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NFP CEO Roundtable with Share the Dignity

when
tue 17 nov'26, 9:00am-11:00am
where
Greenhouse Tech Hub, Salesforce Tower, 3/180 George Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
who
NFP-CEO

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the pad lady's playbook: how to build a movement people actually show up for

 
Most of us have sat through the purpose workshop. We've got the values on the wall, the CSR line in the annual report, the day of service in the calendar. And we've quietly wondered why so little of it moves anyone - least of all the people it's meant to.
 
Rochelle Courtenay has the opposite problem. In 2015 she read an article about women experiencing homelessness going without period products, ran a single collection drive in her Queensland suburb, and accidentally lit a fuse. A decade on, Share the Dignity is a national movement: thousands of volunteers, thousands of charity partners, millions of period products distributed, and a tax scrapped by a federal government that didn't see her coming. She built all of it with no head office mandate, no global budget, and no permission - the exact constraints most of us would call impossible.
 
What makes Rochelle worth an evening isn't just the impact she's created. It's the person behind it. She speaks openly about surviving domestic violence, raising two daughters as a single mum, battling self-doubt, and being told "you can't" more times than she can count. Rather than letting those moments define her, she used them as fuel to build something bigger than herself. She's living proof that ordinary people can create extraordinary change when they decide to back themselves - even before anyone else does.

your speaker

Rochelle Courtenay

Rochelle Courtenay

Founder & Managing Director

at Share the Dignity

Bio: Rochelle is an Australian of the Year finalist, Cosmopolitan Humanitarian of the Year, and the woman who took on the tampon tax and won.

learning outcomes

  • Learn how Rochelle mobilised an army of volunteers when she couldn't pay a single one

  • How to build momentum that outlasts the launch

  • How to turn purpose into a movement people genuinely want to be part of

  • How to spot the difference between real impact and dignity-washing

  • Why the most powerful leaders aren't the loudest - they're the ones who simply refuse to give up.

inside your roundtable
true peers, rooms that get real

Abundium Roundtables are intimate, in-person sessions for each of our role-based programs, including CEO, CFO, CPO and CMO. Connect with true peers, hear expert perspectives and go deeper on the issues that matter to multinational leaders in your world.

what you’ll take away

  • Real-world perspectives from true peers who understand your role

  • Crowdsourced solutions to the issues and opportunities you’re facing

  • Trusted connections you can continue to lean on beyond the room

how to show up

Bring what’s on your mind. Share what you’re seeing, ask the questions you can’t always ask elsewhere and be generous with your own experience. This is where the value of true peers comes to life.

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