Styles/Themes
Speakers/Entertainers for Motivation
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Lance Armstrong (USA) |
Born to race a bike Ask Lance Armstrong’s competitors and teammates, and they would say he was. His grace in the saddle and powerful pedalstrokes make his two feet on solid ground seem unnatural. To get to two wheels, however, he first had to tread a little water. In his teens, Lance was a top swimmer and triathl ...more  Allan Bolton | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
“How to feel alive, not just stay alive”. | Clever organisations know that the key to growing and sustaining a high performance business is to look after its power source - its people. Allan Bolton - The People’s Renewable Energy Man is recognised internationally as an expert in the areas of health, lifestyle, motivatio ...more  Sara Carrigan | (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
"From Gunnedah to Gold" | Sara Carrigan is only the second and youngest ever Australian woman to win gold in a road race at an Olympics Games. Taking gold in Athens in 2004 has been Sara’s life long dream. Since taking up competitive cycling at the age of 15 in 1996, Sara has demonstrated a passion to win and take the ...more  Dr. Richard Charlesworth | (Auckland, New Zealand)
| Dr Charlesworth is currently High Performance Consultant with the Fremantle Dockers Football Club. He is a doctor of medicine and a former captain of the Australian Hockey Team, the State Hockey Team and State Cricket Team. He was also a Federal member of parliament for 10 years. He retired from ...more  Tony Christiansen | (Auckland, North Island, New Zealand)
Your ATTITUDE dictates your ALTITUDE in life | Successful businessman, surf lifesaver, race car champion, 2nd degree black belt, world class athlete, qualified pilot, after dinner speaker, inspirational motivator and infotainer. Tony’s Big feat After a hor ...more  Matt Church | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| KEYNOTES AND WORKSHOPS Feel Great Again- How toconytral your body chemistry to turn back the clock and feel uplifted Get More Done - How to get massively productive and Get on with it Fix How You Speek- How to communicate so people listen You are Smarter than you think- How to unders ...more  Dean Clifford | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Dean Clifford Dares to Live Outside His Bubble- Do You? | Dean is one of the oldest surviving ’Cotton Wool Kids’ in Australia if not the world. Dean along with his amazing family, are one of life’s inspirations, true triumph of the spirit. Dean was born with Epidermolysis Bullosa or EB. Very simply, the glue between the layers of his ...more  Natalie Cook | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
No Limits | Olympic Gold medallist, Natalie Cook, captivates the hearts and minds of her audience with her power, skill and determination. Taking up beach volleyball in 1994, she won a silver medal at the World Championships in Brazil and made history with the first ever Olympic Bronze medal for the sport in At ...more  Allana Corbin | (Tasmania, Australia)
The Best I Can Be | Allana’s story is a thriller of adventure, danger, tragedy and love. Allana delivers an inspirational message, which touches the heart of all who listen. Allana was the survivor of a tragic plane crash in 1990. Prior to the crash Allana was a flying enthusiast. Her passion for flying began ...more  John Coutis | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
| John P. Coutis is an exceptional person. Born with a severe disability that rendered his legs useless, John defied medical opinion by refusing to die. Today John speaks all around the world to tens of thousands, very enthusiastic and eagre people, whom he leaves breathless. John was a guest spea ...more  Perry Cross | (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
Still Standing | For someone whose physical situation doesn’t afford the luxury of much movement. Perry Cross is one of the world’s most motivating movers, having traveled across Australia and across the world – his powerful message reaching thousands who believe anything is possible. Every minut ...more  Heidi Di Santo | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Essentially 3 main areas are covered where you will learn: | Heidi Di Santo is one of Australia’s leading lifestyle speakers. She is known as the ‘Energy Expert’, is author of the books ‘Ignite Your Potential’ and recently released ‘Heidi’s Lose Size and Energize’ and is most commonly recognized through her regular contributions to C ...more
| Brennon Dowrick | (Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)
Increasing personal and corporate productivity and performance | Australian Olympian Brennon Dowrick is the key to unlocking employees’ productivity and performance. Top Olympic gymnast, journalism graduate, successful business owner and employee of one of Australia’s top corporations, Brennon experienced outstanding success in all his endeavo ...more  Stef du Plessis | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) (South Africa)
