THE IDEAS FESTIVALS - 2001, 2003, 2005 & 2009

Our client’s mission was:

To put together a program which included over 120 speakers to present ideas, promote public debate and foster and celebrate innovation.

They wanted:

Someone to assist with the programming and take over the speaker management for this four-day festival of ideas, innovation and invention which was held in Brisbane.

Renegade delivered:

• A professional, flexible team of experts who provided advice on programming, research and managed over 120 speakers for this event;
• A specialised, boutique company with a network of connections with national and international speakers, academics and other diverse contacts;
• Personalised, expert advice in a timely manner;
• Unique programming and speaker ideas;
• A reduction in the Festival budget as our connections enabled speakers to be “on-sold” to a number of other clients;
• Valuable negotiation skills which proved to be an asset in sourcing speakers, accommodation and flights within the limited Festival budget.

Some of the speakers Renegade has for past Ideas Festivals have been:

Robert Winston, Gilberto Gallopin, Eva Cox, Damien Broderick, Sohail Inayatullah, Elaine Wainwright, Sulak Sivaraska, Peter Doherty, Philip Nitschke, Petrea King, Gianni Zappalà, Tony McMichael, William Grey, Ewen C Wynne, Phillip Hourigan, Molly Harriss Olson, Julian Disney, Cynthia Morton, Gary Foley, Ivana Milojevic, Clare Cooper Marcus, Ed Blakely, Michael Rayner, Claire Bennett, Johan Galtung, Ross Homel, Pat Kane, Peter Cullen, Tickey Fullerton just to name a few...

Comments from Speakers at Ideas 2005
"Congratulations on the Ideas Festival! It was splendid, from beginning to end. The blend of speakers and topics could not have been more electrifying, all organized seamlessly in the hub of venues at Brisbane's Southbank. The haven you provided in the "green room" wasn't only a place to collect prior to the panels, it was more like a salon where one could continue conversations over refreshments."

"Congratulations on staging such an exciting forum to exchange and debate ideas, precisely in the context of a national climate which has become increasingly conservative and anti-intellectual. In this context, your festival was a grand achievement, and it was huge pleasure to be able publicly to share in the exchange of ideas."

"It was one of the most rewarding experiences in my life to take part of the festival and have the chance to come to Australia, share and hear great ideas and also to meet people like you - the organizers and the lovely sponsors - it was a great pleasure working with you too Jacqui - you were the most perfect speaker manager I have ever seen!"

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Our client’s mission was:

To come up with a unique concept for an amazing event to thank their top 100 clients.

They wanted:

An event to be talked about for years to come and for their top clients to feel valued and special.

Renegade delivered:

• A list of celebrities to interest and impress their guests and produce an intimate and extraordinary event;
• A fabulous 10 course private lunch, where guests sipped champagne and chatted to a diverse range of celebrities hand picked by Renegade;
• An insight into each celebrity’s personalities as the host of the day spent ten minutes during the course of the lunch personally interviewing each of them;
• A wonderful memento of the day to each guest – a caricature poster of each celebrity signed by those famous in the room & a wonderful cd with photos from the event.

Some of these successful “Up Close and Personal” lunches have included celebrities such as:

James Morrison, Jimmy Barnes, Hon Gough Whitlam, Kieren Perkins, Bryce Courtenay, Molly Meldrum, Billy Birmingham, Peter FitzSimons, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Andrew Gaze, Paul Salmon, Jim Stynes, Kevin Sheedy, Max Walker & Ian Healy.

"Thank you so much for helping us to pull together a truly amazing experience for our most valued clients. We have had nothing but praise and ‘over the moon’ gushing since that day!

Your great suggestions and research in the initial stages of planning were much appreciated. Your attention to detail and tireless assistance in choosing the perfect celebrities was simply wonderful. On the day, your calm, professional manner enabled us to concentrate on our guests and not worry that we weren’t paying the celebrities enough attention!. Let’s do it again soon."

AMP ADELAIDE CONVENTION 2008

Our client’s mission was:

To come up with a range of different speaker ideas – speakers who a very “conference savvy” audience of 1500 would not have seen before.

They wanted:

Interactive and unique speaker ideas to fit within the conference theme of “Connect”.

Renegade delivered:

• A company who looked carefully at the audience profile and conducted research into the organisation to gain a better idea of what issues they are faced with;
• People who had a clear understanding of the event objectives and how the speakers needed to perfectly mesh into these objectives;
• A list of interactive and unique speakers & entertainers who blew the audience away – the day resulted in three standing ovations!

"As an event organiser if you have to ask yourself the question, 'Why do I need the help of a bureau?' you are using the wrong one. Renegade go beyond the predictable and are prepared to sweat to get the right speaker not just trot out the names off a speaker list that every bureau on the planet has and in fact I have as well. If you want to work with someone who is prepared to get their arse out of their chair and work with you to find the best speaker or talent solution I heartily recommend you try Jacqui and Renegade - you'll feel the difference”.
Peter Fulcher Meredith ABT