Widely regarded as one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs, Tania de Jong has made her mark in the world of business after she founded five organisations and three charities. Born into a family where innovation and business ran in the blood, her grandmother taking claim to inventing the folding umbrella, Tania was destined for a successful career. She is the founder of Creative Innovation Global, Music Theatre Australia, Pot-Pourri, The Song Room, Creative Universe, Creativity Australia and Dimension5 and co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia. Tania’s business ventures have earned her a reputation as a serial social entrepreneur, with knowledge spanning the business, entertainment and public sectors.
Tania is also a talented soprano singer, having released several solo albums and albums with her singing group Pot-Pourri. Her talents know no bounds, beautifully singing her vocals in languages such as Spanish, Latin, German, Russian, Italian and Mandarin to name a few. Possessing a creative spirit, Tania has channelled her passions into countless charities and organisations. She founded Creativity Australia and The Song Room, with the aim to support disadvantaged individuals in building supportive communities, focusing on their wellbeing and creative learning. She has also founded Creative Universe and Dimension5 to deliver transformational lessons on leadership, innovation and collaboration.
An authority of creative thinking, Tania is highly sought to deliver a plethora of keynote speeches, conference facilitation, workshops and after dinner tales. Individuals, companies and corporations from all kinds of sectors have sought Tania’s erudite knowledge, with previous clients including the likes of Thinkers 50, McKinsey & Company, the Department of Defence and The Florey Institute to name only a few. She has delivered at a range of prestigious events with the likes of the International Innovation Symposium being at the top of her incredible list of previous speaking engagements. A seasoned TED talker, Tania has engaged audiences ranging from just 10 to 10,000 with titles such as How Singing Together Changes the Brain. She has also been at the helm of the Creative Innovation Asia Pacific Global Forum, organising a gathering of international leaders to discuss the ever-changing world that we live in. She has also previously been invited to speak as a Thinkers50 keynote speaker.
Tania is also heavily concerned with mindfulness, mental health and inclusion. She co-founded Mind Medicine Australia, with the vision to provide psychotherapy for people who are suffering from mental health issues and mental illness. She focuses many of her keynote addresses on current mental health statistics, engaging corporate audiences with how they can raise their consciousness of such a topical subject. She is also a firm believer that technology is taking over, and that we speak to computers more than each other, pushing the importance of human interaction and eradicating loneliness and social isolation in her keynote addresses. Tania also covers how singing changes emotion and the brain and how we can work together to create more inclusive communities and cultures.
Throughout her career, Tania has claimed countless awards with her most recent being recognition on the 100 Most Influential Women in Australia list and Top Most Influential Australian Entrepreneurs. Tania has without a doubt left her mark on the world of business, speaking and performing and is the ideal speaker for your next corporate event.
