Theresa Miller - Speak Up

Name: Theresa Miller - Speak Up
Start: 2026-03-06T18:30:00+11:00
End: 2026-03-06T18:30:00+11:00
Location: Upstairs at Gleebooks

About

Speak Up: How to be a successful presenter and media spokesperson

6pm for 6.30pm Friday 6th March

Launched by Anne Connolly

With musicians Imogen Thomas and Stuart Ziegler from The Toucans

Whatever your role, this easy-to-use guide will empower you to step up to the microphone, tell your story and make an impact.

Theresa Miller has spent decades working as a journalist and now media trainer, coaching people across all industries from CEOs and academics to climate campaigners, entrepreneurs and artists to communicate confidently, clearly and concisely. In Speak Up, she shows you how to successfully share your expertise and experience with an audience whether it's creating an inspiring work presentation or media release, blitzing a job interview or nailing your message on a podcast, panel, TV or radio interview.

As a television journalist, Theresa worked as a reporter, producer and presenter in Britain, Switzerland and Australia, including Sky News (UK), Good Morning Britain, CNN and the Zurich-based European Business Channel. In Australia, she worked for the ABC, SBS, Channel Nine and Channel Seven, including reporting for Australia’s Most Wanted. She is the author of two other books, Making Babies: Personal IVF Stories and a novel, The Spin Doctor’s Wife. She has written for several publications, including The Australian, The Medical Republic and The New Daily. She has lectured in media at UNSW and the University of Sydney. Theresa has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of South Australia and a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Anne Connolly is an investigative reporter with ABC Investigations and is best known for her journalism on social policy including aged care, public guardians and trustees and the NDIS. Her Four Corners reports on aged care in 2018 led to a royal commission into the sector. Anne has been awarded multiple awards for her reporting, including receiving the Gold Walkley twice and the Graham Perkin award.