Mikayla T.

Experience

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  Department of Education and Training, Victoria, Australia

  Jan 1972 - Jan 1984

  Secondary School Teacher

  Teaching Experience -Experience in Curriculum Design & Development, Classroom Management, Student Motivation, Multicultural Awareness, Interactive Learning, Whole Group Learning• Secondary School Teacher at Monterey Technical School, Frankston, Victoria• Secondary School Teacher, Head of Department at Ballam Park Technical School, Frankston, Victoria• Secondary School Teacher, Head of Department at Dromana Technical School, Dromana, Victoria

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  Sha’s Galleria (Vic)

  Mar 1984 - Jan 1991

  Retail Gallery specialising in Interior Décor and Arts

  • Venue was opened to specifically display own artworks in a Gallery environment, set against a backdrop of interior décor products.• Displayed the works of other select artists, including several in-house artists working on-site to display to clients the work in progress of their art.• In addition to sales, merchandising, marketing, and procurement, provided expertise in category management, product development, pricing strategies, and vendor relations.• Established a small franchise group. Show less

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  Island Wholesale

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1995

  Art and Craft Sales and Marketing Manager

  Visual Merchandising, Sales and Distribution of high quality Art related products to Cairns, Mission Beach, Airlie Beach and surrounding Island Resorts.

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  Cornucopia Cottage - Gallery Cooperative of Artists

  Mar 1995 - Jun 1996

  Cornucopia Cottage

  • Gathered together a carefully selected group of 10 artisans, with skills across a diverse range of arts and crafts including painters, potters, woodworkers, textiles, folk art, jewellery and bush furniture.• Designed the layout of the Gallery to individually house all artisans in their unique spaces to display their wares. Each artisan operated their own business within the confines of the group setting.• Managed this art team to coordinate successfully with each other, without overlapping product styles.• Rostered the team to staff the Gallery on a full-time 7 day basis, sharing the workload amongst the group.• Once established, handed the reins over in order to move on and open a specialist independent Gallery. Show less

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  Retail Gallery specialising in Wildlife Arts

  Jun 1996 - Jan 2002

  Nature's Wonderland (Vic)

  • Start-up business in Warburton, a small rural tourist town in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. Incorporating a retail Gallery, Workshops & Classes, Devonshire Tearoom and diversifying into themed children's gatherings and hosting specialist practitioners including Reiki, Massage and Bowen Therapy.• Curated a high quality selection of art and craft works, focusing on local talent. Exhibited in areas of paintings, woodwork, leadlight, pottery, textiles and many miscellaneous crafts.• Strong sales and marketing skills to build new business and cultivate existing customer relationships. Self-confident, organised, and motivated. Brought creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit to all business endeavours. Successfully interacted with clients to generate repeat and referral business, which resulted in continually escalating new sales orders. Show less

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  Miracles are Made

  Jan 1999 - now

  Lived Experience Advocate for Sexual Assault

  Mentoring, Consultancy, Coaching, GuidanceExpect Miracles“There are only two ways to live your life;One is as though nothing is a miracle.The other is as though everything is.”~Albert Einstein~Mentoring - Someone who is always there for you, to assist and guide you towards the path you seek in life. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE?A simple law of the universe says *wherever you focus your attention, you also focus your creative energy. In other words, what you think about, you create in your experience*.Life tends to push us into varying directions to show us what it is that we are looking for … or missing out on. Mostly, it is much easier for us to know what it is that we are missing … we know what we DON’T want, but we don’t always know as easily just what we DO want. You end up just accepting and tolerating whatever life throws at you, whether this be in the form of your career, your mate, your income, your living environment, etc. Then, of course, in our state of *tolerating life* the more we focus upon what we don’t want, the more of it we experience. FOUR MAGICK WORDS The 4 magick words that enable you to use this Creative Universal Force in your own life are … “WHAT DO I WANT?”Begin using these 4 words each day. If you ask for it, the answers will come. Keep asking until the answers do come.When you focus your *attention* on what you want and make it your *intention* to create it, you take hold of a creative force that can literally move mountains.Alexander Graham Bell spoke of this force when he stated the following:“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.”As a powerfully creative individual, YOU have this power within you!Come and see if I am able to assist you in achieving your miracle.EXPECT MIRACLES – WE ARE BORN TO WIN! Show less

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  Nature's Wonderland

  Jan 2002 - now

  Retail store specialising in a diverse range of natural and eco-friendly products, encompassing small electrical appliances aimed at sustainability & the health industry, and including a broad range of natural products for babies and toddlers, in The Bush Babies Collection.• Nature's Wonderland is proudly 100% family owned and operated, having grown to become a thriving store based on the foundations of offering quality products, insightful information and great service.• Operating from a location registered with the Wildlife Land Trust and Land for Wildlife, Nature's Wonderland has enjoyed wonderful success during many years of growth. From a bricks and mortar store in Victoria in 1996 to online since 1999, we have built up an excellent reputation with a diverse, high quality and sought after product portfolio, with only the most superior, top-quality brand name merchandise available.• Established mentoring program for staff, enabling a focus on employees’ goals, empowering each employee to achieve their desired results. Held them accountable for creating their own roadmap and taking action, which in turn delivered solid business results and ensured the health and growth of the business. Show less • Professional with decades of experience emphasising client relationship management, sales, marketing, and business development in the retail industry. Commercially aware and highly successful in driving business forward whilst delivering high retail standards, through increasing sales performance, business development and strategic HR skills. Skilled and knowledgeable with all resources related to online business, as well as bricks and mortar. Strong Public Relations emphasis & esteemed Customer Service.• Developed and built business from start up to generate 6-figure sales annually; established strong customer base of domestic clients and commercial businesses. Highly customer-centric with excellent relationship-building skills as evidenced by achievement in building high annual sales and many new customer accounts daily, primarily through word-of-mouth referrals.• Increased sales year after year by leveraging referenceable accounts to build credibility and introducing new sales tools and marketing collateral.• Opened the health food specialty equipment market ahead of the competition, persuasively overcoming customers’ concerns about product viability through combination of techniques that included product demonstrations, a strong guarantee, and referral lead generation.• Established streamlined systems, technologies, and processes to maximise efficiency and productivity. Enhanced the company image through highly professional sales and marketing presentations and strategies.• Established mentoring program for staff, enabling a focus on employees’ goals, empowering each employee to achieve their desired results. Held them accountable for creating their own roadmap and taking action, which in turn delivered solid business results and ensured the health and growth of the business. Show less

