Speaker – Melinda Tankard Reist

Presentations

Engaging and thought-provoking presentations

Empowering voices against exploitation

Melinda offers specialised presentations, keynotes and workshops for your students, teachers, parents, youth groups, youth workers, medical professionals, community groups, non-profit aid and development organisations, women’s groups, mother/daughter events and retreats. All addresses are tailor-made to your requirements.

Keynotes/Conferences

NEW: Synthetic Friendships – When AI Becomes the Wrong Shoulder to Lean On

Young people are building emotional bonds with chatbots – some supportive, others deeply unsafe.

Parents & Community

Navigating a sexed-up world: equipping parents

How we can help our children resist harmful messages from media and pop culture and aspire to respectful relationships.

Students - Co-ed Secondary

Sexualised Culture, Respect, Boundaries

Students will be empowered to reject cultural dictates and aspire to relationships built on respect and empathy.

Keynotes/Conferences

My Life As a Campaigner for Women and Girls

Melinda shares more personally about her background and life as an advocate for women and girls.

Students - Primary (Yrs 5-6)

Positive Bodies

Interactive session for primary students to help them resist harmful messages about their bodies and behaviour

Keynotes/Conferences

Pornography fuelling violence against women

The global data, along with lived experience narratives of women – establishes pornography as a key contributor to attitudes condoning violence against women. How can we address it?

Keynotes/Conferences

Harmful Sexual Behaviours in Schools: What are the drivers?

Schools are reporting an increase in problematic and sexual behaviours, and sexual harassment of female teachers. What are the key drivers and how can we address them?

Educators/PD

The sexual world of the 21st c adolescent: equipping educators

Educators face new challenges due to the harmful influence of sexualised media and cultural messaging which undermines consent and respect.

Students - Girls Secondary

Sexualised Culture, Respect, Boundaries

Girls will be challenged to reject these messages and embrace their true worth.

Keynotes/Conferences

TikTok as Digital Pimp: The TT to OF pipeline

TikTok – a platform massively popular with young people – is used to sell potential new recruits the idea that becoming an OF ‘content creator’ is an act of female entrepreneurship destined to result in wealth, fame and popularity. MTR’s special investigation into the TT to OF pipeline.

What We Offer

For more than 25 years I have advised people on how to improve their working relationships and career

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