Fusing Design Thinking
​+ Wellbeing Education Training
​+ Peer Led Programs
​+ Community Capacity Building
+ Digital HealthTech & EduTech
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​= Social Innovation in Mental Health

"We want social connection to be at forefront of healthcare and workplaces. People have forgotten how to use their social skills to improve their wellbeing. We give them practical skills; the knowledge, the process, the plan of action, and most importantly the experience to build their confidence. This is change that adds value. This is wellbeing innovation"
Emeli Paulo, Founder Collective Potential 

Emeli is focused on one thing: "How do we improve and monitor the health and wellbeing of Australian's ongoing?". Social innovation in our health industry  is slow to utilise the power of technology to advance the health of Australia. Can you imagine, what the future of health will look like? With current pandemics and unprecedented disruptions to our comfortable lives; causing isolation, workplace stress, high anxiety and record levels of depression and suicides. More can be done to improve health services by igniting digital health technology to monitor, reverse risk and save lives. 

When Emeli first started in the health industry, two decades ago, the term mental health was not even being used as it is today. Emeli (or Australia's Oprah Winfrey as she is known fondly to her SoCo network) has empowered the mindsets and inspired the hearts of half a million Australians through live in person events and reaching 1 million online  globally. For social innovation to occur, we cannot rely on Government services alone. Emeli advocates for co-designed, peer led and community capacity building innovation. Her focus lies in social connection theory and the important role it plays in improving health issues. 

Emeli is the Founder of Collective Potential, a Wellbeing Education Training social enterprise (soon to be EduTech). As a self confessed, serial social entrepreneur, she has co-designed, developed and delivered social change initiatives ranging from national preventative mental health and poverty grassroots advocacy campaigns to co-designing peer led programs addressing complex issues such as mental health, indigenous, female, youth, employment, LGBTIQ, homelessness, family violence, disability. She is on a mission to to advocate for social innovation in the public health sector and has collaborated with an extensive list of NGO's, Government both local and federal; Lighthouse, Oaktree, Good Shepherd, R U Ok?, Beyond Blue, DHSS, DSS. Her international development with trauma effected groups in Africa (Botswana, Sth Africa), Middle East (Iran, Israel, Palestine), Thailand (Tsunami, Phi Phi Is), Ireland (Belfast), USA (Brooklyn, Bronx) brings her ego down, grounded and focused on impact over funding. 

Collective Potential mission led her to personal meetings with great influencers of our time; Oprah Winfrey, His Holiness Dalai Lama, Sir Richard Branson, Russell Brand and Brene Brown. She was mentored by many Australian people of influence; namely the late Jim Stynes as a youth leader protege, co-leading and managing thousands of social innovation projects and teams for the national youth organisation, The Reach Foundation.

Emeli is a Talent Training Specialist which feeds the advocacy arm of Collective Potential, 50% profits given to The Pay it Forward Fund. This business model has seen her Thought Leadership, a social connection model, authentic connection* utilised within the Fortune 500; NAB, PwC, AMP to Corporate; Jeanswest, KFC, Nike, IGA, McLardy Mcshane, Ausbrokers, Medibank, JF Financial Group, PFD Foods, Lion Insurance, Advisernet, REA, Telstra, Optus, AFL to major Australia Universities and TAFEs; Melbourne, Federation, Monash, RMIT. 

What makes Emeli unique is her style of facilitation: authentic connection*. It is a interactive and engaging model that electrifies audiences with hard facts, truth and bundled with compassion. Her well known engagement methods and techniques are underpinned by evidence based methodologies; Positive Psychology, Neuroscience, Heroes Journey Framework, and fused with street smart experience. ​Her authenticity fills rooms with belly laughs with humorous stories that help to normalise the often vulnerable topics of mental health, wellbeing, leadership and relationships skills. Prepare for a rare experience of connection and belonging that is needed more than ever in these current challenging times. Walk away with a practical toolkit to improve the mental health and wellbeing of your organisation, team or for you. 

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