Bec Mahony is a celebrated public speaker and can deliver keynote presentations and seminars on a variety of topics for conferences or events. She is entertaining, engaging and combines her love of all things people and culture paired with her training in best practice psychology.
Bec’s Presentation Background
Bec began presenting professionally at the tender age of 18 to community groups and schools while working with the WA Aids Council on a volunteer basis. She combined her training in addiction studies with her continued passion for facilitation when she obtained her first ‘paid job’ after completing university in the role of Counsellor/Educator, with the North Metro Community Drug Service Team. It was here she honed her skills and delivered to a range of audiences including the police, child protection, community groups, and schools; lecturing and running workshops on understanding and dealing with people who have drug or alcohol problems.
Following on from this she changed roles and combined her love of clinical work with learning and development; this time in the field of mental health. She provided consultancy and facilitation services to general practitioners and ran workshops to educate them on the needs of patients who were suicidal or self-harming.
It was following this experience that Bec realised the caliber of her knowledge and thought seriously about how she could share that with a wider audience. Then came her career in consulting where she held a variety of roles across Australia and gained significant exposure to a range of industries including mining, oil and gas, health, finance, government and not-for profits; among others.
It was clear after these years that mining and the impact her work could have on safety, productivity and performance was her passion. She was employed by Downer in their Mining Division for several years and more recently headed up Learning and Development for their merged Mining Energy and Industrial Services Division. Her passion for presenting and facilitating continued; delivering both internally to Downer and externally for keynotes or panel discussions on request.
Please engage Bec for further discussions regarding potential topics and see below for previous conference work examples.
- Presenter – Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology Australia – How to Foster a High Performance Safety Culture, June 2017.
- Presenter – Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention Alumni Presentation – Safety in Turbulent Times – Riding the Wave, August 2015.
- Panelist and Presenter – Skills DMC Annual Conference – Quality Outcomes Through Skilling Partnerships, September 2014.
- Panelist and Presenter – Australian Resources People Summit – Workforce Planning, Training and Development- Building Productive Capacity, May 2014.
- Presenter – Australian Human Resources Young Professionals Conference – Inter-generational Communication in the Workplace, January 2012.
- Presenter – Working In The West Conference – Understanding Your Role in a Critical Incident – October 2009.
- Presenter – Working In The West Conference – Managing Challenging Situations – October 2009.
- Presenter – Tonkin Executive Assistants Conference – Understanding and Managing Work-Life Balance – May 2009.
- Presenter – Post Conference Seminar – Tonkin Executive Assistants Conference – Dealing With Challenging People – May 2009.
- Presenter – GSL Supervisors Conference – Managing Team Fatigue – November 2008
- Presenter – Working In The West Conference – Ethical Decision Making and Duty of Care – October 2008
- Presenter – Working In The West Conference – Managing Drug and Alcohol Use Within Client Groups – October 2008
- Presenter – Aged Care Services of WA Recruitment and Retention Conference – Recruitment, Inspiration and Management Across the Generations – June 2008
Perhaps you would like to engage Bec to guest present at your organisation for one of the following events:
- International Women’s Day – March
- World Day for Safety and Health at Work – April
- Stress Down Day – July
- Women’s Health Week – September
- National Suicide Prevention Day – September
- RUOK Day – September
- World Mental Health Day – 10 October
Please contact us to arrange an obligation free appointment to discuss your needs and how we can help.