Speaker
I am an experienced public speaker who has been presenting for over 20 years including conferences, training, workshops, master of ceremonies, panels and debate. Over the last 10 years I have had the opportunity to share my experience as an intranet, digital workplace and internal communications professional and also as a sketchnoter.
Availability
Open to relevant opportunities with reasonable notice depending on preparation requirements. To contact me about speaking opportunities
Previous speaking engagements
| Topic | Event | Date | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panel: Social Justice | Avande INSPIRE Black Employee Network Social Justice Hackathon | March 2023 | |
| Sketch Your Way Around Microsoft 365 – Yes, You Can Draw! | The Digital Workplace Conference New Zealand | March 2023 | |
| Inclusive Meetings and Events: Create more Engaging Virtual Experiences with Microsoft 365 | The Digital Workplace Conference New Zealand | March 2023 | |
| Panel: Demystifying the Metaverse – The Challenges and Opportunities for the Digital | The Digital Workplace Conference New Zealand | March 2023 | |
| Teams Shared Channels – An Internal Communication Approach | Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro User Group | June 2022 | |
| Yammer Panel | Yammer Best Practice Brainstorms | May 2022 | |
| A Karaoke Caper in Microsoft Loop | Microsoft Loop User Group | April 2022 | |
| Talking Intranets, Digital Workplace, Design and Microsoft 365 | Podcast: Need to Know | October 2021 | Talking digital workplace on the Need to Know podcast |
| Personalise PowerPoint with your own Sketches | Microsoft Reactor Sydney, Online | October 2021 | |
| Post on Behalf Of – Tread with Caution (Panel) | SWOOP Analytics Webinar | September 2021 | Post On Behalf Of – Tread with Caution – YouTube |
| Basics for Accessible Writing | Microsoft Reactor Sydney, Online | September 2021 | |
| Drink and Doodle | Monthly Microsoft MVP Meeting (Australia) | June 2021 | Everyone can draw with a little Drink and Doodle |
| Sketching the Docs (Moderator) | Microsoft MVP Summit | April 2021 | Sketching the docs at Microsoft MVP Summit |
| Meetings and Voice Uplift – Moving from Skype for Business to Teams | Intranet Leadership Forum, Melbourne | March 2021 | |
| Personalise PowerPoint with your own Sketches | Global CFP Day, Online | February 2021 | |
| Surviving Digital Workplace Horror Stories (Panel) | Responsive Org | October 2020 | Digital Workplace Horror Stories |
| Avoiding Burnout in a Digital Workplace (Panel) | The Digital Workplace Tweetathon, Online | October 2020 | The Digital Workplace Day Tweetathon |
| The Sketchnote Challenge (Podcast) | The Uptake Podcast | April 2020 | |
| Basics for Accessible Writing | M365 May, Online | May 2020 | Content for Everyone – Basics for accessible writing (slideshare.net) |
| Building a Change Approach Beyond | Intranet Leadership Forum, Melbourne | March 2020 | The Uptake Podcast: Episode 5, The Sketchnote Challenge – Microsoft Tech Community |
| Solving the unsolvable | M365 Adoption Melbourne, Online | February 2020 | Agenda and event details – M365 Adoption |
| 1, 2 3 to Microsoft 365 Adoption Success (Panel) | Microsoft Ignite the Tour Sydney | February 2020 | Session overview |
| Digital Workplace Building Blocks | Melbourne Office 365 Business Users Group | January 2020 | Presentation – Digital Workplace Building blocks Agenda and event details – Melbourne O365BUG |
| Digital Workplace Building Blocks – Training and Change with Office 365 | Perth SharePoint User Group | December 2019 | Presentation – Digital Workplace Building Blocks – Training and change with Office 365 Agenda and event details – Perth SharePoint User Group |
| Success Factors in a thriving Yammer network | Digital Workplace Conference Australia, Sydney | August 2019 | |
| Success Factors in a thriving Yammer network | Digital Workplace Conference New Zealand | April/May 2019 | Overview – Success Factors in a Thriving Yammer network Agenda – Digital Workplace Conference Auckland |
