I regularly participate in a mix of conference and media activities. My particular interests are governance, innovation, and social impact.
From my leadership practice in nonprofits and multinationals in diverse environments, recent PhD studies, and early drama and debating experience, I am comfortable talking with a variety of audiences from academics to industry leaders to young people. Please get in touch to engage these services.
Conferences & seminars
Over the past two decades, I have presented at a range of national and international conferences and seminars.
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Innovating for Social Impact, International Association for Business & Society, Maastricht Netherlands (Presenter & Reviewer)
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Decoding Nonprofit “Innovation for Growth” & Fostering its Effective Governance, Social Entrepreneurship Summit, Sofia Bulgaria (Presenter & Reviewer)
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Nonprofit Prosperity via Innovation, Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI) & Regional Studies Association (RSA), Melbourne Australia (Presenter & Panel Chair)
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Nonprofit Innovation For Growth, International Conference on Business, Management, & Economics (ICBME), Oxford England (Presenter)
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Nonprofit Boards in Pursuit of Innovation for Growth, Society of Corporate Law Academics (SCoLA), Melbourne Australia (Presenter)
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Careers & the Future of Work, Victoria University of Wellington, Sydney Australia (Panellist)
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Innovate or Die, Victoria University of Wellington, Sydney Australia (Panel Organizer)
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Ethics Centre & Chartered Accountants Student Challenge, Sydney Australia (Competition Manager, Content Creator)
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The Workplace & What to Expect, Mercy College year 12 symposium, Perth Australia (Presenter)
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The Kellogg’s & Kids Help Line Experience: Lessons Learnt from the Largest Cause Related Marketing Account in Australia, Informa Group national conference, Sydney Australia (Presenter)
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My Academic & Career Journey & Understanding the 4 Ps, UC Berkeley, United States (Guest Lecturer)
Media
Since the 2000s, I have been featured in a mix of publications In Australia and globally.
Community media
In 2024, Our Community, an Australian social business with an online reach of +200,000, published my article about social innovation in Cambodia and alerted it via The Community Advocate, their enews with 65,000 subscribers. I had written this opinion piece in my role as Chair of AusCam Freedom Project, a grassroots Australian anti-trafficking nonprofit helping keep girls safe from sexploitation in Cambodia.
My article outlined the Cambodian and broader regional and global issue of girls' sexploitation.
And it profiled the creation of our Freedom Line, Cambodia’s first and still only teen-girl helpline, which we launched during COVID's onset when girls were particularly isolated.
The article also highlighted how we had continued to innovate the Freedom Line with our girl-friendly risk assessment tool that we later evolved to a digitized self-managed tool and introduced when we launched the Freedom Line's safe e-sister, Neary.
It concluded by showcasing how we amplified the Freedom Line's reach and impact through the embedding of a culture of continuous tech improvement, creative grassroots advertising, and development of our Safe Sister program – our volunteer cool influencers who champion girls' safety through events and digital activity.
