Growth

YENE ASSEGID is a seasoned transformational leadership practitioner with 28+ years in the field of leadership and personal development. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and holds the credential of Master Certified Coach, “MCC”. She is known for creating opportunities for sustainable intentional transformation at the individual, organisational and community levels

Yene will be taking part in the panel discussion Healthy collective consciousness: the ripples we always generate, consciously create or not, organised by the International Coaching Federation on on 20th October 2022 from 17.00 to 18.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 12.00 to 13.00 EDT. For information of this event click here. To register for it click here. 

GAVIN ANDREWS is Managing Director for HeartMath in the UK and Ireland. He discovered HeartMath, coherence and heart-based living 14 years ago. Since then, he has found joy, meaning and purpose in sharing the science and practice of coherence with others.In addition to sharing coherence through HeartMath, Gavin also founded WeAddHeart, a growing international movement empowering people to connect with their own hearts and the hearts of others; to live more fully from the heart and to add more heart and coherence to the world.

Gavin will be speaking at A Heart-Focused Meditation on Bringing Values to Life on 17th October from 20.00 to 20.25 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here.

FARAH SYED ABUL is involved in Community Based Protection at 9 Camps in Bangladesh for Rohingya Refugees as Project Coordinator for ActionAid Bangladesh. He has a Master in Education from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) and Diploma in Disaster Management from Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU). He has also worked for DIAKONIA Bangladesh, South Asia Partnership Bangladesh, PRISM Bangladesh, Local Initiative For Development – LIFD and in Organization for Mothers and Infants (OMI). 

Farah will be speaking at Open Space: The Big Issues Around Refugees Today from 1pm to 2pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20^th October. For further information on this event click here. To register click here. This event will be repeated later on the same day from 9pm to 10pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for further information click here and to register click here. 

DR JULIAN ABEL is a retired palliative care physician, Director of Compassionate Communities UK, author and podcaster. He views compassion as intrinsic to human relationships and has developed compassionate community projects in palliative care and healthcare in general nationally and internationally. His work in Frome with Helen Kingston forms the basis for his book The Compassion Project. His popular podcast Survival of the Kindest explores the impact of the absence or presence of compassion in a wide variety of settings. 

Julian will be speaking at Compassion in Action – enabling communities to flourish using an asset-based, relational, community-led approach on 20^th October from 14.00 to 15.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1). For more information click here. To register click here

HON JUSTICE K.G. BALAKRISHNAN is former Chief Justice of India , Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of India and Chairman, and Chairman of Public Police – an NGO recently established with support of former high Court Judges, former senior IAS Officers, former Law Secretaries and other distinguished members from different walks of life. The Supreme Court’s first Dalit Chief Justice, he served on the Supreme Court for ten years, including three years as Chief Justice.

Justice Balakrishnan will be speaking at World Values Day; Values For Community on 20th October from 11.30 to 13.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is from 4 to 5.30pm in India. To find out more about this Zoom event click here; to join the event click here.

ALEXANDRA BOUÉE has practised as a Sophrologist in London, Zurich and now in New York. You can find out more about her work on her website here www.sopho-mind.com

Alexandra will be facilitating A Mind-Body Practice Centred on the Value of PEACE/PAIX conducted in French on 20th October from 13.00 to 13.45 BST (UTC/GMT+1) on Zoom. For more information click here; to join the Zoom session click here.

PHIL CLOTHIER has more than 20 years of experience working with organisational and leadership transformation. Until 2017 Phil was the CEO of Barrett Values Centre, an international organisation working through a consulting network in approximately 100 countries. As an independent consultant he now inspires, encourages and supports leaders to bring about ethical, sustainable, values-driven transformation. Phil’s core values are Trust, Humour/Fun & Love.

Phil will be co-facilitating Growing a Culture of Sustain-Ability  from 10.30am to 11.30am BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20^th October. Click here for more information on the event and click here to register for it. 

