good business planning process really only has three questions to answer. Where are we now, where are we going, and how can we get there? And if you don’t know where you’re going, any road can take you there! So answer the right questions with clarity and insight; get the right people beside you and the right information; lose the panic; and you’re well on the way to not getting lost!

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