Travel Showcase Lake Tekapo - Social Media Event - FULL DAY

NZ Biggest Travel Social Media Event this year

Come along to hear from some of the best Social Media Influencers and Photographers in New Zealand Tourism right now.

OUR SPEAKERS ARE

Mark Gee - The Art of Night - Award Winning Photographer & Digital Visual Effects Artist

Kyle Mulinder - Bare Kiwi - Travel Video and Social Media Influencer

Alan Dixon - Adventure and Destination Marketer

Talman Madsen - Adventurer and Photographer

Jody Jelas - Online Business Strategist and Best Selling Author

Rachel Gillespie - Editor QueenstowntoKaikoura.com and Kaikoura NZ Tourism

Keith Keller - Global Twitter Strategist based in Melbourne, Australia

Jen Heuett - Social Media Manager at Tekapo Springs

The Showcase will give you strategies to take home and implement the next day and even during the event.

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MARK GEE - THE ART OF NIGHT ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Mark has worked on many high profile and Oscar award winning feature films. His love of the New Zealand landscape is a big part of the inspiration for his photography. With almost 400,000 Organic Likes on Mark's Facebook Page and 6 million views on Vimeo with his timelapse videos, Mark has so much to share.

Wholly self-taught, Mark’s style of photography is influenced by his many years of experience in the feature film business, & with an eye for detail he strives to produce creative images of exceptional quality, no matter what the subject. Since he began to seriously focus on developing his photography skills over a decade ago, Mark has continuously worked on improving his craft, thriving on setting the bar ever higher and challenging himself to do better yet every time he sets out to shoot.

While his images portray a wide variety of subjects, in the past few years astrophotography in particular has captured Mark’s imagination and interest. He often ventures out to the darkest, most remote skies all around the country, enjoying the challenge of combining New Zealand’s striking landscapes with the ethereal beauty of the night sky in new, creative ways. This has led to international success with Mark being short-listed in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year every year from 2012 onwards, a finalist in the 2012 World Open of Photography, and 4th place in the 2014 International Earth and Sky Photo Competition, as well as having images published in various books and magazines.

Marks short film, ‘Full Moon Silhouettes’ also gained him international acclaim after going viral online, and has been broadcast all over the world by the likes of CNN, The BBC, NASA and various other main stream media.

In 2013, Mark won the prestigious Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Not only did he win it overall, but Mark also won the Earth and Space category, and the People and Space category which had never been done before in the competitions history.

KYLE MULINDER - BARE KIWI - TRAVEL VIDEO AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER

Kyle Mulinder is a born and raised “Kiwi” - a full time adventurer, storyteller and digital influencer. His brand “Bare Kiwi” is a truly authentic glimpse into his life with videos and images having been featured throughout most of New Zealand and shared by prestigious sites such as stuff.co.nz and Buzzfeed.com.

Kyle is the only kiwi and one of only 20 official GoPro content creators, representing Australasia as their official photographer, filmmaker and brand representative worldwide. Previous work has been commissioned by clients ranging from Discovery Channel Asia to Dubai Tourism to Jetstar.

Kyle’s videos have received over one million views online and his images have been used to promote tourism and travel across New Zealand and the world. On Facebook alone, Bare Kiwi’s weekly reach is over one million and his Instagram has been rated by both stuff.co.nz and buzzfeed.com as the No.1 Social Media Travel Account showcasing New Zealand. 31.3k followers and growing at 1,000 per week in NZ, Australia, USA, UK & Canada. You can see more about Kyle at www.instagram.com/barekiwi

ALLAN DIXON - @DAXON – ADVENTURER - DESTINATION MARKETER

Allan Dixon has been experimenting with media to excite and inspire people. Winner of the 2013 'The Best Job in the World' campaign by Tourism Australia after competing against over quarter of a million contestants. His unique eye for online storytelling has led to dream jobs, partnerships and community lift.

More recently he is now known as a modern day ‘Dr Dolittle’, Allan’s animal selfie photos went viral in early 2016 and were featured in countless mainstream media outlets around the world. Instagram themselves featured it making it among their most liked featured photos of all time.

