Advocating for the mental health and wellness of residents of the Shire of Loddon. Like many rural shires, we lack mental health services. We want the residents to know what is available and where they can get help.

Look after the Victorian riders and Victorian issues affecting the Black Dog Ride.  

The Black Dog Ride is a charitable organisation that focuses on creating awareness of depression and suicide prevention.

Appointed as a Director to Black Dog Ride. I have served this organisation since 2012 in a number of ride co-ordination capacities. I also serve on the Finance Sub Committee of the organisation.  I resigned from this position.

Providing community input into the range of health service delivery throughout the region.

Standby is an organisation involved in assisting the survivors of suicide.  The management of the organisation changed in February and the Steering Committee was disbanded when a new contract for the services of the organisation was let to Lifeline instead of Bendigo Health.

Motorcycle group focused on promoting mental health awareness and suicide prevention through riding. I look after the website of the group and all the IT management.

Joined Lions specifically to become involved in the project for getting an Aged Care facility for Wedderburn.  I am the "Fines" person at meeting and also responsible for the Lions Youth of the Year project.

Elected to the committee in December 2020.  Seems the organisation has found their technology levels quite lacking as a result of Covid.

Director on the Board. I am currently the Secretary of the organisation and also serve on the Governance and Strategy sub committees.

Dynamic Community Leadership is a project to examine how community based organisations are run and led. The old models seem to be dying and the levels of volunteering dropping substantially. How can we breathe life back into our Community Organisations and their leadership and, as a consequence, our Communities.  I have published a book on the subject, (available from the website), which is under constant review. There are also free downloadable templates for accounts, duty statements etc via the website.

Video has become the only way to break through all the noise online. So, I am now creating video ads and explainer videos for clients to create an impact online.

Bushsong provides consulting to businesses and not for profits focusing on quality web design, hosting, search engine optimization, social marketing strategies and content creation with sites written in Joomla.

Bushsong has morphed further now into providing Mental Health First Aid training. Ric is an accredited trainer with Mental Health First Aid Australia. In addition, photography has been added to the skill list with several of Ric's images available for sale through the site.

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Joomla Articles is a site where anyone interested in Joomla can add articles, display their templates, comment on extensions, show off their site.

Bushsong provides web development services including design, copywriting, domain name provision and hosting services to a wide range of clients. Focused on Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, but we also deal with a number of clients around the world. Consultations available online.

Partner with accounting firm specializing in business advice, taxation and general business consulting. The firm was based in Shepparton and Yarrawonga and had a mixed base of clients including farming, retail and manufacturing.

Started with AMEV on the road advising clients on finance structures including leasing, hire purchase and real estate lending. This was at the medium end of lending in the $50,000 to $1m + area. My role changed over time to the point where I was number 2 in the State structure and had approval authority on lending of $250K as a single transaction and $500k cumulative. The role included putting together finance applications and analysis of the data plus analysing financial statements for the purpose of making lending decisions.

I believe that the local council is the heart and soul of our community. Our council is directly involved in looking after many of the things near and dear to us including roads, rates, sporting and recreation facilities to name but a few. I firmly believe that a councillor is elected to represent all residents in a fair and equitable manner and to ensure their voice is heard on matters important to them. I was unsuccessful in my bid for council. I only needed 72 opposition votes to have made the difference.

I participated in the Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program 2016.  The program aims to develop skills in people that will allow them to become more effective leaders in their local communities. The Program consists of presentations by guest speakers, visits and tours, leadership workshops, self-managed group discussions, and reflective learning. I am passionate about community and helping people and hence my involvement in this program. I graduated in November 2016.

Consultant in skilled areas, author, writer, fascinated with Obsidian PKM and Artificial Intelligence applications. 

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