The Campus Experience with Josh Farr
By Josh Farr
I’m your host, Josh. This audio experience also documents my journey building Campus Consultancy. With unprecedented demand for our first of its kind program, I’ll show you how we are realizing the potential of connected and empowered student communities, by building Australia’s most recognized student leadership program.
Learn more at www.campusconsultancy.org
The Campus Experience with Josh FarrApr 03, 2021
#030 How to set goals (featuring a Dose of Pharma)
How do you set and achieve your goals? In this episode, you will hear my thoughts on the importance of goal setting, how to focus on the life you want to create and actionable tips to bring that life into reality! A big thanks to the Dose of Pharma Vodcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TQiJp0Rk9GiHDGIRTktIQ) team for this interview.
Reach out to let us know what you thought by visiting:
josh@campusconstancy.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/
You can also visit:
www.campusconsultancy.org for more information on our workshops
and/or
https://campusconsultancy.thinkific.com/ for more information on our online courses.
Thanks for listening and we hope to speak with you soon!
#029 Mastering Your Energy (an excerpt from our monthly coaching program)
How do you have abundant energy and keep it all day long? In this episode, I’ll share with you an example from our monthly coaching program where we take a range of high performing leaders through the skills, mindsets, frameworks and tactics to level-up their energy and keep them performing at their best. If you’re looking for an energy-edge, this is the episode for you!
Reach out to let us know what you thought by visiting:
josh@campusconstancy.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/
You can also visit:
www.campusconsultancy.org for more information on our workshops
and/or
https://campusconsultancy.thinkific.com/ for more information on our online courses.
Thanks for listening and we hope to speak with you soon!
#028 How to get experience with no experience
In this episode, you'll hear from 4 of the 6 guests on our recent Coffee with Campus Consultancy episode to help you get experience and stand out as a volunteer!
Our guests include:
Thenu Herath, CEO, Oaktree (https://www.linkedin.com/company/oaktreeau/)
Vishwa Mehta ⭐, Founder/Curator/Licensee, TEDxVictoriaUniversity (https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamtedxvictoriauniversity/)
Stevye Ellman, National Volunteer Manager, OzHarvest (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ozharvest/)
Ben Poveda-Alfonso, Co-Founder, Kindness Shake(https://www.linkedin.com/company/kindnessshakent/)
Reach out to let us know what you thought by visiting:
josh@campusconstancy.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/
You can also visit:
www.campusconsultancy.org for more information on our workshops
and/or
https://campusconsultancy.thinkific.com/ for more information on our online courses.
Thanks for listening and we hope to speak with you soon!
#027 Mental Resilience for Leaders
In this episode, you'll hear Patty Jin interview Josh about self-awareness, emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship.
Patty has amassed hundreds of subscribers on her Youtube Channel and thousands of views talking about her weight-loss journey.
If you're interested in developing the skills and mindsets to overcome challenges in your life, we hope you'll enjoy this episode.
Reach out to let us know what you thought by visiting:
josh@campusconstancy.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/
You can also visit:
www.campusconsultancy.org for more information on our workshops
and/or
https://campusconsultancy.thinkific.com/ for more information on our online courses.
Thanks for listening and we hope to speak with you soon!
#026 Supporting & Engaging Students
In this episode, Josh from Campus Consultancy sits down with 6 expert guests in the industry and talk about how to support and engage students. You'll hear from:
Julian O'Shea, CEO, Unbound + Director, Wattle Fellowship, University of Melbourne
Jeremy Grunfeld, Head of University Partnerships, Forage
Jeanette Cheah, CEO and Founder, Hacker Exchange
Stephanie Parma, Student Programs Officer (Careers), RMIT University
Alexis McKay, Diversity Coordinator, University of Adelaide
Ben Hallett, CEO & Co-Founder, Vygo
To learn more about Campus Consultancy, check out our website and LinkedIn via https://www.campusconsultancy.org/ and www.linkedin.com/company/campusconsultancy1
#025 How leaders use LinkedIn to stand out and find work
In this episode, you'll hear from an interview I did with Andy Foote, the mastermind behind Linkedinsights.com.
If you're looking to level up your skills, check out our online course Stand out with confidence on LinkedIn via https://campusconsultancy.thinkific.com/.
