Our Founder & Managing Director
Jo grew up in NSW’s Snowy Mountains. She attended boarding school in Sydney for her high school years, before moving to Wagga to study a Bachelor of Education at Charles Sturt University. She has spent time living abroad in the US, Canada and the UK and has travelled extensively through Europe, Africa and South East Asia.
In 2013, Jo established a comprehensive learning and tutoring business, The Learning Tree, which, went on to operate in three regional towns in southern NSW. Since 2014, Jo has worked remotely as a sponsorship manager for a Sydney-based corporation. This role was the motivation behind co-founding the sponsorship and event management company Agri Alliance, which operates in the agricultural industry in 2016.
The idea for Jo's third company, Pointer Remote Roles, was formed at a backyard BBQ when Jo and a group of talented professional friends discussed the lack of a central place to find work that could be conducted remotely. Jo began to look at her own network of highly qualified, professional friends who were living in regional areas. Many of whom were over qualified and experienced for their current role and many whom were not working at all. These professionals were being held back from remote employment due to lack of awareness and opportunity. Pointer, a job matching platform that connects businesses with talent that work remotely from anywhere in Australia, was born in 2017 and is now the one stop shop for candidates to find remote work and a hub for employers and recruiters to find the best person for a role, regardless of where they live.
Jo is the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women's Award National winner for her work in supporting rural Australia embrace remote work.
Speaker and travel fees
Jo's professional fees payable are detailed below and additional costs (if any) are outlined. *All fees are quoted in AUD and are exempt from GST
Event facilitation (day rate): $7500
Speaker fee: $3500 +
Workshop: $3500
Planning: Dependant on length of event
- Car travel is charged at $0.75 per km.
- Flight travel within Australia and to New Zealand; economy rates with airport transfers to and from the accommodation/venue. Accommodation should be at a minimum 4 star standard where possible.
- Meals and non-alcoholic beverages that are not provided will be added to the final invoice (receipts available on request)
- Audio-visual - Laptop/projector (or a connection for a MacBook) and access to YouTube/wifi
All privacy and confidentiality requirements will be observed at all times. Neither the client
nor the consultant shall disclose to third parties or use for any purpose any information
provided by the other unless:
- Required by law;
- The information is already generally known to the public, or
- The other consents to the disclosure;
Presentation material remains the property of Jo Palmer. The only approved use of Jo’s
name or likeness will be based upon information or images supplied and approved by Jo.
The client shall pay the fee as set out in an invoice. To confirm an engagement, the invoice
will need to be finalised. In the event of a cancellation, the non-refundable deposit will be
retained by Jo. Jo may suspend her obligations immediately by written notice if the client
has failed to pay in accordance with a signed Letter of Engagement.
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