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Are you looking for professional and experienced speakers on topics related to living in a digital world to deliver a keynote at your event? Then you’ve come to the right place!

We have been speaking at events of a wide range of topics for over 10 years yet we pride ourselves on staying relevant, and adaptable to market trends.

Our speakers are sought after and experienced and are called on to speak at a wide range of events – both online and offline.

We pride ourselves on preparing quality presentations on relevant topics and delivering them in a way that will really hit the mark at your next event.

Be assured that by using The Training Collective you are accessing only the best in talent and that better still, we’ll be professional, but fun to work with!

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Watch Our Founder Yvette Speaking at TedX!

SPEAKER FOR YOUTH AUDIENCES

Having started her first business at just 17 years old and having started five more businesses before the age of 40, Yvette is now often called on as a motivational youth speaker.

She hosted her own online show featuring Australia’s best up and coming young entrepreneurs called ‘Young Entrepreneurs’ which can be accessed on YouTube or via the popular app BizVersity. A mother of two teens and a step Mum to two more, she wrote a book ‘No Kidding – Why Kids Know More About Technology Than Us and What We Can Do About It’ which she released in 2014 with much media coverage.

With her fast paced, authentic and fun delivery style she appeals to both young audiences and their influencers (parents, carers, and teachers and as such has been brought in to motivate and speak at many schools, fundraisers and more.

Through her motivational speaking in front of teenagers and students she has inspired and informed hundreds of youths, and would love the opportunity to give a motivational speech at your next event too!

Yvette is a highly accomplished and versatile young motivational speaker and is as comfortable talking about her personal journey of starting her first business at 17 and selling it, as she is about her personal struggles of having people take her seriously as a young ambitious female on her way to the top.

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PAST EVENTS

  • Local Government Association Queensland Youthipedia event
  • Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) – Young Entrepreneurs
  • Beacon Foundation – Lunch with the Girls + Girls at Risk programs
  • Y-Business – mini conference for young entrepreneurs run by Sunshine Coast libraries
  • Emerald High School – Keynote
  • All Saints College – Perth – Keynote to parents – evening session
  • Maroochydore High School – Keynote
  • Sunshine Coast Grammar
  • Digital Careers – International Women’s Day Event – Brisbane
  • Edutech – Australasia’s largest Education & Technology event
  • Silicon Coast – the Sunshine Coast’s digital community

SPEAKER FOR YOUTH AUDIENCES

Having started her first business at just 17 years old and having started five more businesses before the age of 40, Yvette is now often called on as a motivational youth speaker.

She hosted her own online show featuring Australia’s best up and coming young entrepreneurs called ‘Young Entrepreneurs’ which can be accessed on YouTube or via the popular app BizVersity. A mother of two teens and a step Mum to two more, she wrote a book ‘No Kidding – Why Kids Know More About Technology Than Us and What We Can Do About It’ which she released in 2014 with much media coverage.

With her fast paced, authentic and fun delivery style she appeals to both young audiences and their influencers (parents, carers, and teachers and as such has been brought in to motivate and speak at many schools, fundraisers and more.

Through her motivational speaking in front of teenagers and students she has inspired and informed hundreds of youths, and would love the opportunity to give a motivational speech at your next event too!

Yvette is a highly accomplished and versatile young motivational speaker and is as comfortable talking about her personal journey of starting her first business at 17 and selling it, as she is about her personal struggles of having people take her seriously as a young ambitious female on her way to the top.

A SAMPLE OF EVENTS YVETTE HAS SPOKEN AT

  • Local Government Association Queensland Youthipedia event
  • Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) – Young Entrepreneurs
  • Beacon Foundation – Lunch with the Girls + Girls at Risk programs
  • Y-Business – mini conference for young entrepreneurs run by Sunshine Coast libraries
  • Emerald High School – Keynote
  • All Saints College – Perth – Keynote to parents – evening session
  • Maroochydore High School – Keynote
  • Sunshine Coast Grammar
  • Digital Careers – International Women’s Day Event – Brisbane
  • Edutech – Australasia’s largest Education & Technology event
  • Silicon Coast – the Sunshine Coast’s digital community

SPEAKERS FOR STARTUP, ENTREPRENEURIAL & BUSINESS AUDIENCES

Having started six businesses, sold two, acquired one and now running three in a variety of industries, Yvette Adams is well equipped to inspire & motivate startup, entrepreneurial and business audiences.

Starting all of her businesses with zero capital, and bootstrapping all the way in an era where there was little to no support for startups; many businesses small and large have been inspired by Yvette’s journey, and love her authentic way of conveying the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur and business owner of multiple businesses which have been recognised in multiple business awards.

As a pioneer & now leader in the digital marketing and social media space, Yvette launched her first online business selling teeshirts in 2002 when her biggest barrier to sale was getting her customers to transact online via PayPal.

She sold the business in 2006 for five figures, and in 2007 whilst juggling a 3 year old and new born baby, started The Creative Collective, a full service creative agency offering digital marketing services such as SEO, PPC and social media services.

By 2008 she had begun public speaking, and in 2010 she won a significant contract with Queensland Government to develop and deliver webinars on a wide range of topics to thousands of small businesses. Since then she has developed and delivered multiple programs for local, state and Federal levels of Government helping thousands of businesses to succeed in an increasingly digital world.

She has been recognised with many accolades for her extensive work in digital up-skilling small businesses, including being named a Digital Champion in 2016 by the Queensland Government, being named ICT Woman of the Year at the iAwards in 2013 and winning the Telstra Business Women’s Awards in 2010 in the Business Owner category. Today she is one of only 11 official Facebook Community Trainers in Australia & NZ & regularly assists businesses to harness the power of social media.

