Janice Scheckter has studied collaboration for almost six years and works developing collaborative strategies. She sees herself as a collaboration activist working to educate people on collaboration and the collaborative era. Her company, Indigo New Media, aims to change the world one community at a time through collaboration. As a speaker, she shares her in-depth knowledge and experience practicing collaboration in South Africa, adapting her talks to specific audiences.

1. Collaboration is changing your world
Lessons on embracing collaboration for success
About the talk and about JANICE SCHECKTER
I have studied the topic of collaboration for almost six years. I work in the
collaborative space and develop collaborative strategies for poverty alleviation,
active citizenry, and innovation in business, smarter start-ups, better education
and more. I am not a professional speaker. For me ‘professional’ translates to
individuals who choose this as one of their key income-generating roles. I believe
that the more we understand about collaborative, the collaborative era and the
collaborative economy within it, the more successful we can be as citizens,
neighbours, educators, business innovators and change makers. I speak with
solid knowledge, which keeps evolving, as within the collaborative era, little is
static. The talk that I gave last week may well differ from the talk I give today. I
am passionate about the topic and how people respond to it, when they
understand that every individual can get/benefit/give something in this era of
collaboration.
I see myself as a collaboration activist
I believe that many world problems will be solved through better collaboration
between people. I am Managing Director of Indigo New Media and Founder and
MD of The Wine School. At Indigo New Media our MTP (Massive
Transformational Purpose) is “Changing the world, one community at a time.“ My
focus is on educating and informing more people on the Collaborative Era and
shifting much of what we do to have more social, business and personal impact.

2. Changing the world one community at a time
My speaking experience
This is limited, as I have not really driven this agenda. At Indigo New Media our
focus in driving smart businesses and initiatives through collaboration. So in
essence – I speak about this everyday.
I have however presented the talk for
• Dynamic Wealth (Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town)
• As a change maker on a platform with New York Times Bestseller Roger
Hamilton
• For BCX My World of Tomorrow

3. Changing the world one community at a time
• At Joburg Pecha Kucha night
• At PSASA as a guest
At PSASA the feedback I received from some of the seasoned and professional
speakers included comments as such;
‘depth of knowledge’
‘passionate’
‘authentic’
My USP (unique selling proposition)
I have not come across another collaboration speaker in South Africa. It is
important to understand that this is not a topic about teamwork. Not only do I
have the knowledge to discuss the topic, but also practice in the field of
collaboration and I am able to bring real life local examples on how we’re
collaborating to make Africa a better place. The talk is adapted to its specific
audience as the info graphic above indicates.
Thank you for taking the time to read my proposal.
Sincerely
Janice Scheckter
Collaboration activist and Managing Director
Indigo New Media
Janice@indigo.co.za
087 702 4484 (office)