Let us know what you thought of this episode and send your feedback and thoughts to josh@campusconsultancy.org
#024 Graduate Employment Tips from 7 Career Experts
In this episode, you will hear the recording of an interactive Campus Consultancy LIVE streamed event where we sit down with 7 career experts in 70-minutes to learn how YOU can land a grad job in Australia. If you're looking for an edge on your employability, this is the podcast for you.
You'll hear from:
* Jessica Beard, Canva University Programs Manager
* Huon Latham (She/Her), General Assembly Career Coach
* Mita Das, Manager, CDU Careers and Employability
* Yousef Shadid, GradShip Founder
* Tyson Day, Arrive & Thrive, Co-Founder
* Justin Ellis, Griffith University Student Employment Consultant
What is your #1 takeaway from this episode?
To learn more about Campus Consultancy, visit https://www.campusconsultancy.org/
You can connect with Josh Farr via https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/ or josh@campusconsultancy.org
#023 How did Campus Consultancy begin? Origin stories and top tips for budding entrepreneurs.
From Episode 1 of "Teach me what you know" with podcaster, meditation guru and University of Melbourne student, Jesse Aaron-Raiz. Thanks for having me on Jesse, and I hope you enjoy this episode.
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In this episode, I interview Josh Farr. Josh is the founder and face of Campus Consultancy. He is a super interesting person. We talk about how he created campus consultancy by finding a niche that no one was acting on, his business idols, advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and some of the problems universities and students face in a rapidly changing world.
For some very interesting employment statistics of your university check out page 13 of the 2020 Qilt report (https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/gos-reports/2020-gos/2020-gos-national-report.pdf). Bear in mind that these statistics refer only to full time work, not work that is necessarily related at all to the degree that was completed. A science graduate working stock take at Coles still counts as having found employment.
Josh’s socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/
https://www.campusconsultancy.org/
Jesse's socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-aaron-raiz-he-him-773886157/
https://www.instagram.com/jesse.raiz/
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#022 How To Get A Casual Job In Melbourne
How do you get a casual job in Melbourne after COVID-19? In this podcast, I share 7 steps to landing a job. According to a study from UTS/Macquarie University, 61% of international students lost their jobs due to COVID-19. As of October 28th, 2020, Melbourne retail and hospitality is opening back up and NOW IS THE TIME to land a job. In this video you will learn how to:
1. Tailor your resume for casual work
2. Identify and highlight the key skills you need to land a job
3. Make a great first impression
4. Communicate with confidence
5. Find opportunities in your local area
6. Ensure you are being paid a fair wage
7. Get work that helps build skills for your future career
"I'm not an international student, who can I help?" The same report shared that more than 1 in 3 international students feared they'd have to (not want to) leave Australia due to financial difficulty. To help them feel they belong, thrive and make the most of their time in Australia you could consider:
1. Providing some time for free mentoring
2. Message your LinkedIn connections in their field and ask if anyone is hiring
3. Walk your local neighborhood street and ask businesses if they need casual staff
4. Take photos of "We're hiring" signs and share them on LinkedIn/Facebook
For more information on how we can help you, check out our:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr
Website: www.campusconsultancy.org
#021 Ft. Dr. Jo Newton: Former Club Leader, AFR Top 100 Women of Influence, Chair of Youth Voices Leadership Team & Enactus Alumni
Our next guest is Dr. Jo Newton, a 2018 Australian Financial Review Top 100 Woman of Influence & Chair of Youth Voices Leadership Team. Growing up in Melbourne, Jo was told at 16-years old that she was “too smart to study agriculture” before moving to regional New South Wales to enrol in a Bachelor of Rural Sciences at the University of New England.
While an undergraduate, Jo stepped up to be the 2nd year representative of the rural science undergraduate society in 2009, the Treasurer in 2010 & join SIFE (now renamed to Enactus) from 2010-2015.
Jo would ultimately go on to receive the University Medal & complete her PhD in Quantitative Genetics in Armidale at UNE.
In this episode, I’m speaking with Jo about her experiences in club leadership roles as an undergraduate, what she learned about leadership & entrepreneurship, & discuss the impact she’s made to date.
Top quotes from this episode:
Saying thank you isn't enough for the opportunities you can have as a young person.
In Australia less than 1 in 3 leadership positions are held by women. In agriculture its less than 1 in 7 leadership positions held by women.
