Smelly Lunch Stories

🚨 SOLD OUT! 🚨 It's official. It's going to be a full house! We are so stoked by the response to our first Smelly Lunch. A massive thank you to everyone who will be joining us - we can't wait to host you all on Thursday! 🌮 🍣 Event details: 📍 Kyiv Social, Chippendale 🕛 12pm-2.30pm (panel begins at 12.45pm) #smellylunches #culturaldiversity #DEI #networking Linda Fagerlund Graham Alvarez-Jarratt An Le Michelle Miroforidis

Hey Sydney 👋 will you be joining us for lunch next week? 🍽 We want to make people from all backgrounds feel optimistic about their future in the marketing, advertising and media industry. And more diverse voices in our industry, in future leadership, can only lead to greater representation in culture and stronger creativity in insight-led communications work. We have limited tickets left to our first Smelly Lunch on Thursday 31st October, so don't miss out on the conversation featuring career-defining insights and personal stories from: 🌟 Director of Gambol Creative & regular Gruen Transfer panellist, Camey O'Keefe 🌟 PEDESTRIAN.TV Co-founder & Linkby Co-Founder and CEO, Chris Wirasinha 🌟 WPP ANZ's President Rose Herceg ⭐ Smelly Lunch Stories co-founder and BWS Head of Brand Marketing, An Le Get your tickets here (CFO-approved, we guarantee it!) ➡ https://lnkd.in/gvtDS3d7 #smellylunches #careergrowth #inclusion #diversity #networking Linda Fagerlund Graham Alvarez-Jarratt Michelle Miroforidis

We’re thrilled to see the launch of Smelly Lunch Stories by MFA community member Linda Fagerlund and industry colleagues An Le, Graham Alvarez-Jarratt and Michelle Miroforidis, aiming to help increase the number of culturally diverse leaders in management and C-suite across the media, advertising and marketing industry. Their first event in Sydney on 31 October features an amazing lineup from across the industry, including moderator Gambol Creative’s Camey O'Keefe, PEDESTRIAN.TV Co-Founder and current Linkby co-founder and CEO Chris Wirasinha, WPP’s ANZ President, Rose Herceg, and Smelly Lunch Stories’ own An Le. Head to the smelly Lunch Stories website to purchase tickets to the event and join the conversation: https://lnkd.in/gvtDS3d7 Linda Wong #MFA #DEI #wearethechangers

“Ever since I was a 10-year-old, swapping my curry sandwiches for my friends' plain chicken ones as the only brown kid in my entire school I had a sense of otherness. I've been fortunate enough to turn this ability to stand out into a superpower and love helping the next generation of media talent do the same.” Chris Wirasinha, Co-Founder Pedestrian.tv & Co-Founder & CEO Linkby. Join Chris in conversation with Camey O'Keefe, Director of Gambol Creative and Panellist of Gruen Transfer, An Le, Co-Founder Smelly Lunch Stories, and Rose Herceg, ANZ President, WPP for an intimate conversation about diversity and commonality, and the opportunity to connect with like-minded people while sharing really great food. At Urban List, our mission is to champion a more diverse and inclusive media landscape, and we proudly lead by example. Partnering with Smelly Lunch Stories allows us to create meaningful impact and amplify voices within our industry, aligning perfectly with our values Link in comments to grab your tickets. 

With over 80% of tickets already gone, the countdown is well and truly on!! Thank you to everyone who is joining us! And if you haven't yet, this is your call to pull up a seat at our first-ever Smelly Lunch in Sydney, supported by our friends at Urban List 🌮 🍱 🍣 Come for lunch and leave inspired by our speakers Camey O'Keefe, Chris Wirasinha, Rose Herceg and our own An Le. Get your ticket here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gvtDS3d7 #smellylunches #careergrowth #inclusion #diversity #networking Linda Fagerlund Graham Alvarez-Jarratt Michelle Miroforidis

TWO WEEKS to go until our launch event on 31st October! ⚡ And you're ALL invited. Whether you're seeking inspiration and support on how to navigate your career, or you happen to be a leader and ally looking for advice on how to better support your diverse teams and workplaces, Smelly Lunches are for everyone to come together 🙌 Let's have lunch! Get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gvtDS3d7 #smellylunches #careergrowth #inclusion #diversity #workplace #networking Linda Fagerlund Michelle Miroforidis Graham Alvarez-Jarratt An Le Urban List

Wow, fam. We have been floored by the response to the launch of Smelly Lunch Stories last week! Thank you for all the messages ❤️ We'd love to invite you all to our launch event on 31st October in Sydney to keep the good vibes, connects and stories coming! Join us, our panellists An Le, Rose Herceg, Chris Wirasinha and our fearless moderator Camey O'Keefe. All industry folk are welcome - so please help us get the word out and share widely! As a non-profit, all ticket sales go towards your Smelly Lunch meal and drinks, plus for every ticket sold, a meal will be provided to Sydney's marginalised communities and Ukrainians in need, thanks to the Plate It Forward team behind our venue partner, Kyiv Social. See you there! 🍱 🌯 🥙 🍝 Purchase your tickets HERE: https://lnkd.in/gvtDS3d7 Linda Fagerlund An Le Graham Alvarez-Jarratt Michelle Miroforidis Urban List

Have you ever felt like you didn't quite fit in? Like your experiences, your background, or your cultural heritage was something to shrink from?    We've been there.   That's why we created Smelly Lunch Stories.   We believe that sharing stories over food is the key to breaking down barriers and creating a more inclusive marketing, advertising, and media industry. It's an event series where we'll amplify the voices of people from culturally diverse backgrounds. We'll celebrate their journeys, their challenges, and their successes. Whether they've reached the top or are still climbing the ladder, their stories matter.   Our mission is to help increase the number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in positions of management and C-suite leadership in Australia’s media and marketing industry.   We want to help inspire the next generation of leaders. We want to show them that their unique perspectives are valuable and that there's a place for them at the table.   We’re kicking things off with our first-ever certified Smelly Lunch at Kyiv Social, Chippendale on October 31st. Featuring an incredible roster of inspiring, diverse industry leaders including Pedestrian Group co-founder and Linkby's co-founder / CEO Chris Wirasinha, WPP ANZ President Rose Herceg, and our own co-founder An Le, we’ll be sharing intimate personal stories over food. Bring your mates and your colleagues, because absolutely everyone is welcome. It will be moderated by regular Gruen Transfer panellist and Gambol Creative's Camey O'Keefe and feature the founders of SLS (Graham Alvarez-Jarratt, Michelle Miroforidis and Linda Fagerlund), plus CCO Jacqui La'Brooy from our supporting media partner Urban List.    So pull up a chair and join the conversation.    To find out more and to buy tickets to the event, visit our website at www.smellylunchstories.com   We can’t wait to see you there! 🍳 🍜 🥟 🌯   #SmellyLunchStories #DiversityAndInclusion #Leadership #Marketing #Advertising #Media