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Sarah is one of Australia’s leading independent purpose-led transformation consultants, brand visionaries and strategists. Her proven methodology has helped multiple organisations and brands uncover and define their purpose, simplify and articulate their brand messages with confidence, and unite their team around a shared, transformative vision. An experienced, certified Leadership Coach, persuasive presenter and influential communicator, Sarah has written and facilitated over a hundred workshops, including dozens to uncover organisational/brand Purpose from within.

Over the past 17 years, Sarah has seen the brands she has helped increase sales by as much as 70 per cent, whilst saving her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars by avoiding costly business decisions and ineffective marketing. She firmly believes that successful brands are driven by the passion and motivation of the people behind them. She excels at engaging people and tapping into their intrinsic motivation to ensure brand and business success at every level. Her curiosity and fascination for brand storytelling drive her to unearth the reasons businesses do what they do, thereby uncovering insights of immense transformative value. Ever curious and passionate about her subject, she never stops learning and shares her knowledge through mentoring, thought leadership articles and as a highly engaging event speaker.

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Dr Michael Birrell obtained his BA(Hons) in Archaeology at Sydney University in 1988 and subsequently received an MA and a PhD in Egyptology from Macquarie University. He is a part-time lecturer and tutor in the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University and has taught a number of courses for Continuing Education. He has worked on numerous archaeological excavations in both Egypt and Israel, and has travelled widely in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Dr Birrell has research interests in ancient Egyptian religion and government, and is currently writing a book on New Kingdom temple architecture.

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Pooja Mittal Biswas is the author of nine books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, with her ninth book, a collection of poetry, due to be released by Cordite Books in 2022. She has been reviewed and interviewed in The Age, The Australian and ABC Radio National’s The Book Show, and has been anthologised in both The Best Australian Poems and The Best Australian Poetry. Pooja has written for Writer’s Digest and has been widely published in literary journals such as Meanjin, Cordite, TEXT, Hecate and Jacket. Pooja is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Sydney, where she was awarded the Stanley Sinclair Bequest Scholarship for poetry. She is a sessional academic teaching Creative Writing at both the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University, and she also teaches several courses of her own design at Writing NSW, Writers Victoria and the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education. She has been invited to speak at literary festivals such as the Emerging Writers’ Festival and the National Young Writers’ Festival. While still living in New Zealand, she was selected as the country's national representative for UNESCO’s Babele Poetica project.

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Daniel Bittoun has a BA in French language and literature and an MA in Applied Linguistics. He is also an Australian Film & Television School postgraduate (AFTV). Daniel has extensive French language teaching experience having taught at numerous schools, colleges in the Middle East, UK and NSW and universities such as UNSW, UTS and New England. He has developed several distance education and e-learning courses for the Department of Education, Tafe and Open Learning.

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Sam Bizri is an award-winning eLearning Designer, Lecturer, EDUpreneur.

Experienced lecturer and educational designer with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry in the areas of online teaching and learning. Skilled EDUpreneur with good track record in assisting StartUps and training organisations with online education strategies and implementation.

Sam is certified in many learning management systems and has won the Catalyst eLearining Award at the Global Blackboard Conference in 2014.

Sam’s current interest is in the areas of new disruptive technologies such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and the effect/possibilities they may bring to the field of future teaching and learning. He has been teaching eCommerce, Digital Marketing, eLearning for more than ten years.

Sam graduated with a degree in adult education (UTS), masters in Business and Technology (UNSW) and Masters in eLearning (UTS). He is a strong believer of lifelong learning.

Catalyst Award Winner and Certified Trainer.

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Richard is a Latin Teacher at the Scots School College, Bellevue Hill Sydney and was formerly the Senior Latin and Ancient History Master at TSC.

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Hayden Blain. Tutor of CCE

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Trena Blair. Tutor of CCE

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Paul Blayney is a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Sydney, specialising in management accounting. His research and teaching interests are in the area of computer assisted education. In this regard he has developed a computerised assignment-marking system that has been used in various courses in the accounting discipline for more than 10 years. Paul is currently enrolled as a PhD student in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales.

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Annie is an experienced trainer and facilitator who has worked in the HIV/AIDS and alcohol and other drugs sector since 1990. Annie is a dynamic and engaging trainer and facilitator. Annie’s unique skill is her ability to connect with and engage audiences from different countries, cultures and demographics. She has taught and facilitated workshops on a variety of alcohol and drugs and social issues all over Australia and in places as diverse as Indonesia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Turkey and the Netherlands.