Breaking Stereotypes: The Inspiring Journey of Female Firefighter Nicolette
To commemorate International Women's Day, this podcast presents Nicolette, a female firefighter who shares her journey of working in male-dominated workplaces. Nicolette talks about the obstacles of breaking stereotypes, dealing with setbacks, and developing resilience. Her valuable insights provide practical strategies for thriving in any male-dominated field. This inspiring conversation highlights the importance of persistence, finding purpose, and celebrates the remarkable achievements of women in traditionally male-dominated industries.
ChatGPT - OpenAI
ChatGPT is here to help, and it's super easy to use. All you have to do is type in your question or prompt, and ChatGPT will generate a response on the fly. It's like having a conversation with a really smart friend, only this friend doesn't get tired or need to take a bathroom break. If you're curious about ChatGPT and how it works, you're in luck! Michelle Dennis joined us on Courageous Dialogues to discuss and demonstrate this powerful tool.
Have a Ball:-)
A conversation with Rohan Duncan, President of 'Have a Ball Foundation'. The ‘Have a Ball Foundation’ has been established to put smiles on the faces of young children by providing sporting balls to kids in remote schools and communities in outback Australia to encourage a healthy, active, and fun sporting life as well as raise money to support the health and well being of indigenous children.
Story Telling
A conversation with Angela Lopez who is a third year student at Swinburne University who is studying a Bachelor of Film and Television Honours. Angela, also works freelance in the Film and Television Industry as a producer, director, production designer and overall creative direction.
Glittering Minds with Design Thinking
A conversation with Ortal Green who is empowering parents and teachers to create tomorrow's innovators. Ortal, has written 'Think Unique', which provides teachers with a step-by-step guide to turning their classroom into an innovative environment where children develop their thinking skills.
In this podcast Ortal talks about her experience as a computer scientist working for high tech companies to volunteering in the classroom.
Risk Starts and Ends With People
A conversation with Lisa Sisson, Founder of Unearth. Lisa, who has been listed in The Australian Business Journal as one of the 20 Australian Women Making Moves in 2022, talks about her work to demystify risks.
A thought provoking conversation that discusses triggers and responses and highlights the need and urgency for ethical, transparent and genuine leaders in our workplaces.
Relationships & Coaching Matter!
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Pavani Randeniyage, a past Year 5 student of mine talks about her pathway into her career.
It was really interesting for me to hear from Pavani and her talk about her experience of Year 5 that took place 17 years ago. I always thought she would become a writer…there is still time:-)
A Vision. An Idea.
In this podcast I talk with Associate Professor Therese Keane who has a wealth of experience around IT in Education.
We have a conversation around the teaching of ICT and the impact of teacher expertise in the classroom and the use of robotics in secondary education.
Makerspaces & Learning
A conversation with Sylvia Libow Martinez, former aerospace engineer now working to help K-12 schools adopt modern technology and age-old best practices for student learning. Sylvia co-authored “Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom”.
Safeguarding Children
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Simon Davies from Safeguarding Services talks about his experiences in his current role and as a former Australian Federal Police detective.
Education in the Northern Territory
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Mark Christie, an education technology specialist based in the Northern Territory talks about his role in supporting schools across the NT, after a flight over Darwin in his Ultralight plane.
Professional Learning Communities
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Steve and Tanya talk about Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). They focus on the characteristics, conditions, language and the resources required to be most successful.
28 Years of Service
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Maureen and Tanya chat live. Maureen talks about her work, life experiences and being courageous.
You Are Enough!
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Donnah Ciempka from Ascot International School talks openly about dressing as your authentic self, her journey as a leader and how she is influencing the culture of the school.
Embedding Speech Pathology in Schools
In this episode of Courageous Dialogues, Mala Ferdinando from Speech Pathology for Schools talks about the collaboration between speech pathologists and schools.
Curriculum & Power of Networks
Hamish Curry discusses being courageous, the curriculum and the power of networks on Courageous Dialogues.
STEM or STEAM? You Decide!
A conversation with Dr Adrian Bertolini to SPARK your thinking. Today Adrian is well known in the STEM field for supporting education systems.
Episode 07: Jasmine Christie
Jasmine is 25 and is currently working as a scientist in immunology. She has just enrolled to go back to university to become a teacher.
Episode 06: Robert Kiernan
Robert is a strategic thinker in the End User Computing (EUC) domain with an unbridled passion for promoting the benefits of adopting a modern, digital workspace.
Episode 05: Jessica Poulter
Jessica Poulter is a passionate wordsmith, marketer, blogger and dance educator from Melbourne.