ACPNS runs an online Community of Practice once a month called Tea & Buns to discuss topical and relevant issues which those working in the nonprofit and social enterprise are challenged with.
On 28th May 9-10am Brisbane time, you are invited to join the conversation about what we can learn from fear and how it affects decision making. Dr Ruth Knight will be asking adventurer Eleanor Carey about what she learnt when she spent 62 days crossing the Pacific Ocean by human power in a 25 foot ocean rowing boat.
Eleanor will be sharing her experiences of adventure and entrepreneurship – the good, the bad and the ugly – to help inspire, support and motivate us all to learn from fear and understand its impact during times of change and uncertainty.
A bit about Eleanor
Eleanor Carey is a dual world record holding adventurer, entrepreneur and author. In June 2018, she spent 62 days crossing the Pacific Ocean by human power in a 25 foot ocean rowing boat, and prior to this cycled solo across Europe.
Originally a physiotherapist, Eleanor shifted gears into the business world becoming the co-founder and CEO of The Generator Innovation Hub which she successfully sold in 2019. She is also a Startup Catalyst Mission Leader, accompanying high growth companies, policy makers, investors and community leaders to Silicon Valley and London. Eleanor is the Adventurer In Residence at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), drawing on the parallels between the worlds of business and extreme outdoors adventures.
Eleanor now shares her experiences of adventure and entrepreneurship – the good, the bad and the ugly – speaking for organisations and schools. She is also the Founder of Vokser, running corporate microadventures to improve psychological fitness in the workplace. Read more about Eleanor Carey
