Booking international speakers and facilitators that are already coming to Australia can give you a great draw card for your event, a fresh point of view, as well as substantially reducing the cost of bringing in an international speaker or facilitator yourself. To see who else will be visiting our shores click here.

Peter Sheahan Visiting from: US Dates: Dec 2010 & 30 Mar - 4 Apr 2011 Peter Sheahan has spent over a decade teaching businesses how to flip their thinking and find new opportunities where others cannot.			David Houle Visiting from: US Dates: 17-24 Feb 2011 David Houle has always been slightly ahead of the curve and is consistently ranked as one of the top futurists and futurist speakers in the world.			Tim Gard Visiting from: US Dates: 10-23 Oct 2010 Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE is a drop-dead funny, laugh-out-loud humorist who consistently delivers a rejuvenating and immediately applicable message to audiences world wide.			Mark Webber Visiting from: UK Dates: 27 Sept - 19 Oct 2010 Mark Webber, known world wide for his outstanding F1 performances, his down to earth attitude and determination to win!

We asked the question, "What inspires you?"

Hear what four of our speakers had to say... watch them live!

Brisbane Showcase: Don't Miss It!

Save the date, 15th September! We have an exciting line up of speakers for you at The Hilton Hotel in Brisbane. The room will be a hubbub with key learnings and insights provided by keynote speakers. On the day we will have Peter Baines, Australia's hottest leadership speaker and pioneering socialprenuer illustrating why Leadership Matters; Rowdy McLean, the difference between average and awesome will be talking about Getting it right! Service Excellence; Ngahihi Bidois is an international speaker and author who will wow you with his Ancient Wisdom Modern Solutions,  while Adam Fraser will show you and your organisation how to get into the Art of Flow. Plus our guest speaker Stephen Lundin, recognised as the bestselling author of the FISH! series of books! A not to be missed event. Register here.

New to Ovations

Welcome to Jan Sinclair who joined the fabulous Ovations sales team this month! A lovely lass from Scotland and quite a character, Jan is an event management and event marketing professional with over 20 years experience. Prior to Jan joining Ovations she was at Financial Review Conferences for 2.5 years and she previously headed up the events team at Asgard Wealth Solutions for 7 years. Jan brings insight to the team in having had the 'insider's view' as a corporate event manager. She will really 'get' the best out of your speakers and entertainers that will provide you with a truly memorable event experience.

Speaker Showcase Video Stream

Ovations are leading the way!

Seen for the first time, we can now bring you a video stream of our Sydney and Melbourne Showcases held in June and July this year; courtesy of our sponsors Viocorp. So if you weren't able to make these spectacular events, we can bring them to you!

Follow the links and register to see for yourself the array of talented speakers the Ovations team can provide that can quite simply add the finishing touch to your event or conference. Click here. 

A Standing Ovation for LJ Hooker

Peter Baines not only continues to astound, move and motivate our clients with his keynote presentations; he helps raise funds and awareness for his charity Hands Across the Water. Pete’s message was completely relevant and especially poignant when he spoke at the LJ Hooker Real Estate conference in Thailand recently. The delegates of LJ Hooker personally contributed over $100,000 to Peter’s charity: Hands Across the Water. The amazing thing about this is the delegates weren't asked to support Hands, it wasn't scripted it was just an emotional response to the messages and reflected the wonderful, generosity of the group. EVERY single cent raised will go to the children in the orphanages.

Hands Across the Water is Australia’s fastest growing boutique charity supporting the children in Thailand who were orphaned by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami; it is currently shaking up the charity sector having raised over $2.5 million (AUD) without spending one cent of donor’s money on administrative costs since its inception four years ago. All costs that are incurred in the running of the charity are absorbed by Peter and other Board members.
 

FROM COMFORT TO CHALLENGE 

Presented By Afterburners, Mark Bragg & Martin West

Good questions move people from their comfort zone to their challenge zone.

In recent years we have come to understand that perhaps the single greatest tool you have as a leader, manager and coach to bring improvement - is the question. Being able to ask constructive but incisive questions is the art of coaching improvement. Managers sometimes feel the need to instruct and tell, rather than to lead. Certainly there is a time for instruction and direction, but asking good questions can make a huge difference to how people approach their performance and the challenges they face.

We have often been both frustrated and saddened when we see good people in teams with potential go through the motions with little change to the team dynamic and no one challenging the norm. They are well and truly planted in their comfort zone and in this environment improvement is unlikely and outstanding performance almost impossible. Yet so many times we have seen a room light up, a meeting become interesting and people become engaged just because someone dared to ask a question and challenge the norm.

Dare to ask - How can we do this better! From there anything is possible.

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