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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.61,0:00:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm singing in the rain ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.50,0:00:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Just singing in the rain ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.23,0:00:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ What a glorious feeling ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.08,0:00:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm happy again ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.54,0:00:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time when we all used to sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.82,0:00:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sat around camp fires,\Nat church, and at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.48,0:00:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sang our stories and our dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.14,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sang alone and we sang together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.34,0:00:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowadays, not many of us sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.01,0:00:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think, we can't because at some stage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.46,0:00:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone has told us to be quiet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.95,0:00:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some of us judge ourselves\Nagainst the celebrities we idolize.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have a question\Nand put your hands up:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.12,0:00:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who in this audience\Nhas been told by their parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.30,0:00:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers, kids, partner,\Nor anyone else that they can't sing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.38,0:00:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hands up, please. Hands right up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.77,0:01:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so that's about 85% of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 85% of people\Nwho've been told that they can't sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.04,0:01:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 14, I desperately wanted\Nto have singing lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.73,0:01:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My best girl friend\Nstarted having lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.66,0:01:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went around to her house one night\Nand I said, "Will you teach me the song?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.83,0:01:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we sang this song together\Na few times and at the end of it she said:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.29,0:01:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I will play the piano\Nand you sing it on your own now."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.88,0:01:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she played and I sang,\Nand then she said:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.10,0:01:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tania, I don't think you\Nshould ever bother having singing lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.29,0:01:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not good enough."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.15,0:01:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And being a 14-year-old I believed her,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.31,0:01:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like probably many of you\Nbelieved it when you were told that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.67,0:01:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the next year,\NI did backstage in a school musical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.66,0:01:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, in year 11, I auditioned\Nfor the Chorus of Oklahoma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.14,0:01:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to my amazement, I got the lead role,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.10,0:01:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friend didn't get in the chorus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.74,0:01:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ever since then,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.41,0:02:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,singing has been my life's passion,\Njoy, and inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.27,0:02:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our voices have been silenced,\Nand it's not doing us any good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.18,0:02:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a taboo about speaking\Nor singing in public,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.34,0:02:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think that people\Nwill judge us or make fun of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, we were all given a voice to tune in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.25,0:02:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to express ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.16,0:02:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's not sit in silence any longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.69,0:02:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to sit up,\Nsit up in your seats.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.97,0:02:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to start off\Nwith this third of the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.59,0:02:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so just work out which third you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.39,0:02:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are all going to sing this note.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.36,0:02:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, just remember, remove\Nyourselves from limiting believes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.82,0:02:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one is listening\Nto your specific voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.84,0:02:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so here we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.26,0:02:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to go ♪ ahh! ♪\Neveryone, breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.91,0:02:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tania de Jong AM: ♪ Ahh! ♪\N(Audience) Ahh!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the middle: ♪ ahh! ♪\NBreathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.72,0:02:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TJ: ♪ Ahh! ♪ Excellent!\N(Audience) ♪ Ahh! ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.21,0:02:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the top ♪ ahh! ♪\N(Audience) ♪ Ahh! ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.85,0:03:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, we're going to do it together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.52,0:03:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you start and then you keep going,\Nyou keep breathing the same note.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.74,0:03:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I do this, that means "crescendo,"\Nthat means "decrescendo."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.80,0:03:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in and here we go,\N♪ ahh ♪, keep going!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.02,0:03:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) ♪ Ahh! ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.28,0:03:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TJ: ♪ ahh ♪,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.33,0:03:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) ♪ ahh ♪\NTJ: ♪ ahh ♪,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.24,0:03:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TJ: ♪ ahh ♪.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.85,0:03:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.05,0:03:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Whoo!\NTJ: Whoo! OK!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.75,0:03:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, is your brain buzzing now?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.48,0:03:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because one of the great things\Nabout singing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.47,0:03:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it really connects you\Nto the right side of your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.76,0:03:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right hemisphere\Nof our brain is responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.41,0:03:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our intuition, imagination,\Nand all our creative functions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.20,0:03:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It connects us to a world\Nof possibilities and all that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.22,0:03:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brain is like a battery;\Nthe right side charges it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.32,0:03:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the left side uses\Nthe energy and empties it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.69,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our goal is always to keep\Nour mental battery charged up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.36,0:04:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, we live in a world\Nwhere we constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.19,0:04:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded with so much information\Nto process and analyze.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.40,0:04:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talk more to boxes and screens
