David Paterson Email & Phone Number

Adelaide, Australia

The YMCA is the world's largest and oldest youth & community services organisation, founded in 1844. Today it serves 65m people each day in 120 countries. It's developed many great leaders (including multiple Nobel Peace Prize winners) and is the inventor of basketball, volleyball, futsal, softball, group swimming lessons, lifeguards, youth work, after-school programs, and many others.YMCA South Australia was one of the first Y's in the world, founded in 1850. Today it employs around 1000… Show more The YMCA is the world's largest and oldest youth & community services organisation, founded in 1844. Today it serves 65m people each day in 120 countries. It's developed many great leaders (including multiple Nobel Peace Prize winners) and is the inventor of basketball, volleyball, futsal, softball, group swimming lessons, lifeguards, youth work, after-school programs, and many others.YMCA South Australia was one of the first Y's in the world, founded in 1850. Today it employs around 1000 staff across 55 centres and is a key player in strengthening the State's communities through recreation and health services, children's services, early learning, and youth and family programs. Show less

Want to make a real difference through your organization? Need to growthe income, influence, and capacity to do so? First, find the strategic clarity that precedes any such breakthrough.Whether you are an executive, emerging leader, entrepreneur, or community changemaker, Growing on Purpose will lift you up into clearer headspace. A higher perspective from which the pivotal opportunities for impact and increase become more visible. A position from which they become more… Show more Want to make a real difference through your organization? Need to growthe income, influence, and capacity to do so? First, find the strategic clarity that precedes any such breakthrough.Whether you are an executive, emerging leader, entrepreneur, or community changemaker, Growing on Purpose will lift you up into clearer headspace. A higher perspective from which the pivotal opportunities for impact and increase become more visible. A position from which they become more attainable.By applying the insights in this book, you will• Unleash the transformative power of purpose.• Grow as a strategic thinker.• Mobilize those under your leadership.• Align your choices, capabilities, and culture to amplify impact.• Navigate challenges with determination, grace, and agility. Available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. (ISBN 9780645899504) Show less

Adelaide, Australia

Strategy & innovation advisory firm, focused on helping organisations, communities and economies grow through first-class international experience in: - developing strategic clarity on the real problem or opportunity at hand - opening up innovative new opportunities - growing business revenues and/or social impact- transforming the organisation and positioning it for the future.

Adelaide

Industry Professor specialising in Innovation, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship.Program Director designing a new degree in innovation and enterprise.

Adelaide, Australia

Network of more than a thousand for-purpose leaders, social innovators, social entrepreneurs and change agents.

Melbourne, Adelaide

World Vision is the world's largest international aid & development NGO, serving around 120 million people each year.

Melbourne, Australia

Senior executive responsible for World Vision's engagement of the Australian community, including marketing and fundraising, media, events, digital, youth and key partnerships. World Vision is Australia's largest NGO, raising around $300m annually.

Melbourne, Australia

Medibank Private is Australia's largest private health insurance organisation, with some 3 million members. It has annual revenues in excess of $3 billion.

Melbourne And Sydney

The Communications Group Ltd (TCG) was Australia's largest independent marketing communications agency group, comprising agencies such as George Patterson Partners, Campaign Palace, Zenith Media, PPR, Ideaworks, Generator Bates, et al. It has since been sold to WPP and is now part of Young & Rubicam.

Melbourne & Sydney

Bates Worldwide was the second-largest marketing agency network in the Asia-Pacific region (after Ogilvy). It comprise some 3000 marketing professionals across 14 countries. Bates has since been sold to WPP and is now part of Young & Rubicam.

New York Headquartered

XM was the digital agency of the global Cordiant Communications Group Ltd. At the time XM was one of the world's top 10 international digital agency networks, and had a "who's who" client base around the world - from Harvard University and No.10 Downing Street to companies such as Nokia, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Singapore Airlines, Toyota and many others.

Melbourne, Australia

Founder and co-director of the e-business consulting practice of Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in Australasia.

Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney

Australia's first Internet commerce consultancy, combining skills in business strategy, creative and technology.

B.Bus., Business Administration

Bachelor of Business with majors in Marketing and Management

Execed, Strategic Innovation & Design Thinking

Execed, Strategy Frameworks For Nonprofits

Kennedy School of Government

B.Soc.Sc, Social Science

Bachelor of Social Science, covering Economics, Political Science, Psychology

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