The Business Victoria Toolkits program helps businesses to prioritise, organise their next steps and set some realistic goals in order to take the first step of recovery. The program is free for small business owners.Business Victoria delivers the program in collaboration with Monarch Institute. Monarch provides accredited training, coaching and education for those in business. As a Registered Training Organisation, their team of experts are there to share their experience and knowledge when it comes to operating a business. The program offers enhanced workshops, live webinars, mentoring, Small Business Bus visits throughout Victoria and support through an online learning management system. My roles include:- One-on-one virtual business advisor - Small Business Bus program face-to-face business advisor- Webinar facilitator - Face-to-face workshop facilitator

I am delighted to serve as the President of City Precinct, the industry association representing Postcode 3000 traders and funded by City of Melbourne. City Precinct is Melbourne's inspiring and collaborative 21st century community of thriving and creative bespoke businesses. We are made of the people and businesses who make Melbourne Melbourne.City Precinct connects Melbourne CBD’s small businesses, facilitates relationship building by hosting educational and networking events and provides support services to its members.City Precinct informs and empowers its members through regularly updating them on current issues, opportunities and information that may affect their businesses. City Precinct is the glue that brings together the bespoke, niche, local and independent retailers throughout the CBD.City Precinct acts as a communication channel between its members and the City of Melbourne. City Precinct is recognised by the City of Melbourne and as such is a recipient of the Precinct Development Program annual funding.

City Precinct is the traders association for the Melbourne CBD, spanning Postcode 3000.This is my second term on the Committee of Management, a cohesive team of dedicated local business owners, collaborating to nurture, nourish and connect small business, to empower and upskill them to thrive. We are building a strong network and community of bespoke small businesses, and creatively supporting them to thrive.

Spaces & Events co-curated by a Network of thought leaders and change makers. The integrated space incorporates a functions venue, meeting rooms, business centre and accommodation, all in one central location! A useful base for business trips to Melbourne. It is a community where professionals can collaborate, cultivate and engage with their audiences. The program of events includes seminars, training, workshops, performances, forums, product launches, networking and functions. Curate Space is an initiative of Strategic Artistry, which also provides a range of in-house services, programs and expertise.

FORWARD is RMIT University’s Centre for Future Skills and Workforce Transformation. Our role is to build an innovative learning ecosystem at scale, create new collaborative applied research and invent next-generation skills solutions that will catalyse workforce development in the future-oriented industries crucial to Victoria's economic renewal.We lead collaborative applied research on future skills and workforce transformation from within RMIT's College of Vocational Education, building and scaling the evidence and practice base to support Victorian workforce planning and delivery and acting as a test lab for future skills to develop and pilot new approaches to skills training and education through digital transformation and pedagogical innovation.

Catalyst 2030 is a global movement of social entrepreneurs and social innovators from all sectors who share the common goal of creating innovative, people-centric approaches to attain the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.Joining forces with communities, governments, businesses and others, Catalyst 2030 members are changing systems at all levels through collective action and bold, new strategies. Catalyst 2030 members are driven by the desire to make a positive impact on the world and to find lasting solutions to unsolved challenges. They have a proven track record of systems change and their work complements the macro-level perspectives of governments.More than 50% of our members have implemented programmes on the country level and nearly 30% of organisations have succeeded in driving the passage of new government policies.

Strategic Artistry connects creative communities across Australia and New Zealand through a range of consulting services, and its innovation centre 'Curate Space', which includes function centre, meeting rooms and business centre. Drawing on her extensive industry knowledge and experience, Chloe builds the capacity of governments, organisations, industries and communities to deliver creative outcomes. She achieves this through:• Consulting on strategic community, cultural and industry development;• Practitioner development as a trainer, coach, and keynote presenter;• Brokering artists, stakeholder partnerships and resources;• Joint ventures and investing in social and cultural enterprises;• Producing quality events and programs;• Facilitating participatory consultation processes; • Identifying opportunities for impact, collaboration and funding; • Providing strategic context through mapping related policies, plans, strategies and stakeholders to identify potential alignments.Technology solutions for the Creative Industries, Local Government and Tourism:• Virtual Reality of your locations and experiences • Audio guide apps for galleries, museums and cultural tourism (as a Cultural Tourism Consultant for IZI.Travel)Strategic Artistry projects:• Facilitating the strategic planning process for the Social Enterprise Network of Victoria. • Hosting a program of 30 events over two weeks, for the Victorian Government’s Digital Innovation Festival. • Delivering a program of audio guide production and digital storytelling training for regions across Australia. • Produced and presented events as part of Vivid Ideas, with sessions on ‘Connecting Creatives, Councils and Communities’, and 'digital strategies for cultural tourism'. • Engaged the sector in a national Community Arts and Cultural Development initiative, for Creating Australia

