Wayne Denning is an Indigenous Australian businessman of Birri Gubba heritage, and is the Managing Director and owner of Carbon Creative.[1]
Personal life
editDenning grew up as part of the Birri Gubba First Nations community (also known as Blackwater) in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland, Australia.[2] His sister is Tanya Denning-Orman, the Director of Indigenous Content at SBS Australia, and Channel Manager of NITV.[3]
Education
editDenning received a Bachelor of Arts specialising in sociology, psychology and political geography from Central Queensland University in 1992, and an MBA from Queensland University of Technology in 2006.
Career
editDenning established creative agency Carbon Media (later renamed Carbon Creative) "around a kitchen table in 2006"[4] to showcase the arts and culture of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to create more positive representation of First Nations people in the Australian mainstream media.[5] Denning stated that while Carbon Media was founded as a for-profit business to ensure ongoing viability, it was established with "a philosophy of social entrepreneurship",[6] and the intent of giving back to the First Nations community of Australia.
Along with his sister Tanya Denning-Orman, he was part of the team that launched NITV in 2007.[7]
In 2017, Denning established the STEM.I.Am program with Geek Girl Academy that seeks to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs to Indigenous children.[8][9]
He was the winner of the 2017 Indigenous Digital Excellence Award in the category of Learnings and Education, presented by the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, and Queensland University of Technology recognised him with an Outstanding Alumni Award for Special Excellence Award for Achievements and Contributions to Indigenous Communities.[10]
Also in 2017, Denning was interviewed as part of the State Library of Queensland's Game Changers series, a Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame initiative presented in partnership with QUT Business School and the Queensland Library Foundation.[11]
He was featured in the Magnificent Makers exhibition at the State Library of Queensland in 2018.[12]
He was the Deputy Chair of the Board of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia from 2011 to 2021.[13][14]
He was named one of Australia's top 100 innovators by The Australian in 2021.[15]
References
edit- ^ Macdonald, Anna (25 October 2021). "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians unite for vax ad". Mumbrella. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Trenwith, Courtney (13 October 2010). "Media company remembers its roots". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "National Indigenous Television announces leadership team appointments". NITV. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Trenwith, Courtney (13 October 2010). "Media company remembers its roots". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "How Blackwater's Wayne Denning found his way to Sesame Street". ABC News. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "WAYNE DENNING: YE '09". Business News Australia. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "I helped launch NITV. I know how much it means to the Indigenous community". the Guardian. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Getting Indigenous kids into STEM". indigenous.gov.au. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Skills beyond her years: STEM.I.AM". Advance Queensland. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Technology, Queensland University of; Alumni, Q. U. T. (2017). "Outstanding Alumni Awards: QUT: 2017 Alumni Awards Ceremony". digitalcollections.qut.edu.au. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Game Changers: in conversation with Wayne Denning | State Library Of Queensland". www.slq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Magnificent Makers: Queensland inventors and their curious creations". State Library of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "How to run a successful creative business". Arts Queensland. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ mubina.patanwala (4 October 2017). "Governance and Legislation". www.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "The List: Australia's Top 100 Innovators | The Australian". www.theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
External links
edit- Wayne Denning, managing director of Carbon Creative digital story, State Library of Queensland