Nicole Velik is a creativity and innovation facilitator, trainer and consultant. She is the founder of an innovation company, The Ideas Bodega.

Nicole has facilitated and trained organisations across The United States, Australia and Asia. Her clients include The United Nations, Nike, XYZ Networks, Ogilvy + Mather, BBDO, TBWA, Coca-Cola, Nivea, Tequila, QLD + NSW Government, STW Group, Ogilvy PR, Burson-Marsteller, One Green Bean and The Communications Council.

Nicole spent four years working in New York City where she helped her clients keep a competitive edge by thinking creatively and creating cultures where innovation would flourish. She recently returned to New York this year to train the United Nations in Creativity and Innovation and to help them generate ideas for a UN global initiative, World Humanitarian Day.

She has been trained in Idea Generation and Creative Problem Solving by the Creative Education Foundation (New York) and been a speaker and presenter at CREA, the European Creativity Association. She also holds a Communications Degree from Charles Sturt University and a certificate in Organisational Development from New York University.

When she’s not overhauling brands and nurturing ideas, Nicole can be found pursuing her other passion, music. Her song ‘Tonight’ was recently used on a national Channel Ten promo for the American TV drama, Medium.

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