Facilitating group coaching workshops through virtual reality. Innerworld is a mental health community for the metaverse. Backed by the creator of cognitive-behavioral therapy, Innerworld provides a safe virtual world to build lasting relationships and learn science-based techniques to overcome real-world challenges. Innerworld is designed for VR to leverage immersive social presence and anonymity, and also works on desktop and mobile.

We are an Australian first community that helps social changemakers access trusted support and advice from pre-vetted specialist businesses and consultants in the Social Purpose sector. B Corp + Social Traders accreditation.

Social Enterprise Academy Australia delivers learning and development programs focused on leadership, enterprise, personal development and social impact for people and organisations enabling social change. We work at local, national and international levels, bringing together learners to share and learn together, at all stages of personal and organisational growth. As Associate Learning Facilitator, Chloe ‘holds’ and facilitates SEA learning programs.

Producing and Facilitating Failure Lab training and events in Australia and New Zealand. Failure Lab helps organizations and individuals remove roadblocks to innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking. Through provocative corporate training and storytelling events we’re pushing back on the fear of failure, and encouraging intelligent risk taking.

iClick2Learn is a social enterprise offering specialist e-learning services for the not-for-profit and social enterprise sector. We develop e-learning solutions and host e-courses for the sector. Helping the people that keep our communities strong across all industries including health; childcare; education; recreation and arts to name a few. Chloe’s role is to negotiate service agreements with councils and community organisations, to deliver an online training library for volunteer learning and development.We all know the value of personal and professional development and the for-purpose sector has unique challenges in accessing peer and expert knowledge, skills and tools.There are 6.1 million volunteers and 1.1 million staff who have to find funding to pay for their training or, pay for it themselves and take time away from home and work.Let's discuss the training needs of your community or organisation. You can schedule a time with me here: https://www.iclick2learn.com.au/about

Managing Business Development roll-out of the audio guide platform across Australia and New Zealand, Chloe delivered training and briefings at conferences and with industry leaders. Chloe toured Australia, training community organisations, cultural organisations and tourism operators in Audio Guide Production for digital storytelling using the platform. She presented at international and national conferences.While izi.TRAVEL no longer employs a network of regional representatives around the world, Chloe continues to provide these services across Australia and New Zealand through Strategic Artistry as part of its cultural tourism service. Having managed izi.TRAVEL in this part of the world, Strategic Artistry is the authority on the platform, engaged by councils, tourism, museums and galleries, to produce audio guides and deliver audio guide production training. izi.TRAVEL is a free and open storytelling platform, a web-application allowing anyone to create audio/video guides, tours, and interpretation of histories, collections and exhibitions. izi.TRAVEL is a free mobile (iOS, Android and Windows Phone) application with free audio/video guides around museums, galleries and communities around the world. With thousands of galleries, museums and tours already participating and over a million audio stories listened to per month, its a great way to extend your reach.

Teaching marketing research, venue and gallery management in the Bachelor of Entertainment Management and Bachelor of Arts Management.

Chloe managed the arts and culture policy portfolio and the Local Government Arts and Cultural Development Program. Building capacity of the sector, she delivered resources, funding, research, training, forums, conferences and gala awards. She represented Local Government interests to State Government and nationally through participating in policy development processes including convening consultations, writing policy briefings, submissions and advocacy.In conjunction with Arts NSW Chloe implemented the Fourth Cultural Accord between State and Local Government to: • Identify the status of existing arts and cultural infrastructure across NSW and approaches to meeting future needs, including possible principles for future development of arts and cultural infrastructure. • Engage councils and other organisations to encourage the development of local capacity, and councils’ facilitation of connections between local arts and cultural groups. • Encourage councils to explore local initiatives to provide artist studios and residency programs, develop creative enterprise hubs and support local creative industries. • Provide Aboriginal people with greater opportunities to participate in, share and strengthen their culture through arts practice, and develop careers and businesses in the arts and cultural sector. • Encourage incorporation of provisions for local arts and cultural development into councils’ Community Strategic Plans. Other collaborations included:• Destination NSW, delivering a Vivid Ideas program of forums, symposium, conference and gala awards night at NSW Parliament House. • Department of Family and Community Services NSW, administering the LG Creative Ageing Grants Program.• Industry Training Advisory Board, advising on sector skills gaps and course development.She was on the executive of the National Local Government Cultural Forum, which develops a national perspective on cultural development practice in local government across Australia.

