VIC|TAS State Meeting - How to Be An Expert

  • 21 Aug 2017
  • 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Bayview on the Park, 52 Queens Road, Melbourne

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How to be an Expert with Peter Cook

Peter Cook is an expert... in how to be an expert! As the CEO of Thought Leaders, he has made a career of helping clever people be commercially smart. In this funny, enlightening and informative presentation, he'll walk you through the key decisions you need to make to run a commercially successful thought leadership practice.


About Peter Cook

As the CEO of Thought Leaders, Peter Cook has a wealth of experience when it comes to leveraging your expertise for maximum impact. Together with business partner Matt Church, he has impacted the careers of some of the most influential speakers in the speaking industry - people like Jason Fox, Gabrielle Dolan, Dan Gregory, and Lisa O'Neill.

With a keen understanding of the commercial implications of expertise, Pete has a unique and valuable insight for everyone who has a message to share with the world. If you want to do work you love, with people you like, the way you want, you've come to the right place.
Pre-Session Panel

For our August event we will have a panel of speakers including Yvonne Adele CSP, Carson White and Joanne Woo. They will give you the low down on why they select or reject speakers for their events/conferences

  • What are their criteria?
  • Is price the only variable?
  • What else, apart from topic, is important to event organisers?
About Carson White
Carson White has 20 years’ experience working with professional speakers. For 18 of those years, he was a consultant at ICMI Speakers and Entertainers. During his time at ICMI, he worked with a diverse range of speakers. His role was to guide clients and recommend the most appropriate speaker for their conference or event. In addition, Carson also guided many speaker’s careers. He has always been very willing to provide his ideas and insights into what he believes makes a good professional speaker and professional speaking business. In December 2016, with his former colleague at ICMI Simone Ashton, they created one of Australia’s only true professional speaker management companies, Leading Voice.

About Joanne Woo

Joanne leads the communications function for GE in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. She oversees the communications strategy to drive reputation and growth for GE in the region and leads a team which is responsible for brand, PR, digital, thought leadership and culture communications.

Joanne is a strong advocate for diversity in the workplace, providing coaching and mentorship to people internally and externally. And is actively involved in the Superstars of STEM program, Women in Renewables and GE's Balancing the Equation.

About Yvonne Adele CSP

A Microsoft graduate, Yvonne created the Ms Megabyte brand/persona in the mid 90ʹs. This led to a national media profile and best-selling book (Conquer Your Computer). Ms Megabyte was also the author of Australia’s PCs for Dummies, and a Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist.

A successful speaking and business consulting career has continued, driven by demand for Yvonne’s expertise, fresh thinking and get-up-and-go!

Yvonne is a CSP who has over 15 years experience as a leading MC and speaker.

Program

5:00 - 5:30 Arrival with tea and coffee
4:45 - 5:30 CSP ONLY session with Main Speaker and Panelists
5:30 - 6:15 Pre-session Panel, including Yvonne Adele CSP, Carson White and Joanne Woo
6:15 - 7:00 Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 Main presentation – Peter Cook
8:30 - 8.45 Wrap up and conclusion
8:45 on Networking in the bar