ANGIE CHAPLIN is the founder and owner of Mindful Leadership, a personal and corporate capacity-building practice grounded in leadership research and guided by mindful behavior. With more than two decades of work in organizational leadership and human resources, Angie is a sought-after speaker, facilitator, and educator who works with individuals, teams, businesses, and organizations.

Angie will be hosting The Power of Values in Recovery at 7.30 pm EDT, 6.30 pm CDT on October 20th in the US, (which is 00.30 BST in the morning of October 21^st in UK). Click here for more information on the event and click here to register.

TOR ENEROTH believes that organisations work better when leaders are focused on building conscious, values‐driven cultures for the wellbeing of their people, the society and all life on earth. He has worked more than 15 years as Culture Manager in two international companies, SCA and Volvo and 11 years for Barrett Values Centre. Tor’s core values are Compassion, Continuous learning, Trust, Making a difference, Future generations, and Generosity.

Tor will be co-facilitating Growing a Culture of Sustain-Ability from 10.30am to 11.30am BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20^th October. Click here for more information on the event and click here to register for it. 

ANNETTE EBBINGHAUS is a Master Sophrologist, HeartMath® coach, Positive Intelligence®, Hypnosis and NLP practitioner. Annette works with the link between mind and body helping her clients shape their future through being connected with both. She specializes in resilience, burnout prevention & stress management for parents & students. Find out more about Annette at https://trulybalance.com/

Annette will be speaking at Mind-body practice: Embodying Our Values in Daily Life on 17th October from 10.00 to 10.45 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here.

CHARLES FOWLER chairs the Human Values Foundation, which uses positive values to promote young people’s social and emotional development, helps run the UK Values Alliance, is a steering committee member of the Global Alliance for Values-based Education, and a project partner of the Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice for Health and Social Care at Oxford University. He is also a delegate at the Values20 Group which engages G20 leaders in values-based policy-making, and is the Global Coordinator of World Values Day.

Charles will be speaking at  India Celebrates World Values Day: Bringing Values to Life on 17^th October from 11.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 4pm IST, to 13.00 BST which is 17.30 IST. For more information click here, and to join the event on Zoom click here . He will be speaking at Global Citizens: Soundings from the Global Village on 17th October from 12.00 to 13.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1)- for more information click here, to register click here. Charles will also be speaking at Crossroads Café Intergenerational Conversation on 17th October and 24th October from 09.30 to 11.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1)- for more information click here, to register for the event click here.

CARLA FORTH is a Sophrologist with over ten years’ experience working within organisations to help employees manage stress more effectively. Carla brings the benefits of Sophrology to individuals, team facilitation and leadership teams. www.thestresssolutionsophrology.co.uk

Carla will be speaking at Mind Body Practice: a personal value in action on 19^th October from 18.00 to 18.45 BST (UTC/GMT+1)- for more information click here, to register Meeting Registration – Zoom

 DAVID GREEN has played in a variety of industries and non profits.   His work now centers around how we imagine, create and sustain a harmonious, just and lovely society.

David will be speaking at Meet The US Values Alliance on 20^th October from 22.00 to 23.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 5pm to 6pm EDT, 2pm to 3pm PDT. Click here for more information, and email david@dmgadvisors.com to register for this event.

JANIC GORAYEB is the Founder of Ripple Effect Leadership and works and helps entrepreneurs and organizations create collaborative teams so they can rock their purpose and grow their business from the inside out. Visit www.rippleeffectleadership.ca for more information.

Janic will be speaking at Valuepreneurship: Building an Online Business That Rocks the World on 19^th October from 17.00 to 17.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here.

DAVID GURTEEN is a writer, public speaker and conversational facilitator. The focus of his work is on Conversational Leadership – a conversational approach to the way that we live and work. He is the creator of the Knowledge Café – a conversational process to bring a group of people together to learn from each other, build relationships and make better sense of a rapidly changing, complex, less predictable world.