Chloe led Council’s cultural program and planning process through ensuring its cultural objectives were integrated into Council policy, planning and decision making framework. Cultural priorities addressed included:- Community partnerships- Building participation in community life- Creative industries and cultural tourism- Places to experience culture (venues and public spaces)- Protect and promote heritage- Support Aboriginal cultureThis was achieved through developing the Culture Port Stephens Network, which includes:- a Strategic Arts and Cultural Committee- a network of local Lifestyle Teams - partnering locally to deliver projects- Interest based networks for performing arts, visual arts, event organisers and creative industries- Cultural Projects Fund - $60,000 to resource community driven projects- A website for sharing cultural news, including an events calendar and cultural directory: www.cultuehunter.org/port-stephensChloe established the Mezzanine Gallery in Council's Administration Building including:- Designing and managing the fit out- Ongoing site management for every exhibition including risk assessment, site inductions, supervising installation and removal of exhibits - Branding and marketing- Programming monthly exhibitions - MC, Organising, managing opening events- Curating exhibitions in conjunction with other programs such as NAIDOC Week, Seniors Week, Youth Week, Heritage Festival- Partnered with Hunter Water and University of Sydney to bring the Irrawang exhibition from Sydney to its originChloe was an active member of Council's:- Community Engagement Panel as process owner of Council surveys and surveymonkey software (2009 - 2011)- Grant management improvement process - process owner of SmartyGrants software trial (2010-2011)- Integrated Planning and Reporting advisory group (2010 - 2011) - Business Excellence advisory group (2010)

Chloe was a casual lecturer teaching:- 'Community Development Strategy'- 'Advocacy and Representation '. These were delivered at both Taree and Port Macquarie campuses.

Facilitating the transition of Council, and other stakeholders, to an integrated planning framework toward building a shared vision. This involved:• Facilitating a community engagement process to identify local priorities (including a series of 12 community workshops and a community survey with 1425 responses); • Publishing a 'Community Priorities Report'; • Engaging internal stakeholders from across council through the Integrated Planning Reference Group, workshops and establishing systems;• Brokering strategic alliances with elected leaders, Government agencies, service providers and community organisations. to deliver the identified priorities; and• Coordinating a range of funding programs that support local community organisations to work in partnership with Council toward addressing the identified priorities.

Chloe established and managed the Community Development Team, including:• Childrens Services Team Leader (and their team of up to 20 casual and part time staff) • Community Safety Officer• Community Development Officer for Ageing • Community Projects OfficerThe role also involved:• Community sector support, advice and training • Community Grants • Community Planning • Convening the Great Lakes Community Network - the peak 'whole of government' and whole of community' interagency for the Local Government Area.• Prior to employment of the Childrens Services Team Leader, she managed the Children’s Services directly, including establishing new services. She continued to manage the services as part of her portfolio through the Team Leader, one of her direct reports.

Chloe delivered six program areas: Community sector support, advice and training Community Engagement • Information • Advocacy • Consultation Community Grants • Great Lakes Council Community Grants Programme • Area Assistance Scheme (now called 'Community Builders')• Community Development Support Expenditure Scheme (Now called the Club Grants) Community Planning • Social Planning• Cultural Planning• Crime Prevention PlanningCommunity Development Networks • Great Lakes Community Network • Great Lakes Arts Network (GLAN) • Great Lakes Community Safety Network Management of Children’s Services • School Holiday Activity Program • After School Activity Program

