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I had the pleasure of meeting Alison way back in 2019 and was immediately impressed with how well she presented, her warmth, and creativity. When the opportunity finally arose for us to work together this year and on a special event close to my heart, Royal Rehab's 125th Anniversary Charity Gala, I was so excited and relieved to have Alison's expertise on board. Alison and I worked together on this event for 8 months. Owing to Alison's wealth of experience curating special events, her well-honed planning skills meant there were no any unanticipated milestones or missed ones along the way. Alison was able to either easily refer to one of her pre-existing planning templates or quickly create a clear one for our needs. Alison's considered, calm, honest, creative, and warm yet professional verbal communication was replicated in her written comms. Alison was a solid sounding board for ideas and could be relied upon for telling the truth rather than just what I wanted to hear. I hope to work with Alison again and hope others have the same privilege.

I’ve worked with Alison for over two years, partnering with her to manage my Australia events program from the US. In that time, she’s been instrumental in the successful execution of 18+ events—including field events, third-party conferences, and our annual customer conference.
With a small team in Sydney and no marketing presence in the region, Alison’s work has been critical in bringing our events to life. She brings the perfect blend of organization, attention to detail, and local market knowledge—seamlessly bridging time zones, anticipating challenges, and ensuring every event runs smoothly.
Beyond flawless execution, Alison has become a trusted go-to resource for our sales and client strategy teams in region, answering questions, providing guidance, and supporting both internal and external stakeholders. She always conducts herself with the highest level of professionalism, whether interacting with customers, prospects, partners, or our own teams.
Alison is an absolute joy to work with—reliable, collaborative, and always willing to go the extra mile. I’m truly grateful for her contributions and couldn’t recommend her more highly.

If you want a consummate professional to design your event and provide innovative and fresh ideas to engage your audience then Ali is your woman! Ali is a strategic thinker who listens closely to the brief and understands how to engage audiences whether face to face or online. Ali has designed for us at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute combined corporate and academic conferences, workshops, book launches, fundraisers and other events. Every one of them has been marked by her careful eye and professionalism. The most recent event Ali organised for us was an all day online international conference. I was skeptical we could hold an audience all day, but because of her knowledge of digital platforms and great content ideas we achieved our goal of maintaining interest and engagement for the entire day. Many of the participants commented in the feedback that it was the best event they had attended all year. I would never again attempt to organise an event, big or small, without Ali's professional advice!

Alison organised two events for the Australian CBDC Pilot Project for me in 2023 - a launch event and in May 2023 an industry conference event. Both were standout successes, as gauged by the participants and our sponsors. ‘Phenomenal!’ was the accolade from our RBA sponsor, and Alison’s creativity, coordination skills and personal engagement in all aspects of organisation was clearly a critical success factor. I would recommend Alison highly for any event design and delivery, without question. Five stars!