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Local Council Expressions of Interest are NOW OPEN! Our Content Management Platform for Access & Inclusion is the Industry Game Changer. For Cérge, FY25 is all about Delivering Government & Enterprise Access & Inclusion Strategies at Scale.♿🚀 ✅ Is Access & Inclusion a Strategic Policy within your Local Government? ✅Do you want real action and real outcomes OR significantly increase your existing impact? ✅Is cost and ongoing management holding your council/Enterprise back from doing more for people with disability? Check out our EOI link in the comments below, share this post or DM me to learn how Cérge is disrupting the scale of Social Impact and cost to deliver. Victoria Kerrisk + Matt Von der Muhll + Kate Fitzpatrick + Kyle McManus #LocalGovernment #enterprise #access #inclusion #disability #NDIS #NDIA 

3% of people live with disability in Singapore. 21.4% of people live with disability in Australia. In our recent trip to Singapore it was informative to explore the similarities and differences in two countries approach to Access & Inclusion. Workshops with individuals with disability & carers, demonstrations and pitches to business leaders & community groups proved the need to "Know Before You Go" and assurance of a "Warm Welcome on Arrival" are universally essential to improve participation in sport, education, recreation, tourism, health and every day activities. Thanks to the families, AIRZONE, SG Enable, City Square Mall, Trade and Investment Queensland & Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) for supporting Cérge explore how to best support the disability community across Singapore. Cérge is committed to supporting all families across Singapore as well as athletes to the upcoming 2025 World Para Swimming Championships. It is profound how one key word in a definition can create the variance from 3% to 21.4% in two developed countries i.e. "substantially reduced" vs "restricts". Extrapolating such variation through entrenched statistics, business cases, and commercial arguments is far reaching. Disability in Singapore is defined as "those with SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED prospects of securing, retaining places and advancing in education and training institutions, employment and recreation, due to physical, intellectual, and sensory impairments, as well as developmental needs including Autism Spectrum Disorder". Disability in Australia is defined as "a person has a disability if they report they have a limitation, restriction or impairment, which has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least six months and RESTRICTS everyday activities." Either way Cérge is dedicated Ambassadors of Access & Pioneers of Change. Singapore National Paralympic Council + Sport Singapore + SportCares + Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC) + Tote Board + Singapore Pools + DBS Bank + Singapore Airlines + UNIQLO + #ParaSwimming + International Paralympic Committee Victoria Kerrisk + Jay Rajoo + Alvin Tan + Prema Govindan

Above and Beyond? Or is this what normal should be? The Pelican Park Recreation Centre is undergoing exciting revitalisation works to improve community participation. This means temporary closure. 3 temporary pop up facilities have been setup within the community of Hastings to ensure the local community retains access to the health and well being benefits of a key recreation asset. Access & Inclusion has been front and centre in decisions and communications, so when the team at Pelican Park reached out asking if Cérge could create a dedicated Companion Website (Virtual Tour, Visual Story & Sensory Guide, Access Guide, Audio Guide etc) for each of the pop up venues, we were ready. Not only is providing this information to "Know Before You Go" during this revitalisation project an essential step to retain connection with members, it is also essential to deliver these solutions in a fast and cost efficient manner. The revitalisation project is only expected to take 6months, so speed of delivery, setup and communication is a key element to "Know Before You Go". A sense of continuity is so important for active participation. When in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago for the Belgravia Foundation inspirational breakfast, we profiled the 3 pop up venues and now already actively supporting Belgravia Leisure promote the access & inclusive features of each venue. We love innovating at Cérge and added some cool incremental innovations e.g. linking all 3 venues together within their Virtual Tours and also direct connection between the Sensory Guide descriptions into exact location within the Virtual Tour. Any thing to help explain how the 3 temporary pop up venues operate and reduce any anxiety or fear to visit was the goal... Above and beyond? No. This is just good business and community sense done well. Thank you Belgravia Foundation & Belgravia Leisure for continually pushing Cérge to improve our technology for the benefit of all. Mornington Peninsula Shire + Jeff Walkley

