Public Activities - Including Media, Conferences, Keynote Speaking
As an identity in the Queensland ICT and business marketplace and featured in VIVE, the national magazine for business women, Sonja Bernhardt is actively involved in various media activities and conference presentations. Information is provided below that describes those activities.
Conference Presenter
Inspirational and Intelligent Presentershe's smart, she's punchy, she's intelligent and manages to deliver presentations with a great sense of humour. She has an acknowledged everlasting supply of enthusiasm and energy that fosters motivation and drive in those around her. Sonja is becoming an increasingly popular presenter at ICT industry, business and management/leadership conferences - where she presents on a range of topics from:
Sonja regularly receives "fan mail" from attendees at conferences and events where she has presented; key themes are the enthusiasm, motivation the practical advice/suggestions and touches of humour used throughout Sonja's presentations. The table below provides a selection of conferences and presentations delivered by Sonja. |
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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Radio / Podcast Presenter
December 2006 – podcast in Silicon Valley USA: “Secrets of an Entrepreneur” plus “My life in IT”.
Late 2005-Current - Resident "Geek Girl" on ABC Coast FM 91.7, 90.3 and 95.3 radio stations – providing a weekly spot highlighting technology issues. Ad hoc geek girl presentation on 613 ABD Brisbane.
2002 - Weekly radio spot, ABC 91.7 Coast FM, as technology & communications expert, on topics including:
ICT on the Gold Coast
- the impact of science & technology
- future technologies
- augmented reality
- nanotechnology
- artificial intelligence
- viruses, worms and trojan horses
- spam, scams & urban legends
- careers in ICT
- mobile technologies, e.g. Bluetooth & WAP
- ICT acronyms
- movies and technology
- history of the Internet
- Distributed computing
- Microsoft history
- Humorous technology quotes
- women in technology
October 2000 - featured on radioactive.net.au as a leading woman in the IT industry.
2000-2001 - semi-regular presenter and talk-back host on IT & business topics on Brisbane ABC Radio (4QR).
January 2000 — ABC National Radio — half hour session dispelling the myths of the IT industry.
In October 1999 Sonja conducted a few half hour radio talk back sessions on ABC Radio, Peter Gooch Show. The sessions proved to be popular and ABC have requested Sonja to be a regular presenter in 2000.
September 1999 - National Radio - Saturday Australia Wide session: A session where Sonja was interviewed regarding the 'geek' perception of the IT industry versus the reality.
Newspaper/Magazine coverage
An increasing number of interviews on topics with Sonja are beginning to appear in online magazines.
Stories profiling Sonja and articles, discussing IT industry issues, submitted by Sonja have appeared in VIVE magazine, The Australian, The Courier Mail, Asia Pacific IT&T Magazine, Business Class magazine, plus local newspapers, and industry-specific magazines and newsletters.
Sonja was listed in Business Class magazine — November 1998 issue as one of the "Top 15 Women in the IT Industry in Australia".
Television Appearances
December 2005 — Channel 9 News appearance covering Hall of Fame Induction.
November 2005 — featured in half hour Your Business Success show.
An interview with Sonja was used on a promotional video by Optus in mid 1998.
Appeared on Optus Television - "Women With Vision" show in late 1997 and early 1998
Published author
IT Workers: Human Capital Issues in a Knowledge-Based Environment (2006: Information Age Publishing). Sonja co-authored a chapter of this book titled "Employment Sharing for IT Micro and Small Business."
The Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology is the only reference work that provides an all-encompassing perspective on the way gender and information technology impact each other. Idea Group Publishing in early 2006. Sonja wrote a chapter for this encyclopedia: “Boards, IT Skills and Women - the Australian Context.”
Regular contributor to The education Technology Guide (published by the Australian Media Group). Topics have covered gender and ICT, ICT on school boards and nanotechnology.
HR Monthly magazine - March 2000: "The Failure of Integrated Systems" (arguing that specialist HR systems are probably now superior to those integrated with Payroll).
Author of an article on balancing IT and HRM input in HR systems selection and implementation projects in HR Monthly magazine, March 1999.
Author of an article on workflow in HR Monthly magazine, March 1998 (a magazine distributed to members of AHRI [the Australian Institute of Human Resource Management]).
Author of an article in the Asia Pacific Journal of Quality Management, Volume 4 Number 3, 1995: "Relationships between TQM, Marketing and Strategic Management".
Sonja has also written a number of eBooks.
Further information on Sonja's publications is in her detailed bio.
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