Andrea Putting
Turning human connection into action, helping audiences see beyond assumptions, connect across difference and discover their con
Reviews
"Sometimes you come across great leaders who have natural abilities but no real understanding of how they do it, so cannot share the why, how, what, when or who. Andrea Putting is a great leader with innate talents that can explain how to become a great leader yourself. "
Leigh-Anne Sharland,
Founder of Building Your Mindset Muscle and Executive Advisor in Change
"Andrea Putting is a heartfelt, compassionate and strategic thinker who has developed a wonderful concept that acknowledges diversity as a key element of building community. She uses chocolate and coffee to bring people together to engage and get to know each other"
Leo Coco
Success & Personal Development Coach
Project Management Authority
"Andrea has the ability to help participants build a greater connection and understanding of each other. To appreciate their diversity. To discover new ways to nurture oneself, acknowledge giftedness, joys and inner strengths."
Helen McIlroy
Business Owner and Minister
"When the heartbeat of a business and organisation is lost, the numbers will quickly portray that same story. Andrea Putting has transcended her lived experiences in the workplace. I highly recommend you invite Andrea to strengthen the heartbeat of your organisation/business."
Heather Joy Bassett
Business Life Strategist
"Beautifully delivered and thought-provoking keynote. Andrea is a true professional with an inviting heart on the virtual stage. "
Nikki Langman
Emotional Intelligence Master Trainer, Leadership Development Specialist
About Andrea Putting
Andrea Putting is a keynote speaker, Compassion Curator, author and television host whose work explores human connection, purpose and contribution. For more than a decade, she has brought people together across differences through Chocolate and Coffee Breaks. Through deeply human stories and practical invitations, Andrea helps audiences look beyond assumptions, create meaningful connections and recognise what they have to contribute.
Speaking
Speaking engagement:
Keynote | Conference Speaker, Presenter, Moderator | Interviewer | Emcee, Webinar | Live Video, Interview | Debate | Panel
Expertise:
Leadership, Motivation | Achievement | Inspiration, Society | Culture | Education, Facilitators | Presenters | Moderators, Business | Management | Strategy
Field of Speaker:
Innovators | Visionairs, Authors, Media personalities | Journalists
Best Audience:
Associations, Csuite/ Executives, Managers/ Supervisors, Nonprofit, Diverse, Adults
Travels from:
Australia
Language:
English
Fee range:
from $3000 up to $10000
Topics
See Beyond the Divide: Build More Cohesive Communities
What can a piece of chocolate and a cup of coffee do about division? More than you might imagine. Through deeply human stories, Andrea challenges audiences to look beyond what they think they know, become curious about the stories they cannot see and move towards difference rather than away from it. Audiences leave with a surprisingly simple way to create connection and help build stronger, more cohesive communities.
Discover Your Compassionate Purpose: Create a Life of Greater Fulfilment
What if finding your purpose isn't about searching for the one thing you were meant to do, but discovering what you already have to give? Andrea takes audiences beyond the familiar search for their “why” to uncover how their stories, strengths, passions and values can reveal what they have to contribute. Audiences leave with a different way of seeing purpose—not simply as something to find, but something to live through meaningful contribution.
Go Beyond Success: Build a Business Where Purpose Drives Prosperity
IWhat happens when success is no longer enough? Andrea challenges leaders to look beyond profit, achievement and growth and consider what their organisation is really contributing. Drawing on her Compassionate Prosperity framework, she explores how shared purpose can create belonging, inspire contribution and give people a reason to care about the work they do—building organisations where purpose, people and prosperity work together.
Chocolate and Coffee Break: Turn Connection from an Idea into an Experience
An Immersive Experience What happens when we stop talking about connection and actually create it? Andrea brings participants together through chocolate, coffee and carefully chosen heart-opening questions that move conversation beyond the usual small talk. Participants connect with people they may not otherwise meet while experiencing a simple approach to meaningful conversation they can take with them. Suitable for conferences, retreats, community events and workplaces, this facilitated experience creates connection in the room—and gives people a practical way to create more of it wherever they go.
