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Ian Burns B.Comm., B.Ed., M. Ed. Admin. (Merit), TPTC

Ian has many years' experience in education, project development and management, media concepts and production, and business and creative writing. He has particular expertise in project conceptualisation and articulation, and in the cooperative development and implementation of projects.

He was one of the group that produced the I am Australian television campaign, project managed Employ Australia (which involved virtually every Rotary Club in Australia in a major 'grassroots' employment creation program [over 40,000 jobs identified]), and The Drum on Business (a Victorian television promotion of business). He was also responsible for a television promotion across Asia for a number of TAFE institutes (Asian Media Bridge), and wrote and produced a major television 'community commercial' for the Australian Multicultural Foundation: Australia – the greatest World in the Country.

He formerly headed TAFE Victoria's curriculum research & development function (after many years primary, secondary, and TAFE teaching), and has various publications (including two Australian Country Papers for international UNESCO conferences and the first report into computer based training in Australia). He has also written and produced a number of training videos.

He is presently an executive director of MyTAustralian Pty Ltd (see www.mytloyalty.com/index.php) and a Managing Member of MyTProsperity LLC.

Ian is active in his local community, having being involved in Scouting for more than thirty years, founded a Friends group and is an active member of another, is President of Diamond Valley Badminton Association, and has arranged for a group of family and friends to provide long-term support to third-world women seeking financial assistance to grow their businesses. He received a Commonwealth Community Australia Day Award in 2006.

He has three adult children and 8 grand-children (two adopted from India).