Commemorative
2023 Prisoner of War Memorial, Ballarat
Guest speaker, 19th anniversary of inauguration
2023 Bangka Day Memorial Service SAWMPFT, Adelaide
Guest speaker, launch of The Sudden Storm podcast.
2022 Prisoner of War Memorial, Ballarat
Guest speaker, 18th anniversary of inauguration (video)
2021 Prisoner of War Memorial, Ballarat
Guest speaker, 17th anniversary of inauguration (video)
2019 Battle of 42nd Street book launch, VWMA, Adelaide
Panel facilitator with author Professor Peter Monteath
2019 Anzac Ancestors Reunion: the Battle of Crete
Guest speaker, Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
Mindfulness + Meditation
2020 Pain Management Awareness For Meditation Teachers webinar
Panel facilitator, Meditation Australia (Adelaide)
2019 Indie-Con Music Conference, Adelaide
Speaker, ‘Wellbeing in the music industry’ panel
2018 Australian Meditation Conference, Melbourne
Panel facilitator, ‘Mindfulness & Neuroplasticity: Where Are we Now?’
2018 The School of Life, Melbourne
Workshop facilitator, ‘Mindfulness & Meditation At Work.’
2017 Creative Mornings, Microsoft Digital Eatery, Berlin
Presenter of pitch for ‘Express Yourself’ one-day workshop
2017 The School of Life, Berlin
Workshop facilitator, ‘Mindfulness & Meditation At Work.’
2017 The School of Life, Sydney
Workshop facilitator, ‘Mindfulness & Meditation At Work.’
2016 The School of Life, Melbourne
Workshop facilitator, ‘Mindfulness & Meditation At Work.’
2015 Paypal, Berlin
Facilitator, ‘Work/Life Balance Workshop: Mindfulness At Work’.
2015 Creative Mornings, Betahaus Berlin
Presenter of pitch for ‘Meditation for Creativity’ 7-week course
2015 Deep Storytelling: Creating A Culture of Connection, Berlin
Presenter of ‘Mindfulness & Empathy’ component of two-day workshop.
2015 Creative Mornings, Betahaus Berlin
Co-presenter of pitch for ‘Deep Storytelling’ two-workshop
Megan chairing a panel at the Australian Meditation Conference.
Photo: Maggie O’Shea
Master Class
2010 iNTune Music Conference,
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2005 Perth Revelation International Film Festival
2000 Australian International Documentary Conference,
Perth
Mobile Kino with Phillipe Mora
Photo: Oliver Budack
Academic Presentations
2011 The Capital Performing Arts Centre, Bendigo
Grace Kelly Film Season: ‘Rear Window & The Many Faces of Grace’
2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival
‘Down & Dirty II: The Power and Poetry of Transgressive Documentary’
2002 Real Life On Film Documentary Film Festival
‘Down & Dirty: The Power and Poetry of Transgressive Documentary’
2001 Cinesonic Conference on Film Scores & Sound Design
‘Shout It Out Loud: The Voice of the Documentary Subject’
Gotye and his collaborators panel at ACMI
Photo: Mark Gambino
Teaching
2011 Australian Film, Television & Radio School, Melbourne
Diploma in Documentary & Drama short courses:
lecturer/assessor
2010 La Trobe University Bendigo
Visual Arts 3rd years/Honours,
Guest Lecture.
2010 Continuing Education Bendigo
‘Creative Process’ staff workshop
2008 NT Writer’s Centre
‘Writing With A Camera’ workshop
2007 Newcastle University
Artist in Residence,
Workshops, 1st/2nd year students
2007 Sydney Film School
Diploma of Screen, Film and Digital Video Production,
Thesis Project Class
2007 Macquarie University
Bachelor of Media:
Graduate Class 3rd Years, ‘Exit Lecture’.
