It was an absolute honour to have Anita speak at the Inaugural Archdiocese Reconciliation Dinner.  She has this wonderful down to earth, relaxed style and an ability to engage the audience with humour sharing stories, truth telling and content that is so relatable. She was amazing!!!!

- Archdioecese of Brisbane, 2023

Anita was received well by the conference participants. She was really engaging and linked her work to the work of teachers and educationalists.

- Brisbane Catholic Education, 2023 

I have received universal acclaim for Anita’s presentation, both those who live streamed and those who were in attendance. Her content was on point. Attendees were inspired to take up Anita’s challenges and she left us all with something to think about.

I also want to acknowledge how accessible Anita was in the preparation for this event. She was generous with her time and her ideas. She ensured she understood the brief and any potential sensitivities, while delivering a speech that was inspiring, challenging and thought provoking. She is a dynamic, engaging, and intelligent speaker.

- Women Judges Association of Australia, 2022

Anita’s session was thought provoking and inspirational, and delegates were engaged by her contribution. We thank Anita for her significant contribution to the success of the inaugural ECA Colloquia on Leadership and Ethics and hope we have the pleasure of working with her again in the future. -

- Early Childhood Australia, 2022

QTIC just celebrated its most successful NAIDOC event yet, with almost 400 guests, under the skilful and cheerful guidance of Anita as our MC.  Anita executed the task in a thoroughly professional manner and brought the spark that lit up the event.

-  QLD Tourism Industry Council, 2021

Dr Anita Heiss lit up our zoom-room! It was such an honour to have Anita along to speak about her work as a First Nations author and celebrate the launch of her beautiful new book Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray. We could have listened to Anita talk for hours, and we can’t wait to have her back! 

- The Disability Trust (NSW), 2021

Anita was engaging and connected well with the audience. Her humour, expertise and knowledge shared was inspiring for all who attended our event. Her generosity to speak and network on the day was most appreciated
- Brisbane Catholic Education - 2021

Anita was fantastic. She was the perfect combination of provocative and warm. She provided a great bank of resources for our teachers that were most welcome.
- Catholic Education - Parramatta - 2021

We have been overwhelmed with feedback about Anita's keynote address. Attendees thoroughly enjoyed how Anita ‘shared’ her life journey and dreams as a young girl. Many attendees commented how much they related to Anita's comment that she 'firmly believes that sharing stories to build respect can connect us as humans.'
- TAFE New South Wales - September 2020

Anita's relaxed and humorous style of delivery engaged and inspired the audience. Her generosity in sharing websites and resources was appreciated. Her talk was on topic and fitted well into the theme of our Learning Intensive.

-  Primary English Teaching Association Australia - October 2019

Anita was fantastic. She was funny, engaging and relatable. Her content was relatable to delegates and they left the morning session feeling enthused and informed. 

- Aboriginal Early Childhood Collective - June 2019

- QUT/UQ Lowitja Project - December 2018

Anita was invited to speak at our end-of-year meeting. She was amazing! It was great to have an Aboriginal leader and writer to speak to us and her talk was really engaging. 80% of staff surveyed after the day said Anita's talk was the best part of the day.

- Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation - November 2018

Anita's after dinner speech kept the audience engrossed and inspired many in the audience - great work.
- Charles Sturt University - November 2018