Event Speakers
What We Do
Evolve event speakers is a boutique service delivering genuine talent and exceptional, audience ready presentations for corporate events, conferences, seminars and online engagements.
Our event speakers will leave people inspired, energised and ready to take action.
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Keynote Speakers
Our keynote speakers provide professional expertise and extensive experience in their subject matter.
Our range of keynote presentation topics can be tailored to your audience and event theme, and delivered at the time, date and location of your choice.
We offer keynote presentations of up to two hours and audience size is unlimited.
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Lived Experience Speakers
Lived experience stories offer an “insiders” viewpoint on a range of contemporary issues.
These compelling presentations are delivered by lived experience speakers, who share their personal stories.
Lived experience stories are a maximum of one hour. Audience size is unlimited.
While our keynote speakers are profiled on our website, we protect our lived experience speakers by not naming them online.
Short Workshops for Your Event
In addition to keynote presentations, we also offer optional short workshops for your event, for smaller groups of up to 40 people. These are available as a follow up to your keynote presentation on the same topic, or as a stand-alone session on another topic.
Workshop duration is a maximum of two hours.
Other Specialist Event Services
We can also provide the following specialist services for your conference or special event:
- Professional MC services.
- Expert panellists to join your discussion panel.
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Keynote Speakers
From compelling to hilarious to profound, our elite team of speaker-educators will leave people inspired, energised and ready to take action.
Browse our team of Keynote Speakers
Carmen Braidwood
Veteran radio/TV presenter and award-winning media coach, Carmen brings 20+ years of experience and a warm, accessible style to help audiences elevate confidence, communication and leadership presence. She delivers practical strategies enriched with unforgettable, relatable storytelling and laugh-out-loud humour.
Storm Motohata
Storm is a proud Nyul Nyul, Djugun and Yawuru woman and gifted speaker who blends cultural wisdom with strategic insight. With 10+ years in cultural psychology, she has led major cultural capability and leadership projects across corporate, government and community sectors, fostering unity, integrity and real cultural change.
Helen Hanson
Helen brings over 35 years of nursing experience and a performer’s stage presence to deliver warm, insightful and often hilarious keynote presentations on mental health and communication. A skilled educator and storyteller, she engages audiences with real world wisdom that resonates long after the event.
Eddie Stowers
Eddie has decades of experience as a sought-after corporate speaker on leadership, business improvement and change management, as well as a 25-year career in theatre and film. A NZ born Samoan, Eddie draws on the traditional role of the Samoan Orator Chief (tulafale) to engage contemporary audiences.
Paul Werzel Montague
Award winning comedian and mental health educator, Paul blends humour, lived experience and real-world expertise to make complex ideas fun, engaging and unforgettable. With 25+ years on stage and specialties in neurodiversity and mental health, he inspires audiences to think differently - and enjoy every moment.
Chris Bedding
Chris is a compelling communicator who blends warmth, humour and storytelling to engage any audience. With over 20 years in community leadership across advocacy, education, trade unions and faith contexts. Chris is a changemaker, an award-winning performer, regular ABC Radio guest and a truly inspiring speaker.
Laura Rigden
Laura is a mental health and leadership educator with a background in neuroscience and psychology with 10 years’ international experience in the field. Known for her playful, evidence-based approach, she delivers engaging keynote presentations on wellbeing, inclusion and psychological safety, empowering people to thrive at work and in life.
Dr Christian Mauri
Christian is community organiser, author and “recovering academic” who blends sociology expertise with warmth to make complex ideas accessible. Known for his insight and deep human connection, Christian delivers grounded, insightful presentations that inform and energise audiences.
Dr Andrew Lewis
Andrew blends performance expertise with business insight to elevate communication and team culture. A former Head of Performance at WAAPA and experienced director, he delivers engaging, practical and inspiring keynotes that energise audiences and unlock authentic professional presence.
With over 40 diverse topics, we have something for every event
Learn why intention is irrelevant in workplace harassment and how to create safer, more respectful workplaces.
Discover why representation and lived experience in leadership matter, and how inclusive decision‑making leads to fairer, better outcomes for all.
Seeing behaviour through a trauma lens changes everything. Discover how understanding trauma leads to empathy, better communication and stronger support.
Build stronger business connections by moving beyond transactions, and discover how a relational mindset creates trust, authenticity and lasting value for work and life.
