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Karen Buck

Karen is a dynamic and skilled trainer, facilitator and coach and her wide range of clients describe her as inspirational, motivational and highly effective.

In a diverse professional career she has designed and delivered, across Australia, highly regarded workshops, personal training and coaching in public performance, voice, creativity, communication, teamwork, performance management, media skills and leadership.

Karen is also a professional public speaker and a multi award winning newspaper journalist, radio broadcaster and television producer, researcher and documentary maker.

She is currently a senior trainer and coach with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation while maintaining her private clients through her personal training and coaching business.

Karen's qualifications include:

Accredited Workplace Trainer and Assessor
Qualified MBTI Practitioner
Life and Workplace Coach
Communication Skills Trainer and Consultant
Leadership, Teamwork, Creativity Trainer and Consultant
Public Speaking, Performance and Voice Trainer and Coach
Media Consultant
Senior Trainer and Workplace Coach Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Professional highlights:

Advanced Diploma in Broadcasting
Qualified Journalist
Co-presenter of one of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s most highly rated breakfast programs.
Awarded Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s High Achiever Award
for commitment and excellence in training services.
Winner of the 1993 Equal Opportunity Award For Consistency and Excellence in Radio Reporting.
Winner of the 1992 Equal Opportunity Media Awards Best Radio report
WA Media Consultant for 1990 National tour of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Winner of 1986 Provincial Press Associations Best Tourism Feature Award
Winner (and Runner up) of 1984 and 1985 Provincial Press Association’s Best News Story Award
Producer and team leader of 1982 national Channel Nine documentary on major Italian earthquake disaster, liaising with Italian Government, International Disaster relief teams, and the Vatican. The program raised $6 million for disaster relief.

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