Tania de Jong AM inspiring students

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"Tania was just terrific. She gave an inspiring Occasional Dress to the Graduates. Her speech was encouraging, uplifting, appropriately challenging, and of course, beautifully finished off with a song."
Bill Scales AO, Chancellor, Swinburne University of Technology

“Your speech and song were real masterpieces! YOU REALLY WOWED THEM!”
Sir Gus Nossal AC, The Florey Institute

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Tania is frequently invited to speak to audiences of 10 to 1000 people including university institutions, schools, colleges, graduation ceremonies, businesses, entrepreneurship clubs, governments & communities.

She also presents creative leadership voice workshops to a range of students and other groups encouraging them to find their voice and build a culture of innovation.

SPEAKING TOPICS
    Tania always customises each speech and can develop a keynote topic to suit your specific audience. Here are some topic suggestions:

  • Positive human collisions: the secrets of developing a culture of innovation
  • Creativity and Innovation – how to harness them in your people and organisation?
  • Creative leadership in an era of disruption
  • Dealing with disruption and innovating towards a new future
  • Creativity: the strategic tool of the 21st Century
  • With One Voice – building a united and positive culture
  • Finding your passion and purpose
  • Using your right brain to super-charge your work and life – why the left brain is being replaced by machines!
  • Unleashing potential through creative leadership
  • Profits or Conversations? Creating meaning and purpose in uncertain times
  • Are we educating people out of their creativity?
  • Keys to business success and leadership
  • People or Planet? A new concept of internal ecology
  • Finding creative solutions while competitors are still struggling with problems!
  • Making a difference through creativity and social enterprise – engaging partnerships and communities
  • Social entrepreneurship = social change not social welfare
  • The Artful Human – Redefining intelligence and unleashing creative potential
  • The innovation paradox: Why Australia is falling behind as an innovative nation and what to do about it
  • Challenges, pitfalls, opportunities and celebrations of organising a world class, major event in Australia
  • The shifting business mindset – how business leaders are interpreting innovation and valuing creativity
  • Why music and creativity are fundamental to educating our children

Tania usually commences and/or completes her workshops and speeches with a song or two which brings down the house. She tells stories from her childhood and education and from her various careers, challenges and enterprises to illustrate key points. She has a very warm and engaging style of delivery and receives many questions from the audience at the conclusion of her presentations.

RECENT SPEECHES, WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
  • International Confederation of Principals Keynote Speaker, Singapore
  • Melbourne Business School
  • National Catholic Schools Conference
  • Invergowrie Foundation W E McPherson Oration
  • St Catherine’s School Alumni Lunch
  • Universities incl. Deakin, Swinburne, La Trobe, Melbourne, CQU
  • VECCI and City of Melbourne, Keynote Speaker & Chair of Panel: “Creative City in uncertain times”
  • Creative Innovation Global – Ci2010-Ci2015
  • Committee for Melbourne
  • Australian Secondary Principals Association
  • Serious Women’s Business Conference
  • National Australia Bank – Key Clients Constellation Series
  • Mental Health Foundation of Australia
  • National Conference “Creativity and Resilience” (Mental Health Foundation)
  • Mind and its Potential Conference
  • Australian Centre for Educational Leadership National Conference
  • Ernst & Young
  • Golden Door Health Retreats
  • Melbourne Fire Brigade
  • Not-For-Profit Forum
  • Rotary International
  • VECCI Women in the City Network
  • Other corporate clients include Thiess Services, ANZ, BHP, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Spotlight, David Jones, Veolia, AON, La Trobe University, Centro and Coates

WATCH VIDEOS OF TANIA


Tania de Jong, inspirational keynote speaker for conferences & corporate events

How singing together changes the brain: Tania de Jong AM at TEDxMelbourne

ONE TEAM, ONE VOICE team building, group singing workshop presented by Creative Universe

Tania de Jong, singing highlights video for concerts, corporate & special events
Tania's work is suited to any audience - teachers and students

More Reviews

“Your speech during the CQ University graduation ceremony was extremely impressive. It was an extraordinarily creative and inspiring address, and quite possibly the most memorable I have witnessed in my three and a half years in Melbourne.”
Yasufumi Kotake, Consul-General of Japan, Melbourne

“We were excited to have Tania speak as part of our Excellence Seminar Series. The postgraduate students & staff who attended only had wonderful things to say about her. They found her presentation inspiring, creative, engaging and very personal.”
Monash Postgraduate Association

“Fun, relevant, aspirational and real – your story and ideas tick so many of the reflective boxes yet left us all feeling positive and knowing we have much to do and look forward to both personally and collectively.”
Northcote High School Graduation Oration

“Tania’s presentation was one of the most insightful and entertaining talks we had in recent months. The students and the professors thoroughly enjoyed the engaging talk and learnt about the power of creativity, innovation and collaboration.”
Melbourne Business School

Show Details

Type

incursion

Year Level Suitability

Kinder to 10-12

Curriculum area

The Arts - Music, Business And Economics, Civics And Citizenship, Health And Physical Education

Themes

Leadership, Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Graduation, Ceremonies, Keynote Speakers, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Diversity, Inclusion, Music, Singing, Arts

Artform

Lecture, Live Music, Music Theatre, Workshop

Duration

Can be tailored

Cost

Prices depend on the event, the location, number of performers and so many variables. It's just better to contact us and discuss

School Term:
Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4

Availability

Melbourne based, but available Australia wide

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