The Story Room September 3rd 2024

Overview

The ancient art of storytelling comes to life on the stage when six storytellers from different walks of life share a true and deeply personal story.  

Theme for the evening

"Second Chances"

About the night

 Please Note:  Venue will be open from 5.15pm allowing time for you to order a meal and have a drink before the entertainment commences at 7pm sharp. 

About the Venue - Bucketty's Brewing Co, Brookvale

There is so much to learn about Bucketty's and its humble beginnings.  It's a family owned business with much blood, sweat and tears making it what it is today. 

I can't think of a better place for Story Room Aus to call home, after-all beer and stories are like peas in a pod, they just fit perfectly.  

https://www.buckettys.com.au/p... 

The Food

Check out the menu. You certainly won't starve to death while you listen to some great stories. We are however trying to learn how many people might buy meals, as Nick the owner will open the food truck especially for us. 

Check out the menu....https://www.buckettys.com.au/p...

How to get to Bucketty's

The B1 will drop you on Pittwater Road, not far from Warringah Mall.  It is a short walk down Orchard Road to number 26. 

If you drive there is loads of free parking in the surrounding streets of Brookvale. 

Meet the Storytellers (in no particular order)

James Pittar

James is an Australian marathon swimmer. He was the first Australian to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming – the English Channel, the Manhattan Island Marathon, and the Catalina Channel and in the process became the first blind person to complete each of these events. He has successfully completed a marathon swimming event in all continents excluding Antartica and ironically, in 2013, he joined a contingent of 66 swimmers from around the world to swim an arctic relay across the Bering Strait from Russia to the USA and earn a spot in the Guinness Book of Records.

In addition to swimming, James has represented his country in rowing at the 1995 World Rowing Championships in the disabled category.

He was inducted into both the Australian and International Marathon Swimming Halls of Fame and has been an Australia Day Ambassador since 1999 travelling around NSW giving Australia Day addresses in a different country town each year. He works with the Rainbow Club, a charity dedicated to teaching disabled children to swim, as an Ambassador and The Fred Hollows Foundation as a fundraiser and he was awarded their “Helping Hand” Volunteer of the Year in 2013.

In 2019 he published his autobiography “Blind Vision” and is currently turning this into an Audio Book.

Anne Gately

Anne is the author of SUNBURNT A memoir of sun, surf and skin cancer. She has had a career of over thirty years as a senior marketing leader working for some of Australia’s largest corporates and international advertising agencies. She is an active advocate for skin cancer prevention - meeting with politicians, speaking at medical conferences and is a member of the Melanoma Patients Australia Consumer Advisory Group. Anne has appeared on all major television networks speaking about sun protection and skin cancer and will appear in the documentary film ‘Conquering Skin Cancer’ towards the end of 2024.

Mick Miller

Mick has coached Olympians over seven games and three professional sports. However, there’s much more to his story than the accolades.

A fit-focused individual with a passion for swimming, Mick’s life took a harrowing turn during one of his regular swims. Discovering a lump that was later diagnosed as throat cancer, he was thrust into the most significant challenge of his life, far removed from the athletic fields he was accustomed to. But true to his nature, Mick wasn’t one to back down.

Jeanette Allom-Hill

Jeanette Allom-Hill is the 2020 Winner Telstra Businesswomen’s Awards. Currently Jeanette is an Interim CEO for a community based, non-profit organisation established to promote the principles of multiculturalism, access, equity and social justice and committed to developing strategies for all Australians. She founded the social enterprise called Lionhearted Foundation that aims to change the face of leadership for a more diverse future. Jeanette has worked in the private sector for over 15 years holding senior roles in Optus, NBN, Microsoft and Boston Consulting Group. Jeanette has spent the last 12 years working across the depth and breadth of government from Prime Minster and Cabinet to the Sunshine Coast Council. She also serves on several community and charity boards for business, tourism and advocacy.

Lisa Preston

Lisa is a mum to four adult boys and 3 jack Russell’s. Lisa and her husband are business owners of Choice's Flooring Stores looking after everyday mums and dads to hospitals, schools, pubs aged care and housing commission.

Lisa and her family live on the beautiful south coast of NSW.

In Lisa’s previous life she was an early childhood teacher driving four wheel drives and trucks servicing preschool aged children in rural and remote Australia.

Lisa was born in England in 1970 and was adopted at six weeks of age into a family who had already adopted a son. Lisa’s family moved to Australia when she was two years old and the family grew to include a biological daughter.

Lisa’s story of reunion spans decades, two continents and is a testament to courage, tenacity, resilience and second chances.

Mike Read

Mike has enjoyed an international 35-year career in the communication industry, spanning the fields of consumer marketing, advertising, innovation and now People & Culture. These diverse yet connected experiences have seen him build a reputation in and with many of the world’s leading organisations as a brand champion.

Having left the body corporate in 2005, where he was a Director at Grey Worldwide (London), part of the WPP Group, he decided to shift from a consumer brands focus to putting organisations, functions, teams and people as brands at the centre of his work.

Since then, he has been working with C-suite executives and their teams on a diverse range of cultural engineering programmes, helping to raise individual, team and organisation wide performance. Whether via Executive Performance Coaching (team / individual), workshop facilitation or conference platforms, Mike has helped to facilitate meaningful and lasting change across a wide range of clients in multiple industry sectors and geographies.

His skills span executive high-performance coaching (team and individual), workshop facilitation, team building, leadership development, business, brand & communication strategy and creative thinking. He is an AICD graduate and IECL accredited coach, Herrmann (HBDI) practitioner, Squadify Pro Coach and a Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) trainer.

His infectious enthusiasm, no-nonsense approach and passion for what he does, quickly rubs off on others. He expects commitment, hard work, authenticity and vulnerability from his clients, and always shows up with these attributes front of mind. All while making engagements as enjoyable as possible.

Because Everyone has a story! 

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