I got real world project management experience hosting an event for 300 people & bringing 20 companies to Armidale. These practical real-world skills help you stand out when you’re looking for a grad job.
We’re a group of students. We’ve discovered that we don’t really know what we’re going to be next year & we’d like to change that. This is what we’re going to do.
I said yes to any opportunity to get up in front of people. The nerves are still there & now I see them as a good thing. A colleague said, “The butterflies are a good thing, because it means I care & if I ever get up in front of people to speak & I don’t have that’s when I’ll worry because it means I’ve stopped caring.”
If you equip a whole team & bring the whole team on the journey you are paying it forward by giving other young people access to opportunity & they pay it forward again & you have this amazing ripple effect.
Resources:Susan Cain’s TED Talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts
Brené Brown’s TED Talk & Podcast with Tim Ferriss:
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability/
https://tim.blog/2015/08/28/brene-brown-on-vulnerability-and-home-run-ted-talks/
Megumi Miki Quietly Powerful:
https://www.megumimiki.com/quietly-powerful
Connect with Enactus Australia CEO, Judy Howard:
Connect with Jo on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-newton-10012b3a/
For more interviews with leaders like Jo, make sure you follow Campus Consultancy:
Website: www.campusconsultancy.org/podcast
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/campusconsultancy/
To connect with our host, Josh Farr, connect on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr
Join us again soon!
#020 Ft. Guy Kawasaki: New York Times Best-Selling Author, Chief Evangelist of Canva, TEDx Speaker & Serial Silicon-Valley Entrepreneur
Our next guest is Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist of Canva, one of Australia’s unicorn startups & an online digital design platform used by hundreds of student clubs across the country. Guy has done it all. Before he was working with Aussie startups, he was the chief evangelist of Apple, CEO of multiple companies himself & co-founded others.
He is a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz, has given TEDx talks, shared the TEDx stage with Dr. Jane Goodall & shared the South by South-West stage with Mark Cuban amongst others. Guy joins us on The Campus Experience to discuss his latest book, Wise Guy which has just been released today, February 26th, 2019!
Top quotes (from this episode & Wise Guy):If serendipity presents an opportunity, don’t be proud. Take it.
If a billionaire knight who owns an island and kitesurfs with Barack Obama can get on his knees and shine your shoes for your business, you can, too!
As you make decisions in your life, more data is better than less, so traveling, living away from home, and meeting people with different backgrounds are all valuable.
There are no perfect candidates – there are only successful candidates who made their shortcomings irrelevant.
If you’re a boss, [ask yourself] are you offering employees a way to master new skills while working autonomously toward a meaningful goal?
God’s gift for finding something in common with people is LinkedIn. There you can learn about someone’s education background, work experience, and social connections to you. It’s the best tool ever for finding something on which to agree.
I made many mistakes in these positions, and I discuss them here so you can at least make different mistakes.
Do what’s right. Influence comes with a moral obligation to stand up for your principles and to help less fortunate people.
Resources:To learn all about the new book Wise Guy, visit:
https://guykawasaki.com/books/wise-guy/
Pre-order the Wise Guy:
https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Guy-Lessons-Life-Kawasaki/dp/0525538615
Follow Guy on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guykawasaki/
For more interviews with leaders like Guy, make sure you follow Campus Consultancy:
Website: www.campusconsultancy.org/podcast
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/campusconsultancy/
To connect with our host, Josh Farr, connect on LinkedIn by typing in "Josh Farr"
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#019 Ft. Jim Whalley: South Australia’s Chief Entrepreneur, Former Co-Founder & CEO of Nova Systems (550+ Employees) on Celebrating Entrepreneurship
Our next guest is Jim Whalley, South Australia’s Chief Entrepreneur. Before entering the business world, Jim joined the Royal Australian Air Force straight out of school where he was a pilot for 27 years.
He then returned to complete his MBA at the University of Adelaide & in 2000 Co-Founded Nova Systems which he lead as CEO for 16-years, growing the business from 2 to 550 employees & landing on Top 20 fastest growing companies in SA, BRW Fast 100 & BRW “Best Places to Work.”
Jim is currently Chair & Executive Director of Nova Systems as well as leading South Australia’s entrepreneurship model to support the South Australian Government’s new approach to economic growth.
I joined Jim at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide & can’t wait to unpack his leadership & entrepreneurship journey & hear about his plans for the future of entrepreneurship in South Australia.
