YVETTE ADAMS

Yvette Adams is a serial entrepreneur and a multi-award winning business woman including winning the ICT Woman of the Year at the iAwards in 2013 and the Commonwealth Bank Business Owner category at the Telstra Business Womens Awards in Queensland in 2010. She has started six businesses, has sold two, acquired one, and currently runs three – The Creative Collective – a digital marketing agency specialising in social media; The Training Collective – a digital skills training organisation, and awardshub.com – an online portal which helps people find business awards to enter.

In 2019 she became one of only eight official Facebook Community Trainers in Australia and New Zealand.

In 2018 she was honoured in the Pearcey Hall of Fame at the Pearcey Awards which recognises individuals who have made very significant lifetime contributions to Australia’s ICT industry. In 2016 Yvette was named as a Digital Champion by Queensland Government and in 2015 she was recognised for making a significant contribution to science and innovation in Queensland and included on the department’s Queensland Science and Innovation Champion Hall of Fame.

HEATHER PORTER

Heather Porter got her start managing events globally for some of the world’s top speakers such as Tony Robbins. In 2006 she co-founded the Billionaire Adventure Club, where she brought entrepreneurs to work with the Richard Branson School of Entrepreneurship in South Africa, and other social enterprises globally.

She is an Amazon Kindle #1 bestseller, co-author of 4 business books and host of ‘That Social Media Show’ on the Bizversity business app used in over 100 countries. She also regularly speaks about growing your business online for audiences that range from local councils to small business training companies.

Plus she is 1 of 9 official Facebook Community Trainers in Australia and New Zealand and teaches the “Facebook Community Boost” program to small businesses.