• Home
  • |
  • Blog
  • |
  • 1813:Nicola Jones-Crossley is the Founding Director of AKIN ASIA

Nicola Jones-Crossley-

Nicola Jones-Crossley is the Founding Director of AKIN ASIA – a community organisation that promotes and celebrates female leadership. In this role Nicola leads a small team coordinating a global network and facilitating women-led panel discussions, networking events and professional development workshops.

Recently she lead the initiative to partner with UNESCO Asia Pacific on a local project Women Make The News – Thailand. Part of a global campaign to feature more female voices in the news, Women Make The News – Thailand is an online database of Thai female experts created as a tool for journalists to quickly and easily find sources for their reports. As a partner, AKIN ASIA assisted UNESCO with the development, design and implementation of the campaign along with promoting and marketing the database for wider influence.

As a Master Trainer from the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Nicola continues to facilitate and deliver trainings in leadership, communication for impact and negotiation skills. She has worked with teams across various industries throughout Southeast Asia to develop and leverage professional skill sets for increased impact.

Nicola has served as Guest Lecturer at the Asian Univeristy for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh where she designed and facilitated professional development curriculum for a diverse range of students. With students from 13 different countries represented, the learning had great impact.

She has also worked extensively with AccorHotels to facilitate leadership and communication training for the brand’s leading female executives across Southeast Asia. Held in Bangkok, the training focussed on building confidence, managing conflict and communicating effectively.

Prior to founding AKIN ASIA and living in Bangkok, Thailand, Nicola worked in non-profit management in Australia, specifically focussing on youth work working with underprivileged youth. She worked as part of a team that ran recreation activities, certified alternative education programs and outreach assistance initiatives for young people in Sydney’s inner suburbs.

In addition to her qualifications from ILM, Nicola holds a Diploma of Youth Work from TAFE Institute of Western Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame Australia.

https://www.nicolajc.com/about/

http://www.akinasia.com

Listen to another #12minconvo

Related Posts

1957:Ahsan Irfan is an engineer by night and a history podcaster by night

Ahsan Irfan- Ahsan Irfan: I’m an engineer by night and a history podcaster by night. I’m a knowledge freak and am extremely desirous to know anything and everything there is to know. I grew up in a household where books were sacrosanct and books were everywhere. Therefore, books are my natural companion. I am constantly reading. I

Read More

Sunni Dawson is a Director of Planning & People at OPTe Pty Ltd /Ep2449

Sunni Dawson- Sunni Dawson: I am a dynamic, enthusiastic and widely skilled leader with over 15 years experience successfully managing complex organizations and projects in government, non government and private businesses internationally and in Australia. A legal background in the non profit sector, I have successfully delivered statewide policy strategies and the coordination of major government

Read More

744:Wael Badawyis an international speaker, author, educator, innovator, and trainer

Wael Badawy- Wael Badawy (Business Leader of Tomorrow and top 40 under 40 in business) is an international speaker, author, educator, innovator, and trainer. He successfully built seven multi-million dollar sustainable businesses within six months or less. A tri-language speaker lectured more than 1.5 million entrepreneurs, business leaders, students and scientist on technology, innovation, business

Read More

Amanda Young: A Transformational Path to Growth, Freedom & Joy /Ep 3024

About Amanda YoungAmanda H Young, MBA, Certified Trauma-Informed Coach, has been a professional Mindset Coach & Energy Healer since 2014. She helps individuals navigate relationship, health, and career challenges, specializing in anxiety, overwhelm, neurodivergence, grief, and trauma,… …offering hope and a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection to release limiting beliefs and shift their perspective

Read More

LaKena Horhn: The Power of Education: Transforming Lives in West Africa /Ep3704

About LaKena HorhnLaKena Horhn is a faith-driven entrepreneur and educator dedicated to empowering mid-life Christian women to overcome setbacks and embrace their God-given potential. With a diverse background in education, theology, and marketing, LaKena combines her expertise to create impactful programs like “Girl, Get Up and Live!”… …and “Lioness Arising Academy,” where women find strength,

Read More

968:Deidre Proctor is the co-founder of Amazing Retreats International

Deidre Proctor- Deidre Proctor says her moniker is The Retreat Strategist.  She is the co-founder of Amazing Retreats International. This is their 2nd year.  Over the past 3 years Deidre has worked in a ministry capacity at her church as well as hosted different retreats. Her heart is creating meaningful retreats. She isn’t redefining the

Read More

1763:Clecio Weirich is a Salesman, Broadcaster and Writer

Clecio Weirich- Always trying to be involved in creations, Clecio Weirich says, “I think my mind is a mysterious labyrinth, I keep searching for the middle of it and along the way, I`m gathering some results. Not as prolific as I wanted to a Writer, but still every day having new ideas to the stories

Read More

834:Jeet Banerjee quickly became a motivated and dedicated entrepreneur

Jeet Banerjee- Jeet Banerjee: From being a lazy teenager looking to have fun with his friends, I quickly became a motivated and dedicated entrepreneur. I started with my company JB Media Force and immediately began picking up small clients. I established an offshore team to handle the projects while I single-handedly took care of sales

Read More

Engel Jones

I am a podcaster who has now had over 2900 recorded podcast conversations, plus 349 live interviews in 12 weeks, while driving through the 48 states of the US plus the eastern and western side of Canada.