Jean has over 40 years of practical experience in both sectors and is the founder and Director of Roberts Management Concepts Pty Ltd.

Jean has over 40 years of practical experience in both sectors and is the founder and Director of Roberts Management Concepts Pty Ltd.

Jean Roberts

Jean is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has over 40 years of professional experience in the SME and Nonprofit Sectors – as partner, community worker, company director, nonprofit Board member, researcher and writer.   Much to share in the way of case studies, scenarios, human and organisational dynamics, and the minefield of cultural change.

2011 Speaking Engagements include:

1.   “Making Ethics Work Toolkit – for Nonprofit and SME Workplaces”

with the LGPro Volunteer Special Interest Group which comprises Local Government representatives covering volunteering and community engagement portfolios, 25th May at Werribee, Australia.

2.   “Governance. Technology and Staff – the critical link between them“

at Connecting Up 2011 Conference: Reboot Your Nonprofit, Controlyour position in the sector, Alt(er)your perception of On-line tools, Deleteyour fear of Change, 1-3 June, at the Crown Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia.  This Conference is a 3-day interactive event for learning and thinking strategically about how innovation and technology can improve the operations and outcomes for Australia’s nonprofit sector.

3.   “Nonprofit Governance and Management”

with Community Centres South Australia Inc and Volunteering South Australia and Northern Territory Inc - in Adelaide, Australia, first week in July.

 

In her 2008 book, One Man Show – the smallest of small business:

- Jean offers strategies, tools and checklists for intending and established SMEs.  Shakespeare is her role model - a small business man of note!  If we think we have difficulties and challenges in this day and age, we need to consider the those facing a micro-business or SME between 1580 and 1613.  And those years were ‘today’ for Shakespeare.

2008 also saw the publication of her three Governance Kits for Nonprofit Boards - expanding on her 2004 CD ROM Managing Governance in Nonprofit Organisations in Australia, and building on her 6 years of action-research into the training and support needs of voluntary committees of management from 1989 to 1996.

Earlier books cover management and leadership styles, establishing teams, community development, competitive tendering, outsourcing, submissions and grant applications - all the while managing complex issues such as ethics, trust and innovation.

Speaking engagements have included:

  • Conference/Keynote speaker
  • Guest Lecturing (at Universities and TAFEs, in Australia and overseas)
  • Motivational speaker
  • Presentations
  • Dinner Speaker
  • Workshop facilitation

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