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.12,0:04:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we do to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.40,0:04:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, it becomes fundamentally important
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.06,0:04:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to nurture the attributes of human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.49,0:04:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that set us apart from machines:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.41,0:04:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love, compassion, kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.53,0:04:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tearing, determination.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.64,0:04:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a theory of boxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.76,0:04:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get born in a little bassinet box,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.26,0:04:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we go home\Nand we live in a house,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.33,0:04:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and if we draw it, it looks like a box -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.79,0:04:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we go to school and we often\Nget taught to think in a box.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.95,0:04:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go to the supermarket,\Nwe come out with lots of little boxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.17,0:04:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we go to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.70,0:04:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have a box\Nin our pocket, our mobile phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.39,0:04:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a screen in front of us\Nwhich is our computer box.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.47,0:04:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to tick the box an awful lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.06,0:04:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And guess what,\Nwhen we go out of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.23,0:05:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go out in a... Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.31,0:05:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I believe that life really happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.18,0:05:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that our creative potential\Nis unlocked between the boxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.26,0:05:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our mind can roam,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.85,0:05:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that space where we connect\Nin loving relationships with others,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.90,0:05:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we go into nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.79,0:05:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where we do\Nactivities, like meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.36,0:05:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you know the best activity\Nfor getting outside the box?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.77,0:05:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, of course, it's singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.70,0:05:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the neuroscience\Nof singing shows that when we sing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.92,0:05:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our neurotransmitters connect\Nin new and different ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.21,0:05:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,firing up the right temporal lobe\Nof our brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.53,0:05:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,releasing endorphins that make us smarter,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.10,0:05:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healthier, happier, and more creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.60,0:05:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know\Nwhat's really great about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.87,0:05:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we do this with other people,\Nthe effect is amplified.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.43,0:05:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A recent study measured\Nthe levels of oxytocin,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.71,0:06:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hormone responsible\Nfor pleasure, love, and bonding,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.09,0:06:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a group of people\Nbefore and after singing sessions,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.06,0:06:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the levels increased significantly\Nafter the singing sessions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.48,0:06:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further international research
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.39,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows the benefits of singing,\Nlearning a language, and other skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.44,0:06:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for healing strokes,\Nspeech abnormalities, and depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.64,0:06:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we sing together\Nlike we just did, in harmony,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.62,0:06:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only that we get\Ngoosebumps, and tingles,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.14,0:06:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"crescendo" together,\Nand breathe together,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, as a recent study\Nactually showed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.50,0:06:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hearts start beating together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.07,0:06:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is a super duper drug.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.64,0:06:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's free, accessible to all,\Nwe all have a voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.85,0:06:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other theories speculate that our brains\Ndeveloped along with music and singing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.30,0:06:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a survival mechanism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.14,0:06:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, before there were\Ngovernments and nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.14,0:06:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups and tribes sang and danced\Ntogether to build loyalty,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.03,0:07:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transmit vital information,\Nand ward off enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.06,0:07:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literally, those who sang well, survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.61,0:07:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as well as singing, a lot of people\Nalso don't think they're creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.57,0:07:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work with a lot of companies\Nand top teams
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.35,0:07:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on building and unleashing\Ncreativity and innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.52,0:07:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's amazing how many leaders\Nsay, "But I am not creative."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.84,0:07:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet recently, some futurists said\Nthat creativity has become
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.14,0:07:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most endangered species\Nof the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.19,0:07:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a broadband culture\Nbut not the creative thought to fill it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.68,0:07:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a recent global study\Nof 1,500 CEOs by IBM
