Gigs

BREAKFAST RADIO
A very regular daily appointment on the airwaves for which I get paid money that I then spend on food and other stuff. Now most people would call this a ‘job’, but I don’t. This is because the current such appointment is on the am radio station 702 ABC Sydney and it’s far too bizarre to consider a ‘job’. I’m sure noone would have called doing breakfast on triple j radio a job, and this is pretty much the same sort of deal (except that I’m always sober and that the premier of nsw never rang in to wil and me and demanded a right of reply!)
http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/adamspencer/

TV APPEARANCES
Irregular appointments around the traps where i get to appear on tv. This certainly isn’t a job. If you doubt me, tell your careers advisor at high school that you plan to become ‘a professional pisstaker’ and see how far that gets you. I was a regulaur guest at ABC television’s The Glasshouse every couple of months or so while it still aired. I previously hosted 10’s Joker Poker, the first free to air poker show in Australian television history. I also co-hosted Sleek Geeks with fellow geek Dr Karl Kruszelnicki to answer some fascinating scientific questions we encounter regularly in everyday life. I am also a regular guest on Channel Seven’s MORNING SHOW ‘The Jury’.. http://www.hlamgt.com.au/pdf/adamspencerbiography.pdf

CORPORATE
Another irregular appointment around the traps. This certainly isn’t a job, it’s an honour. If you’ve got some hoops that you need some jumping through I’m allegedly one of the best mc’s and conference facilitators in the country. If you don’t believe me, go to my testimonials page (above link) and feel pretty cheap about yourself. If you do believe me, contact the amazing Zilla Turner and I’ll bring the bananas.
zilla.turner@hlamgt.com.au

 
CHARITY
“As often as I can do” appointments for which I get no money whatsoever, but for which I get the awesome feeling of having shone a thin sliver of light into an otherwise often-grey world. Some of the most amazing fun and best feelings I’ve ever had have come from helping out at a charitable event. A couple of the great organizations I’ve been lucky enough to work with are listed here. However, one of the confronting things is finding out exactly how many people out there desperately need a helping hand. So let’s make a deal; I won’t be embarrassed if you ask me to be of any assistance with whatever you’re working on … and you won’t be unreasonable about it if I say ‘sorry I’m just too busy at the moment’. Again contact Zilla if you’d like me to help with a charitable cause.

REDKITE
Redkite (formerly known as the Malcolm Sarjent Cancer Fund for Children) provides financial assistance and other essential support for the families of children with cancer. Merrick Watts and I organise the annual Redkite celebrity Aussie Rules match that has been played for the last 6 years on the SCG before the Swans – Bulldogs game. I also ask the questions at there 3 Corporate Trivia Quizzes (NSW, QLD, WA) each year. These guys are totally tops!
http://www.redkite.org.au/


THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION
The legendary Fred Hollows did some amazing stuff in hi life, but for me, two things really stand out. First he dreamt of a world free of unnecessary blindness; of curing the 80% of blindness in the world that is unnecessary and easily treated. Secondly he operated on my eye when I was a child. My wonky eye is the legacy of Fred’s amazing handiwork and I owe the fact that my right eye opens at all to the great man. So it’s an honour to be an ambassador for the Foundation. Check out the website and in particular ask me about the “See the World Challenge”. I’ve done it and it’s life changing.
http://www.hollows.org/content/TextOnly.aspx?s=339

UNIFEM
In 2005 I was asked to be an ambassador for White Ribbon Day which is a community awareness campaign focusing on the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), on 25 November each year. The symbol of the day is the wearing of a white ribbon, which denotes that the wearer will not "commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and children." If you’d like to help sell ribbons this November contact them now at the website.
http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au/index.cgi?tid=78


KIDS for LIFE
This is a great example of what ordinary people can do if they put their minds to it. A few years ago a group of sixteen guys and girls who where doing pretty well thought “how can we give something back?"  This year the third annual fundraising ball they threw raised over \$300,000  for a variety of children’s medical centres. I can’t wait to host it all again next year. Come along, you’ll have a hoot.
http://www.kidsforlife.org

Some other ways I spend my days...
I've been lucky enough to be invited or elected on to some pretty interesting bodies from a whole range of areas. Here's some of the kooky funsters I may be hanging out with at any given time.

THE SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
The governing body of Austraila's oldest universtiy is made up of 22 people. It includes an amazing aray of top level lawyers, industry figures, academics, two impressive students and me. We get together evey six weeks or so to discuss what's going down at this incredibly complex institution.

THE NSW PREMIER'S ADVISORY PANEL FOR GREENHOUSE ADVISORY PANEL
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says that global warming is a greater threat to human society than terrorism and political instability. Couldn't agree with you more TB. That's why I'm honored to be a member of the panel that advises the NSW government on its strategies to move us to a less carbon-hungry future. Take a second to bring yourself up to speed some time soon. We need all the informed passionate advocates we can find.

THE NSW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CLINICAL ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD
It's an amazing way to spend the day and afternoon sitting around a table with an assortment of lawyers, philosophers, ethicists and medical types discussing the circumstances underwhich a doctor should be allowed to remove organs from someone who is recently deceased. But it's all in a days work for the mighty C.E.A.P.