About Ali.

Ali is a multi-passionate business owner, author of 3 books and an energetic co-creator with others. She has worked in 8 countries running 100s of projects in live entertainment, education, sport and business .

An explorer by nature, a teacher and a creative, Ali is a social change agent and helps people and organisations with their projects for good. 

Ali is Australia-based, an avid rose gardener and a volunteer Board Director at her local Community Bank.

Author.

Ali Fowler is an author of 3 books and a champion for people who want to start something wonderful in their life and create a positive impact. Her daily intention to live by is 'Start That Thing Finish That Thing'. She loves it so much, she wrote a book about it published by Balboa Press in late 2021 which won an honourable mention in the global Hay House publishing competition in Feb 2022.

She is currently working on her 4th book for release late 2024.

The Entrepreneur's Project Manager.

Ali is indisputably known as the 'quiet achiever'. Her clients know her as their mentor / coach / thought organiser.  Whatever you choose to call her, she is simply here to help you get your something good out into the world.

When entrepreneurs want to run fast, be creative and come up with big ideas, Ali is there to put the foundational architecture in place to help bring their ideas into reality, without slowing them down!

For the past 20 years, Ali Fowler has been working to improve the efficiencies, processes and project delivery for a number of organisations and not for profits, both as an employee and on a contract basis.

Ali possesses a unique combination of skills and experience on both small and large scale projects, where she brings a calm, down to earth yet entrepreneurial approach to getting projects off the ground quickly and over the line effectively. Her eye is on the realisation of benefits and outcomes from start to finish on any project to make sure all the hard work by everyone on the project has made a tangible difference.

She has the extraordinary ability to master the state of any project quickly and confidently presents back complex problems with simple, easy to execute solutions.

Ali is a successful freelancer working on 1 - 2 major projects per year of her choice but has previously held senior management roles with Bunnings, Walt Disney Special Events and been a coach and consultant to a number of entrepreneurs, not for profit founders and business owners here in Australia and the US. People she works with will say she has ‘projects in her DNA’.

Ali is an experienced project leader and team player, a passionate change-maker and a great collaborator with others, always looking to listen first, act second. She believes you are only as good as your last project, so is always looking for a project challenge that will excite her and aligns with her social impact values to make the world better, one project at a time. She delights in the smallest of small projects as much as the bigger bold ones working alongside committed and passionate professionals in their respective fields.

Her work ethic is epic, but she maintains a good balance of life and work by limiting her work to 10 months of the year, taking the remainder of the year to work on her own passion projects e.g writing books and volunteering on causes she feels passionate about. She is enjoying a more relaxed and mindful pace to her career now after a hectic few decades and knowing that she's not done yet, watch this space for her next project!

Work & Life Values.

Ali’s eight values are centred around her authentic life purpose ( To live something good and give back) and her leadership purpose (To  inspire the solutions and then get out of the way’)

  1. Co-create with others for a better outcome
  2. Listen first, act second
  3. Respect and welcome diverse views
  4. Plan like you believe it will work
  5. Implement like the world is watching
  6. Enjoy every moment and bring the joy to work
  7. Make a difference by doing work worth doing
  8. Be more, do less

Professional Work Experience.

  • 2023 - Volunteer Board Director, Gisborne & District Community Bank - Bendigo Bank
  • 2021 - Published author of 3 books
  • 2014 - Current Day    Self-employed / Director at World Projects Pty Ltd
  • Providing hands-on project services to Australian and international not-for-profits, businesses and entrepreneurs
  • Past and present clients include GIFT (Global Investment Foundation For Tomorrow), USA, Be Intent, The Strengths Space, ecoMaster, Gisborne, Victoria Hotel Woodend, Heads Together For ABI, Victoria, Entertainment Assist, Victoria, Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation, Zig Zag Rd Wines, Black Joy Movement, France, The Fibre Bible, Blackbird Cakes, Insymmetry Wellness, Hook Line Wine and Dine, Serious Woo
  • 2011 - 2014. Business Improvement Manager, Bunnings
  • 2005 - 2011. Project Manager, Business Improvement, Bunnings
  • 2003 - 2005. Store Operations, Bunnings
  • 2001 - 2002. Executive Producer, Walt Disney Special Events Asia Pacific
  • 1999 - 2001. Project Manager - 2001 Goodwill Games, Brisbane
  • 1997 - 1999. Special Events Coordinator - Formula One Grand Prix, Melbourne
  • 1992 - 1999 Project Director, Project Synergy
  • Past clients include Active Television, Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Society of Sport Administrators, Australian Ski Institute, Australian University Sports Federation, Challenge: a Cancer Support Network, Deakin University, Herald Sun Olympic Dream, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Bid, Melbourne Park Trust (Olympic Park), 1996 REV Walk, Skiing Australia, Tennis Australia, Venue Management Association (Asia and Pacific Limited), VICSPORT, Victoria Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) and 1995 VicHealth 5th Australian Masters Games
  • 1991 - 1992 Career Advisor, Australian Institute of Sport
  • 1989 – 1991 Program Coordinator - VICSWIM
  • 1987 - 1989 Secondary School Teacher - Footscray Secondary College
  • Education Training.

    • 2016 Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Coach, Elite Coaching University, USA
    • 2016 Certified I.G.N.I.T.E Breakthrough Coach, Elite Coaching University, USA
    • 2011 Customer Service and Lifetime Value Program, Bunnings
    • 2009 Leadership Program - Customer Centricity, Bunnings
    • 2009 - 2011 Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, USA
    • 2008 Executive Retailing, Bunnings
    • 2006 Advanced Management Development Program, Bunnings
    • 2001 - 2004 Level 6, Master Project Director, Australian Institute of Project Management
    • 2001 - 2003 Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, USA
    • 1994 Sessional Lecturer, Deakin University Bowater Faculty of Management and Marketing in Project Management
    • 1992 Graduate Diploma of Business (Sport Management), Deakin University, Burwood
    • 1992 Winner, Australian Society of Sport Administrators (ASSA) Strategic Management Award
    • 1986 Bachelor of Education, Deakin University, Monash (Rusden).