Chloe worked in a range of roles in the Mid North Coast Health Promotion Team:• Area Injury Prevention / Health Promotion Officer where Chloe facilitated partnerships between government agencies, councils, service providers, community organisations and the community toward developing ‘Safe Communities’. Scope included road safety, suicide prevention, falls injury prevention, crime prevention, farm safe, water safety and preventing second hand smoke impact on children. Chloe supported Safe Communities Coalitions in Macleay Hastings, Great Lakes, Nambucca and Coffs Harbour.• Secretariat for the NSW Falls Injury Prevention Network which involved organising a state forum.• Health Promotion Project Officer for the ‘No Smoke in Your Face’ program which was a tobacco education program involving Aboriginal families in the Kempsey area. • In-house trainer in ‘Zero-Tolerance to Violence in the Workplace’ and in how to use computers

The result of this 20 month project was an award winning youth suicide prevention CD-ROM. Over 30,000 copies were distributed through community organisations, service providers and schools. This virtual environment is where young people can explore their feelings, improve their skills in dealing with stressful situations and learn about issues such as drugs, mental health, grief, body image, relationships, conflict and getting help. The CD includes 90 minutes of video, 30 minutes of music, 1000 pages of resources and ten interactive activities. Chloe facilitated the participation of many young people who contributed their stories through theatre, poetry, art, music, personal journals and interviews.

Chloe produced products and services for the health, community, cultural and environmental sectors. Clients included community organisations, Government agencies, Local Government and the private sector. 90% of clients had a focus on enhancing quality of life for communities which is in alignment with Chloe's sense of purpose. Most projects were associated with community education campaigns. Products included:• Websites • CD-ROMs• Video and audio• Graphic design and animation• Photography• Educational kits Services included:• Project management• Training • Community consultation• Public relations

Chloe was engaged on a number of occasions by Port Macquarie Hastings Council's Regional Gallery to deliver the following multimedia projects (which included delivering websites, CD-ROMs, video productions, graphic design):Council Art Collection:- Photographing and documenting all items in the collection in locations across the Local Government area, including public art- Creating a website and CD-ROM as a virtual gallery, providing public access to the collection. - Designing branding for the collection, including application across the products developed and style manual for ongoing applications.- The website had a secure area for staff to manage the records including adding new acquisitions, tracking locations and valuations.- A large format folio.Producing a Multimedia Educational Kit about Council's commissioned public art by Stephen Killick- Video production including interviews.- Presenting visual and written content in an interactive and engaging way. In particular the processes involved in producing the public art, including concept development, fabrication and installation. - Creating interactive and fun learning activities to engage young people.- Collaborating with local educators to integrate the resource with local primary school curriculum - Presenting the product at its launch in the regional gallery.Producing a Multimedia Educational Kit on the Museum of Contemporary Art 'Unpacked' Exhibition.- Collaborating with local educators to integrate the resource with local primary school curriculum. - Producing visual and written content in an interactive and engaging way.- Presenting the product at its launch in the gallery.

Teaching computers and the internet to the public, based at Port Macquarie Panthurs.

Supporting informed decision making by government, community and business, Chloe ensured that residents and over-night visitors to the Melbourne CBD completed their census forms. This involved delivering, collecting and recording thousands of census forms including apartment buildings and hotels. Covering the CBD was a great responsibility as the city dwellers can be hard to find living in unconventional residences - such as converted office suites and entrances down small laneways! This was a great foundation, as Census data has been a key reference informing Chloe's subsequent roles in policy, planning and advocacy.

This role involved:- Producing EDO publications including cover design, desktop publishing and liaison with printers.- Producing newsletter for members and stakeholders including liaison with staff & board members to collate articles, desktop publishing and production.

Chloe benefited greatly from Young Achievement Australia's (YAA) Business Skills Program being her first experience in a management role. Through the program Chloe and her team established a company, elected its executive and sold shares to raise capital. The team developed, manufactured, marketed and sold a product in the open market. At the end of the eight month program the company was scheduled to liquidate and delivered profitable returns to shareholders.Chloe was elected as the Marketing Director having demonstrated a vision for the business and strategies for promoting its product. Serving on the executive she provided leadership to the company and acted as Acting Managing Director for much of the time. Chloe applied commercial marketing techniques learned from her IBM Marketing Division mentor. The Company was extremely successful, winning awards when pitched against the other companies in the program and delivering profitable returns to its stakeholders. Young Achievement Australia's Business Skills Program™ runs for 24 weeks. The program brings together groups of 15-25 students (senior secondary and tertiary) to start up and run a self-directed small business. YAA also conduct special events including a Trade Expo, Management Skills Seminar Workshops and awards program. Each group is supported by a dedicated team of 4-6 volunteer business professionals acting as mentors.