David will be speaking at the World Values Day Intergenerational Knowledge Café on 12^th October from 09.30 to 11.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1)- for more information click here, to register click here. He will be speaking at the same event on 19^th October at the same times – for more information click here, to register click here.

DR MARGARET HANNAH has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS specialising in Public Health, is honorary senior lecturer at St Andrews University, and until recently deputy director of public health in Fife, Scotland. With International Futures Forum (IFF) she supports transformative innovations in health and wellbeing. She coordinates activities around IFF Kitbag, a resource aiming to grow a culture of kindness for children, families and people in communities and organisations. She is the author of Humanising Healthcare – patterns of hope for a system under strain. 

Margaret will be speaking at Compassion in Action – enabling communities to flourish using an asset-based, relational, community-led approach on 20^th October from 14.00 to 15.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1). For more information click here. To register click here

MOHAMMED HASSAN is Ambassador for StepUp.One and was a Co-Chair, World Economic Forum, Davos in 2019. Born in Somalia, he was confined at Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp for over 20 years with no passport, no opportunities, no hope. He broadcast from Kakuma to the World Economic Forum Annual Summit calling for reframing of global conceptions of displaced peoples: ‘It’s high time that refugees are seen as partners in development efforts, rather than a burden…We have people with talents who, given a chance, can perform.” This inspired the founding of StepUp.One, dedicated to re-skilling those living in refugee camps and connecting them to opportunities that pay.

Mohammed will be speaking at Open Space: The Big Issues Around Refugees Today from 1pm to 2pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20th October. For further information on this event click here. To register click here. This event will be repeated later on the same day from 9pm to 10pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for further information click here and to register click here. 

DR NEIL HAWKES is well known worldwide as a speaker, educator, broadcaster, author and social commentator. He was co-founder of LivingValues Education, founder of International Values based Trust and its educational arm Values-based Education (VbE), and a co-founder of Global Alliance for Values-based Education. He is one of the UNITAR experts on ethical leadership and is part of the Values20 task group advising the G20 leaders. He has written several books including “From My Heart, transforming lives through values”.

Neil will be speaking at India Celebrates World Values Day: Bringing Values to Life  on 17th October from 11.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 4pm IST, to 13.00 BST which is 17.30 IST. For more information click here, and to join the event on Zoom click here.

JENNY HAASE spent her career in Leadership/Organizational Development, primarily in the areas of Client/Employee Experience, Event Design, and C-Suite Business Support Partner. Founder of “Kindness from the Heart,” Jenny believes that Kindness is a superpower, unleashing energy that ripples in ways unimagined … touching countless lives and transcending generations. Her mission? To share a compelling vision for creating a Legacy of Kindness … in our communities, organizations, and across the planet.Contact Jenny at: haase.jenny.17@gmail.com and find more information at www.kindnessfromtheheart.com

Jenny will be speaking at Partners in Kind: How a Small Act of Kindness Can Change the World on 19^th October from 16.00 to 17.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here and to register click here; and then at the same event again from 21.00 to 22.00 BST – for more information click here and to register click here.

ROBYN HANNA, a Rotarian since 2012, has worked in the Disability workspace for over 40 years. This year’s World Values Day theme of “Values for Community” allows us to highlight Community groups who have this at the heart of the work they are doing. As Rotary International says “We understand that cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is essential to realising our vision of a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change”.

Robyn will be speaking at the breakfast event Tauranga Rotary and Friends Celebrate the Dawn of World Values Day organised by Rotary Tauranga, from 07.00 to 09.30am on 20th October (New Zealand time) which is 19.00 to 21.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 19^th October. For more information on this event click here. To register to watch the event on a live-stream click here [link to follow]

JANET HARVEY is best-selling author of the book Invite Change – Lessons from 2020, The Year of No Return and CEO of inviteCHANGE, a coaching organization. Janet has trained and coached leaders at Fortune 500 companies, across 6 continents, for more than 25 years.

An early adopter for creating a coach-centered workplace, Janet has worked with global organizations and teams of leaders to establish a generative, resilient, and high-performance culture through a coaching approach. 

