Speaking · Keynotes, panels, MC and live builds

From a farm to 37 countries, with no marketing budget.

I get asked to speak because we built a self-funded global startup that reached 37 countries with no marketing budget, I won the AgriFutures National Rural Women's Award, and we run a truffle and cut flower farm.

I talk about the wins, the lessons learned and how to build scrappy with minimal resources. Keynotes, panels, MC and live builds, in person or online.

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Nikki speaking on stage under blue lights, with a big screen behind her

What I talk about

Five talks. All from real life.

  • Doing more with less

    Wins, lessons learned and how to build scrappy with minimal resources, from a self-funded global startup to a truffle and cut flower farm.

  • AI that earns its keep

    How to use AI to save time, money and energy without automating the mess. Fix it first, then let it do the heavy lifting. With a live build so the room sees what it can do.

  • The pie gets bigger

    Complementors over competitors: why the businesses around you are worth more as collaborators, and how working together grows the whole pie. Based on my book.

  • Farms are systems

    Building tech from the farm to solve my own problem, and why most agtech fixes one part and breaks another.

  • Fix it, then automate it

    A hands-on workshop or live build. Everyone brings one annoying process, we map it, SPARK it, then build the AI piece live in the room. Online or in person.

  • Nikki on stage in front of a big screen, under a chandelier
  • Nikki with a group of women in front of a grow AG backdrop
  • Nikki in a Grown Not Flown t-shirt beside an AgriFutures banner
  • Nikki with fellow finalists at the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award
  • Nikki being filmed for an interview at an industry event
  • Nikki smiling, seated on a panel
  • Nikki holding a Bronze Medal floral design award at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
  • Nikki on TV news, captioned Rural Woman of the Year
  • Nikki presenting Grown Not Flown on stage
  • Nikki speaking at the podium at the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award

Why rooms book me

The receipts.

50+Keynotes, panels and MC gigs, including Parliament House
2023AgriFutures National Rural Women's Award winner
37Countries reached by Grown Not Flown, self-funded, no marketing budget
20+Years improving how businesses run

Founder of Grown Not Flown and now Agside. Author of The Pie Gets Bigger. AI educator, business strategist and systems thinker, and co-owner of Duck Duck Pig, our truffle and cut flower farm.

As featured in

  • ABC
  • ABC News
  • ABC Radio
  • Agriculture Victoria
  • AgriFutures Australia
  • Countryman
  • Farmonline
  • Gardening Australia Magazine
  • Graziher
  • Inside Small Business
  • Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
  • OAK Magazine
  • R.M. Williams OUTBACK
  • Sky News
  • Small Farms
  • SmartCompany
  • Startup Daily
  • Stock Journal
  • The Australian
  • The Australian Women's Weekly
  • The Canberra Times
  • The Courier
  • The Land
  • The Weekly Times
  • Times News Group
  • Westpac

How booking works

Tell me the room. I'll fit the talk to it.

1. Enquire.

The form asks for the date, the audience and the budget up front, so we both skip a round of emails.

2. A quick call.

What your room needs, which talk fits, and what you want people doing differently on Monday.

3. I turn up ready.

Tailored to your audience, in plain English, with real examples. Slides and a bio to you ahead of time.

Not here to milk ducks. Not here to muck around.

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