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.33,0:07:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed that in an increasingly complex\Nand uncertain global environment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.35,0:07:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important leadership attribute\Nis creativity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.46,0:07:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve Jobs said
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.24,0:07:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that creativity is just about\Nconnecting things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.71,0:08:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like to suggest\Nthat those things might be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.82,0:08:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the experiences in your life\Nup to this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.26,0:08:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the broader and richer\Nyour experience is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.37,0:08:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more tools you'll have\Nin your creative toolbox
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.94,0:08:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for when you want or need to get creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.96,0:08:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I reckon,\Nthe best thing to get creative
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.61,0:08:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what I like to call\Npositive human collisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.33,0:08:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is connecting with people\Non a regular basis
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.76,0:08:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are really different from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.04,0:08:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we spend most of our lives\Ntalking with, dressing like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.79,0:08:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling safe, and endorsing those\Nwho are really like us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.04,0:08:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make us feel good about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.51,0:08:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think our greatest gains\Nas human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.82,0:08:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are when we connect to people\Nwho are really different,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.04,0:08:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who challenge us and the way we think,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.52,0:08:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who take us outside of our comfort zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.92,0:08:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we connect with those\Nwe feel creative abrasion,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's in that moment\Nwhere we actually disagree with someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.70,0:09:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where creativity and innovation can spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.22,0:09:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought it would be really awesome
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.04,0:09:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start a social enterprise,\Na movement if you like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.66,0:09:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we could bring together\Nthe power of positive human collisions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.19,0:09:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the neuroscience of singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.64,0:09:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, five years ago I set up\Na charity called "Creativity Australia,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.76,0:09:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have a program\Ncalled "With One Voice,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.38,0:09:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every week, we deliberately bring\Ntogether the most diverse people possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.39,0:09:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We bring together CEOs, doctors,\Nlawyers, grandmothers with students,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.67,0:09:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with depressions and disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.20,0:09:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrants and jobseekers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.36,0:09:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,age from 9 to 90, of all faiths\Nand all backgrounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.05,0:09:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the people come along\Nsaying, "But I can't sing."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.26,0:10:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We help them find not only\Ntheir voice, their singing voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.43,0:10:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but their voice in life,\Ntheir meaning, and their purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.81,0:10:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At choir each week, we sing,\Nbut we also share supper.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.65,0:10:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We share our hopes,\Nand dreams, and challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.47,0:10:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a really innovative part\Nof our program, called "The Wishlist."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.21,0:10:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone in the choir can ask\Nfor a wish from anyone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.87,0:10:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so people ask for things like:\N"I would love help with my résumé,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.45,0:10:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'd like to find a job,"\N"I'd like someone to walk home with,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.02,0:10:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'd like to find a boyfriend\Nor a girlfriend,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.33,0:10:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'd like free guitar lessons."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.53,0:10:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everyone is\Nin such a receptive headspace
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.73,0:10:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of those fabulous endorphins,\Nand feeling much more creative,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.24,0:10:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've literally connected people\Nto most of their wishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.67,0:10:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've created hundred of jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.53,0:10:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work experience,\Nand mentoring opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.95,0:11:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've connected people to health services,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.17,0:11:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've even had a marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.89,0:11:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've connected people\Nto incredible hope, joy, and inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.51,0:11:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One choir, "Melbourne Sings [Choir]"\Nhas now expanded
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.34,0:11:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 15 choirs all around Victoria,\Nand Sydney, starting in Brisbane.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.82,0:11:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have inquiries from\Nall over Australia and other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.51,0:11:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our unique "With One Voice" model.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.57,0:11:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I'll show you a short video,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.93,0:11:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to tell you two short stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.08,0:11:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Natalie on the screen.\NNatalie is from Cameroon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.98,0:11:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came to Australia a few years ago,\Nand she joined the choir.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.34,0:11:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her sister was massacred,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.96,0:11:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she now brings up\Nher two children, and her sister's child.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.11,0:11:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had been looking for\Na job as an accountant for four years,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.40,0:11:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she joined the choir.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.16,0:11:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the second time she came\Nto choir, she was crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.89,0:11:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we said, "What's wrong?"\Nand she said, "I've got a job interview."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.03,0:11:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "That's wonderful."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.57,0:11:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said: "No. I don't think\NI can get the job."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.87,0:12:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had experienced so much discrimination\Nthat she didn't believe in herself at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.85,0:12:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we gave her mock interviews,\Nbut most of all, we gave her love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.34,0:12:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a little bit of her\Nstarted to come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.20,0:12:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two weeks later,\Nshe came back to choir