Resources· Read about Jim’s view on making entrepreneurs heroes:
https://indaily.com.au/news/local/2018/12/18/adelaide-business-heroes-and-villains-in-chief-entrepreneurs-spotlight/
· Follow Jim on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-whalley-bb2a9512/
· Learn more about The Office of The Chief Entrepreneur:
https://chiefentrepreneur.sa.gov.au/
· “When you have a vision or a goal, it makes many of the decisions much easier.”
· “My professor said…, ‘Think of something or fail.’”
· “I’m into celebrating people having a go.”
· “It’s just having an open mind, an enquiring mind & a logical mind that allows you to scan the environment & the landscape, see an opportunity & then look at how your capabilities match…”
· “If you go too far from your level or expertise & confidence there is a high risk of it going wrong.”
· “I think it’s great that athletes in Australia end up on the front page of the paper, but I’d also like those people that take a risk, that build businesses, that provide jobs, & do great things on a national & global scale that they’re celebrated as well & that they end up as role models for us.”
· “We need to make entrepreneurs heroes & there is an obligation that goes with that & that is that entrepreneurs do good, not evil.”
What's Next?
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Feel free to connect with Josh on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr
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#018 Nigeria (Next Step Forum): 7-Principles of Entrepreneurship That I Learned Building Campus Consultancy (Whatsapp Chat)
On this episode of the Campus Experience, you will hear the condensed of a 2.5hr workshop that I ran for the Next Step Forum in Nigeria where 256 young Nigerian leaders came together to hear about my journey. By using a combination of Whatsapp voice messages & text responses to questions, we conducted the session so it was mobile compatible & internet friendly for those who didn’t have strong connection.
They were so engaged & I wanted to share this with all our 800+ listeners as well as the students themselves so I’ve downloaded each of the audio clips, stitched them together & over the next 30-minutes you will hear 7 of the principles that have helped me build Campus Consultancy. It’s raw, it’s to the point & I hope there is something in here that can help you too! Enjoy!
Principle #1 – SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS
PROBLEM: I didn't have any friends
SOLUTION: I got involved in "on campus life" e.g. clubs, societies, or groups like THIS, the Next Steps Forum.
VALUE = social connection, support, growth etc.
Tim (as if I know him), is a NYT best-selling author, so he stared his first business based on a problem HE experienced. He turned what COST him money, into an opportunity. If you can solve a problem for yourself & others, that's valuable.
Q: What's a problem you're facing & how could you solve it?
Principle #3 - ADD VALUE FIRST
Try to find a way to EDUCATE your audience on the problem you're solving.
You don't have to be cheapest, that's only what you do when you have run out of creativity :D
Principle #4 = ONLY DO THINGS THAT GIVE YOU ENERGY
We all have our demons & things we have done wrong in life.
THAT IS OK. We all have that.
I focus on things that make my life better & the lives of others better. I see my different sources of energy as:
1. Mental
2. Physical
3. Emotional (relationships)
4. Spiritual (not in a religious sense)
Principle #5 = FOCUS ON OUTPUTS & OUTCOMES
Outputs = what you produce e.g. sell 1000 books, take 500 students through a course
Outcomes:
1. Financial (jobs, profit)
2. Natural (land, air, waste)
3. Physical (Shelter, clean energy, water supply)
4. Human (skills, leaders)
Principle #6 = SUBTRACT RATHER THAN ADD TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
When I have a problem in my life, I used to say, "What extra thing do I need to solve this problem?"
I've found that a BETTER QUESTION is asking, "What do I need to remove that's painful, a waste of time, or a bad habit that's causing me issues?"
So I stopped. I subtract a problem rather than added in something else.
I now, in my business do just 4 things:
1. Present Programs
2. Create Programs
3. Sell Programs
4. "Give"
Principle #7 = KEEP LEARNING
Check out TED talks, Podcasts, Youtube or even renting books from libraries that are all 100% FREE.
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#017 Ft. Mariam Mohammed: Founder of MoneyGirl & President of SUPRA ’18. #LetsTalkAboutMoney
#016 Ft. Mads Grummet: CEO of GirledWorld & STEM Advocate For Women
Our next guest is Mads Grummet, CEO of GirledWorld, an organisation that’s ewpowered more than 20,000 high-school girls lifting their aspirations towards careers in STEM. A passionate advocate for equality, Mads is the mother of 4-teenage girls herself & in this episode we cover everything from life as an early stage founder, changing careers & starting studying again, what it’s like to grow a business & how she thinks about leadership in the 21st century.