Introducing Stef du Plessis | A near school drop-out who started off as a factory hand, Stef du Plessis now holds a Masters degree in leadership. But he insists that this is not nearly as important as what he has learnt for himself along the way... He was rescued, as he puts it, by his wife, Maureen. At the time that she ...more  Nic Feteris | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| One of the world’s leading BASE jumpers, Nic Feteris is best known for his record free-fall jump from the Great Trango Tower in Pakistan. Nic’s tailored presentations build a bridge between the worlds of business and adventure, drawing parallels between the planning, preparation and tea ...more  Peter Fitzsimons | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Columnist, ex Rugby International & Best Selling Author | Peter FitzSimons is a respected columnist for the “Sydney Morning Herald” and “London Daily Telegraph,” television presenter on the seven Network, has played Rugby for Australia, written four best sellers and interviewed famous people around the globe from George Bush to Mother Theresa and Diego Mar ...more  David Fordham | (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
DAVID FORDHAM - MASTER OF CEREMONIES AND GUEST SPEAKER | Former Channel Seven and Channel Ten sports commentator, David Fordham regards himself a lucky man. Others close to him may not necessarily agree. Either way his life story is an inspiration. For 30 odd years he built a reputation as being one of Australia’s most versatile broadcaster ...more  Yossi Ghinsberg | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) (USA)
Introduction | In 1982, a young Israeli set out with three other hikers into the heart of the Amazon rainforest in search of his dream. The foursome’s quest turned into a misadventure of colossal proportions; two never returned and the other two completely transformed. What does it mean to have a true fr ...more  Billy Graham | (New Zealand)
| Billy Graham is New Zealand’s best-loved motivator and fitness fanatic. He is bold, bouncy and brimming over with energy and enthusiasm. He has spent a lifetime involved in sport and physical fitness. A former New Zealand and Australasian light welterweight boxing champion he has achie ...more  Michael Groom | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
SHEER WILL | In 1987 Australian Michael Groom lost a third of both feet to frostbite while climbing one of the world’s highest mountains. He was told to forget about an active, outdoor life but by 1990 he had not only taught himself to walk again, he was back climbing the Himalayas. In 1999 he achieved ...more  Tom Hafey MBE | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Tom Hafey was one of the super coaches of the AFL. | After coaching Richmond Football Club to several Premierships he was able to motivate Collingwood from the bottom of the ladder, to several Grand Final appearances. His honesty and ability with people has been a major reason as to why he was successful at these clubs and also at both the Geelo ...more  Paul Hanna | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
| Paul Hanna is now regarded as one of Australia’s leading motivational speakers with clients that read like a who’s who of this country’s corporate elite: Qantas, Telstra, Lexus, Vodafone, BMW and NSW Police are just some of the clients who have used his services. McDonalds Australi ...more  Craig Harper | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Exercise Scientist * Motivational Speaker * Author * TV Host * Educator * Radio Presenter | Craig Harper is one of Australia’s leading presenters, educators, motivators and commentators in the areas of health, fitness and personal development. Craig has been an integral part of the Australian fitness landscape since 1982. In that time he has worked as a personal trainer, corpor ...more  Terry Hawkins | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Mind Language Expert | Have you ever had so much fun learning powerful, life changing strategies that it almost seemed like magic? If the answer is no, then you haven’t met Terry Hawkins. Terry has established herself as one of the leading presenters in human performance – She is the MIND LANGUAGE® expert. With 20 ...more  Justin Herald | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| Justin Herald is a man with Attitude! In 1995, all Justin had to start his business was $50 and an attitude. With clever marketing campaigns and a strong desire to make something of his life, Justin set out to turn his $50 into a multi-million dollar empire in just 6 years. Attitude Gear® was ...more  Timothy Hyde | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Australia’s Magician of the Mind | Providing Sophisticated Solutions to your Entertainment and Business Education Needs. Not only will his Motivational Humour thoroughly entertain and delight your audience but more importantly he guarantees to further the purpose of your next event by communicating your own message i ...more  Azim Jamal | (Canada)
Mission: To inspire leaders at all levels to unleash potential & regain balance | Corporate (commerce, ambition, success, entrepreneurship -leading to Unleashing Potential) Sufi (used as a metaphor to symbolize - living in the moment, meditation, power of giving, happiness - leading to Regaining Balance) When you marry the two, you get a Corporate S ...more  Alan Jones | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| Australia’s highest-rating breakfast radio broadcaster, Alan Jones, is best known for his enormously successful show on Radio 2UE and his segment on the Nine Network’s Today program. Regularly voted Australia’s top current affairs personality and Australian Radio Talk Personality of ...more  Lorraine Kember | (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