| A framework for technology adoption through employee experience | Digital Workplace Summit, Melbourne | February 2019 | Presentation – A Framework for Technology Adoption Event summary – Highlights from the Digital Workplace Summit Agenda – Digital Workplace Summit |
| Training staff on the digital workplace | Intranet and Digital Workplace Awards, Sydney | June 2018 | Presentation – Training staff on the digital workplace |
| Taking digital employee experience from start-up to scale-up | Digital Employee Experience Conference (DEX), Sydney | June 2018 | Presentation – Digital employee experience from start-up to scale-up Overview – Taking digital employee experience from start-up to scale-up |
| Take your digital workplace training to the next level | Digital Workplace Conference Australia, Melbourne | August 2018, | Presentation – Take your digital workplace training to the next level Overview – Take your digital workplace training to the next level |
| Take your digital workplace training to the next level | Digital Workplace Conference New Zealand | May 2018 | Presentation – Take your digital workplace training to the next level Overview – Take your digital workplace raining to the next level |
| Showcase of NEXTDC’s new intranet | Intranet Leadership Forum, Melbourne | 2017 | |
| Digital Workplace Building Blocks | Intranet Leadership Forum, Brisbane | 2017 | |
| Showcase of Melbourne Water’s new intranet | Whole of Government Intranet Managers Meetup, Melbourne | April 2015 | Presentation – Melbourne Water’s new Intranet |
| Techniques to build and manage your intranet rebuild (Workshop) Engaging your organisation in an intranet rebuild (Presentation) | Ark Intranets Strategy and Design, Sydney | March 2015 | Presentation – Engaging staff in your intranet rebuild Workshop – techniques to build and manage your intranet rebuild Agenda – Ark Intranets Strategy and design |
| Enhance your communication skills with sketching (Workshop) | Product Anonymous, Melbourne | March 2015 | Workshop – Enhance your communication skills with sketching |
| Engaging your organisation in an intranet rebuild | Share the Point – Australian and New Zealand SharePoint Conferences, Sydney and Auckland | July 2014 | Presentation – engaging your organisation in an intranet rebuild |
| How to make the intranet rock? Through rock solid user experience design (PechaKucha) | Intranets 2014, Sydney | May 2014 | Presentation – How to make an intranet rock Blog – Discovering Petcha Kutcha Blog posts – Intranets2014 |
| Balancing user experience with an out-of-the-box design in SharePoint 2013 | Melbourne Business User Group (MBug for SharePoint and Office), Melbourne | February 2014 | Presentation: Balancing user experience with an out-of-the box design in SharePoint 2013 Blog post: MBUG presentation – Balancing UX with OOTB design |
| Personas: Injecting UX into your intranet | Ark Intranets: Best Practice, Management and Strategy, Melbourne | September 2013 | Presentation – Personas: Injecting UX into your intranet Information about Ark Intranets forum |
| Seven Sketchnotes in One Day (10 minute talk) | UX Australia, Melbourne | August 2013 | Presentation – Seven Sketchnotes in One Day Audio – Seven Sketchnotes in One Day My blog posts covering UXAustralia |
| Cleaning up your phone list | Intranets 2013, Sydney | May 2013 | Other presentations from this event My blog posts covering Intranets 2013 |
| Cleaning up your intranet phone list data: a Melbourne Water case study | Ark: The Everyday Intranet, Melbourne | September 2012 | Presentation – Cleaning up your intranet phone list data My roundup of the event |
| What’s wrong with our intranet and how we are going to fix it | Worldwide Intranet Challenge, Melbourne | June 2012 | |
| Yammer case study: Engaging staff from the ground up | Intranets 2012, Sydney | May 2012 | Presentation – Yammer case study More presentations from this event |
| Implementing internal social media: A Yammer at Melbourne Water case study | Ark: Dynamic Intranets, Melbourne | September 2011 | Presentation – Implementing internal social media: A Yammer at Melbourne Water case study |