Our Forum Speakers

Shil Shanghavi

Shil is a Public Speaking specialist, keynote speaker, MC, facilitator and a coveted speaker coach.

Shil's intuitive methods show individuals how to succeed in business and life by understanding the hidden dynamics of presenting and storytelling so you can speak with clarity and engage audiences. Shil is pushing the boundary with public speaking having introduced the concept of public speaking in virtual reality which is unique to Perth, and rare to the world. It's just one of the groundbreaking tools Shil uses to show you how to become a better presenter. Shil is the head of speaker coaching for TEDxPerth, Board member for Guerrilla Establishment, a presentation mentor with impact100 WA, a public speaking expert for Modern People and a Public Speaking industry expert for WA Leaders.

Shani Graham

Shani Graham and her partner Tim are from Ecoburbia, a business aimed at creating more sustainable and resilient communities.

Their work ranges from presenting workshops on good solar house design at local councils, to inspiring corporate executives to introduce a worm farm to the office kitchen. They are aware that developing community is essential to this work, and so make sure there is lots of interaction, fun and play in whatever they are doing. Shani and Tim's business Ecoburbia won a Fremantle Chamber of Commerce award in 2011, and a West Australian Best Small Business Environmental award the same year. Shani was the Fremantle Citizen of the Year in 2011. The next year they were honoured to win the Australia-wide Banksia Award for Excellence in Small Business. Discovering that awards made very little difference to her life, Shani stopped applying for them and is content milking goats, talking to her neighbours and tending to her garden.

Dr Marny Lishman

Dr Marny Lishman is a health and community psychologist, author, leader wellbeing and mindset coach, keynote speaker and media commentator.

Her work involves creating agility of the mind, so that her clients can become more successful in their professional and personal life. Marny helps people increase their psychological capacity to not only design and create the life that they are envisioning, transform their internal capabilities to beyond what they thought possible, but deal with life's individual and collective disruptions that they will inevitably face on their pathway to success. Marny is also a media commentator on local and national TV, radio and print, and she is currently the Resident Psychologist on Channel 9 News in Perth.