I've conducted countless strategic planning sessions that result in co-designed documented Strategic Plans for managing change, seeking new direction, getting back on track and ending chaotic disorganisation. Delivering in Darwin and across the Territory and Australia by arrangement.
Organisations like No More and The Women's Innovation Network NT benefitted from everyone having their say, multiple options being presented and a consensus being reached.
No one got into business to do marketing. But it's a neccessary part of the game. Likewise, a lot of us find ourselves doing marketing as part of our multi-disciplinary roles and we're finding the whole online world a little overwhelming.
I have guided over 2000 small businesses through marketing online since 2017 through Business Station and Business Enterprise Centre NT.
I've trained staff from Matt Wright Adventures, Charlies of Darwin, Ocean Buyers Agency, Perth Speech Therapy and even government agencies in the Northern Territory and New South Wales.
Design Thinking is one of those really annoying academic concepts that no one really uses because it's full of jargon that no one understands.
My Design Thinking workshops break down the mess and make it fun and effective for teams looking to build new products, design new services or come up with new ideas for revenue.
I've taught it at Charles Darwin University and Central Queensland University. And I've helped the teams at Darwin Innovation Hub, Catholic Care and City of Darwin get their design thinking breakthroughs.
Organisations can't ignore LinkedIn. Especially when 16 million Aussies are active on it - and they are doing business, finding jobs and unskilling in a time when skills are hard to find and very in-demand.
However, few organisations have a LinkedIn strategy and their executives aren't active on the world's biggest professional platform.
But they are waking up to the opportunity and LinkedIn use has skyrocketed in the last few years.
I was awarded a LinkedIn Top Voice status in 2024: only 300 are awarded globally each year.
I provide training and executive coaching on how to work with LinkedIn for individuals and organisations using a tested and provdem method.
Even if we are not business owners, there's value in employees learning about entrepreneurial thinking.
It's not necessarily about starting businesses. Entrepreneurship helps your team thinking from the point of view beyond just their own role - and to the bigger picture of how organisations operate, and how thinking beyond the routine and set processes can transform an organisation from stagnant to dynamic.
My entrepreneurship workshops are based on both experiences as a serial entrepreneur, my studies with University of NSW in Marketing and Business Information Systems as well as the principles in the curricula that I've taught at Charles Darwin University, Central Queensland University and the Australian Catholic University.
The workshops are highly interactive and practical.
If you're a business without an online presence, you're not in business. However, business treats social media like it's a television or radio ad.
In this comprehensive full-day program, your team will learn about the platforms, the purpose, the best practices, the fine line between brand values and the attention economy as well as forming a content plan for your business that will not only reach your target customer, but lead them to engagement.
The power of public speaking can be used to inspire, move and transform teams. But even at the smallest level, it brings the confidence to speak up in meetings, contribute to team work and collaborate with others. Simply, public speaking is less about TEDtalks and more about everyday use of our voices and our thoughts.
This is what Study NT Student Ambassadors, NT Training Awards Participants, Airport Development Group and Real Estate Institute of the Northern Territory learned when they used this training.
Your staff are already using ChatGPT. Even if they've been told not to. So you could try and. "policy your way out of it" or you could provide the tools and training for them to use it safely and more effectively.
My half-day and full-day AI tools training introduces your team to not only the tools, but to how to best use them to get real work done in a privacy-first and safe way.
You'll learn how to integrate AI into your workflows so that everyone works better, faster and more accurately without compromising data privacy and business confidentiality.
I have been delivering Digital Skills, AI Literacy, Strategic Planning, Design Thinking, Social Media and Crisis Communications training for the public sector for years now through local councils like Coomalie Community Council, West Arnhem Regional Council, Trade & Investmetn Queenland, NSW Health, WA Small Business Development Corporation, Northern Territory and Queensland Governments, Austrade and Ausindustry.
I am also a contracted trainer for the Public Sector Network across all three levels of government in Australia and both levels in New Zealand.
All my training programs are available and contextualised for both your government and local application.
On Friday, I got asked to run a training session on a tool I had never used before. On Sunday, I spent a few hours getting my head around it. On Monday, I stood in front of a room full of people and taught it.
Was I an expert? Absolutely not. Was I a few steps ahead of them? Yep. Did I have all the answers? Not even close. Did they walk away knowing more than they did before? 100% yes.
We’ve all been conditioned to believe that to teach something, you need to have spent years mastering it. But that’s not how it works. If you’re even slightly ahead of someone else, you’ve got enough knowledge to help them.
Think about it—when you learned how to drive, did you need a race car driver to teach you? No. You needed someone who knew the rules, had been through the process, and could help you avoid common mistakes. That’s it.
Or let’s say you just figured out how to set up a website. There are thousands of people out there who have no idea where to start. You don’t need to be a web developer to show them the basics. Helping someone get from zero to one is way more valuable than most people realise.
Most people think you have to know everything to teach. That’s just not true. Teaching is about simplifying things for others and pointing them in the right direction.
I once had to train a team on a website building tool that I had barely used. I didn’t know every single feature, but I knew enough to get them up and running. And when they had questions I couldn’t answer? I showed them where to find the answers. That’s all they needed.
Or imagine you’re great at using LinkedIn, and a fresh graduate wants to start posting but has no clue where to begin. To you, it’s second nature. To them, it’s overwhelming. Sitting down with them and walking them through it could change everything for them. What’s obvious to you is valuable to someone else.
“But can’t people just Google it?” Sure. But most people don’t want to sift through 50 YouTube videos, five online courses, and a hundred blog posts. They want someone to give them a clear, simple path forward. And they’ll pay for that clarity.
Take personal fitness trainers—most of them aren’t elite athletes. They’re people who figured out how to get in shape, took a six week course, and now they help others do the same. That’s why people trust them.
Or consider coding. Maybe you just learned Python last month. Someone with zero experience would love for you to guide them through those painful first steps. To them, you’re an expert.
That’s all for this week. If this resonated with you, share it with someone who might need to hear it.
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