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.52,0:12:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was beaming,\Nand she got the job in the call center;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.66,0:12:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as an accountant,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.95,0:12:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she was just wrapped to have a job\Nto contribute to her new homeland.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.24,0:12:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few weeks later,\Nthe choir started being asked to perform
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.29,0:12:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at various major events and conferences,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.41,0:12:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd teach each of the people to share\Ntheir story and what the choir meant,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.18,0:12:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the choir would sing, and inevitably,\Nthe audience would stand and cheer,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.62,0:12:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and literally grown men were crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.00,0:12:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.36,0:12:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few weeks later,\Nshe emails me and she says:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.88,0:12:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tania, I can't come to choir anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.98,0:12:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My hours have gone\Nfrom 9 to 5 to 9 to 7.30,"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.87,0:12:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I write back:\N"And who is going to feed your kids?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.43,0:12:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we speak to your supervisor?\NCan you speak to him?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.01,0:12:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said: "No. He never speaks\Nto any of the migrants."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.92,0:12:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, fate intervened.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.04,0:13:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asked to present a key note speech\Nat a major business conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.20,0:13:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the theme of the conference\Nwas diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.94,0:13:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said to the organizer:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.31,0:13:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've got this amazing diversity choir\Ncalled 'Melbourne Sings [Choir].'
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.83,0:13:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that they could perform\Nat the start of the dinner?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.96,0:13:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said OK, had a look online,\Nand she made a donation to the choir.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.72,0:13:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They performed three songs, three stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.23,0:13:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end of each song,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.94,0:13:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the audience spontaneously stood\Nand cheered, and they were all crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.39,0:13:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the third song,\Nthis woman comes running up to the stage
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.71,0:13:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says, "Can I have the mic?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.65,0:13:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. She's got tears on her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.47,0:13:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she get's up and she says:\N"My name is Catherine,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.87,0:13:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am the Managing Director\Nof ANZ Private Bank -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.57,0:13:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I mention that Natalie's job interview\Nwas for ANZ Bank?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.29,0:13:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No? That's a pretty important fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.17,0:13:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, so what happened was\NCatherine got up and she said:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.99,0:13:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, this model\Nof social inclusion is so awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.22,0:14:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we really listening\Nto the diverse voices
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.21,0:14:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our communities and organizations?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.26,0:14:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got the mic back and I said,\N"Well, thank you so much, Catherine.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.54,0:14:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is all about building\Nbridges of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.70,0:14:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not walls and boxes between us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.26,0:14:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But listen, I've got\Na little favor to ask you."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.98,0:14:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No pressure or anything, like there were\Nhundreds of people in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.18,0:14:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you think that you might help\NNatalie here, from Cameroon,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.70,0:14:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her hours at the ANZ Bank?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.94,0:14:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.24,0:14:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She handed Nathalie her business card\N- the whole audience was cheering -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.06,0:14:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next Tuesday,\NNathalie turned back up
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.17,0:14:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Sofitel [Hotel]\Nwhere we ran "Melbourne Sings."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.80,0:14:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were wrapped to see her,\Nand we said, "Nathalie, what's happening?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.16,0:14:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said: "I don't know\Nwhat's going on, Tania,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.42,0:14:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but everyday my supervisor\Ncomes to my desk and asks me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.37,0:14:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how am I and do I have any problems."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.03,0:14:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.34,0:14:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Catherine then spent further time\Nwith her helping her with her CV;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.40,0:14:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natalie kept applying\Nfor every accounting role,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.72,0:14:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she started\Nto really believe in herself,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.91,0:14:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she finally got an accounting role.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.95,0:15:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, this is Beth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.24,0:15:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth has cerebral palsy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.10,0:15:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She joined our choir also,\N"Melbourne Sings," about five years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.83,0:15:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.68,0:15:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every week Beth comes to choir,\Nit's the highlight of her week.