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WOW India! What a remarkable experience and opportunity for Australian Business. Participating in the Trade and Investment Queensland in the Queensland Sports Launchpad with KPMG India across Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru made it crystal clear India is vastly different from our perceptions in the West. This is a massive country collectively moving together in the same direction, and the 2036 Olympics and Paralympics is a perfect milestone to unveil a whole new look. The traffic was the perfect analogy to a naïve Australian. It may be total chaos in some places, but gee it totally works. Despite the massive population, it still flows... Don't come to India with your same expectations as Australia, expect business and commerce to flow differently. Cérge is busily exploring how to leverage our new connections and awareness and offer our commitment to supporting Access & Inclusion Initiatives across India. Including the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in September and the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Bid. Victoria Kerrisk and I will be back in India April 1-12 to progress partnership opportunities. Ping me if supporting our best cricket adversaries in business and commerce is on your radar. Sport & business are team games after all... Massive thank you to Shibu Mathews & Kala Anand for making this trade forum so very valuable and fun. #TIQ #SportsTech #QueenslandIndia #Collaboration #Innovation #SportsBusiness #Partnerships #Growth | Sam Ward | Ben Barringham | Alissa Wilkinson | Cameron Meekin Abhinav Bhatia Emily de la Peña Sean Bohannon Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) + Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Sports Commission + Ravi Krishnan

🙏 Game-changer alert🙏 We've just launched Cérge Wayfinder - our revolutionary AI-powered accessibility solution that transforms how people with disability experience venues and destinations! What makes Cérge Wayfinder special? We've combined our exclusive venue intelligence with cutting-edge conversational AI to create personalized, venue-specific guidance. Each Wayfinder is uniquely trained on detailed venue information, creating a digital accessibility guide that simply doesn't exist anywhere else. This is taking the concept of “Know Before You Go” to a whole new level! The real magic is how it works! Imagine having a conversation about a venue's sensory environment - asking detailed questions about lighting, noise, or potential triggers - and getting immediate, accurate and personalised responses. Cérge Wayfinder seamlessly integrates with our other accessibility tools by providing direct links to Virtual Tours, Sensory Guides, venue operating hours, and Google Maps integration to help plan journeys. ⚡⚡ This isn't just information - it's a comprehensive solution that drives both inclusion and business outcomes. The combination of advanced AI with our extensive venue accessibility information creates something truly unparalleled in the market. For the disability community a Cérge Wayfinder: ❇️ Is an interactive conversational AI specialising on accessibility information ❇️Support in 90+ languages, making accessibility truly inclusive ❇️Decreased time and effort to research and evaluate venue accessibility ❇️Increased confidence to participate in community activities ❇️Does not get impatient or short, with no time limit on these essential conversations ❇️Adapts tone and language style to best align with individual needs. For business leaders, the value is clear: ✅ Zero additional staffing required to deliver exceptional accessibility support ✅Brand differentiation through meaningful inclusion ✅Alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ✅Increased patronage from the disability community and their networks ✅Enhanced customer experience without operational complexity ✅Automated feedback and improvement loop. This launch represents countless hours of innovation from the incredible Cérge team. I'm beyond excited about where this could lead - increasing participation across sport, tourism, recreation, leisure, education, health, retail and everyday community activities! For Brisbane 2032, this marks a significant advancement toward our vision of delivering the most Accessible and Inclusive Olympic and Paralympic Games in history. The future of accessibility not exclusively about infrastructure - it's about intelligent systems that deliver personalised experiences. And Cérge is leading that revolution. 👊👊 #AI #ArtificialIntellegence #Access #Inclusion #Innovation #ScaleUp

