Jon Dee is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, campaigner and business adviser with a social conscious. He is an advocate of social change through education; both at a business level and in society as a whole.
Jon is the Anchor host of Smart Money, a daily, live primetime TV program on Sky News Business channel. It is a show which assists businesses on how to improve their bottom line by being smarter with their use of energy and other resources. It also covers innovation, renewable energy and new business models.
Jon is the author of Sustainable Growth and Energy Cut, the definitive sustainability guidebooks for small and medium sized businesses. Sustainable Growth shows that being sustainable is good for the bottom line and Energy Cut, written in plain English, describes 20 practical steps that businesses can take to cut their energy use and save money.
Within Australia and overseas, Jon regularly gives keynote speeches and consults to companies on efficiency, sustainability and change management.
As a philanthropist, he is the Founder and Managing Director of the Australian advocacy organisation DoSomething. In June 1991, he also founded Planet Ark in partnership with Pat Cash. He headed up the organisation for 15 years, turning it into a household name and a powerful force for change.
Together with Olivia Newton-John, Jon founded Australia's National Tree Day and the international One Tree Per Child initiative. Jon is the Global Director of One Tree Per Child which currently plants trees in 7 countries. Ambassadors and Patrons of the initiative include Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs and Lord Stern.
In 1988, Jon founded Rock Aid Armenia which led to the building of a music school for 220 children in the Armenian earthquake zone. For this, Jon recruited the help and support of bands such as Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Bon Jovi and others. In 1989, he produced a UK top 40 all-star remake of 'Smoke on the Water' and organised the UK's first ever charity album to go 'Gold' – it sold 100,000 copies in 10 days.
Jon has directed 300 community campaign TV ads and videos featuring Tom Cruise, Kylie Minogue, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Richard Branson, Kevin McCloud, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and many others.
Jon was Australian of the Year 2010 (NSW) and in 2009 was the recipient of Armenia's highest award, The Order of Honor, for his long-term work in the Armenian earthquake zone. He lives in the Blue Mountains with his wife Leanne and their two daughters.
Jon Dee is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, campaigner and business adviser with a social conscious. He is an advocate of social change through education; both at a business level and in society as a whole.
Jon is the Anchor host of Smart Money, a daily, live primetime TV program on Sky News Business channel. It is a show which assists businesses on how to improve their bottom line by being smarter with their use of energy and other resources. It also covers innovation, renewable energy and new business models.
Jon is the author of Sustainable Growth and Energy Cut, the definitive sustainability guidebooks for small and medium sized businesses. Sustainable Growth shows that being sustainable is good for the bottom line and Energy Cut, written in plain English, describes 20 practical steps that businesses can take to cut their energy use and save money.
Within Australia and overseas, Jon regularly gives keynote speeches and consults to companies on efficiency, sustainability and change management.
As a philanthropist, he is the Founder and Managing Director of the Australian advocacy organisation DoSomething. In June 1991, he also founded Planet Ark in partnership with Pat Cash. He headed up the organisation for 15 years, turning it into a household name and a powerful force for change.
Together with Olivia Newton-John, Jon founded Australia's National Tree Day and the international One Tree Per Child initiative. Jon is the Global Director of One Tree Per Child which currently plants trees in 7 countries. Ambassadors and Patrons of the initiative include Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs and Lord Stern.
In 1988, Jon founded Rock Aid Armenia which led to the building of a music school for 220 children in the Armenian earthquake zone. For this, Jon recruited the help and support of bands such as Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Bon Jovi and others. In 1989, he produced a UK top 40 all-star remake of 'Smoke on the Water' and organised the UK's first ever charity album to go 'Gold' – it sold 100,000 copies in 10 days.
Jon has directed 300 community campaign TV ads and videos featuring Tom Cruise, Kylie Minogue, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Richard Branson, Kevin McCloud, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and many others.
Jon was Australian of the Year 2010 (NSW) and in 2009 was the recipient of Armenia's highest award, The Order of Honor, for his long-term work in the Armenian earthquake zone. He lives in the Blue Mountains with his wife Leanne and their two daughters.
The Future Shapers
How Efficiency and Innovation Can Boost Your Bottom Line
How to Make Your Organisation Lean and Green…
The 10 Step Guide to Cutting Energy Bills in your Business
The History of Change
Bringing About Positive Community Change
People and organisations can create positive change that can affect all Australians. Jon shares how every time you switch on the light or wash your clothes you're affected by one of his many campaigns including:
- Banning incandescent globes which has reduced energy bills by $5.5 billion
- Banning phosphates in laundry detergents, meaning Australia is now phosphate free
- His experiences starting Planet Ark, National Tree Day, Rock Aid Armenia, One Tree...
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DESTINATION MELBOURNE
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D., DESTINATION MELBOURNE
He was very accommodating to move his session to an earlier time slot due to last minute circumstances. He's a wealth of knowledge and has been happy to share his knowledge, contacts and ideas from the outset and has gone over and above to ensure our event was a success. His actual presentation was executed perfectly, covering the brief, adhering to the time restriction and also allowing for Q&A from the audience too. An absolute pleasure to have Jon as part of our Melbourne LIVE event and would definitely recommend him to anyone in the future.
AIRAH
On-Site
A., EXECUTIVE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, AIRAH
Jon Dee gave the keynote address at our 2016 National Awards dinner. The national awards evening is one of the highlights of our year …. In 2016 we were looking for a future looking inspirational keynote speaker with good communication skills….Jon was the consummate professional working with us in the lead up to the event. This ensured we had a talk fully tailored to our audience. He delivered a fantastic insightful look at where we are heading in our low carbon future. He then related that back with exciting examples researched from around the world. He captured the imagination of the audience from the moment he stepped on to the stage. The combination of Jon's natural presentation style and high quality multimedia presentation went down very well with our audience of over 250 industry professionals. The audience really appreciated Jon's keynote presentation and our members still talk about the event and aspects of the presentation.
EVEXIS GROUP
On-Site
V., EVEXIS GROUP
Jon did a fantastic job as the keynote speaker at the Solar Juice event last night. He delivered a fantastic speech, was well prepared and extremely enthusiastic.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 9750
On-Site
R., ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 9750
From the feedback from the participants at conference, they rated his presentation as excellent and informative. I would also like to comment that Jon remained for lunch and spoke to many participants; this was appreciated by all who had the opportunity to speak with him. In respect of his presentation, Jon had obviously done his "homework" on Rotary which was evident in his address.
