Speaking Appearances
Meet up with Libby
WriteCon Zurich: Publishers’ Panel (moderation), regular
Google Switzerland: The art of the career pivot
Transmedia Zurich: Taking fiction across media, a case study
Powerhouse Zurich: Moderation, various events
Creative Mornings Zurich: Content, Context and Collaboration
ImpactHUB Zurich: Clean Communications for Change
Google Switzerland: Integration and belonging
Powerhouse Zurich: Clean Communications for Parenting
LIBBY O’LOGHLIN
SPEAKER
An entrepreneur, community builder and so-called ‘creative’, Libby has moderated panels and spoken at numerous events and workplaces, including: Google Zürich, Creative Mornings, ImpactHUB/CoLab Zürich, Zürich Transmedia and WriteCon Zürich. She is able to distil complex and broad-ranging topics into inspirational and educational presentations that spark people into action.
Libby is Co-Founder of ReCarbonX Systems, an eco-footprint product tracking system built on blockchain and integrated industrial sensors. She’s also a founding contributor to the Decarbonista Project, providing plant-based recipes for community workshops (for busy people looking to reduce their everyday carbon footprint).
For over a decade, she was Co-Founder and on the board of two Swiss Vereins (non profit orgs): The Powerhouse for Professional Women in Zürich and The Woolf literary hub, where she was Co-Creative Director of The Woolf Quarterly online literary journal (serving the English-language writing community in Switzerland).
She also co-founded and has led workshops for Zürich’s successful WriteCon annual writing events, which have been running since 2009.
Libby is a prize-winning writer (short story genre) and her debut novel for young adults, Charlotte Aimes, was longlisted for the 2015 Bath Children’s Novel Award. She has taught screenwriting at university and was co-writer of geo-political thriller novel The Expansion, which was voted Book of the Year in 2107 by massive global forum The Online Bookclub. She has edited and mentored hundreds of writers and, in a coaching capacity, developed and delivered writing programs for clients undergoing rehab in a clinic environment.
Two decades of experience across narrative media (as well as having parented teenagers!) gives Libby a sharp lens on the way narratives emerge and how stories are crafted to communicate ideas in the 21C digital context.
Libby has lived and worked in numerous different cultural contexts, including Australia, Malaysia, the UK, the USA and now Switzerland. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Professional Communication.
To enquire about speaking please contact Libby via the form below.
PRESENTATION TOPICS
Embracing a sustainable life:
Creative skills for agility and living in an age of uncertainty
Going the distance:
Notes from collaborative book-writing and publishing long-form fiction
Community building in a digital world:
Learnings from adventures in social entrepreneurship
What am I really trying to say?
Communicating for connection (‘clean comms’)
For Media
Short Bio
Libby O’Loghlin is an Australian author and innovator who has co-founded various community orgs including The Powerhouse Network for Professional Women in Zurich, WriteCon and The Woolf Quarterly online cultural journal. She has a narrative media background (TV, film, radio, digital and print publishing) and loves talking about the power of story in relation to both how our personal stories can impact our growth and how stories can be harnessed as a tool for connection and wider change.
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You can get in touch with Libby for speaking engagements using the form below. Please double-check your email address.