Allan is currently running 360 Thrill creating unique 360 video experiences to showcase the thrill of adventure and inspire people to reconnect with nature and wildlife.

TEDx Speaker - 242k www.instagram.com/daxon - 28k monthly views on his 360 degree videos www.youtube.com/360thrill. 6k Twitter followerswww.twitter.com/daxon
Work published on MTV, Huffington Post, Mashable, The Guardian, Red Bull, Buzzfeed and Tourism Australia.

TALMAN MADSEN - ADVENTURER - PHOTOGRAPHER

Talman Madsen is a true blue kiwi with a passion for everything adventure, so much so one day he picked up his camera and pack and spent the next 3 months hitch hiking around New Zealand exploring the country. Along the way he forged a path in social media growing his Instagram account to over 10k in 6 months!

His photography covers all bases from sunrises and sunsets, to long exposures, mountainous landscapes, and adventure shots. Most recently his heart and camera have belonged to the stars with a vast majority of his images being wide field nightscapes that merge together the sense wonder of the universe contrasted with a human element to bring a sense of scale to vast galactic wonders. His goal is to make the viewer feel like they are right there in the moment experiencing the same feelings the subject is as they absorb the landscape.

He's had a wild ride, you never know what he's going to be doing next! To get an idea follow along on his adventures on Snapchat @talman1 where he documents his missions from start to finish the creative and engaging snippets that give you a feel for what it's like to be on an adventure!

Instagram 11.4k @talman
Snapchat: @talman1
Facebook 800 Talman Madsen Photography
Twitter - https://twitter.com/TalmanMadsen

JODY JELAS - ONLINE BUSINESS STRATEGIST

Jody is the Author of “LadyBalls” which hit best seller on the first day it hit Amazon.

She helps Coaches, Teachers & Entrepreneurs create an authentic online brand, through video, by being their 100% non-filter selves! She then helps them to extract their best knowledge and turn it into an online leveraged program with her proven BOOM! Formula system!

Over the last 16 years she has helped top business folk and online marketers grow their brand globally and develop online leveraged offers that bring in millions of dollars a year for her clients.

Jody harnesses the power of online presence, branding, product creation, social media and marketing. She wants her clients and future business leaders to have more free time and automate their business, so they can spend their time doing what they really LOVE.

Jody is from New Zealand and has been a star-making Online Entrepreneur from a young age. She went to her first personal development training at the age of 14 and started her own web design business when she was just 21. She was one of the youngest “Business Women of the Year” Awards-Finalists ever!

She is passionate about helping people kick their businesses to another level through tried and tested business strategies and personal development. She has worked and MasterMinds with top online marketers and personal development gurus from all over the world.

There is nothing Jody loves more than to hear success stories from people who have taken her advice.

RACHEL GILLESPIE - EDITOR QUEENSTOWNTOKAIKOURA.COM AND KAIKOURA NZ TOURISM

Rachel is local business woman, whom has lived in Kaikoura for many years and currently based out of Timaru so she can travel the round trip to visit clients on a regular basis. Rachel has been in business for herself 23 years and travelled extensively. Now a mother of 3 she works online with this business.

QueenstowntoKaikoura.com and Beyond and KaikouraNewZealand.com profiles many amazing breathtaking and once in a lifetime stops to magical places on earth. The drive between Kaikoura and Queenstown is one of the top wonders of the World many say.

KEITH KELLER - TWITTER STRATEGIST

Keith Keller is a “Twitter Marketing Specialist” and now has clients around the globe.

He is also a popular speaker on the subject of Social Media (especially Twitter) and has appeared on numerous radio shows, teleseminars and webinars across the United States, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia as well as Australia.

Keith is skyping in from Melbourne and will share with you his expert advice to growing you branding using twitter.

JEN HEUETT - SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

Jen Heuett is the Social Media Manager at Tekapo Springs in Lake Tekapo. She is actively involved in bridging the gap between social media and small businesses in the Mackenzie region. She is a travel writer, blogger and social media planner. You can see her work in the Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, and Hipmunk. You can find all of her writing on her own travel website Travel + Trust & Wanderlust-a site that aims to educate, empower, and inspire women of all ages to travel solo.

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