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Connect20 Online Media & Arts

Think, create, and speak well in this cultural moment. Connect20 Online Media & Arts Summit provides over 30 interactive talks, interviews and concert events inviting the curious Christian to respond well to this brave new world through media, communications and the arts.The summit includes speakers like Nona Jones and Bob Goff as well as concerts and talks by artists like For King & Country and Jordan Feliz. You will even get the chance to attend some free events.

Register now for a single session or the entire summit

As part of the 99.9 Live FM’s family you get to receive FREE access to two concerts, right from the comfort of your own home. 

Free Summit Event| How to Detox Your Brain in 5 Steps| Dr. Caroline Leaf

Free Session: Monday 1 June 2020, 3:00 pm

Author, International Speaker, Communication Pathologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist- Dr. Caroline Leaf has spent 30 years developing a mind-based technique, which she will talk about in this session as well as teaching on how to overcome past experiences that are holding you back and will help you overcome toxic thinking patters that are keeping you from living up to your full potential by learning to harness the power of our minds to change the structure of our brains.

Register now to for a free online session with Dr. Caroline Leaf

 

Free Summit Event| Special Concert Event| We Are Messengers 

Free Session: Tuesday 2 June 2020, 6:00 pm

Darren and the band bring a special intimate concert event with intimate acoustic sessions and never a never before seen concert recorded in front of a live audience just before lock down. Feel the energy and passion of this Irish American band up close and personal

Register now for a free special event concert with We Are Messengers

 

Free Summit Event| A Message of Hope| Will Graham and Crowder 

Free Session: Wednesday 3 June 2020, 11:00 am

In this live-streamed free event direct from Ashville, North Carolina – Will Graham will be joined by Crowder to share a message of hope for all the world.

Register now for a free session with Will Graham and Crowder

 

Free Summit Event| We Rise As One The Arthouse Session| Jordan Feliz, Elle Limebear and more!  

Free Session: Thursday 4 June 2020, 6:00 pm

Join homegrown host and singer/songwriter Nathan Tasker live from the Arthouse in Nashville for an evening of unplugged sessions and conversations with Michael W Smith, Elle Limebear, Matthew West & Jordan Feliz. In support of Compassion’s We Rise as One Campaign.

Register now for a free Arthouse Session 

 

Free Summit Event| It’s Time to Dream Big| Bob Goff 

Free Session: Friday 5 June 2020, 12:00 pm

Bob Goff is the author of the New York Times bestselling Love Does and Everybody, Always as well as the bestselling Love Does for Kids. He is the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Uganda, an attorney, and the founder of Love Does—a nonprofit human rights organisation operating in Uganda, India, Nepal, Iraq, and Somalia. He’s a lover of balloons, cake pops, and helping people pursue their big dreams. Bob’s greatest ambitions in life are to love others, do stuff, and, most importantly, to hold hands with his wife, Sweet Maria Goff, and spend time with their amazing kids.

Register now for a free online session with Bob Goff

 

Free Summit Event| We Rise As One Concert Event| for King & Country 

Free Session: Friday 5 June 2020, 6:00 pm

Join for King & Country for a special live concert, right from their home in Nashville.

Register now for a free online concert with for King & Country 

Festival Postponed Due to COVID-19

Today, Townsville City Council announced that NAFA (North Australia Festival of Arts) and Fringe Festival will be postponed until further notice due to COVID-19. This decision comes after The Federal Governments advice on non-essential gatherings during this time. Mayor Jenny Hill said, the real issue is we don’t know what things will look like tomorrow, let alone in four weeks, so to say when we can continue these events is still up in the air. Rather than cancelling the event altogether, Council has decided to postpone it, in hopes that as soon as numbers of infections reduce, and restrictions are taken away they can proceed with booking these events and artists and put them back on the city event calendar. “NAFA is a big part of our events calendar, which brought in 4.1 million last year as far as economic impact and we saw an increase of 8.6 percent increase in accommodation in hotels and other places. So, we are trying to bring back normality as much and as soon as possible, which is why we are postponing instead of cancelling it,” Cr. Jenny Hill explained.

If you are looking for things to do because of all the event postponements, Hill said we still have beautiful parks, beaches and walks you can go on as well as Magnetic Island which is still open. In the meantime, the mayor seemed hopeful that despite everything, and despite the restrictions, Townsville’s confirmed cases are still really low, and she urges us to stay calm as we are still operating pretty normally compared to other cities and states, and to enjoy things we still can do.

Hot Topic: Schapelle Corby Media Circus

It’s Hot Topic time and for sure in Australia this week the hot topic has been Schapelle Corby’s return home to Australia after finishing her 13 year jail sentence in Bali for drug trafficking.

Now that in itself is Hot Topic worthy but what I specifically want to ask this week is your opinion on the media circus that ensued upon her release. I watched it with my Dad and we decided to turn the coverage off, disgusted with the Australia media’s choice to make a cat and mouse game of invading this woman privacy. And it seemed Dad and I weren’t the only ones unimpressed with the coverage. Karl Stephanovic gave a brilliant rant on The Morning show saying “”I realise there’s interest but why oh why oh why? There are far more important things in life than pursuing and losing Schapelle Corby. We in the media have a responsibility to inform but I reckon we were all made to look like idiots yesterday”. I couldn’t agree more, and now, I want to know how the intense coverage made you feel. Were you interested? Did you think it was over the top? Did you watch it or turn it off?

Let me know in the comments below!

Much love,

Kim