2007 JMC Academy, Sydney
Bachelor of Creative Technology,
‘Pop Culture & Media’ guest lecture
2007 JMC Academy, Sydney
Bachelor of Creative Technology,
‘70s The Rebel Years’ guest lecture
2006 Sydney International Film School
Advanced Diploma in Screen, ‘Film Criticism’
2006 Sydney Film School
Diploma of Screen, Film and Digital Video Production,
‘Thesis Project Class’
2006 Sydney Film School
Diploma of Screen,
Film and Digital Video Production
‘Documentary: From Start to Screen’
Guest Lecture
2006 Macquarie University
Bachelor of Media: Graduate Class 3rd Class,
‘Exit Lecture’
2005 National Institute of Dramatic Arts, Sydney
‘TV Presentation’, 1st year class, Guest Lecture
2005 RMIT University, Melbourne
Bachelor of Media Arts, Graduate class, Outside Assessor
2005 RMIT University
Bachelor of Media Arts, Documentary’, Guest Lecturer
2000 RMIT University TAFE, Melbourne
School of Creative Media,
Advanced Diploma in Professional Screenwriting,
‘Industry Professional’, Guest Lecturer
2000 Footscray City College TAFE
Advanced Diploma of Screen,
‘Filmmaking & the Industry’, Guest Lecturer
1999 Victorian College of the Arts, School Of Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1st year photography,
Film Theory elective
1999 Melbourne University
Bachelor of Arts, Dept. of English: School of Cultural Studies,
‘Obsessed Sports Fans’, Guest Lecture
1998 Melbourne University
Bachelor of Arts, Dept. of English: School of Cultural Studies
‘Sport On Film”, Guest Lecture
1997 Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film & Television
Diploma in Documentary, post-graduate,
Outside Assessor
1997 Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film & Television
Bachelor of Film & TV, ‘Short drama’,
Guest Lecturer
1997 Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film & Television
Diploma in Documentary, post-graduate,
‘Documentary Theory and Production’
Guest Lectures x 3
1996 Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film & Television
Diploma in Documentary, post-graduate,
‘Documentary Theory and Production’
Guest Lectures x 3
1996 Australian Film, Television & Radio School, Melbourne
‘Shooting On Video for Documentary’ workshop, Teacher
1995 Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film & Television
Diploma in Documentary, post-graduate,
‘Documentary Theory and Production’
Guest Lectures x 3
Bush Bands Business workshop
Photo: Adrian McNamara
At the 2023 Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial Ballarat anniversary service with WIN-TV’s Bruce Roberts and Julianna Addison MP.
Public Speaker – film, arts + media
2022 Music Therapy Open Night, Adelaide
Panel facilitator, Australian Music Therapy Association (SA)
2015 Mad Dog Morgan Q&A with Philippe Mora, Berlin
Host & facilitator, Mobile Kino Berlin
2015 How To Interview An Artist, Bendigo Library
Guest speaker, ABC Open.
2014 Art Lounge, Bendigo Art Gallery.
‘Contemporary Photography’, Panellist
2014 La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo.
‘Two Sides To Every Story’ public forum, Panellist
2013 Australian Centre For The Moving Image
‘Gotye & His Collaborators’, public forum, Facilitator
2013 Star Cinema, Eaglehawk.
‘Blokes You Can Trust’, film forum, Facilitator
2012 Melbourne Free University
‘Radio and why it’s thriving in the New Media landscape’. Guest Speaker.
2012 The Ladies Lounge
‘Social Media Marketing’, Guest Speaker
2012 The Capital Performing Arts Centre, Bendigo
‘High Society’, Film Introduction.
2012 Bendigo Beer ‘Women of Beer’, MC
2012 Australian Centre For The Moving Image
Q&A with JB Kelly & ‘High Society’ screening, Facilitator
2011 Next On Now, Old Fire Station , Bendigo
‘Dealing With The Media’ Workshop: Speaker
2011 iNTune Music Conference Darwin
Guest Speaker/Online Reporter
2011 iNTune Music Conference Alice Springs
Guest Speaker/Online Reporter
2011 Lake Mountain Music Festival MC
2011 Allans Walk Artspace
‘Current’ BRIT Exhibition Opening, Official Introduction
2011 Nova Cinema
‘murundak: Songs Of Protest’ Cast & Crew Q&A, Facilitator
2011 Nova Cinema
‘Sleeping Beauty’ Cast & Crew Q&A, Facilitator
2010 Telstra/Bendigo Health Charity Breakfast Guest Speaker
2010 Yo Bendigo/FREEZA Media Workshop
Speaker & Workshop Facilitator
2010 iNTune Music Conference, Alice Springs
2010 Bush Bands Business Media Master Class & Guest Speaker
2010 iNTune Music Conference, Darwin Guest Speaker
2010 Greater City of Bendigo Council Artist’s Talk (marketing)
2010 Melbourne International Film Festival
‘Making It Handmade’ MC & Q&A Facilitator
2009 Darwin Railway Club
‘Long Way To The Top End’ Fundraiser, MC
2008 NT Library Parliament House
National Poetry Slam NT Finals, Co-Host (live broadcast)
2008 NT Writers Festival ‘Wordstorm’
‘Foreign Correspondents: In Conversation with Charles Firth, Andrew McMillan, Nicholas Rothwell and Anne Barker’, Facilitator.
