Tasneem’s Blog Archive

Tonight the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) held its inaugural Muslim Communities Forum, which I was delighted to emcee. The purpose of this event was to demonstrate the Community Connections initiative of GMCT in an effort to proactively engage with...

I was delighted to visit Bahrain this past weekend for the  @IABCEME #EMENAcomm conference, to hear from communications experts across the globe, talk to a theme of ‘Transforming Communication to Drive Strategic Change’. I presented a keynote address on ‘Organised...

Looking forward to heading west again next month, to present in Adelaide at the Morella Community Centre for this event: Morella Community Centre is proudly hosting a breakfast function, MOVING BEYOND HARMONY, with keynote speaker TASNEEM CHOPRA exploring ways we move...

Today I travelled to Hamilton, in Western Victoria to address the Southern Grampians  Shire Council on, ‘Diversity Dividends’. My keynote formed a component of the Council’s proactive approach towards adopting a Diversity & Inclusion policy as part of their Work...

Does my tower look big in this? Fun times delivering a presentation to the Year 12 cohort of Camberwell HS this fancy-pants venue, Queens College.  Am feeling very buoyed about kick-starting the year with such an intelligent and intuitive group of future leaders....

On ABC’s Summer Drum 74% of Australians believe that there has been an increase in agenda driven news, what do you think has contributed to this perception? Tonight with host, Adam Spencer, guests Rob Stott, Jennifer Hewett and myself, discussed: BBC research on...

In this refreshing and fascinating collection, twelve Muslim-Australians - some well known, some not - reveal their candid, funny and touching stories of growing up with a dual identity. Muslim people in Australia come from over seventy countries and represent a wide...

The video from an ACFID panel I featured in last October, is now up. This was for the ACFID 2018 Conference, ‘What are Human Rights and Why Do They Matter?” Contesting Human Rights in an era when well-being is being increasingly commodified, centres the issues of...

Date: 16th, January 2019 This morning I participated as a guest in a podcast entitled, ‘Breaking Down E – the Role of Design to Increase Diversity’, for a series called Engineering Reimagined This series is an initiative of Aurecon, a global digital engineering...

Tonight’s 774 ABC Melbourne’s News Therapy with Jo Lauder (JJJ, Hack) and Drive host, Warwick Long, covered major news stories for this week, from the tragic to the ridiculous. By far, the issue dominating airwaves was the brutal murder of 21 year old Palestinian...