Nick Moraitis

Nick has worked at the cutting edge of social change communication strategy for ten years – in New York, Toronto, London and Sydney. He is a founder & director of Make Believe Group Pty Ltd, a strategy and communications consultancy that works with more than 20 of Australia’s leading non-profit organisations to help them do good, better. As the first Online and Outreach Director at progressive campaigning organization, GetUp, he played a key role in that organisations’ membership growth, technology infrastructure, and political campaigns. Prior to co-founding Make Believe, he spent a year as Public Engagement Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. In London 2004-2006, Nick worked for Amnesty International’s headquarters, advising the board and senior leadership on emerging areas such as youth outreach, online activism, and Internet censorship policy. A pioneer in online social networking, Nick joined TakingITGlobal.org in 2001, as Strategy and Partnership Coordinator. Nick has twice been a member of the Australian Government’s delegation to UNESCO, as well as to the UN World Summit on the Information Society. He served on the advisory committee of the ABC. He is the author of Cyberscene (Penguin), has written for The Age and The Australian, and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on social communications. He has been involved in the Australian Youth Climate Coalition since the organisation’s founding, and served three terms on its steering committee.