Lean On Me | ‘No greater gift could we hope to give – than helping someone else to live’ These words; written by Lorraine Kember, exemplify her passion to reach out to others. From the moment she begins to speak she opens her heart to her audience and those who are privileged to hear her story find ...more  Charles Kovess | (Melbourne, Queensland, Australia)
| Charles Kovess graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1973, and gained his Master of Laws from Monash University in 1980. After six years of practice, he established his own law firm which subsequently merged with Barker Gosling, a national law firm. Charl ...more  Ron Lee | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Dr Takashi Kinoshita | Dr Kinoshita is chairman of the Kinoshita Nippon Corporation which controls more than 50 companies, three of which are in Japan’s top 100. He has a Master of Business Studies and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Nagoya and an MBA from the International Management Institute ...more  John Maclean | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| In 1988 John Maclean was a promising rugby league player with the Penrith Panthers in the then NSW Rugby League competition. In order to compliment his fitness on the football field John took a keen interest in triathlon and regularly trained on the M4 Motorway near his hometown of Penrith NSW. On a ...more  Winston Marsh | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
| Winston Marsh is probably Australia’s best marketer, communicator and motivator. It’s this combination of all these talents that ensures that Winston gets results. Winston is often irreverent, always interesting and very much to the point. -You’ve probably met exper ...more  Paul McCarthy | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
If you want to create unstoppable momentum in your life, then stop Aiming and start Firing today. | Paul McCarthy is a rare speaker with the ability to connect with audiences and compel people to want to take action. Paul’s credentials as a high energy interactive speaker, successful business builder and former professional musician provide any conference with a unique blend of busin ...more  Andrew McCombe | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| Did you know that if you were to increase the leads, conversion rate, number of transactions per customer, average dollar spent per customer and margins of your business by only 10% each you will increase the Net Profit of your business by a massive 61%. Imagine if you were to increase each of thes ...more  Di McDonald | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
GET A LIFE – GET A BALANCE | Do you wake up each day full of energy and vitality for the day ahead? Very few people would say an enthusiastic “yes!”. Finding a balance between work, home, health and fun is a daily challenge. People report a sense of well-being when they gain a balance, and invest time in all aspects of their ...more  Matt McFadyen | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Record Breaking Polar Adventurer | Matt McFadyen grew up in suburban Sydney fascinated by the mysteries of life beyond the confines of his home and familiar surroundings. In December 2003, Matt McFadyen ‘the adventurer’ was born when, at the tender age of 22 years, he set sail for Antarctica in the company of five like ...more  Mark McKeon | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
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 Tony Mowbray | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
The Power of Commitment | The Power of Commitment enabled Tony Mowbray to become the fastest Australian to sail solo non stop and unassisted around the world. A record-breaking 181-day adventure that required total focus and unswerving self-belief. It also gave Tony the opportunity to “Look It In The Eye” when he tackled s ...more  David Parkin | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
"Super Coach - Super Manager - Super Leader" | "His Philosophy - Motivating Individuals and Teams" "The Most powerful influence on individual, and especially team performance is the degree of ownership/empowerment which is extended to them by coaches/leaders/managers. Empowerment requires change to traditional relationships between co ...more  Alan Patching | (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
| Alan Patching is a highly successful businessman and internationally recognized communicator on Management, Marketing, Leadership and Motivation. He has been involved in some of Australia’s major construction projects, including: ...more  Wayne Pearce | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| Wayne Pearce has much to offer the corporate conference organiser who is looking for a prominent sporting personality to inject interest, humour and hard won success stories into the conference agenda. In addition to being a professional Rugby League captain and coach at the hig ...more
| Kieren Perkins | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| Kieren Perkins is a hero of the Australian sporting arena. From Captain of Swimming at Brisbane Boys’ College in 1990, to dual Olympic gold medallist just six years later, Kieren has added an impressively long list of awards and achievements to his name. Kieren has held 18 Australian rec ...more  Kerri Pottharst | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
