Keynote Topics

I have many inspirational topics and can tailor-make a keynote address for your specific circumstances.

Topics could include…

• Caring for Nature in difficult times
• The ethics and politics of community engagement
• “Kitchen Table Sustainability” how to engage local communities with sustainability issues
• “Kids, Nature and the Bubble Wrap”: How to design our cities and towns to ensure that children grow up to know and love Nature
• “Planning, Advocacy and Activism”: keys to a rewarding professional life as a planner
• Managing the intergenerational workplace
• “The Study of Success”: examples of successful community engagement programs in Australia
• “Creative Community Engagement”: transformational methods for working at The Edge and inspiring participants’ creativity
• “Planning and Ethics”: issues for the workplace, the community and the individual
• “The Initiatory Journey”: environmental ethics and personal transformation
• “Housing as if People Mattered”: creating housing that matches the needs of residents
• “Housing Density”: What works and what doesn’t work?
• New ways of thinking about sustainability and community engagement
• Lessons from an owner builder: ten years of living on a site and learning from it
• Housing for diverse communities
• Housing for older people

Please contact me at wendy@sarkissian.com.au to discuss any of your ideas.