The scale within India, is difficult to fathom. Great example, in Queensland we have ~2,000 schools. Across India ~ 1,500,000 schools! Excited to be travelling across Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru with the Trade and Investment Queensland India Sports Launchpad 2025 cohort with with KPMG India This initiative is all about fostering deeper collaborations between Queensland and India in the sports sector. Over the week, our incredible cohort— Valor Esports, iSports Solutions, Pursuit Lab App, and AvidSys Sports—will gain market insights, engage with key stakeholders, and explore strategic opportunities in India’s dynamic sportstech ecosystem. Insightful and opportunity leading conversations with Jio Institute, Indian Oil Corp Limited, JSW Sports Pvt Ltd, International Institute of Sports & Management - IISM, Marcos Quay and more to come. Enjoying sharing our lessons in Australia apart of Brisbane 2032 and contributing to the excitement of India 2036. Victoria Kerrisk + Sam Ward + Ben Barringham + Alissa Wilkinson + Emily de la Peña + Shibu Mathews + Kala Anand + Sean Bohannon

What an incredible jolt to the system last week was! ⚡⚡ 3 action packed days within Advance Queensland and Deloitte's Ignite+ Scale inaugural Upscale Intensive Lab. Hosted at the Precinct in Brisbane and standing alongside the brilliant minds who facilitated this program, I'm struck by how transformative this experience has been for Cérge. The program brought together the global reach and expertise of Deloitte with the innovation focus of Advance Queensland to deliver something truly special. From strategic frameworks like Cascade of Choices and StrategyByDesign™ to deep dives on the "7 Powers" for building sustainable competitive advantages, the breadth and depth of content was exceptional. What made this program stand out wasn't just the calibre of Deloitte's specialists across strategy, finance, M&A, tax, and human capital – it was how these experts tailored their insights specifically for the unique challenges of 30 different scaleups. The sessions on financial infrastructure, capital raising, and global expansion strategies were incredibly timely as we navigate our growth trajectory. The opportunity to learn from successful founders like Lauren Hall, Glen Richards, Phillip Di Bella, and Olympic champion Natalie Cook OAM OLY provided invaluable real-world perspectives that complemented Deloitte's frameworks perfectly. 👊👊 As we apply these learnings at Cérge, our vision to make the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games the most inclusive in history feels more achievable than ever. The strategic clarity and growth roadmap we've developed through this program has strengthened our resolve and approach to this mission. With partnerships like this and the vibrant Queensland scaleup community formed through the program, we're more confident than ever in our ability to revolutionise accessibility technology and create lasting impact. Heartfelt thanks to the teams at Advance Queensland and Deloitte, as well as all the industry experts who shared their wisdom so generously. The ripple effects of this program will extend far beyond these weeks and will help shape not just Cérge's future, but the future of accessibility for major events worldwide. The journey to 2032 continues, and thanks to Ignite+ Scale, we're better equipped than ever to make our vision a reality! Victoria Kerrisk + Lisa Chesterfield + Greg Pratt + Sandy Mott + Sarah Smith + Emma Maggacis + Victoria Sinnick + Alex Jackson + Phil Windus + Alex Jordan + Benjamin O'Brien + Vikram Cariappa + David Parfett + Rachel Sciascia + Erin Beard + Andrew Bath + Pradeep Philip + Matthew Adendorff + Andrew Dick + Yann Pastor QIC + Nicola Wightman + Queensland Government #DeloitteIgnite #AdvanceQueensland #Brisbane2032 #Accessibility #ScaleupSuccess

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Addressing long-standing barriers in the #VisitorEconomy through their Cérge platform which uses real-time data and AI to customise visitor experiences, ensures that individuals with disability can navigate venues with the same ease as anyone else, improving the quality of service and modernising the entire approach to customer interaction. Meet Chris Kerrisk and Victoria Kerrisk - Co-Founders of Cérge and this month's VE Profile. Stay up to date with #Australia's #Tourism, #Travel and #VisitorEconomy news through Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)'s #VENews which will come out very soon! You can subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/gys6-yvS!