In conversation with deanne weir
‘I think “invisibility” in our 50s is our superpower. I am so much more than the boobs and the hairstyle. Anyone who wants to view us through that lens - well that’s their problem. I’m 55 and I’m planning the next 20 years of my career.”
Are your performances, your pitches, your interviews, your influencing skills lacking that extra fizz! You know the thing that makes an audience sit up, think oh I hadn’t thought of that? and maybe become an ambassador for your vision and ideas.
Being a great authentic story teller is a key skill if you want to put in performances that change views or even lives - and we all have this within us! It’s in our blood - it’s how our ancestors communicated, influenced, made plans around the fire, over the garden fence, in the pub ..
It’s just life, fear and tension that join forces to drown out our voice and lead to too safe, lacklustre performances.
Our Rock My Age Presence and Impact coaching is directed at women who want to influence, persuade and raise their voice across all platforms. Our coaching covers a unique blend of how we use our voice, our body, our words, and sometimes some theatrical props, to ensure we hold our space, raise our voice and get heard and encourage others to follow our lead.
Want to know more? Contact Debbie@rockmyage.com power hour to discuss your needs .
From Sydney Australia, Deanne Weir is a force of nature - powerful and at the top of her game she is also warm, humble and driven by a desire to make the world a better place.
And she has the means and the position to do just this.
A fantastic example of a Rocking the Journey woman.
A former media lawyer and executive, she now operates as a TV producer, investor and company director.
Among her many other accolades she is chair of the Sydney Film Festival and was a board member for Screen Australia for eight years. She is chair of the Grata Fund, which helps Australian citizens bring public interest litigation and chair of Global Sisters a not for profit removing barriers to self-employment for disadvantaged women. In 2019 she was appointed as a Trustee of the Asia Foundation a US-based international development organisation.
She believes change happens through stories - they are the most powerful way of connecting with another human being. It is sometimes our stories that have the real power to touch hearts, change minds, persuade people to act. They get us to see the world from another person’s point of view.
Her company WeirAnderson.com has made direct investments in various Australian feature films, including I Used to Be Normal, BabyTeeth, Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears and I am Woman.
Her investments are all made through a female lens as this reflects her a lifelong value - speaking up and making life better for other women.
“How can we be the best society we can be if we won’t let 50% of people reach their potential”
Like so many of our Rocking the Journey women she says whilst we’ve come a long way on gender there is still a lot of work to be done.
On women and age, she calls on us all to remind ourselves that having reached midlife and older our accumulated wisdom and lived experience can be so powerful to ourselves and to others around us.