Janet will be taking part in the panel discussion Healthy collective consciousness: the ripples we always generate, consciously create or not, organised by the International Coaching Federation on on 20th October 2022 from 17.00 to 18.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 12.00 to 13.00 EDT. For information of this event click here. To register for it click here. 

MARYBETH HYLAND is a bestselling author, coach and consultant on how to set guilt-free values-driven boundaries at work, home and within. As a certified mediator, mindfulness instructor, and values expert she’s a published thought leader in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and New York Times, to name a few. When she’s not on stage, she can be found on horseback in the mountains of Idaho wrangling cattle in her quest to become a cowgirl!

Marybeth will be facilitating Values-Driven Boundaries: How to Confidently Say Yes to What Lights You Up and No to What Burns You Out on 17th October from 17.30 BST to 18.45 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 12.30 pm to 1.45pm Eastern Time in the USA. For more information on the event click here, to register for the event click here.

PROFESSOR VINCENT INTONDI is Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College in Maryland. From 2009-2017 he was Director of Research for American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute in Washington, DC. His research focuses on the intersection of race and nuclear weapons. He is the author of African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement, and Saving the World from Nuclear War: The June 12, 1982 Disarmament Rally and Beyond. Website: www.vincentintondi.com

Vincent will be speaking at Open Space: The Big Issues Around Refugees Today from 1pm to 2pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20^th October. For further information on this event click here. To register click here. This event will be repeated later on the same day from 9pm to 10pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for further information click here and to register click here. 

DR H.P. KANORIA is Chairman of Universal Spirituality & Humanity Foundation. He is a renowned industrialist, banker, journalist, educationist, philanthropist, social awakener with the mission and vision for enhancing spiritual value service to humanity and taking up the cause for women awakening. Besides several humanitarian awards, he has been conferred The Global Man of the Year at the 3rd Annual Global Officials of Dignity (G.O.D) Awards, held in August 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Dr Kanoria will be speaking at World Values Day; Values For Community on 20th October from 11.30 to 13.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is from 4 to 5.30pm in India. To find out more about this Zoom event click here; to join the event click here.

JAYANTI KIRPALANI is European and Middle East Director of Brahma Kumaris and their NGO Representative to the United Nations, Geneva. As an emissary for peace for over 50 years, she is a highly regarded spiritual teacher and leader who brings great clarity and wisdom to the issues of our times. In particular, she sees the erosion of spiritual values as the underlying cause of the crises that the world is facing today.

Sister Jayanti will be speaking at Exploring the Spirit of Community from 10.00 to 12.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1) on Thursday 20^th October: click here for more information and click here to register.

DR HELEN KINGSTON is a GP in Frome, Somerset, UK.  With Jenny Hartnoll she set up the Compassionate Frome project in 2013. It has since expanded across Somerset. The project is designed to better connect and support patients and to improve lives for those in health care, and integration/collaboration across the community are crucial. There is great interest nationally and internationally. BBC World’s People Fixing the World video has been viewed by over 2.9million viewers. In July,Helen was awarded a Point of Light Award by the Prime Minister on behalf of the team.

Helen will be speaking at Compassion in Action – enabling communities to flourish using an asset-based, relational, community-led approach on 20^th October from 14.00 to 15.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1). For more information click here. To register click here

Professor MIHAIL KRIKUNOV is Dean of the Kyiv Business School, President and co-founder of Ukrainian Bildung Network. corporate trainer, adult education methodologist, management and marketing consultant and C-level manager, career and business mentor.  With more than 30 years of experience in management and teaching, research, business consulting, training in marketing, management, strategy development and executive trainings, he is author of experimental teaching methods based on experiential learning and arts-based learning.

Mihail will be speaking at Our Journey Together From Hardship to Hope: A Values Conversation Regarding Our Shared Community on 20^th October from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1); click here for more information and click here to register. 

