Annual Conference 2024 | Speakers

JONATHAN HEALY -
CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON










Jonathan Healy has spent a quarter of a century working at the highest levels of Irish broadcasting, having worked extensively with Newstalk, Sky News, RTE and Cork’s RedFM. He established Healy Communications in 2017 with the express goal of helping businesses and improve their storytelling.

A graduate of law from University College Cork, Jonathan has conducted thousands of interviews with people from all walks of Irish life. A skilled inquisitor and proven cross-platform content creator, he has cultivated extensive contacts across politics, business and public relations throughout the country.

He also has strong links to the charity sector, serving as voluntary Chairman of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and board member of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

Jonathan is also a proven event facilitator and engaging MC. He has also delivered high impact voice-over work for corporate videos and campaigns. Jonathan passionately believes in the power of communication, and how it can be harnessed to support the needs of his clients.


 

DR. KAREN WEEKES - 
PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGIST &  ENDURANCE ADVENTURER










Karen Weekes is a performance psychologist and endurance adventurer. In February 2022, she became the first Irish female to row the Atlantic ocean solo and unsupported. 
 
Working within business and sports teams for thirty years, Karen specialises in cognitive and practical coping strategies, pressure management and specific mechanisms for proactive motivation to achieve optimal performance in competitive business and sporting environments.
 
Her PhD and MSc research explored motivation and coping within ultra-endurance sport, which are tested throughout her personal endurance exploits.
 
Twenty years University lecturing experience assures the client that quality communication and education for clients is present in all interactions.

 

NICK SHACKLETON-JONES  -
FOUNDER OF SHACKLETON CONSULTING








 

An industry revolutionary, Nick Shackleton-Jones is responsible for coining the ‘courses to resources’ shift, introducing the affective context model of learning, and creating the 5Di© approach to human-centered learning design.

He has a 30-year track record of shaping future learning approaches for numerous public and private organisations.

Winner of several awards for people development strategy, innovation, and learning content, including the Learning & Performance Institute’s Award for Services to the Learning Industry, 2017 Nick is also the author of ‘How People Learn’.

Nick began professional life as a psychology lecturer, and working for Siemens, the BBC and BP in roles encompassing learning strategy, culture change, leadership, innovation, technology & multimedia. He established and led the learning innovation client service at PA Consulting, moving on to work as Chief Learning Officer for Deloitte in the UK before founding Shackleton Consulting.


 

DANIEL McCONNELL - 
EDITOR IN CHIEF, BUSINESS POST










A national newspaper journalist since 2003, Daniel McConnell has a proven track record of delivering agenda-setting news coverage and award-winning analysis. Prior to hs appointment as Esitor in Chief at the Business Post, Daniel was the political editor of the Irish Examiner. Before that, he was group political correspondent with Independent News & Media, which publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent, the Herald and Independent.ie. He also previously worked with The Irish Times and The Sunday Times.

He is an award-winning journalist and a author of the 2016 best-seller 'Hell At the Gates" published by Mercier and the 2006 Sunday Times Guide to Secondary Schools in Ireland, published by Penguin Ireland. A graduate of University College Dublin (BA in History and Politics) and Dublin City University (MA in Journalism), he is a leading contributor to radio and television programmes on political matters.

 

OWEN KEOGH - 
HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, MUSGRAVE GROUP









 

Owen Keogh leads the sustainability strategy for Musgrave Group and its brands, working with retail partners, suppliers and customers to put sustainability at the heart of the group’s activity.

Owen has a background in agriculture and studied food business in UCD, an MAgrSc in Agricultural Innovation Support and a MSc in Business Sustainability from UCD Smurfit Business School. Owen has experience in leading sustainability in the retail sector in both Ireland and the UK having previously represented Bord Bia and Sainsbury’s.


 

Key Event Details:
  • Date: Thursday 30th May 2024

  • Location: Dublin (Hilton Kilmainham) or Online via Live Stream

  • Time:  9:30am - 4:30pm

  • CPD Credit: 8 hours

  • Cost: €225 (non- member cost: €275)

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30th May 2024 | Dublin & Online | €225

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