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LIVES at the intersection between internal & external transformation.
“ Rathana's workshop provided opportunities to expand my tools that I can utilize and reach a bigger audience to help deliver our messages.
It was great and will benefit me both professionally and personally. "
Cheyenne Rendon
Policy Officer
“ During my career in global organisations I have worked with several professionals who embrace multicultural sensitivity and adapt their leadership and communication styles accordingly, Rathana stands out amongst them due to his remarkable ability to keep a team motivated and get staff to realise their very best potential through wisely mentoring them."
Chief Operating Officer
LEADERSHIP is the ability to inspire from the front, cheerlead from the side, support from behind and lift up from beneath.
“ Rathana is a natural leader. Throughout the years he has successfully led global teams and has delivered high quality outcomes. Rathana is also an excellent facilitator. He is quick to understand group dynamics and strives to create conditions of trust in the room. Rathana values diversity and enables engagement of people of all backgrounds. It is a pleasure to work with Rathana and see him draw from a rich toolbox of techniques to help teams deliver on their objectives."
Global Campaign Lead
“ Rathana is a leader in progressive movements for change. I had the pleasure of working with him when he was Chief of Staff at The Sunrise Project. He is a supportive manager who enabled me to take on effective strategy, team management and organisational work. Rathana cares deeply about the people under his guidance as much as he cares about the issues and impact we make in the world. I valued my time working with him."
Claire O'Rouke
Australia Program Director
Social Movements
CLIMATE campaigning is abstract, TECHNOCRATIC & alienating unless it's grounded in the realities of the lived experience of everyday people.
“ Running strategic campaigns centered on environmental justice can be difficult in rural areas. This training helped me get clear on who needs to be with me to build momentum and how to think about bringing more people to the table."
Sarah Martik
Executive Director
DATA is what separates hearsay & anecdotes from evidence & reality. it is a critical weapon against mis and dis-information inside and outside of organisations.
“ Rathana’s keynote at our conference was nothing less than inspiring. The lessons he shared in learning that it is necessary to have the hearts, minds and hands of stakeholders, both the targets and participants of activism, if you want meaningful and sustained change were insightful and raised questions we will consider in the research data world. His shared leadership insights and sharing of the lessons learned on his journey brought fresh energy to our discussions."
Organising Committee
AsiaPacific Data Research Summit
SUSTAINABILITy advocacy is about reshaping our minds to inspire the shaping the heats & hands of others to act for the common good.
“ I really enjoyed the hands-on approach and how Rathana cultivated a relaxed learning environment during the Policy Campaigning training. I feel the training would be an important first step for all
campaign-oriented action for our global network of organisations."
“ The Advocacy & Policy in Pollution Reduction training was an eye-opening experience for me. It helped me understand the intricacies of policy making and the importance of building the right power. I was able to learn how to channel the right power mapping to develop effective campaigning strategies through the stakeholders. The simulations and practical exercises helped me gain additional skills in political advocacy and digital campaigning."
Manager
ORGANISING is the basis by which we unlock the power and potentIAL OF EXISTIng, emerging and re-imagined communities.
“ Rathana is a gifted and talented organiser with an amazing capacity to find common ground and build connections that mobilise people. He brings a reflective wisdom to a team, but is also a very effective 'up front' communicator and trainer with credibility that arises from a wealth of experience."
Glen Powell
Director of Mission
and Education
“When it comes to community organising and working with diverse communities there are few in who have the length of experience and the dexterity of skill than Rathana. Over many decades I have worked with, learnt from and mentored Rathana as a leading organiser not only in Oceania but in organisations across the world. Rathana models relational leadership with his capacity to listen and walk with others. He was part of Australia’s first experiment in community organising at its earliest stages, as the first full-time Community Organiser of Sydney Alliance and making a lasting impact on the institution and the leaders that he worked with. Rathana has had many careers since then, but the organiser in him has never left."
“ Rathana was a thought leader and innovator at Amnesty International Australia. He took the initiative to promote a community organising approach to activism (before it was widely used in Australian NGOs), leading to the instigation of an organisation-wide grassroots development project which delivered a positive impact over a number of years. Rathana is also a keen student of activism theory as well as a practical strategist, and this showed in his team leadership, encouraging staff to develop their knowledge of organising and empowering them to try new approaches"
Andrew Beswick
Australia Campaign Director
Amanda Tattersall
Associate Professor, University of Sydney
& Founder of the Sydney Alliance
STRATEGY is knowing not everything is a nail just because all you have is a hammer.
“ Rathana is a strategic and experienced facilitator who helped bring out the best in my leadership team, to produce a large amount of planning direction in a constrained time period. He brings a wealth of models and insights to handle any challenge and support leaders to find common ground and strong outcomes as a group."
Nic Seaton
Chief Executive Officer
“ Rathana's self awareness and commitment to continuous learning and improvement means that he is adaptive to new challenges and is solutions focused. He also has the rare ability to look long term and see the big picture, while paying great attention to detail and the processes needed to achieve change. Rathana has proven experience working across many cultures and is warmly welcomed and respected in all situations. It has been a pleasure to work closely with Rathana and learn for each other. I would happily recommend him as a global leader in the
non-profit sector and leading change."
Tracy Frauzel
Co-Founder
