Tania de Jong AM recently presented for the Third Sector lunch. She is pictured along with Senator Ursula Stephens, Claire Martin and other Third Sector leaders.

“Tania de Jong AM provided an enthralling and entertaining performance for the Third Sector Women's Networking Lunch, held in Melbourne at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tania’s performance delighted women of the third sector, reflecting her work and the event's aim, which is to inspire women to express their creativity and expertise and to achieve success in their endeavours for Australia's not-for-profit industry. It was great to work with Tania and Third Sector is grateful for her for her support.”

Third Sector

Tania de Jong AM was recently named Brainlink Woman of Achievement for 2009

Tania de Jong AM was named the winner of Brainlink Woman of Achievement Award. She is pictured with Christine Nixon at the Park Hyatt after receiving her award.

Read about it in The Age - 'Singer and social worker scoops Brainlink Award' 15th October 2009.

Alternatvely, check out the press release here.

Tania de Jong performed as THE DIVA for the Welcome Reception to the delight of the International Confederation of Principals in Singapore. She was also invited as one of the Speakers at the conference held at Suntec Convention Centre. Her speech was entitled "The Artful Human - Unlocking Creative Potential".

Tania and Pot-Pourri performed at the 2009 ASPA conference in Adelaide
Tania de Jong and Pot-Pourri performed at the Australian Secondary Principals Association's 2009 Conference, to be held in Adelaide on the 27th–30th September 2009.

Tania launches Creativity Australia - a new not-for-profit organisation

Tania de Jong AM, founder of The Song Room and Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, is thrilled to announce the launch of a new not-for-profit organisation, Creativity Australia.

Our ability to be creative is an enormous challenge in times of major social and economic upheavals. Our already high pressured lives are likely to get even more stressful. There’s a growing need for innovative wellbeing programs that connect with people’s innate talents for imagination, creativity and passion.

Creativity Australia will develop and deliver innovative mental health and wellbeing programmes, and it will advocate creative leadership and thinking in all walks of life. It will join with business, academic, educational, community and charity groups, government and philanthropists to help organizations and community groups to encourage Australians to tap into and unlock their full potential.

There’s already a lot of interest in the Creativity Australia vision. Active supporters include Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Allan Fels, Sam Lipski, Hugh Morgan, Evan Thornley, Janine Kirk and Bruce Woodley.

By fostering opportunities for personal and team innovation and creativity, Creativity Australia will provide a new and exciting path to personal wellbeing, acceptance, social inclusion and highly satisfied, productive members of our great Australian community.

“With One Voice” will be one of Creativity Australia’s major programs developing choirs for small to large organisations. Singing in choirs promotes cooperation, wellbeing, teamwork and, of course, harmony. Its goals include improving personal wellbeing and morale, fostering team spirit and belief, building connections throughout and across organisations, and simply inspiring creativity and innovation. It will culminate with an annual Battle of Corporate Choirs, a battle of musical wits.

Not only will these choirs compete with each other, they will also be encouraged to take their singing and their creativity to the wider community, and work with socially and economically disadvantaged fellow members of our Australian community.

“Our society is fragmented and our ability to communicate with other people and express ourselves is limited. This undermines our fundamental human values, sense of family and community. Creativity Australia is about inspiring more productive individuals, organisations and communities.”

Tania de Jong AM

For more information about Creativity Australia, please visit the website at www.creativityaustralia.com.au.

To download an information sheet about the various programs on offer, click here.

Opera in the Otways

Opera in the Otways took place in beautiful Melba Gully. The event which featured Pot-Pourri as the headline act was a huge success with a large crowd enjoying the beautiful weather and dressing up for the theme of “gumboots and pearls”.

MTA is thrilled to announce that Pot-Pourri was named Australian Event Entertainer of the Year 2007 in the BT Publishing E-Awards for Event Excellence in an awards ceremony during RSVP in Sydney on 2 July.

Awarded for their consistently outstanding performances and constant innovation in corporate, community and charity entertainment, the award represents a significant acknowledgement and commendation from the Business and Tourism industry.

Tania de Jong is pictured receiving the award from the Publisher Helen Batt-Rawden.

For more information about Pot-Pourri, please visit their website at www.pot-pourri.com.au

Tania de Jong has received an AM in the Queen's Birthday Honours for service to the arts as a performer and entrepreneur and through the establishment and development of music and arts enrichment programs for schools and communities.

She is pictured at Government House with her mother Eva de Jong-Duldig and Governor de Kretser AC.

To see the full list of Honours, visit the website of The Australian Newspaper.

Tania de Jong is now an official blogger on The Ruby Connection, for Westpac Business.

Tania's first blog post is available here.