For this episode, a big thank you (& huge love) to MYOB for providing us with a beautiful recording studio! Enjoy this episode & as always, let us know what you got out of it.
#LifeIsJustABunchOfTuesdays … Don’t worry. That hashtag will make sense once you listen to the episode. Enjoy!
Top Quotes:· “If I feel like something intrinsically is not sitting with me then I need to act.”
· “[For teenage girls] It’s really difficult to know where to find role models.”
· “Don’t accept systems as they are & don’t take status quo as the way things should be.”
· “I don’t need to ask for permission.”
· “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.”
Note: Mads put a call out on social-media for teenage girls to share their stories about social media & received thousands of responses from around the world for the campaign, You Are Not Your Face. Keep an eye out for this book when it is released!
Resources:· Check out her website:
http://www.girledworld.com/
· GirledWorld WOW Summit 2019:
http://www.girledworld.com/wow-summit-2019-university-of-sydney/
· Wade Institute:
https://wadeinstitute.org.au/
· AIME leaving social-media:
https://which-50.com/why-indigenous-mentoring-organisation-aime-is-quitting-social-media/
· Rufus Black – A strong leader & influence on Mads
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rufus-black-87a3623/
· Connect with Mads on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeleinegrummet/
· read about the girledworld WOW NSW Summit here and here.
· read about our 2019 girledworld Projects +Partnerships here
· learn about our International Women’s Day 2019 National Program with Virgin Australia here
· learn about our Future of Work programs with schools across Australia here
· learn about the You Are Not Your Face global storytelling project by teens for teens here
· watch this space for girledworld WOW Summit Geelong (Victori
#015 Ft. Tony Nash: Building a $113m Business (FY18) & Leading With Empowerment
Our next guest is Tony Nash, CEO of the 100% Australian owned company Booktopia. Tony went into business with a budget of just $10 per day. After their first year in business, Booktopia was selling more than $100,000 worth of stock per month, and now, more than 14-years later, employs 200+ people, sells a book every 6.1 seconds & in the last financial year achieved an annual revenue in excess of $110 million.
On this episode of The Campus Experience, Tony & I will be talking about how his role as a leader has developed from bootstrapping entrepreneur to building a company that placed on the Australian Financial Review’s Fast 100 list 8 years in a row (the first & only company in Australian history to do so).
Enjoy this conversion with the incredibly wise, Tony Nash!
Top Quotes“I wanted to see the world before I started working.”
“If you can ask good questions, then the quality of your life is impacted.”
“If you want to slow down, just look to your left or your right & see where your competitors are. But if you want to go as fast as you can just look straight down your lane at a point at the very end & focus on that.”
“My style is empowering people, giving them the space to go after the goals they’ve set themselves.”
“Things come out of left field. You’ve got to expect the unexpected.”
“I had 200 LinkedIn messages [after the Success Resources talk] & I got back to everyone.”
“We all have our light[sic] & our dark.”
“I’ve done, probably, 500 days of professional development workshops [over 15-years].”
“I was going on the downer [of the roller-coaster] with the handbrake full on. I eventually got there very slowly, but I had no momentum to go up the other side!”
Tony’s Top Book Recommendations:· Richard Bach’s book: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
https://www.booktopia.com.au/jonathan-livingston-seagull-richard-bach/prod9780006490340.html
· Kahlil Gibran’s book: The Prophet
https://www.booktopia.com.au/prophet-the-kahlil-gibran/prod9780143133582.html
· Kenneth Blanchard’s book(s): The One Minute Manager Series
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=the+one+minute+manager&productType=917504
· Paulo Coelho’s book: The Alchemist
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-alchemist-25th-anniversary-paulo-coelho/prod9780062315007.html
· Brené Brown’s book: Braving The Wilderness
https://www.booktopia.com.au/braving-the-wilderness-bren-brown/prod9781785041754.html
· Check out the full range of books available at Booktopia
https://www.booktopia.com.au/
· Connect with Tony on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashtony/
· Connect with our host, Josh, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr
For more interviews with leaders like Tony, make sure you follow Campus Consultancy.