David Venter: Nelson Mandela, Negotiation and Conflict Management
Professor David Venter was born in South Africa where as Director General of all Government communication he assisted Nelson Mandela during the transition from apartheid to democracy. He then specialised as a negotiation and mediation instructor. He came into contact with numerous world leaders.
Samuel Chelpka: Poetry for a Change
Samuel Chelpka is most known for his memorisation and recitation of poetry from a young age. He was 3 years old when he recited Billy Collin’s ‘Litany’ and became a Youtube sensation. When Samuel was 4 years old he met his poetic hero at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. How many 4-year-olds have poets as heroes? Samuel […]
Drew Dudley: Leading with Lollipops
”How many of us have a ‘lolly-pop’ moment when someone said something or did something that fundamentally made our lives better? How many of us have told that person they did that? We celebrate birthdays, where all you have to do is not die for 365 days and yet we let people who have made […]
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalising the local, localising the Global
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani is a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar. She talks about how art and culture create a country’s identity and allow every country to share its unique identity with the wider world. She says: “We don’t want to be all the same, but we […]
Cath Dwyer: Community and Media Collaboration for Digital Storytelling
First there were the broadcasters, then there was peer-to-peer media sharing. ABC Open sits where the two converge: a conduit for the flow of stories and ideas between the ‘active audience’ and the National Broadcaster. After one year, and thousands of contributions from regional Australia, Cath Dwyer has presented the case for community participation in […]
