Dianne McGrath

Sustainability, exploration, stopping food waste

Categories: Adventure, Business, Futurist, Motivational, Sustainability, Technology

Dr Dianne McGrath is a modern-day explorer of a different kind.

Challenging what others think impossible, Dianne has been one of 100 shortlisted candidates worldwide in the Mars One mission, which sought to establish the first permanent human settlement on Mars. Dianne is currently a circumnavigator in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Dianne’s sense of adventure, endless curiosity, determination and fitness has seen her sail a tall ship in the Southern Ocean, cycle extreme distances, jump from a plane, and run multiple marathons and an ultra-marathon. Dianne believes nothing is insurmountable.

She lives a life that embodies sustainability. As a recognised global expert in the field, Dianne inspires us all to protect our planet.

She is a leader, team player, project manager and creative problem solver. Dianne has extensive experience working in and managing teams in sales, marketing, emergency services and government.

See (y)our world differently

Sustainability is about ensuring today’s resources are available for future use – no matter what they are. Dianne McGrath’s empowering talk brings sustainability into the everyday for individuals and businesses through applying five simple steps: UPCEL (Understand, Prioritise, Collaborate, Execute & Learn).

Preparing for the adventure of a lifetime

Dianne McGrath is circumnavigating our planet in the Clipper 2023-24 Round the World Yacht Race. Learn how she is preparing for this unique adventure, how she pushes herself to go beyond her comfort zone, seeks to learn something new every day, and does her best to protect our future: our oceans.

Connect with and grow your resilience

Dianne has run marathons and an ultramarathon, cycled extreme distances, trained for a one-way mission to Mars, and is now circumnavigating our planet. Dianne will share how she has developed her resilience to achieve remarkable things-something within all our power.

Beyond Mars

An incredible, engaging and inspiring talk about Dianne McGrath’s journey to Mars. The talk touches on her history, the now closed Mars One mission, why she signed up, how it affected her life, and the lessons she learnt for life on Earth.

Workshop:

On Purpose – A Personal Deep-Dive into Why We Do What Matters

Dianne facilitates a powerful interactive and reflective workshop that enables participants to unlock their drive to succeed in their work or life goals.

Terrific presentation, unique story and well told and perfectly pitched.
~ Coleman Greig Lawyers

Dianne McGrath was engaging and thought provoking. Many people commented on why…? But we all realised we were listening to somebody who aspires to be more, and who strives to go on to inspire humanity.
~ ESS Support Services Worldwide

Dianne McGrath was great and everyone enjoyed her presentation and were very interested and keen to ask questions. Dianne had a great communication style and connection with the staff. Could’ve chatted on for hours at question time. Will be following Dianne’s journey through the process.
~ Mentone Grammar

Dianne McGrath was fantastic, both on the day of the event and leading up to it. Dianne was also extremely approachable during the briefing process, which made our job so much easier. She was incredibly engaging and spoke exceptionally well, with guests entertained from start to finish.
~ Maverick

An excellent presentation and summary of an inspiring journey which resonated with the team in terms of aspirations, goals, and breaking personal and professional boundaries. A truly formidable individual, whom is in many ways is already a winner.
~ AMP Growth Transformation Program

Dianne McGrath was a great speaker. She was engaging, knowledgeable and on brief. Feedback from attendees was very positive and they thoroughly enjoyed the presentation.
~ Animal Medicines Australia

An amazing person and very personable. Happy to stay and chat with delegates after her presentation. Great feedback.
~ Australian Hotel Associations – SA Branch

Dianne McGrath shares her intriguing journey with detail and intimacy … the audience was mesmerized.
City of Yarra

The feedback from our guests was extremely positive. Dianne stayed around for hours speaking with guests and answering questions.
~ Etihad Stadium Melbourne

Dianne McGrath’s willingness to tailor her content to our audience was first class.
~ Australian Football League

Dianne McGrath was fantastic to work with, she got in touch with me straight away to get a real sense of what we needed for our event. She had even researched our company and our values to ensure she linked her content to be relevant to our needs. She arrived early, was very patient and got engaged in our conference presentations. Dianne’s presentation itself was very thought provoking and engaging, she was incredibly candid in answering questions and a brilliant addition to our event.
~ Dimplecare Management

Excellent. Extremely well prepared, passionate and very personable. Spoke to the audience on topic and gave a lot of her time after the keynote session.
~ Geography Teachers Association of Victoria Inc.

Dianne McGrath was very inspirational and great to deal with.
~ Association of School Administrators VIC

Dianne McGrath

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