A holistic approach to health and wellbeing, shaped by culture, Country and community. This keynote centres Aboriginal perspectives and honours resilience, relationships and collective care.
In a world flooded with bold claims, viral ideas and confident misinformation, critical thinking skills have never been more important.
What you don’t notice still shapes your decisions. Explore how unconscious bias hides, where it shows up, and how awareness of it can lead to fairer outcomes.
A powerful journey through the movements that shaped Australia. Discover the stories of people who stood together, challenged systems, and reimagined fairness, dignity and progress.
Good intentions are not enough. Discover how workplaces can unknowingly exclude Aboriginal people and what it really takes to build cultural safety and trust.
Discover how treating people as different or separate can create distance and isolation, and learn how to move beyond special measures toward genuine inclusion.
Universal design creates spaces and systems that work for everyone from the start, improving access and experience without special measures or add-ons.
Stress shuts down our logical brain and hands control to instinct. Learn how to recognise these shifts and build skills to pause, reflect and respond under pressure.
Uncover online misogyny. Discover how the manosphere shapes beliefs, targets young people, and what we can do to protect those at risk.
Feeling overwhelmed by the world right now? Reconnect with our shared power to create change and discover how hope can be sustained, even in hard times.
Discover what drives Gen Z, the first truly “digital native” generation. Explore the values shaping their work and culture, and how to connect with the voices redefining our future.
Do manners still matter? Discover how modern business etiquette, cultural awareness and shared standards help build respectful, effective relationships in today’s changing world.
Disability is shaped by barriers, not bodies. Explore the Social Model of Disability and how attitudes and environments create exclusion and limit participation.
Peaceful protest has shaped our history. Explore how nonviolent direct action drives change, with inspiring real‑world examples from global movements.
Many disabilities are invisible to others, yet still have profound impacts. Explore different types of invisible disability, why people mask them, and how to create more inclusive environments.
Discover how moving beyond sympathy to empathy builds stronger leaders, deeper connections and greater impact at work and beyond.
Stories change minds. Discover why emotion drives action, how stories outperform facts, and how to use storytelling to connect with your audience.
Sex Ed has changed. Go beyond biology to explore the real world young people navigate today through tech, identity, consent and modern relationships.
How much do you really know about Australia’s colonial past? This keynote centres Aboriginal voices to tell the truth of colonisation’s impacts and the resilience and strength of the world’s oldest living culture.
Code-switching reveals the hidden work of adapting to fit in. Explore who does it, why it matters, and how inclusion can ease the burden.
Exploring the ethics of AI, this keynote examines the challenges we face and asks how powerful technology can be used responsibly without eroding trust or human judgment.
Failure isn’t the end of the journey but rather, part of it. Discover the setbacks that preceded famous success stories and reshape how you view failure.
What if consent wasn’t just an issue between individuals, but a shared cultural responsibility? Explore how power, permission and everyday norms shape safer, more respectful workplaces and communities.
Identity is rarely shaped by a single factor. Explore how the multiple aspects of a person’s identity can expose them to unique combinations of discrimination.
Learn how the “rehearsal room” mindset can help leaders and teams move beyond performance and into genuine connection.
Rational Empathy shows how to care without burning out, offering a grounded framework that builds healthy boundaries, clearer support and more resilient teams.
Influence goes beyond facts. Discover the psychology behind persuasion, and learn practical tools to communicate with trust, emotion and real impact.
Step into the workplace of tomorrow. Explore the global trends reshaping work, culture and HR, and discover how changing norms will redefine how we lead, connect and thrive.
Different brains bring different strengths. Explore neurodiversity with humour and insight, and discover how “neurospicy” brains can unlock creativity, innovation and strengthen teams.
Understanding lateral violence is key to healing. Explore why lateral violence occurs in Aboriginal communities, the harm it causes, and how to break the cycle.
Self‑determination means real choice and real power. This keynote explores why it matters and what it truly takes to support people and communities to choose their own paths.
Choosing your battles builds better teams. Discover how prioritising what matters can reduce conflict, save energy and help people focus on real impact.
A world tour of mental health. Discover striking differences and shared approaches to mental health, and explore how culture shapes understanding, diagnosis and care.
Systems abuse is an often-hidden form of FDV. Explore how institutions can be misused to retraumatise, control or punish, and how we can respond.
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