To maximise the impact of your next conference or event, a proactive MC who understands how to connect with and energise your audience, whether from the front of the room or in front of the camera, is crucial.

Since 1998, Greg Ward has supported hundreds of Corporate and Association clients across more than a thousand events -  connecting with and impacting more than half a million delegates worldwide.  Greg’s approach and experience is your guarantee of excellence – and he’s pretty entertaining too!

Recipient of NZ MC of the Year, NZ Entertainer of the Year, World Class Speaker Award (Canada) and current President of the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand, for an MC, Presenter and Speaker you can rely on to achieve and exceed your event and conference outcomes, choose Greg Ward.

www.gregwardspeaker.com

Humbled and honoured – they’re two words Sir John Kirwan (known to most as “JK”) often uses to describe how he feels about his contribution to a campaign to raise awareness about depression, but they’re also the same words he uses to describe his knighthood. 

The former All Black and 1987 Rugby World Cup winner became a “Sir” in 2012, joining a list that includes other well-known former All Blacks.  However, unlike his fellow All Blacks, Kirwan was recognised as much, if not more, for his contribution outside of rugby; for services to Mental Health, having been for several years at the forefront of the campaign to heighten public awareness of depression, an illness he has suffered from himself. 

“I’m certainly proud of the rugby stuff I’ve achieved but the work that I’m continuing to do with mental health is a very strong part of my life.  I never imagined this, but it’s a great thing for the people who are suffering from mental illness in New Zealand and I think it gives them hope.  That’s the big positive for me.  If receiving a knighthood helps some other people then I can get over the embarrassment.”

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Cam Calkoen dreams of a world where everyone is inspired to embrace their opportunity and our physical being is no barrier to succeeding in our dreams and aspirations. It is dreams that have brought the world to what we see today and our aspirations that will propel it into the future. 

No one can walk and talk at birth. Some people like Cam, are presented with this likelihood for the rest of their lives. He chose to defy the odds, and now showcases what can be achieved when we identify a challenge, leverage our opportunities and uniqueness, and indeed live for awesome! 

Born with Cerebral Palsy Cam was told that his biggest challenges would be the way he walks and talks, he dreamed big becoming an athletic gold medalist, highly effective charitable fundraiser, social entrepreneur and now a globally renowned inspirational speaker who ignites a connection and clarity between inspiration, dreams and people. 

Through strength of human attitude and potential Cam chose to embrace the challenges he was born with, and harnesses his gifts to live in the pursuit of excellence and make life as awesome as it can be. 

He is a living example that life is what we make it, and the values needed to achieve awesomeness are simple - we need to believe! In doing so, we leave no stone unturned. Through charisma, stories and artistic flair Cams presence sees people identify the unturned stones on the path, he ignites, inspires, enlightens, and delights others by modelling what it looks like to dream big and achieve more!