Women In Business Speakers

Melanie Tran

Melanie Tran, distinguished as the Recalibrate Gender Equity Award 2022 winner and one of the Top 100 Women of Influence 2019 by the Australian Financial Review, merges technology, design, health, and social change in her role as Design Manager at Nous Group. Her international accolades include the Laureate International Universities Global Here for Good Award 2018, for leveraging education for social impact. Currently pursuing a PhD at Torrens University Australia and serving on the International Youth Foundation board, Melanie excels in user experience design and technology-driven solutions. A global voice in social entrepreneurship and innovation, she's a celebrated speaker at prestigious events, including TEDx and Google's Asia Pacific UX Design Summit.

Melina Schamroth

Social entrepreneur Melina Schamroth is in the business of making a difference. Founder of m.a.d.woman (making a difference), creator of the unique Single Volunteers dating program, Grateful in April, Gals Doin' Good networking events, motivational speaker and author, Melina runs programs and events to connect people with each other and with their communities. Be it bushfire relief, helping the hungry and homeless or supporting neglected animals, Melina is continually finding innovative ways to motivate and engage people. In the past couple of years alone, m.a.d.woman achievements include cooking more than 70,000 meals for hungry and homeless Australians. Other projects have aided thousands of people - Black Saturday bushfire victims, disabled and disadvantaged youth, long-term unemployed and more. Melina's unique corporate team building events also make a difference. From small groups to large teams, m.a.d.woman events unite participants - all while producing tangible outcomes for projects in need.

Melissa Leong

Melissa Leong is an acclaimed television presenter, food and travel writer, broadcaster, author and MC known for her curiosity, warmth and unmistakable perspective. From MasterChef Australia and Dessert Masters to documentary, radio and writing, Melissa draws on a remarkable career across food, media and culture to explore creativity, resilience, identity and the power of embracing life with curiosity.

Monika Tu

Monika Tu, founder of Black Diamondz Group, has redefined Australia's luxury real estate market by bridging Eastern and Western business practices. Beyond her entrepreneurial success, she is a media personality and philanthropist, actively supporting children's health, the arts, and women's empowerment.

Ms. Amanda Stevens

Awarded 2018 Keynote Speaker of the Year by the Australian Professional Speakers Association.  Amanda is Energetic. Inspiring. Humourous. Engaging. Memorable. These are just some of the words used to describe Amanda Stevens, CSP. After wowing audiences in 14 countries for more than a decade on the speaking circuit, Amanda is widely regarded as one of the best female speakers in Australia.

Her her ability to craft powerful messages, infused with humour and insight makes her presentations memorable and actionable. A master storyteller, Amanda captivates her audiences with a distinctive combination of current insights, social commentary and dynamic examples, delivered with a sharp wit and take-away value. If you're looking for a speaker on sales, marketing, gender psychology, customer service or the future of consumers, Amanda can tailor something specifically for your audience with a powerful message that will last well beyond the presentation. With five keynote topics and five workshop options that can be mixed and matched to suit your conference theme and unique needs, Amanda's depth of experience and breadth of content means she can kick off or close any conference with a high energy, entertaining keynote or she can facilitate a structured, tailored workshop for a small group - and anything in between.

Ms. Arishma Singh

Arishma is a globally certified and accredited EFT practitioner, facilitating change for her clients by working with their mind, psyche and identity. She is passionate about bringing true personal growth to the corporate world, using the effective mind-body techniques developed as part of her copyright THRIVE model.

With over 20 years of corporate experience with multinational corporations and start-ups such as American Express, Nielsen Media, Google Australia, Pivot Software and Experian, Arishma has been known as a top performer, a ?pocket rocket? and a woman to watch. Her first upcoming book ?The Respected
Salesperson? is a must-read for anybody who wants to redefine what it means to be successful in sales.

Ms. Ashley Fell

Ashley Fell is a social researcher, TEDx speaker and Head of Communications at the internationally recognised McCrindle. As a trends analyst and media commentator she understands how to effectively communicate across diverse audiences.
From her experience in managing media relations, social media platforms and content creation, Ashley advises on how to achieve cut through in message-saturated
times. She is an expert in how to communicate across generational barriers and is regularly interviewed on prominent television programs such as SBS News, Seven News, Sunrise, Sky News and the Today Show, as well as on radio, and in print and online media.
In addition to delivering keynote presentations at conferences, Ashley is booked to conduct training days for corporate and not-for-profit clients, facilitate panels across an array of industries and deliver workshops across the different generations. She regularly speaks to a diverse range of audiences across Australia, and has spoken for audiences in New Zealand, Malaysia and Qatar.
With academic qualifications in communications, an ongoing role in managing the deployment and visualisation of national research studies, and with her position leading the communications strategy at McCrindle, Ashley brings robust, research-based and experienced content to her engaging presentations and consulting.



