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Amayah Pelegrin
Amayah is a creative strategist, coach and facilitator whose mission it is to awaken the full potential of people and organisations to thrive and co-create a sustainable future.
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Working with over 700 organisations and individuals across the creative industries, the social sector, academia and corporate business, she has lead projects and leadership training programmes in the UK, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia on creativity and innovation, organisational development, emotional intelligence, systems change, climate action and intercultural understanding, supporting people to realise their creative power, collaborate and make bold changes.
She conducts original research, and her most recent paper “Feel Your Feelings” is an exploration of how embodied emotional intelligence is crucial to our ability to thrive and creatively lead in times of crisis. ​She also provides coaching and executive leadership development to individuals and teams, and as an associate trainer and coach with 64 million artists Strategic Leadership in Research and Women in Climate programmes.
Previously she was Head of Creative Programmes at pioneering organisation Julie's Bicycle, developing programmes and campaigns to embed climate justice into the cultural sector and support a new generation of Creative Climate Leaders. She co-designed Creative Climate Leadership in 2017, the world's first climate-specific leadership programme for the cultural sector.
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Amayah holds a masters in Creative Media Enterprise from Warwick University, is a certified ILM7 Executive Coach, and a fellow of the UK’s Clore Leadership Programme.
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Amayah was formerly known as Sholeh Johnston.
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Vid Tratnik
Vid is a coach, facilitator and education designer with a background in psychology, working in the space connecting personal and societal change to build safe work environments where the best innovations can emerge. ​He works with private businesses and NGOs on strategic organisational development, and provides coaching and executive leadership development to individuals and teams. His mission is to bring awareness of the emotional territory that affects how we relate in work and life, as a means of helping people reconnect with their personal power and build meaningful relationships that open a world of creative and transformative possibilities.
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Previously he led the Association for Art and Social Change PiNA (2005 - 2022), building it from scratch to a thriving organisation of 15 employees leading national and international projects that support the sustainable development of civil society through art, social innovation, non-formal education and citizen science across Europe and Africa.
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As a freelance coach, educator, consultant and practitioner of Theatre of the Oppressed since 2005, Vid has worked with clients such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the European Commission, writing manuals and delivering training on participative public policy, cultural management, media literacy and climate leadership.
Vid was a board member of the Regional Development Council of the Obalno-kraška region in Slovenia (2007-2014), on the steering committee of the European Commission’s Interreg Program (2014-2020) and the Regional Association of SMEs in Koper (2018-2022). He has a Masters in the Management of Sustainable Development from the University of Primorska, Koper (SI). ​
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Duna Viezzoli
Duna is a strategic consultant, researcher, trainer, European project designer and fundraiser for culture and sustainable development.
She is currently conducting participatory research on innovative models of place-based, sustainable tourism in the context of climate change with local communities and Ca' Foscari University of Venice as part of the national project CHANGES - Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society.
She conducts analysis and field research for the strategic development of small and medium-sized cultural organisations in Italy, Argentina, Scotland and Cuba, and works frequently on the cross-border territory with Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Serbia, on the digital and environmental transition of cultural and creative organisations and tourism operators.
She is an expert in European funds and fundraising, and uses her skills and passions to develop and enhance projects with a strong regenerative impact at an environmental, social and cultural level.
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Duna has a Master's degree in Arts Festival and Cultural Management.
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