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.85,0:15:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said to her mum\Nand carer after a few weeks:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.32,0:15:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is going to be\Nmy independent activity."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.06,0:15:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She comes in the maxi taxi, we feed her,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.82,0:15:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she knows the words\Nof every song by heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.94,0:15:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every week I go along to choir,\Nhoping that Beth is there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.32,0:15:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I might be having\Na really grumpy Tuesday,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.18,0:15:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as soon as I see Beth is like,\N"Oh, my God,"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.03,0:15:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pinch,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.48,0:15:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tania, your problems\Nare absolutely nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.24,0:15:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is this person who,\Nby all rights, is caught in a box
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.21,0:15:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her horizon is so big."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.46,0:15:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she has helped us all\Nto step outside our box
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.69,0:15:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a new space of gratitude and hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.81,0:15:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please, have a look at this video.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.83,0:16:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.22,0:16:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[With One Voice]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.70,0:16:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Unlocking Potential]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.07,0:16:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Celebrating Diversity]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.09,0:16:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Creating Jobs]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.44,0:16:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TJ: "It is amazing what can happen
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.29,0:16:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you come together on a weekly basis
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.43,0:16:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people who are very diverse."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.58,0:16:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Choir sings]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.70,0:16:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 1: "I joined this choir\Nsince I migrated from India."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.08,0:16:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman 1: "I felt I found\Na new family in Australia."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.84,0:16:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 2: "This hands-on experience
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.41,0:16:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has [taken] my singing\Nto a different level."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.34,0:16:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 3: "The choir has just been\Nthe most wonderful thing for my career."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.86,0:16:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman 2:\N"[At the request of] a choir member
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.77,0:17:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I applied, and fortunately I got the job."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.38,0:17:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman 3: "You know, like we say,\Nthe angel was behind me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.24,0:17:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were my angels.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.01,0:17:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went through\Nand I got the job at ANZ Bank."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.36,0:17:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TJ: "We're meeting together weekly\Nin these programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.54,0:17:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of these people experience
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.40,0:17:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new self-esteem, hope, friendship -"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.80,0:17:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman 4: "Actually, we met\Nin the choir last week
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.94,0:17:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is our second time\Nwith each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.45,0:17:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel very surprised\Nand very thankful
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.32,0:17:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can [meet] such a good friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.90,0:17:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the most important reason\Nfor me to keep coming."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.52,0:17:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: "This is why I got friends\Nbecause I can't do anything for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.23,0:17:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't feed myself...\Nthat's why you got friends."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.87,0:17:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Choir sings)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.86,0:18:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: "I can be here who I want\Nto be, apart from my disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.40,0:18:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could be...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.71,0:18:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one sees me as a kid.\NThey see me, as a person."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.46,0:18:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman 5: "A highlight of out year in 2011\Napart from, of course, this afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.82,0:18:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to perform at the opening ceremony\Nof the New Royal Children's Hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.35,0:18:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was opened\Nby Her Majesty The Queen."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.31,0:18:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man 4: "This 'Melbourne Sings' is a group,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.09,0:18:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only a group, [but] a family,\Na family of singers."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.28,0:18:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman 3: "[Do you want to smile?]\NDo you want to be happy? Come with me."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.90,0:18:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Choir sings)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.78,0:18:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.93,0:19:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TJ: Doesn't that\Ngive you goosebumps?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.10,0:19:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Do] you all want to join?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.96,0:19:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's said
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.54,0:19:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we go through our lives\Nwith much of our music unplayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.47,0:19:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we could just unlock\Na little more
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.52,0:19:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the creative potential of our brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.68,0:19:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Mark Twain said:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.73,0:19:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sing like no one's listening,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.33,0:19:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love like you've never been hurt,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.61,0:19:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dance like nobody's watching,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.71,0:19:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live like it's heaven on earth."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.81,0:19:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are literally changing the world,\None voice at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.66,0:19:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.78,0:19:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)