  • Mentor

    Jan 2002 - now

  • Mentor

    Jan 2002 - now
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  Excalibur Dehydrators Australia™

  Jan 2005 - now

  Mentor at Excalibur Dehydrators Australia™

  Excalibur Dehydrators Australia™ has been the premiere distributor of Excalibur dehydrator products here in Australia since 2005. Now proud to be an official Australian importer and distributor of the US made Excalibur dehydrator and associated products.Proudly 100% Australian family owned and operated, throughout all of our companies, our mission is simple, and we follow it passionately: Customer Service. Our aim is to provide not only the best health and wellness products, but to also provide the best service and information possible.We endeavour to create a concept that projects a Way of Life — how we envisage that people should be living… no hustle-bustle, no smog — instead clean, clear country air that is fresh and great for your good health. Rather than chemical-laced, chlorinated water, drink pure, natural rain water. And strive to grow and eat your own fresh, wholesome food. We encourage and recommend a sustainable way of life. Environment is as important to a person’s well being as are Good Food, Water and Air, and we endeavour to live as we believe everyone should. Show less

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  Club Verdigris

  Dec 2013 - Sept 2017

  We are an Eco Retreat and Healing Centre, situated on the 'Peregrine Park' property in the rural region of Somerset. It is a place of tranquillity, a place for inspiration, a place for discovery, and best of all - a place to relax and create. Nestled in the quietness of the Brisbane Valley, also known as The Valley of the Lakes, the peace and serenity of the region is interspersed with the placid waterways of the Brisbane River and surrounding dams, and set against a backdrop of extensive patchwork farmlands surrounded by the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range.Escape from the everyday and prepare to feel relaxed and at peace, surrounded by the beauty of nature.A place to recharge and enjoy the presence of nature at its best.Beautiful in a relaxing country-farm style, with great views and wide-open space of rural countryside, just two hours from Brisbane.Based on a 40 acre rural property in the peaceful countryside of the beautiful Brisbane Valley of the Lakes, the setting is grassland and trees, filled with a multitude of wildlife, from birds and mammals to reptiles and insects. Be delighted with our nature reserve location — we are proudly registered with the Wildlife Land Trust and Land for Wildlife, with over 75 species of birds and animals, and still growing! Show less

  • CLUB VERDIGRIS Rural Eco Retreat Villas

    Jan 2014 - Sept 2017

  • Club Verdigris - GALLERY, incorporating a Smoothie & Juice Bar · Living & Raw Food Restaurant · Cafe

    Dec 2013 - May 2014
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  Angel Juicers Australia

  Jan 2017 - now

  Mentor at Angel Juicers Australia

  Angel juicers Australia has been the premiere distributor of the superlative quality stainless steel cold press juicer here in Australia since 2007. Now proud to be an official Australian importer and distributor of the South Korean made Angel juicer and associated products.

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  Mikky Eagle - the Freya Files

  Nov 2017 - now

  Author

  ~*~ Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way! ~*~I am a writer, an artist, an entrepreneurial business person; I once was a teacher, and I am a lover of peace and the beauty of nature. Standing for truth and honour, I believe we all deserve justice, equal rights and dignity. As a consequence of my many trials and tribulations, I am telling my life experiences in my Books, The Freya Files – maybe to assist others, and definitely to assist healing myself.My life has consisted of a multitude of battles for justice, commencing when I was Sexually Assaulted as an innocent young child. Sadly, my time on earth has been continually enveloped with these battles … most especially when not one, but all three of these crimes was not satisfactorily pursued by the police, but instead the 3 separate perpetrators completely escaped any form of punishment for their actions – due to corrupt, inadequate handling of the cases, and an unjust justice system! I shall not cease making every possible effort to gain what is my right as a citizen, and that is the protection of the police force, and justice through the legal system.~*~ Expect Miracles ~*~We are Born to WinMy stories are the truth; impacting and littered with a vast array of emotions – sometimes warm and loving; at other times the cold harsh reality of crime oozes forth. Dreadful cruelty, emotional despair, crime, fraud, love and happiness are all entwined. The characters are many; detectives, police, family, husbands, lovers, friends and rogues, to name a few.Writing my stories has a second purpose, other than the creative and healing aspect – and that is to use them as stepping stones, reaching greater heights and volumes of people, and in so doing to gain a ‘voice‘ against the Tyrannical ways of the so-called ‘justice‘ system; a system that is frequently so unjust and cruel that it tends to dish out a harsher, more cruel crime than did the original perpetrator! Show less