| Kerri Pottharst is undoubtedly one of Australia’s most popular female sporting personalities. She is also Australia’s most decorated Indoor and Beach Volleyball player, having represented her country for an incredible 20 years Pottharst provided one of the Sydney Olympics’ m ...more  Rob Redenbach | (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
| Successful author, consultant and professional speaker, Rob Redenbach provides a variety of learning opportunities which enable individuals and team members to improve performance in pressure situations. Rob Redenbach’s signature presentation, Streetwise Leadershi ...more  Paul Saunders | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Motivational Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Leadership & Business Coach, Sales Trainer, and Change Management Expert | PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND & QUALIFICATIONS Paul is a registered psychologist and business consultant who is a highly regarded facilitator and conference presenter who specialises in change management, team development, sales performance, leadership and business developm ...more  John Shackleton | (Auckland, New Zealand)
| John Shackleton became one of Europe’s top inspirational speakers after achieving phenomenal success in many areas. Successful businessman, international sports coach, property developer, British and New Zealand masters swimming champion, executive coach to CEO’s and MD’s, quite a background! In 200 ...more  Jo Sheils | (Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)
| Jo Sheils is an Australian model, MC and speaker who is on the books of the most prestigious model agency in Australia and many prominent ones throughout Europe, and still works full time globally as a fashion model, having spent many seasons modelling in Milan, Italy, Germany and London. ...more  Janine Shepherd | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Never Tell Me Never | Janine Shepherd’s story reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. A champion cross country skier in training for the Winter Olympics, her life was irrevocably altered when she was run over by a truck during a training bicycle ride to the Blue Mountains. ...more
| Carren Smith | (Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)
Leadership Advisor, Results Coach, NLP Master Practitioner and Author | Following an 18 year, corporate management career based in Sydney, Carren made the move to Sunny Queensland in 2003, where she began working with local businesses and one of Australasia’s largest franchise organizations in Real Estate. Recognising the need for operational and strate ...more  Dr John Smith | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
| Biography – Dr. John Smith Keynote Speaker, Biker, Business Anthropologist, Author, Advocate. Dr. John Smith is the ideal speaker for the challenges and contradictions of our times. At once a business anthropologist and biker gang leader, this former teacher and minister is one of Australia’s mos ...more  Bruce Sullivan | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Keynote Speaker, Author & Business Leader, CSP | Bruce Sullivan has been in the “people business” for over 17 years. A successful businessman and professional speaker, he balances both careers to ensure he is congruent with the demands of today’s modern corporate and social environments. ...more  Shelley Taylor-Smith | (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
| Respected motivational keynote speaker, seven-time world champion marathon swimmer, international best selling author, business trainer and success coach, Shelley Taylor-Smith has proven that any ordinary Australian can achieve extraordinary results; that a Champion Mindset™ can make a difference in ...more  Adam Thompson | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
see it when you believe | As frontman for the award-winning rock band ‘Chocolate Starfish’,Adam Thompson needs little introduction. Over the past three years,Adam has combined his energy, enthusiasm and experience to inspire thousands of students to make their dreams reality. Through his unique motivational pres ...more  Dr. John Tickell | (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
| Dr John Tickell’s simple philosophy is "Moderation in everything ..... except laughter, sex, vegetables and fish". Tickell, credited with pioneering health management clinics in Australia and having developed a pace-setting system of human risk evaluation, has served as a c ...more  Christopher Walker | (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Putting Heart and Soul back into Life and Work | Christopher Walker helps people re connect with their "True Nature". With an MBA, and years of real life application under his belt there are few businessmen who have been as spiritually explorative – or as innovative – as Australian Adventurer and Consultant Christopher Walker. (And chances are few ...more  Scott Williams | (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
*** | Energy radiates from Scott Williams the moment he appears on stage. Bright Gentle clean cut – all words which come to mind as watching Scott capture his audience, he makes each person feel that he is performing just for them. The Daily Telegraph. Sydney Scott is in constant demand ...more |