A SAMPLE OF EVENTS YVETTE HAS SPOKEN AT

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors (multiple engagements)
  • Queensland Police Service – International Womens Day Luncheon
  • Griffith Business School
  • Cetnaj National Conference
  • AIIA Networking Event
  • Future Social Media Strategy Forum
  • TedX Bundaberg
  • Business Connect Advisor
  • IT Queensland
  • Business Blueprint events
  • WALGA – Western Australia Local
  • Government Association Convention
  • Storage Association of Australia
  • Australian Consulting Architects – Queensland & Northern Territory Branch
  • Queensland Independent Publishers
  • Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce

SPEAKER FOR FEMALE AUDIENCES

Yvette is one of Australia’s leading female entrepreneurs and as such is regularly called on to inspire and motivate female audiences. Having started six businesses, sold two and acquired one, and from being the Chair of the Australia Institute of Company Directors Sunshine Coast committee for two years, and Chairing the Knowledge & Professional Services Taskforce for the Sunshine Coast Council for two years, she is a strong advocate for diversity and female leadership. Similar to the leadership style of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden (Yvette’s birth country), Yvette is a firm believer in the power of leading in an authentic & kind manner in line with her core company values of RESPECT, TRUST & KINDNESS, and has many stories of how she has demonstrated this in her career, and been challenged on it.

Yvette has been recognised with multiple business awards as a successful business woman and leader including the 2013 ICT Woman of the Year at the national iAwards (the IT industries most prestigious awards), the Commonwealth Bank Business Owner of the Year Award at the Telstra Business Women’s Awards Queensland against a field of 4200, and the Entrepreneurial Award and the Employer of Choice at the 2012 Women in IT Awards.

As a female inspirational speaker, she has inspired and informed audiences of all backgrounds and genders, and would love the opportunity to be an inspirational female speaker at your next event too!

A SAMPLE OF PAST EVENTS YVETTE HAS SPOKEN AT

  • Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Breakfast
  • MACKAY – Inspirational Business Women’s Network Breakfast
  • League of Extraordinary Women Breakfast
  • Telstra Business Womens Awards Alumni panel
  • Women in Technology – multiple events
  • Business Hub event for Haven Magazine – Gold Coast
  • BPW Caboolture – multiple occasions
  • Beacon Foundation – Lunch with the Girls + Girls at Risk programs

Keynotes

  • Storage Association of Australia
  • Australian Consulting Architects – Queensland & Northern Territory Branch
  • Queensland Independent Publishers
  • Queensland Police Service – International Womens Day Luncheon
  • Mt Isa Chamber of Commerce
  • RDA Wheatbelt region
  • IT Queensland
  • Make Haste Expo (aged health care)
  • QuestNet
  • Sunshine Coast Grammar
  • Business Blueprint events (Sydney)
  • WALGA – Western Australia Local Government Association Convention

Panelists & Guest Speaking

  • Click Digital Expo – Brisbane
  • QUT
  • iAwards Masterclass 2013 & 2014
  • University of the Sunshine Coast
  • SAE Creative Media Institute
  • River City Labs
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Terri Cooper Networking events – multiple occasions

Check Out Yvette’s Speaker Show Reel

MC Roles

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors – AICD
  • Edutech – Australasia’s largest Education & Technology event
  • Silicon Coast – the Sunshine Coast’s digital community

Private conferences/trainings

  • GJ Gardner
  • Women in Technology
  • Integration with other marketing channels
  • In the Booth franchisee conference

SPEAKERS

Yvette Adams

Heather Porter

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Katrina Lees

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Testimonials

Thank you Yvette, Zoe, Paul, Anthony and everyone involved in the program – I enjoyed every aspect of it! Beside providing me with tools with which to improve my online presence, it gave me confidence to go on. There is so much information packed in these twelve weeks, it is invaluable!
MARIE-HELENE BLACKMORE
The best thing about the training was that it exceeded my expectations and I gained a valuable insight into how using Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest can further grow our online business.
BYO Participant
I gained new insight into social media and latest online trends such as ‘influencers’ and ‘SEO’.
BYO Participant

“Excellent. Explained a lot of information in an easily understandable way.”

Connecting Up Webinar Participant

“Thanks Yvette! Your valuable review of our firm’s LinkedIn presence, training presentation and handy tips have certainly enlightened us and given us quite a bit to work on to improve and maximise our engagement in this space.”

Danielle Burns
The course provides information to allow me to take control of my website and digital marketing. Prior to this, I was at the mercy of the people I was paying who would all too often provide what they wanted instead of what I’d asked for. AS a business owner, understanding new technologies is as important as understanding your accounts, because if you don’t you are vulnerable. You don’t have to do it yourself, but you need to have a basic understanding of what can be done, and this course provided me with that understanding. Read more
TATIANA PORTER

“A great presentation which gave me more confidence to be able to manage my website better.”

Connecting Up Webinar Participant
“This was so helpful. Covered all the topics I’ve been stuck on and the session was well-structured and well-paced and presented.”

Connecting Up Webinar Participant
You have not only taught us the information we need to know now to keep our businesses up to date but you have also shown us the resources to enable us to look up and keep learning in the future.
SUE JACKSON
This session empowered me to further explore and use social media for our business purposes.  The trainer was both entertaining and informative, making a daunting subject for me achievable and fun.
BYO Participant