ANNALIEZA LANDA, ‘The Values Differentiator’, is a Speaker, Activist and Values Evangelist. She established Make Your Marque in 2016 – a rallying cry to leaders to be better role models for future generations whilst converting good values into business growth and a unified drive for excellence. She founded ‘The 100 Club: Century Champions for Change’ aiming to engage 100 leaders annually in values-led conversations.

Annalieza will be facilitating Keep The Hope Fires Burning! A Hope Encounter for World Values Day on October 20^th from 12.00 to 13.15 BST (UTC/GMT+1); click here for more information on this event and click here to register for it. The event will be repeated later on 20^th October at 23.00 BST(UTC/GMT+1) ending early next morning (in UK time) at 00.15 BST (UTC/GMT+1); click here for more information and click here to register. 

GEORGEANNE LAMONT worked on the art of transformation for 31 years, transforming classrooms, staffrooms, workplaces, businesses and care homes by using a dynamic cycle of transformation, and developing spiritual and global awareness. She founded Values and Visions Project 1989, co-authored Values and Visions 1995, The Spirited Business 2002, Values and Visions, Engaging Students and Refreshing Teachers 2019, has studied Raja Yoga for 11 years, and is a Mindfulness teacher.

Georgeanne will be co-hosting and facilitating Exploring the Spirit of Community from 10.00 to 12.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1) on Thursday 20^th October: click here for more information and click here to register.

NATALIE LOTTERSBERGER, a Registered Nurse and founder and CEO of Care-Ring Home Care Services and Intensive Respiratory Care, has more than 30 years’ experience in nursing, health-care and social work, in family-orientated case management, palliative and intensive care management as well as psychiatric care. She is also a teacher in Nursing. She developed the E-Care and Care-Tab solution, a web–based documentation system for home care. She is member of the Austrian Nursing Association involved in several strategic workgroups regarding integrated care.

Nalalie will be speaking at Our Journey Together From Hardship to Hope: A Values Conversation Regarding Our Shared Community on 20^th October from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1); click here for more information and click here to register. 

JOHN MCCONNEL is a stress management trainer and former prison governor and social worker. He has a strong interest in the practical application of spiritual principles and insights in daily life and runs courses, workshops and retreats designed to empower people. He is the editor of Living Our Values: an inside-out approach to change your life for the better (2013) and the author of Breaking Through the Darkness – how to defeat, depression, anxiety and stress (2020).

John will be co-hosting and facilitating Exploring the Spirit of Community from 10.00 to 12.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1) on Thursday 20^th October: click here for more information and click here to register. From 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) on the same day from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) he will be chairing Celebrating the Spirit of Community – click here for more information and click here to register.

Professor HENRY MINTZBERG is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Canada and is an internationally renowned speaker and author on organisation and management. He has been described by Tom Peters as “perhaps the world’s premier management thinker”. Henry has published 170 articles and seventeen books including Managers Not MBAs, from which Coaching Ourselves has sprung. Also see https://mintzberg.org/

Professor Mintzberg will be speaking at World Values Day Knowledge Café 2022 from 17.00 to 19.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1) on 20^th October: click here for more information and click here to register. This event will be repeated the next day on 21^st October from 08.00 to 10.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1): for more information click here and to register click here. 

 KEVIN MONROE envisions our world touched and transformed by gratitude — by the power of gratitude, the experience and expression of gratitude. He believes gratitude experienced is better than gratitude explained, and is best experienced in community. His most recent gratitude innovation is the I’M GRATEFUL FOR YOU Movement transforming workplaces, communities, and congregations around the world. Contact Kevin via What’sApp or SMS at +1-404-713-0713 or kevin@kevindmonroe.com.

Kevin will be co-hosting two separate one-hour Gratitude and Kindness Encounters with Jenny Haase on 20^th October at 16.00 and 21.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 11am and 4pm EDT in the US. For further information on the earlier event click here.  For further information on the later event click here. To register for either (or both) of them click here. 

