INSPIRATIONAL, CHALLENGE & ADVERSITY
Adversity, stress, change, survival, power of positive thinking, obstacles, inspirational stories

 

Alan W Altmann (USA)

Leading empowerment authority and author of “Personal Empowerment and From Revival to Ruin”. Topics include Personal Empowerment, Family Empowerment and Believers in Business.

 

Peter Baines (NSW)

Detective Inspector of Operations within the Forensic Services Group of the NSW Police Force, disaster management specialist and co founder of Hands Across the Water. Topics include leadership, handling political pressures, communication when no one speaks the same language, creativity, goals and outcome, how to keep your head, team building and transition.

 

Jason Barrell (NZ)

Dyslexic ex professional rugby player and tumour survivor. Topics include surviving change, stress, hardship, adversity and challenge, goal setting and transforming attitudes.

 

Yvonne Bornstein (USA)

Kidnapping/hostage survivor and author of “Eleven Days of Hell.” Topics include empowerment, growth, challenge and overcoming trauma.

 

Debbie Carr (NSW)

Principal of Coyote Management International Speakers Bureau, speaker and MC. Topics include depression, suicide, impact on those left behind, coping mechanisms, Crohn’s Disease, determination and laws of attraction.

 

Perry Cross (QLD)

Ventilated quadriplegic. Topics include challenge, the human spirit and overcoming the odds.

 

Catherine DeVrye CSP (NSW)

Best selling author, former IBM executive, past winner of the Australian Executive Woman of the Year Award. Also assisted with the establishment of Life Be In It fitness campaign on behalf of the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Education and Sport. Topics include customer service, change and turning obstacles to opportunities in professional and personal lives.

 

Chad Hymas CSP (USA)

Quadriplegic, wheelchair athlete and founder of professional speaking company Chad Hymas Communications, Inc. Topics include leadership, customer service, teambuilding, mastering change and safety.

 

David Ireland (NSW)

David tells entertaining real life adventure stories about his wild life film expeditions as well as his motivational story of struggling with speaking, lack of self confidence and health problems as a boy. Topics include “The Power of Visualisation" and "Painting Pictures in the Subconscious."

 

Richard McCann (UK)

Author of “Just a Boy”, son of the first victim of the Yorkshire Ripper and survivor of a childhood of abuse, pain and neglect. Topics include 10 steps to an incredible life, adopting an I can attitude and beating the challenge.

 

Tim McPherson (VIC)

Territorial Director - Major Gifts, Salvation Army and founder of Project 614, The Soapbox and the J10 Outreach Program. Topics include maximising potential and natural abilities.

 

W Mitchell (USA)

Motorcycle accident, plane crash survivor and author. Topics include challenge, change and courage.

 

Kerri Pottharst (NSW)

Champion volleyball player. Topics include team building (corporate days at the beach) and insights into the world of elite and olympic sport.

 

Janine Shepherd (NSW)

Champion cross-country skier, partial paraplegic, pilot, aerobatics instructor and author of “Never Tell Me Never”. Story of defying the odds and winning, courage and strength.

 

Carren Smith (QLD)

Survivor of the Bali Bombing and suicide of her de facto, expert in the Psychology of success and leadership and CEO of Quantum Leadership Group. Topics include training, leadership technology, negotiation, recruitment strategies, profitability and productivity enhancement techniques.

 

Shelley Taylor-Smith (NSW)

7-time World No.1 Women’s Marathon Swimming Champion, author and CEO of Champion Mindset® Consulting. Story of triumph over scoliosis, partial paralysis, benign breast tumour and chronic fatigue syndrome with the underlying message “if you don’t quit, you will make it.”

 

Tashi Tenzing (Kathmandu)

Trekking expedition leader, Mt Everest climber and grandson of Tenzing Norgay who, with Sir Edmund Hillary, made the First Ascent of Mount Everest. Tashi leads trekking trips in Nepal (Everest), Tibet, Pakistan, Kashmir, Indian Himalaya and Antarctica and presentations include “Tenzing and the Sherpas of Everest”, a multimedia presentation of his life on and off the mountain.