Experience

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  CCS Disability Action

  • New Zealand
  • Civic and Social Organizations
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Service Coordinator

    • Nov 2021 - Present

  • Service Coordinator - Wairoa

    • Dec 2021 - Present

    I advocate for disabled children and teenagers to get them the support they need to enable them to lead their best lives.

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  Confidence Company

  • Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

  • Founder of the Confidence Company and Confidence Coach

    • Jan 2016 - Present
    • Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

    'The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power but self-rejection', Henri Nouwen.I unlock and unblock confidence, through coaching, specialising in the imposter syndrome, self sabotage and the critic's voice, that nasty, intensely negative voice. 'You cannot change what you refuse to confront' John Spence.

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  The Skills Organisation Inc

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Contractor

    • 2016 - Nov 2022
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Provide career coaching to clients who are being made redundant by looking at their mindset, confidence, resilience, emotional and mental wellbeing, explore other options and challenge their thinking. I support them with their CVs, cover letters, provide advice with their STAR's or key competencies, role plays for the interview, body language and questions and looking and sounding confident.

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  Karamu High School

  • Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

  • Speech and Drama Teacher

    • Feb 2018 - Dec 2019
    • Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

    Taught public speaking and speech and drama through all levels, but particularly with seniors, including taking students through public speaking and professional speaking diplomas with Speech NZ. Coached students entering speech contests.

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  Kristin School, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Speech and Drama Teacher

    • Jan 2003 - Dec 2015
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Worked intermittently for three Auckland schools including Kristin, Pinehurst and Diocesan School for Girls, teaching speech and drama from year 1-12 focusing on boosting confidence, structuring and delivering a talk and how to communicate succinctly and courteously. At Kristin, I provided professional development for staff and created videos as teaching tools. I also taught from home.

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  King's School

  • Auckland

  • Speech and Drama Teacher

    • Feb 2007 - Dec 2014
    • Auckland

    I set up Speech and Drama at King's, teaching boys from year 1-8, putting them through both Speech NZ and Trinity exams. I provided oral language professional development for staff, adjudicated for the senior speech competition and was involved in the year 8 Leadership Day.

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  New Zealand Herald

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Freelance Media Consultant

    • 1998 - 2003
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    After coming back home from a two year working holiday doing telephone sales and live-in care work in 1998, I had a variety of roles working as a sales consultant on the New Zealand Geographic Magazine for ACP, the New Zealand Herald and the Sunday Star-Times. Selling sponsorship and advertising for the Royal Easter Show, the Hero Parade and other publications then shifting perspective and focus in 2004 to complete a Diploma in Secondary Teaching at AUT in English, media and drama.

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  Sunday Star Times

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Account Manager

    • Oct 1993 - Oct 1995
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Sold retail advertising into the Sunday Star-Times. Looked after a wide variety of inner city retail clients, pitched for new business and maintained a high level of service. I came back and worked on the Sunday News as Key Account Manager and as Features Editor on the Sunday Star-Times from 2000-2003.

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  Radio Otago and Radio New Zealand

  • Alexandra, Invercargill, Taupo, New Zealand

  • Radio Journalist, announcer and sales executive

    • Jan 1990 - Sep 1993
    • Alexandra, Invercargill, Taupo, New Zealand

    I worked as a journalist, as an announcer and in sales in radio stations throughout the country. I left radio to move into print media, as a sales executive at the Sunday Star-Times in Auckland.