DUMI MAGADLELA is an accredited international executive coach, team coach, coach trainer, leadership development facilitator, organizational ‘people whisperer’, and African skills development practitioner. He is an author on executive coaching, coaching approaches, ubuntu values, and people development. Dumi co-founded the Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) at The Coaching Centre (TCC) in South Africa where he has been part of Senior Faculty for over twelve years. 

Dumi will be taking part in the panel discussion Healthy collective consciousness: the ripples we always generate, consciously create or not, organised by the International Coaching Federation on on 20th October 2022 from 17.00 to 18.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 12.00 to 13.00 EDT. For information of this event click here. To register for it click here. 

DR. CATHERINE MATERNOWSKA is Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People and co-director of End Violence Lab at University of Edinburgh.  She brings three decades of field-based research and programming around the world on violence prevention and response, gender equity, and sexual and reproductive health. Working for UNICEF–Office of Research-Innocenti for 5 years she led the Multi-Country Study on Drivers of Violence, has PhD from Columbia University, MPH from the University of Michigan and BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.

Catherine will be speaking at Open Space: The Big Issues Around Refugees Today from 1pm to 2pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20^th October. For further information on this event click here. To register click here. This event will be repeated later on the same day from 9pm to 10pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for further information click here and to register click here. 

MARIACRISTINA MOLFETTA is a Cultural Anthropologist who worked from 1992 – 2008 in international cooperation for protection of human rights in refugee camps in the Balkans, Central America, tribal areas of Pakistan, Iraqi Kurdistan and Darfur in Sudan. She is contact person for international protection and asylum rights at Fondazione Migrantes and the permanent Observatory for refugees, Vie di Fuga, and was spokesperson for Fondazione Migrantes and Report on International Protection in Italy from 2014-2018. She was curator of The Rights of Asylum Report from 2017 – 2021.

Mariacristina will be speaking at Open Space: The Big Issues Around Refugees Today from 1pm to 2pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20^th October. For further information on this event click here. To register click here. This event will be repeated later on the same day from 9pm to 10pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for further information click here and to register click here. 

LIZ MURPHY is a former steering group member of the UK Values Alliance’ She now focuses on growing the use of a mind-body approach to increasing wellbeing. Sophrology—”the study of consciousness in harmony” is a mind-body practice which emphasises the development of personal values. Liz leads the Sophrology Academy, providing accredited training courses and wellbeing programmes, and co-leads the Out In The Field retreats initiative for frontline workers. Liz also serves as President of the International Sophrology Federation.

Liz will be speaking at Mind-body practice: Embodying Our Values in Daily Life on 17th October from 08.00 to 08.45 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here.

MAGDALENA NOWICKA MOOK brings experience in fundraising, coaching, consulting and association management. She offers her vision and strategic direction as the CEO of the International Coaching Federation, where she acts as a partner to the ICF’s Global Board of Directors. Magda is a trained professional coach and systems’ facilitator.  Ms. Mook received her M.S. in Economics and International Trade from the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland and speaks several languages.

Magdalena will be taking part in the panel discussion Healthy collective consciousness: the ripples we always generate, consciously create or not, organised by the International Coaching Federation on on 20th October 2022 from 17.00 to 18.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is 12.00 to 13.00 EDT. For information of this event click here. To register for it click here. 

ZINA MANDA is the compassionate co-founder and owner of an award-winning community café in a part of London challenged by poverty and isolation. The Lounge Café is mainly staffed by volunteers in need of work experience and provides high quality, freshly cooked meals at affordable prices. It also runs a pay-forward scheme to feed customers with no money, offers classes on how to eat well and cook on a budget, and supports asylum seekers and others in a variety of ways.

Zina will be speaking at Celebrating the Spirit of Community on 20th October from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – click here for more information and click here to register.

KATHRYN MAHONEY is a fierce refugee rights advocate with more than fifteen years experience in international humanitarian, human rights and development work. For nearly five years she has been Global Spokesperson for UNHCR, the world’s lead refugee agency, which provides protection to more than 100 million people forced from home, and representing more than 17,000 dedicated staff.

