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Speaker, Facilitator & Author on Creativity

Nigel Collin is an expert on teaching business leaders how to lead creative people, orchestrate their talents and get results.

A highly sought after facilitator, speaker and author, Nigel's invaluable messages have been derived from experiences gained over more than a decade on the frontline of the events and entertainment industry as a 'creative director.'  Dynamic, interactive and practical, his genuine knowledge and experience sets him apart from others.

About Nigel Collin:

For 9 years Nigel owned and ran Absurd Entertainment - an Entertainment design company, before passing the baton on in 2004.

As an Entertainment and Creative Director, Nigel has worked on a multitude of corporate and public events including the 2000 Sydney Olympics and Paralympics and The Sydney Royal Easter Show 1997-2003. He was the Show Director for Australia's largest-ever corporate event in Sydney in 2005.Many companies across a myriad of industries including IT, Entertainment, Finance, Law, Insurance, Government Departments and Telecommunications have benefited from Nigel's experience and expertise. In 2006 Nigel studied organizational creativity at The Walt Disney Company, USA and in 2007 he was invited to sit on the roundtable for the Queensland Governments 'Year of Creativity'. 

Author of Think BITS, an eclectic mix of creative inspirations and thinking tools, Nigel regularly contributes articles to relevant business and industry journals. He also teaches media and television presenting on Sydney's On Camera Connections.

Nigel Collin's Keynote Presentations:

Nigel Collin is a dynamic and informative speaker, who teaches business leaders how to lead their creative people and has a knack for creating synergy between creative people and business outcomes. His keynote presentations include:

How to lead your creative people

  • Discover the three organizational keys of Leadership, Culture, Process;
  • Learn why creative people think, feel and do differently and what to do about it;
  • See why leading creative people demand a different set of leadership skills.

Shooting Ducks: How to keep generating workable ideas

  • Explore the importance of having the right process for creativity to have impact;
  • Understand how to turn on and off the creative controls;
  • Learn how to explore possibilities and then funnel them into workable solutions.

Creating Zoos: How to build a stimulating creative culture

  • Discover five key elements in building and maintaining a creative zoo;
  • Learn the major frustrations of creative people working for organizations;

  • See what other successful creative businesses do and learn to adopt it.

Nigel Collin's Creativity Workshops:

Nigel looks at the process of creative thinking, gives you a framework to use and shows you how to apply a variety of 'thinking tools' relevant to you. Then he shows you how to use the tools, and importantly, gives you the confidence you need to get your team generating new and fresh ideas.

Funnelthinking - Generating ideas that count

Aimed specifically at how to generate workable ideas and solutions and keep coming up with them. You will learn to apply our unique model to help generate and capture ideas and then funnel them down into workable solutions and outcomes. You will also learn and use a variety of relevant thinking tools. Towards the end of the day we'll also apply what we've covered to solve a real business problem for your business so you'll leave with 3 solid workable ideas.

This workshop looks at:

  • Using the 'the funnel' as a idea generating process
  • A range of relevant thinking tools and idea generator
  • Essential elements for creative thinking to flourish

Leading Creatives - How to lead creative people and build a creative culture

This workshop is designed for leaders of creatives and innovative thinkers. It looks at how to build a business culture that supports and stimulates creativity and how to fully utilise the creative talents of your people. We also explore why creative people think, feel and do differently and how to find ways to exploit those differences for viable business outcomes.

This full day workshop looks at:

  • How to lead creative people and innovative thinkers
  • How to build a supporting and stimulating creative culture
  • Discover a process to turn on and off the creative controls

Client testimonials

Your role as MC was particularly well received by delegates. Comments included ‘Fun, inspiring, encouraged interaction’, ‘Lively, down to earth humour’, ‘Fabulous as Uusual’, ‘Really liked Nigel’s individual gifts for presenters, a nice touch’ – ‘ Well done, most entertaining’.

MIAA NSW Branch

I imagine you're quite accustomed to your session being a popular favourite amongst conference or workshop participants, but in addition to it being popular it was also extremely valuable for our daily leadership work.

Mater Health Service

Not just entertaining but useful, great ideas you can use immediately

Empire Force Events Inc. New York USA

His keynote address was excellent and showed a good depth of knowledge of the topic. It was clear that it was well researched and professionally presented compared to other speakers.

RMIA