2008 NT Writers Festival ‘Wordstorm’
‘Sweet Sangria: In Conversation with Dorothy Porter’, Facilitator.
2008 Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Youth Week, Grind ‘Media Skills Workshop’, Panellist.
2007 Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Perspectives: ‘Jisoe’ & ‘A Dollar For the Good Ones’, Guest Speaker
2007 Cross Projections, Potts Point, Sydney
Annual photography screening, Keynote Speaker
2007 APRA/AMCOS Screen Music Awards, Sydney Presenter
2007 ‘Into The Shadows’ Documentary Interviewee
2007 Popcorn Taxi & OzDox, Sydney
‘Naked On The Inside: In Conversation with Kim Farrant’, Facilitator
2007 Film & Television Institute, Western Australia
‘Meet The Filmmaker” Workshop, Guest Speaker
2007 Media Resource Centre, Adelaide
Popcorn Taxi: ‘In Conversation with Megan Spencer”
2007 Mardi Gras Film Festival Awards, Sydney Presenter
1999 – 2007 (select highlights)
Melbourne International Film Festival, various panel discussions
- 2001 ‘Critical Eye: FIRPRESCI Critics Discuss Godard’s In Praise of Love with Ronald Bergen, Li Cheuk-to & Megan Spencer’, Guest Speaker
- 2006 ‘The Evolving Subject’, Panellist
- 2007 ‘States of Independence’, Panellist
Vibewire ‘e-Festival of Ideas’, Online Forum, Guest Blogger
German Film Festival, Chauvel Cinema, Sydney
‘Strong Women In Film” panel discussion, Guest Speaker
Newtown Flicks Film Festival,
‘Making short films” panel discussion, Guest Speaker
2005 – 2007 (annually)
Australian Directors Guild & Australian Film Instiute Awards, Melbourne‘In Conversation with AFI Award Nominated Directors’, Convenor.
2005 Art Gallery Of NSW
‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Speaker Series, Guest Speaker, ‘Wrath’
2005 Sydney Writers Festival
Book Launch for ‘Dead Europe’ by Christos Tsoilkas, Introduction
2005 From Wireless To Web – The History of Broadcast Media In Australia
Screen Australia Online Classroom, ‘TV Soaps’ & ‘SBS’, Interviewee
2004 Watching Privacy Film Festival
Privacy Victoria: Guest Speaker
2004 Craft ACT, Craft & Design Centre, Canberra
Still Lives series: ‘Fight Club: a lecture about examining the role of objects in shaping and revealing identity’, Guest Lecture
2004 Fox Studios, Sydney
Trof-Fest: ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ panel discussion, Panellist
2004 Chauvel Cinema, Sydney
Australian Screen Classics Currency Press Book Launch, ‘Puberty Blues’, Guest Speaker
2004 This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle
‘Sex & Censorship” and “Being A Good Film Critic” panel discussions, Guest Speaker[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]2003 Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Lounge Critic: ‘My TV Crush: Homicide, Life On The Street – Where Film & TV Meet’, Guest Speaker
2003 Resfest at St. Kilda Film Festival
‘DV Filmmaking” panel discussion, Guest Speaker
2003 Deckchair Cinema, Darwin ‘Relaunch’: Keynote Speaker.
2002 Sky Lounge, National Museum of Canberra
2002 Next Wave New Media Festival at Melbourne Museum
‘Unpopular Culture” panel discussion, , Guest Speaker
2002 Brisbane International Film Festival
‘Censorship’ Forum, Guest Speaker
2002 Victorian College of the Arts, Common Ground: The Art Of Dissent Conference
‘Democratizing Culture’, Guest Speaker
2002 South Yarra Film Festival
‘Megan Spencer: Underground Documentary Diva’, Guest
2001 Australian International Documentary Conference, Perth
‘Independent Documentary” panel, Guest Speaker
2001SPAA Fringe Conference, Chauvel Cinema, Sydney,
‘Independent Filmmaking’ panel, Chair
2000 2000 Perth Revelation International Film Festival
‘Microcinema’ panel, Guest Speaker
1999 Women In Motion Conference
Panel discussion, Guest Speaker
1999 Australian International Documentary Conference, Adelaide Hilton
‘DV Docs” panel, Guest Speaker
1998 School of History, Victoria University, Australian Rules Football Conference,
‘Football Fans On Film’, Guest Speaker
1997 Australian International Documentary Conference, Brisbane Powerhouse
‘Emerging Filmmaker’ panel, Guest Speaker
Chairing a filmmaking panel at Destination Film Festival, Sydney.
Lake Mountain Music Festival MC with Steve Lane
Photo: Oliver Budack