POWER UP YOUR COMMUNITY

Use the power of words to set up the group or project you are passionate about for long-term success.

Take homes of Power Up Your Community include but are not limited to:

• Got a story to tell? Discover how to tell (and sell) it.
• Understand how to turn your great idea for your community, business chamber, sporting club and not-for-profit group into action through word power.
• See how unlocking your brain to find the right words can make that important grant application a success.
• Master the art of writing clearly with genuine human emotion that gets people powered up and ready to follow your lead.

Gain a competitive advantage by finding the right words.

This workshop is a perfect match for community volunteers, chambers of commerce, Rotary Clubs, Country Women’s Association, rural committees and not-for-profit groups who need to get the word out to remain sustainable and grow, boost people power and keep rural communities thriving, not just surviving.

 

“If you’re in regional Australia and AI stole your brain… these writing workshops are for you. Melissa is the word artist and the real deal.” Lucy Bloom

 

For almost three decades, Melissa has been helping business owners, project managers, community leaders and everyday people in rural and regional Australia understand who they are, what they do, why they do it. She also helped lead a whole community to choosing the right bin in one of Australia’s most successful and groundbreaking waste management campaigns. AND she’s a bestselling author, a leading voice for missing people and child safety and gathered donations of over $100,000 of new books to gift back to her local community devastated by fire.

In a world of relentless AI intrusion, Melissa writes real words and tells real stories to sell real products, engage real stakeholders and deliver real results.

She does TV, podcast and radio work including commercials and presenting. She organises major events and injects new life into tired and boring brands and marketing.

She also writes crime novels that make people stop in their tracks.

“Delighted to hear my words are landing and more so, that you’re embarking on workshops to help people in rural communities who have so little access to in person guidance. Thank you for your leadership!” Margie Warrell, bestselling author of Brave and The Courage Gap

 

 

 

Melissa sees the potential in everything and helps others see it too.

Melissa lives, works, breathes and adventures in rural and regional Australia. Her work is strongly community-based – real stories, real people, real news.

She lives and breathes genuine connections and communication. These are what keep rural and regional communities and businesses thriving.

Melissa is an exceptional communicator who has the ability to translate difficult concepts into common readable language. This is largely because she is able to relate to and engage with people at a personal level.

Her natural, down-to-earth presenting style and workshops inspire people to not only strive to be better, but to take what they’ve learnt to completely change their lives.

Learning from Melissa on how to bring people together to achieve more than they ever thought possible inspired me to change the direction of my career. 10 years later, I’m still grateful for her leadership as new doors she made me brave enough to go through continue to open.

Let’s not give our power and what makes us unique to a computer that mines words and spits them back at us full of Americanisms, cliches and poor punctuation.

Melissa’s written ability, not only as an author, but in respect to media pieces and corporate briefs, is exceptional. Marina Simoncini, AFP

Join Melissa at her writing table and unlock your own individual, unique writing power.