I’m driven to enable people find and have voice.
Currently:
- back in Aotearoa New Zealand and smiling hard because my ‘public speaking lesson you never got’ TEDx talk is now featured on on ted.com
- coach leaders in honing powerful spoken stories either 1-2-1 & / or in groups via talks, full-day masterclasses (foundation / advanced levels) plus the brand new offering, the Purposeful Storytelling Impact Course
- consult on crafting delicious learning experiences (see below)
- recently launched the ‘Mundane Series‘ art offers based on real life events
- author of Speaking With Purpose: A guide to delivering impressive presentations!
- refocusing the ‘Presenting Engagingly Online‘ course (radically increase your online storytelling & presenting skills) to a bespoke client / webinar experience only
- have been online since 1994, blogging since 2001, audio podcasting since 2006, video podcasting since 2007 plus
tweeting since April 2007(no longer tweemailing but still curate digital breadcrumbs for others to follow) - share everything through the CC BY-SA 4.0 license
Previously:
- crafted delicious learning experiences on a scale of 10 to 1,000 attendees (5,000 people watching online) for a cross-sector list of lovely clients (plus do in-studio content creations like this)
- spent nearly a decade as the pro-bono license-holder of TEDxWellington (known globally and celebrated by ted.com for it’s bold delegate experiences) and a special TEDxWellingtonWomen event (the first ever xWomen event with gender parity globally) & mentored other TEDx’s starting up in NZ (shortlisted as Wellingtonian of the Year 2017 for this work)
- produced 50 episodes of the beautifully unique podcast, Creative Welly, courageous conversations with bold humans (reviewed here)
- founded, bank-rolled and delivered three Creative Leadership NZ conferences (every one sold out, made a profit and had over 200 participants)
- did a 14month stint as Activation Manager establishing Collider, a city-wide programme (delivering nearly 200 events with over 5000 attendees averaging quality rating of 4.2 and above (out of 5))
- authored Zen And The Heart Of Social Media
- spoken at four TEDx’s (Nelson, York, Cardiff, Amsterdam)
- produced over 200 podcasts (before it was cool) from 2006 & started vodcasting in 2007
- created award-winning The Web Makes Me Feel project
- founded MediaSnackers (a leading social media training and consulting agency from 2006-2011)
- spoken and advised on five continents regarding digital strategies for folks like The Gates Foundation, UNICEF, BBC, Ubisoft, Welsh Assembly, Hasbro, global city developer IBI Group etc
- founded CEO and executive-level mentoring firm, Social Media For Suits (‘paused’ in 2011 along with MediaSnackers)
- four years as a mentor for Culture Hive Marketing Academy
- been a Social Media Manager for national education organisation, CORE Education
- spent 14 months as a business designer in a design-thinking agency
- worked in various levels of local government and was the UK’s first & only (at that time), Corporate Youth Officer… oooh!
- most of my school reports had “could do better” on them…
Yes, DK is my (legal) name. Just a D and a K.
Diva speaking / masterclass requirements:
– Don’t do panels / speak for free (unless it’s a wholly run volunteer initiative) / participate in events with no gender / cultural balance;
– Presentations / masterclasses are delivered via Keynote (I use MacBook and if needed have a HDMI converter plus bluetooth clicker), just require a large screen TV with speakers (as there will be video clips shown) or high fidelity projector in dark room (or capability to control the lighting as to not ‘wash-out’ the presentation – please no projecting on coloured wall as degrades the experience), a large enough room with classroom or theater seating with room for breakout / individual work stations;
– A lapel mic is preferred (if a big room / lots of humans) or hand held mic, as don’t do lecterns;
– Am gluten / dairy / (processed) sugar / (hot) spice free.
Thanks and appreciate your time on this, happy to chat to provide clarity.