Natasha Stott Despoja has elegantly presented the case for gender equality her entire career. As the sun sets on another International Women’s Day, I thought it would be great to revisit a woman who has been advocating for most of her … Continue reading
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PUSHING FOR MORE WOMEN & GIRLS IN TECH
From left Cyan Ta’eed, Martine Harte, Jacinta Carboon There’s something very special about a room full of people striving for gender equality. I was reminded of this at ACS Victoria’s gender parity breakfast held at Zinc at Federation Square. More than … Continue reading
‘Engaging Voices’ is a fresh offering in speaking events. It allows you to bring some of Australia’s most inspirational women right into your workplace or to your event. Empower and inspire your team by hosting one of our polished, fun QandA sessions … Continue reading
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - FACING OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES
Very excited and honoured to be speaking at an ACS International Women’s Day breakfast event to celebrate ACS 50th anniversary. I’ll be joined by Telstra Business Woman of the year Cyan Ta’eed and ‘Taking care of Business & Me’ founder Jacinta … Continue reading
The space ambassador
“Just be brave enough to take the first step. I didn’t realise who I was until I went to Space Camp and was challenged.” Jackie Slaviero. Former teacher, Jackie Slaviero’s bio is rather unique. International Ambassador of the Space Camp … Continue reading
The cutting-edge marketer
“It’s about rewarding their intelligence, having an eye-to-eye conversation with our customers and making them feel valued.” Cara Cunningham, BPM. Many of us have great business ideas, yet we often lack the marketing nous to take it to the next level. … Continue reading
The naturopath
“Your gut health is the centre of the rest of our health, it is basically our second brain. 80% of our immune system resides in our gut. It’s really important to keep our guts happy; the little microbes, our gut bacteria … Continue reading
WHY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT BY US ALL
The ‘Family Violence forum’ held in Toorak last week – 30 hand-picked bloggers from around Australia heard from Australian of the Year Rosie Batty, Detective Superintendent Rod Jouning, Nappy Collective’s Sandra Jacobs and MC Giaan Rooney. Photos – supplied. “Let’s get feisty about … Continue reading
STEPS TO RECONCILIATION
Another reason to feel pride this Australia Day. The world’s most popular website ‘Google’ has acknowledged the stolen generation with powerful reminder of how we should remember January 26th. The search engine has used a compelling image of a weeping mother, ‘Stolen Dreamtime’ as its … Continue reading
The homewares designer
“I was still in my mid thirties, had zero idea of what I wanted to do but was completely happy with this. It really never occurred to me to do my own thing. Of course at home I was forever ‘crafting’, … Continue reading