Flow In Action ‖ Speaker

Elaine is an inspirational keynote speaker and expert panel member, drawing on her experiences and expertise as a change-maker in a variety of settings and sectors.

She comes from a background of social innovation, where individuals and organisations take action to fix seemingly intractable problems, creating real solutions for communities in need.

She encourages audiences to focus on how they can use their imagination, creativity and ideas to make change happen in their local communities and workspaces.

Elaine demystifies innovation. She gives audiences tools and strategies to change perspective and find ways to step up to the table and be heard.

With a deep understanding of how change happens, how to overcome failure and how to meet needs in empowering ways, she takes people on a journey so that they are motivated to take action.

Email elaine@flowinaction.org to explore speaking at your event.

Host of UNCTAD Start-Ups & Scale-Ups for SDGs 2018

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Expert Panel Member, Fostering Social Entrepreneurship, INFOCUS Conference June 2019, UN Palais des Nations

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Keynote Speaker, Surval Montreux, June 2019

Elaine set the scene for students taking part in Surval's Model United Nations event with a keynote speech inspiring them to show-up with their unique creativity, empathy and resilience.

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Expert Panel Member, Hult Prize Local Round, Amman, Jordan

In December 2018, I was an expert panel member evaluating youth entrepreneurship pitches for the Hult Prize Local Round held at the Amman Private Science University. Our panel selected Partman as our nominee. They went on to win the event and on July 2019 were nominated Hult Prize Regional Winners for Jordan.

Keynote Speaker & Expert Panel Member, Good Festival 2018

The Good Festival, based in Lausanne, is set up to inspire social innovation and entrepreneurship.
In 2018, Elaine participated as a keynote speaker on resilience and served as an expert panel member evaluating the entrepreneurship pitches.

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Audience Innovation Ideathon
GEW 2017, UN, Geneva
14th November 2017

Flow In Action partnered with UNCTAD at their Start-Ups for SDGs Pitching Event for Young Entrepreneurs from developing countries to run this audience mini-ideathon.

The session engaged the audience in rapid-download innovation thinking to give them a call-to-action beyond the event, inspiring them to make changes in their communities.

Creative Leadership Conference
in partnership with the Business School of Lausanne

Elaine designed and led this event for 50 women in leadership at the Business School of Lausanne, bringing together teachers, coaches and entrepreneurs from around Switzerland, under her Women Who Move Mountains brand.

This interactive conference focused on developing the resilience of participants as 'creative leaders' and role models.

Using an Ideathon and interactive sessions, as well as engaging external speakers, Elaine led participants on an exploration of creative leadership to build their leadership and innovation skills.

Giving Women Annual Conference, Geneva, 2013

Elaine gave the keynote speech at the annual Giving Women lunch for 80 women. This philanthropy network, based in Geneva, empowers women to empower women.

Elaine explained resilience and how to connect to it for greater wellbeing as change-makers and to strengthen capacity for taking action to make positive social impact.

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E: elaine@flowinaction.org T: +41 (0) 765 673 870