Kathryn will be speaking at Open Space: The Big Issues Around Refugees Today from 1pm to 2pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 20th October. For further information on this event click here. To register click here. This event will be repeated later on the same day from 9pm to 10pm BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for further information click here and to register click here. 

MANDA PATEL is a gifted speaker, practical teacher and inspiring leader with a profound love for Truth and Beauty. For almost thirty years, she coordinated the activities of the much-loved Global Retreat Centre. With a multi-national team of volunteers, she helped create a dynamic and authentic space where people could explore and experience the benefits of spirituality in daily life. She has much to share on this important topic.

Manda will be speaking at Exploring the Spirit of Community from 10.00 to 12.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1) on Thursday 20^th October: click here for more information and click here to register.

SARAH PENGELLY is Curriculum Developer for The BIG Think at the Human Values Foundation. She spent 12-years teaching in inner London Primary schools specialising in Literacy and Personal, Social Health Education.  She is keen to address education inequality through supporting both practitioners and their pupils to bring to life human values and social and emotional learning skills in order to rehearse real life challenges so they can thrive for life.

Sarah will be speaking at Bringing Values to Life in Early Years on 17^th October from 10.00 to 11.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here.

FLORENCE PAROT works with stress, sleep and burnout management. She lectures in many Sophrology schools around Europe and writes books & articles on applied Sophrology. Florence runs a retreat centre dedicated to burnout prevention and management in the heart of the French countryside – find out more at https://en.labullederepos.com/about-5011

Florence will be speaking at Mind Body Practice Mind-body practice: Embodying Our Values in Daily Life on 17th October from 14.00 to 14.45 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – the session will be conducted in French. For more information click here, to register click here.

ONJALI Q RAUF is a multi award-winning children’s author and women’s and refugee human rights activist, founder and CEO of Making Herstory which works to end the abuse, enslavement and trafficking of women and girls in the UK, and O’s Refugee Aid Team which helps refugee response teams across northern France and beyond. She is  author of bestseller, The Boy at the Back of the Class, winner of the Blue Peter Award and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2019. She was listed as one of BBC’s 100 most influential women from around the world in 2019. Her first children’s play, The Hero Next Door, is scheduled to be staged in London in the spring of 2023. 

Onjali will be speaking at Celebrating the Spirit of Community on 20^th October from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – click here for more information and click here to register.

LOUISE RICHMOND is based in South London and has studied Raja Yoga mediation from a young age. She values its deep insight and practical outcomes of inner empowerment. She works voluntarily in a small team providing meditation related courses within the local community and professionally is a senior project manager.

Louise will be speaking at Exploring the Spirit of Community from 10.00 to 12.00 BST (UTC/GMT +1) on Thursday 20^th October: click here for more information and click here to register. 

JACQUI ROLLESTON-STEED has worked in public service for over 20 years, and is also a business owner of Manataiao Event Management which specialises in event and project management to develop the capability and capacity of Māori businesses and entities. She sits on the executive board of the Tauranga Māori Business association and has done so for close to 12 years. Our roopu, values, or Ngā Uara, underpin our societies constitution and action plans.

Jacqui will be speaking at the breakfast event Tauranga Rotary and Friends Celebrate the Dawn of World Values Day organised by Rotary Tauranga, from 07.00 to 09.30am on 20th October (New Zealand time) which is 19.00 to 21.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 19^th October. For more information on this event click here. To register to watch the event on a live-stream click here [link to follow]

TOM RAUSCH is Director of Consulting at Barrett Values Centre. His focus is on helping global companies align their leadership teams, company culture, and people to deliver on their sustainable business strategy. As a grandfather of four, he is fully committed to the decade of action to deliver the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomrausch/ 

Tom will be hosting a webinar on Transforming Big Business to Support Community Values on 20^th  October  from 15.00 to 16.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) or 10.00 to 11.00 EDT. To find out more about the webinar click here. To register click here. 