Media
Videos
Andrea Putting — Keynote Speaker | See Beyond the Divide
Andrea Putting is a keynote speaker, Compassion Curator, author and television host exploring human connection, purpose and the difference ordinary people can make. For more than a decade, Andrea has brought people together across differences through Chocolate and Coffee Breaks—beginning with a simple invitation to share chocolate, coffee and conversation with someone different. Andrea's keynote presentations include: See Beyond the Divide — Build More Cohesive Communities A deeply human exploration of what becomes possible when we look beyond assumptions, become curious about the stories we cannot see and move towards difference. Discover Your Compassionate Purpose — Create a Life of Greater Fulfilment Discover how our stories, strengths, passions and values can reveal what we have to contribute. Go Beyond Success — Build a Business Where Purpose Drives Prosperity For business leaders ready to look beyond profit and achievement and explore how purpose can create meaning, contribution and prosperity. Andrea also facilitates the Chocolate and Coffee Break Immersive Experience, bringing participants together through chocolate, coffee and heart-opening questions to create meaningful conversations they can take beyond the event. Suitable for conferences, leadership events, workplaces, retreats and community events. Let Love Be the Loudest Voice.
Let Love Be the Loudest Voice
What can sharing a piece of chocolate do to change the world? In this keynote excerpt, Andrea Putting takes audiences from the pleasure of sharing chocolate to a much bigger question: why do we so often wait for tragedy before declaring ourselves people of love and acceptance? Through humour, storytelling and the story behind Chocolate and Coffee Breaks, Andrea explores prejudice, listening and the difference ordinary people can make when they move beyond being an “armchair activist” and reach towards someone they may not yet understand. Her message is simple: meaningful change does not always begin with a grand gesture. Sometimes it begins by sitting down, sharing a conversation and listening to understand. Our stories are different. Our humanity is shared. Let Love Be the Loudest Voice.
Beyond Success: Creating a Legacy Worth Living
What happens when success, money and achievement are no longer enough? In this talk, Andrea Putting shares the personal journey that led her to question what makes work and life genuinely meaningful. From losing her own sense of purpose in business to witnessing the extraordinary human response to the 2014 Sydney siege, Andrea explores how compassion, connection and contribution can transform the way we live, lead and work. Drawing on the beginnings of Chocolate and Coffee Breaks and her work around Compassionate Prosperity, Andrea challenges audiences to consider one defining question: If there were just one thing for you to fight for, what would it be? A thought-provoking exploration of purpose, human connection and creating a legacy that reaches beyond conventional measures of success.
Books
Compassionate Prosperity - When Success is Not Enough
As Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, being successful in business is what we all aspire to become. However, even after achieving everything you desire, you can be left feeling empty. Compassionate Prosperity explores how having compassion projects in business turns success into fulfilment and satisfaction for you and your business. As compassion grows, prosperity follows, in your team, community and business. Success takes on a new meaning and a higher purpose as you become an authentic influence. Incorporating stories from the podcast Social Mission Revolution, you will be inspired and guided through how easily your business can join the revolution of Compassionate Prosperity. Compassionate Prosperity had won 2 awards
Compassionate Purpose - Discovering a Life of Fulfilment
What happens when success is no longer enough? Compassionate Prosperity challenges conventional measures of business success and explores what becomes possible when purpose, people and profit work together. Andrea shows how social mission, belonging and meaningful contribution can create prosperity beyond the bottom line — for the organisation, the people within it and the wider community.
News
Chocolate and Coffee Break: A Compassionate Proposition
Chocolate and Coffee Break is a television conversation series hosted and executive produced by Andrea Putting, bringing together people with diverse lived experiences to explore the stories behind the labels. Through genuine human conversation, the show invites audiences to look beyond assumptions, listen with curiosity and recognise our shared humanity.
Putting Perspective
Taking a look at Community, Business, and Spirituality from Andrea's perspective
https://chocolateandcoffeebreak.com/blog/
The Chocolate and Coffee Blog explores the human questions that connect us, using stories and everyday experiences to reflect on difference, compassion and our shared humanity.
Reviews
Leigh-Anne Sharland,
Founder of Building Your Mindset Muscle and Executive Advisor in ChangeSometimes you come across great leaders who have natural abilities but no real understanding of how they do it, so cannot share the why, how, what, when or who. Andrea Putting is a great leader with innate talents that can explain how to become a great leader yourself.
Leo Coco
Success & Personal Development Coach, Project Management AuthorityAndrea Putting is a heartfelt, compassionate and strategic thinker who has developed a wonderful concept that acknowledges diversity as a key element of building community. She uses chocolate and coffee to bring people together to engage and get to know each other
Helen McIlroy
Business Owner and MinisterAndrea has the ability to help participants build a greater connection and understanding of each other. To appreciate their diversity. To discover new ways to nurture oneself, acknowledge giftedness, joys and inner strengths.