Venessa Paech

Venessa Paech is Australia’s leading online communities expert.

A seasoned community manager, strategist, researcher and educator, she helps leaders and organisations understand and harness the power of communities to meet and exceed their goals.

Venessa developed and taught the first post-graduate online community management Unit for the University of Sydney, and also teaches online community management for post-graduates at the University of Melbourne. She teaches community as a leadership practice for C-suite executives at the University of Sydney Business School. 

Venessa is a published academic and a PhD Candidate (University of Sydney) specialising in the intersection of AI and online communities. She is a popular speaker on online community, digital safety and issues impacting our digital, social lives, keynoting at leading international and Australian conferences and events.