SHADRACH ROLLESTON is a Commissioner of Tauranga City Council, and a consultant planner and policy advisor with expertise in resource management and Māori relationship management and engagement.  He is of Māori descent with tribal connections to Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga and affiliations to Te Arawa. His public service career spans more than 20 years at a national, regional and local level.  He has worked as a policy advisor and planner for both central and local government, having been involved in transport and environmental reforms.  

Shadrach will be speaking at the breakfast event Tauranga Rotary and Friends Celebrate the Dawn of World Values Day organised by Rotary Tauranga, from 07.00 to 09.30am on 20th October (New Zealand time) which is 19.00 to 21.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 19^th October. For more information on this event click here. To register to watch the event on a live-stream click here [link to follow]

KATRINA RAMAGE was born in Scotland and worked in communications and governmental organisations in London for 20 years. She focusses on supporting social regeneration initiatives, and has also established a number of global businesses and social enterprises. She is Global Ambassador for World Values Day and is championing ‘Reconnecting with Roots’ this year.

Katrina will be speaking at the breakfast event Tauranga Rotary and Friends Celebrate the Dawn of World Values Day organised by Rotary Tauranga, from 07.00 to 09.30am on 20th October (New Zealand time) which is 19.00 to 21.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) on 19^th October. For more information on this event click here. To register to watch the event on a live-stream click here [link to follow]

DAXA SHAH is the inspiring co-ordinator of ‘Inner Space Wembley’ – a free community centre in London that supports individuals, local communities and businesses in coping with the stresses of life today through a variety of self development courses, talks and raja yoga meditation. In 2014, she was recognised by the Mayor of Brent as a ‘Community Champion’ for her service to Wembley’s ethnically diverse population. 

Daxa will be speaking at Celebrating the Spirit of Community on 20^th October from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – click here for more information and click here to register.

DR VIKRAM SINGH is an Indian educationist and former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the IPS in 1974, and held the post of Director General of Police in the state of Uttar Pradesh 2007 – 2009. He completed M.Sc from Allahabad university in 1972 and Ph.D (Ecology) from Kumaon university in 1990. He twice received President’s police Medal for his long distinguished and meritorious services, and authored two books, “Ecosystems of Central Himalayas” and “Human Rights and Police” (NHRC Award Winner).

Dr Singh will be speaking at World Values Day; Values For Community on 20th October from 11.30 to 13.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) which is from 4 to 5.30pm in India. To find out more about this Zoom event click here; to join the event click here.

ALAN WILLIAMS is Founder & MD, SERVICEBRAND GLOBAL which helps leaders of purpose-led organisations, internationally and in the UK, to deliver sustained business performance and a service excellence culture through values-driven organizational alignment. He is a published author and international speaker whose projects have delivered measurable business impact across a balanced scorecard of measures and been recognised with industry awards.

Alan will be speaking at Bringing Values To Life For Young People on 17th October from 12.00 to 13.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here; at Bringing Kindness To Life: online session from the World Kindness Movement General on 17th October from 14.00 to 15.00 BST – for more information click here , to register click here.

LINDSAY WEST is a successful coach, trainer and speaker, with a drive for results and a passion for wellbeing, people development and continuous improvement.  She is  Founder of Values Coach UK, published author of ‘Coaching with Values’, a certified Positive Intelligence Coach, member of UK Values Alliance, supporter of World Values Day, and a promoter of a values-based approach in life, career and organisations.

Lindsay will be speaking at Live Your Values; Manage Your Saboteurs on 19^th October from 15.00 to 16.00 BST (UTC/GMT+1) – for more information click here, to register click here. 

HALYNA YARMOLENKO is an MD, General practitioner, and a volunteer in the Ukrainian Bildung Network. She has an open minded value-oriented enquiring mind.

Natalie will be speaking at Our Journey Together From Hardship to Hope: A Values Conversation Regarding Our Shared Community on 20^th October from 19.00 to 20.30 BST (UTC/GMT+1); click here for more information and click here to register.