John Burgess is a proud Gurindji man, owner and director of strategy at Little Rocket, a 100 per cent owned and operated First Nations creative and marketing agency based in Naarm, Melbourne. John is also the First Nations director at Tag Worldwide and co-founder of First Nations Network, a First Nations-owned call centre and technology provider.
John has a degree in public relations, philosophy and politics from Deakin University and has had an extensive career working in marketing, public relations, advertising, sponsorship, creative, radio and loyalty. John founded Little Rocket 13 years ago with a desire to specialise in marketing and creative that contributed to social change, where the work made a difference and had a positive impact. Today the agency is 20 staff strong and supports more than 30 artists and 50 First Nations talent, is carbon neutral and supports Sea Shepherd Australia and Medecin Sans Frontieres.

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Synopsis

First Nations Creative Leaders John Burgess and Emma Bamblett will be discussing the rise of First Nations innovation and offerings within the Australian tourism sector. In this session, John and Emma will touch on protocols and cultural considerations, the types of vendors, event organisers, speakers, artists, entertainment and caterers operating and how to access them. In addition, they will be providing attendees with some tools to get the best from this thriving sector and look at adopting some best practice when wanting to increase supplier engagement.

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