Our 2019 Conference Presenters
Lance Miller
 Lance is an award-winning public speaker and trainer. He has delivered more than 5,000 speeches in over 60 countries on public speaking, leadership and succeeding against adversity.
Lance is Toastmasters’ 2005 World Champion of Public Speaking. He has held numerous officer positions at the Club and District level. He was instrumental in building his home club, Renaissance Speakers, to 95 members and the numbefr four Toastmasters Club in the world. Renaissance Speakers has continued to be one of the top 50 clubs in Toastmasters for the last 20 years.
Lance worked with more than 80 Districts helping Toastmasters win with Toastmasters! He is the founder and host of The World Champion Speakers Online Summit where he shares the path and experience from 28 World Champions of Speaking.
He is a partner in Miller, Knutson & DaRe, LLC, specialising in corporate productivity and growth. His business experience spans serving as an executive with the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organising Committee, Nestle and Anheuser Busch. He has developed sales and marketing programs across eight different industries and completed five new business start-ups.
Lance's unique perspective is that of someone who has lived life. He has an extensive background in business. He has sat atop 14,000 foot peaks. He has rafted some of the roughest whitewater in the USA, sailed across the Atlantic from the Virgin Islands to Norway and piloted his own aircraft for hundreds of hours.
He has scuba dived under frozen lakes in the middle of winter and hitchhiked through Europe. He is a philanthropist who has worked in numerous humanitarian causes around the world.
Lance will present two education sessions during our conference... Leadership for a Championship Club at 5:30pm Friday and How to Promote and Market a Toastmasters Club at 9am Sunday. He will also deliver the Saturday night keynote address, Losing My Way to the World Championship. |
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Greg Van Borrsum
 A failed school kid, Greg was told by his teachers he would amount to nothing. But instead of listening to them, he chose to listen to himself. He immersed himself deeply into the world of martial arts and bodybuilding and it was here, forging his body, he uncovered the power of the Warrior mindset.
Then using the 'Warriors Code' he developed a method of thinking he calls 'Reapplication Of Mastery'. This mindset has allowed Greg to transfer his existing skill sets into each new area of life and rapidly rise to the top in each, eventually becoming a Karate Master and a champion.
At 21, Greg was a national bodybuilding champion, a three-time Mr Universe finalist and a multiple black belt martial artist.
Greg became a World Champion pistol shooter in 2014 when he and his teammate Craig Ginger won the NRA World Action Pistol Championship in Park City, Kentucky.
Greg has also tried his hand at filmmaking, becoming “digital crowds and motion capture director” – creating, designing, motion capturing and laying out the digital crowd scenes – on the Oscar-winning film "Happy Feet" and award-winning "Happy Feet Two". Eventually he became fight choreographer and weapons advisor on the movie Mad Max: Fury Road.
In addition, Greg is an International speaker, mental health advocate, ambassador and speaker for Lifeline, Suicide Prevention Australia and Mates In Construction.
The successes are not what made Greg. It was forging his pathway to those achievements that taught Greg the value of the Warriors Code – battling through failure and loss. It was his resilience as a warrior that gave Greg the strength to turn setbacks into comebacks, making him the mentor and the speaker he is today.
Greg will present the education session Mind Warrior at 9am Saturday. |
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Tracie Causley
 Tracie was born in Armidale and moved to Lismore to complete a Bachelor of Business at Southern Cross University. She still resides in Lismore and has worked for many years in the area.
While employed at Thomas Noble and Russell, Chartered Accountants, Tracie participated in a Speechcraft course to build confidence as a trainer and to speak at Board meetings. After some years, she was drawn back to Toastmasters, joining Summerland Toastmasters Club in 2010 and became a charter member of advanced club In Focus Toastmasters, the first club to charter in District 90 in 2015.
Within these clubs she has taken on several executive roles and completed a High Performance Leadership project. In 2017, Tracie enthusiastically took on the role of Pathways Guide, which enabled her to expand her skills and develop as an online trainer.
Tracie is currently studying Graphic Design. On completion of the course later this year, she will incorporate her new knowledge into her work. When time permits, Tracie enjoys practising Iyengar Yoga and attempting to learn the nuances of ballroom dancing.
As District 90's Pathways Enquiries Officer, Tracie will lead the Pathways Session at 2:50pm Saturday. |
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Michael Malone
 Michael is an Australian technology entrepreneur and business executive. He was a co-founder and Managing Director of the Perth-based telecommunications provider iiNet and over the years he has been an advocate for Internet consumer rights.
Michael Malone and Michael O'Reilly founded iiNet in 1993. The business started in a suburban garage in Perth as iiNet Technologies Pty Ltd and one of the first Australian ISPs to offer TCP/IP Internet access, as opposed to the store-and-forward techniques (such as MHSnet) that were then in use at other ISPs.
The company outgrew its suburban home in 1995 and moved to CBD office accommodation yet its early growth during the Internet boom was hampered by the ability of Telstra (not releasing Bigpond as an ISP until 1997) to cope with the demand of needed telephone lines, and by the sheer competitive pressure in the Perth market, which had a comparative oversupply of low-cost providers.
In 1996, iiNet successfully expanded into the Adelaide market under the name light.iinet.net.au.
During his executive tenure at iiNet, Michael aggressively grew the company by making acquisitions of leading ISPs all over the Australian market, to become the third biggest ISP in Australia. He was also a passionate advocate for Internet consumer rights in regards to privacy as well contributing to the metadata debate.
Michael stepped aside as Managing Director in early 2014. In 2015, iiNet was acquired by TPG Telecom for $1.56 billion.
Michael maintains more than 25 years in the technology and telco arena. He also holds board roles with multiple companies including Speedcast, Superloop, Diamond Cyber and NBN Co. In November 2018, he was appointed as the Chairman for the Perth-headquartered satellite company Sky and Space Global, with the vision of becoming a world renowned nano-satellite service provider, reaching everyone everywhere, with voice and data services.
Michael will present an education session at 11:45am Saturday. |
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