PSA Convention 23

Together, in person once again!

We’ll be exploring four elements that are critical to taking a fresh approach to our speaking work from 2023 and into the future:

• Fresh Content
• Fresh Business
• Fresh Focus
• Fresh Approach

Make a fresh start to 2023 and join us in Melbourne in March.

Register Today!

Coming to Melbourne

Convention will be held in Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and Showtime Events Centre, South Wharf, from Friday 24 to Monday 27 March, with four magnificent days of keynotes, workshops, breakouts and networking, all built around the very apt theme of “Fresh”.

You’ll enjoy the wisdom of more than 40 speakers with fresh content that’s never been seen before at a PSA Convention.

View the Program

Four awesome days of Convention 2023 are set to including:

• Pre Convention Workshops
• Official Convention Opening
• Networking Function
• Formal Convention Sessions
• Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony
• Post Convention Workshops or Platform Professionals Summit
  

Featuring:

• Max Markson – Celebrity agent
• Reggie Sorenson – Big Brother 2003 and 2022
• Adrian Swift – Channel 9

View Full Program

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Dan Gregory

Dan Gregory is the co-founder of The Behaviour Report. • He led the creative & strategic team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history. • Developed strategies for the Australian Navy, Professional Services, Banks and Retailers. • Has won creativity and marketing effectiveness awards around the world. • Works with the School of Psychology & The School of Business at Western Sydney University on the business of human behaviour. • Spent three years working on the stand up comedy circuit in the UK, Europe & US. • Is a social commentator on The Gruen Transfer, Sunrise, The Today Show & Studio 10. • Co-hosts “A show called Brandin’” for LinkedIn and “The Behaviour Report” show.

Maz Farrelly

Maz has been to more showbiz parties than Kim Kardashian’s Spanx and down more red carpets than a Dyson vacuum. Her contacts read like the toilet queue at the Oscars and her loo is packed full of international awards – BAFTAS, Logies, Astras, Royal Television Society Awards, National Comedy Awards, a Bronze Rose De Montreux, the works. Maz has been the big boss of the biggest TV shows in the world, with the biggest teams, budgets, audiences and superstars – five series of Big Brother, The X Factor, The Farmer Wants A Wife, The Celebrity Apprentice, Dancing with the Stars and she is the co-creator of the long standing ABC current affairs show, Q&A. Her content has been watched more than eight BILLION times, her latest documentary beat 60 others to take the top prize at The Sanctuary Cove Film Festival, and she once created so much social traffic, she broke Twitter.

Dale Beaumont CSP

Dale Beaumont is an Award-Winning Technology Entrepreneur, International Speaker and the Author of 19 Best-Selling books. Dale started his first business at the age of 19 and has been building companies ever since. One of those companies is now a multimillion-dollar enterprise, which has enabled Dale to become an avid investor, charity supporter and travel with his wife Katherine and two sons to more than 85 different countries. As a result of his success, Dale has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Gizmodo and GQ, just to name a few.

Lindsey Leigh Hobson

Lindsey Leigh Hobson elevates forward-thinking organisations and their emerging leaders to create the ultimate next-generation of leadership. Drawing on her current experiences as an emerging leader and a manager, Lindsey Leigh will show today’s new starters, early career talent, graduates and first-time managers how to be your innovating leaders of tomorrow. Individuals who are confident and capable of taking your business to new levels of success, while adopting methods and technologies that simply don’t exist today. After all, who better to bridge the gap between your management and your emerging leaders than someone who is both? Lindsey Leigh is an active team manager across multiple industries, an award-winning Speaker, and a qualified Life Coach.

Lisa McInnes-Smith   B.Ed.  CSP  CPAE

From Sport Psychologist to teacher to Professional Speaker, Lisa’s goals have always centred around helping people do life better. Over her 35 years of experience in our industry, Lisa has inspired more than 2½ million adults, in person, across 30 countries. During Covid she has reached thousands more online. Her first major achievement was influencing over a million Aussie teenagers. While serving our industry, Lisa has established a few highlights along the way: Two-time National President. Nevin Award winner 1995. Chair of the PSA Ethics Committee (7 years). PSA Life Member. First Aussie to address a General Session at NSA (USA) National Convention. First Aussie inducted into the international Speaker Hall of Fame (CPAE). Lisa loves inspiring fellow speakers to contribute their gifts right across our society.