 

Ms. Bella Zanesco

Bella is Australia's number one personal leadership author, a keynote speaker and an executive life and career strategist. Her new book Smart Girls Screw Up Too - The no-nonsense guide to creating the life you want (Wiley) features her own comeback story from a $5 billion burnout and insights from the Global Women's Wellbeing Report she founded.

Bella is a world champion athlete and was named the UK's Top Young 50 Changemaker by the City of London.  As a business executive, she delivered over $5 billion to Fortune 500 companies including Pepsi Co, Sainsbury's, Reed Elsevier, Unilever, and The Royal Mail. And in 2015, was awarded UK's Top 50 Young Changemaker for her work coaching at-risk high performers from British Sport, Bank of Japan, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, HSBC, Google, JP Morgan, KPMG, Microsoft, Saatchi & Saatchi and UBS.

Her success, however, came at a cost. In 2013, after neglected her health, Bella suffered burnout, adrenal failure and depression which put a hard stop to her career and life aspirations.  Bella can speak candidly about the triggers for staying well in the workplace and how burnout occurs in the first place and link the research to your presentation.

Ms. Catherine Molloy

COMMUNICATION, SALES AND LEADERSHIP EXPERT

Catherine Molloy is an International Speaker & Communication Expert, specialising in leadership, sales & service. With 25 years of experience in business, training, and facilitation, Catherine believes in creating effective engaging learning environments through powerful communication techniques. Catherine has immersed herself into the field of communication and body language psychology. It has anchored her authority as a Communication Master. Catherine holds a Masters Degree in Neuro-linguistic Programming as well as qualifications in Business, Leadership & Management and is a qualified DISC accredited consultant.  Catherine is also author of  the best selling books:The Million Dollar Handshake and Concious Leadership.

Catherine works internationally in the areas of business growth, customer service and leadership with communication as the overarching tool to success in these areas. Catherine developed the conscious connection framework after studying body language for over 30 years, and researching and understanding the theories behind behaviour styles. Catherine says when you take away the non-verbals and verbal language, globally you are left with the raw behaviour styles of people which is fantastic, as you can sell, serve and lead anyone, anywhere in the world.

Catherine's journey in Sales began in the 1980s topping sales nationally with the Commercial Bank of Australia and Westpac Bank. She then owned and operated a successful Real Estate business, and now owns and runs an international soft-skill training company based in Australia and has just won an International Sales and Leadership award. Catherine understands the joys and difficulties of owning and running a business and understands successful teams become more effective when they are consciously communicating and having fun.

ENERGISING
Catherine knows when and where to motivate and add energy with each talk and workshop delivered. The participants will engage, connect and be more conscious of their own energy language. Fun, Fast and Forward-Thinking.

MOTIVATING
Participants will feel empowered and motivated to practise until perfect and to share this knowledge with others. Participants will continue to practise their newly found skills on each other throughout the conference and into the workplace.

EDUCATIONAL
Once something is learned it is hard to unlearn. Participants will be taught the power of communication through different techniques to help anchor new skills that will create a lasting impression, first time, every time.

PRACTICAL
The conscious communication framework is a practical tool that once implemented in business inspires confidence, staff happiness, growth and customer satisfaction. It's the tiny changes that make the massive difference for Sales, Service and Leadership.

Ms. Chelsea Pottenger

Chelsea is a leading authority on mental health. An international motivational speaker and accredited mindfulness & meditation coach, Chelsea has worked with many of the world's leading brands such as eBay, Google, Telstra, CBA and Macquarie Bank to improve team wellbeing. Chelsea combines science and personal stories to share practical tools for your team to build a positive, high performance mindset.

Her special gift is her ability to engage with the audience, build trust, delivering scientific evidence in a fun and insightful way. Chelsea equips the audience with valuable tools to become more resilient, powerful and perform at their best.

As an ambassador for Mental Health Charities, Chelsea's greatest passion is the development of mental resilience. Chelsea left the corporate world in 2015 and has commenced her studies in psychology, and she is in the unique position to have deep insight into brain science and a variety of topics including peak performance, mental resilience, productivity and sleep. Many say her keynotes are the best they have ever experienced.

Chelsea is also an ambassador for The Gidget Foundation and R U O K? She has featured on Channel 9, Sky News, 2DayFM, 2UE, Marie Claire, ABC and Nine News.

 

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