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Markson Sparks! is Australia‘s premier publicity, celebrity management and events organisation.

Commencing operation in 1982, we have grown to become one of the most innovative and successful publicity companies in Australia. Our personality management agency was established in 1986 and currently represents some of Australia’s leading celebrities, athletes and media personalities.

Since 1994, our event management division has led the way in organising many of Australia‘s most high profile political, charity, corporate and fund-raising events, with headline guests including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush Snr, Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, Nelson Mandela and Rudy Giuliani to name but a few.

Our talent bank and speakers bureau opened its doors in 1995 and today provides access to celebrities, statesmen, TV personalities, recording artists, sporting legends and speakers from around Australia and across the globe. (Markson Sparks!

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Max Markson (Markson Sparks!) wins Media Man 'Social and Community Entrepreneur Of The Month', followed by Richard Branson and Muhammad Yunus (Yunus Centre)

Richard Branson (Virgin Group and Virgin Unite). Brisbane, Australia. Photography by Media Man Australia

Muhammad Yunus (Yunus Centre)

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is the father of both social business and microcredit, the founder of Grameen Bank, and of more than 50 other companies in Bangladesh. For his constant innovation and enterprise, the Fortune Magazine named Professor Yunus in March 2012 as “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.”

In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Muhammad Yunus is the recipient of 55 honorary degrees from universities across 20 countries. He has received 112 awards from 26 countries including state honours from 10 countries. He is one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the United States Congressional Gold Medal. Other notable awards include the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1984), World Food Prize (1998), The Prince of Asturias Award for Concord (1998), Sydney Peace Prize (1998) and the Seoul Peace Prize (2006). In Bangladesh he got President's Award in 1978 for introducing an innovative organisation in agriculture. He was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1987, by the President of Bangladesh for the outstanding contribution in rural development. This is the highest civilian national award of Bangladesh.

Professor Yunus was chosen by Wharton School of Business as one of ‘The 25 Most influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years’. AsiaWeek (Hong Kong) selected him as one of ‘Twenty Great Asians (1975-1995).” Ananda Bazaar Patrika (India) selected Professor Yunus as one of “Ten Great Bengalis of the Century (1900-1999).”

In 2006, Time Magazine listed Professor Yunus under “60 years of Asian Heroes” as one the top 12 business leaders. In 2008, in an open online poll, Yunus was voted the 2nd topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States). In 2010, The New Statesman (UK) listed him as one of “The World’s 50 Most Influential Figures”.

Professor Yunus has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, Hardtalk on BBC and The Simpsons. Financial Times chose Professor Muhammed Yunus as one of six Finance Pioneers. In the March 31, 2015 issue in an article entitled "Business Pioneers in Finance" Professor Yunus has been placed alongside Warren Buffett, Amadeo Giannini, Henry Kravis, J.P Morgan, and Mayer Amschel Rothschild as greatest business finance pioneers of all time. He has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, Newsweek and Forbes Magazine.

Stephanie McMahon (WWE) and husband Paul “Triple H” Levesque. WWE.com WWE Corporate - Stephanie McMahon corporate profile

Stephanie McMahon, Chief Brand Officer

Stephanie McMahon is Chief Brand Officer of WWE, a publicly-traded (NYSE: WWE) global media company. In this role, she is responsible for WWE’s Brand, Community Relations, and Pop Culture strategy, which includes celebrity integrations and partnerships within the entertainment industry. Stephanie represents the company as its global brand ambassador, and also plays a character who appears regularly on WWE programming.

Among her many contributions, Stephanie has been the driving force behind WWE’s women’s evolution, which has given female performers an equal share of the spotlight both in and out of the ring. Prior to being named Chief Brand Officer, Stephanie was Executive Vice President, Creative and was responsible for overseeing the Digital and Creative Departments. She was also the first woman to lead WWE's Talent Relations, Talent Brand Management and Live Events businesses.

She is a member of the 2017 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute and is also a member of the 2015 Eisenhower Fellowship class. Adweek has included Stephanie in their list of the Most Powerful Women in Sports for the past three years. She was named a Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award Honoree at the 2017 ESPN Humanitarian Awards and was selected as part of Sports Business Journal’s 2017 class of “Game Changers: Women in Sports Business.”

In 2014, Stephanie and her husband, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, established Connor’s Cure, a fund dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer. In partnership with The V Foundation and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Connor’s Cure has raised more than $2.5 million to date.

She is a member of the Board of Directors for WWE, USO Metropolitan Washington and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation.

Stephanie received her B.S. from Boston University in Communications and has been named a Distinguished Alumni by the School of Communications.

She is a mother of three daughters ages 12, 10 and 8.

Rev. William Bill Crews (Bill Crews TV - Stories From The Edge) and The Exodus Foundation

The Bill Crews Charitable Trust

Rev. William David Crews was born in England in 1944 and educated in Australia. He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of N.S.W. under scholarship provided by AWA. He then worked with AWA in microelectronic research studying the properties of silicon until 1971. During his time he built the first machine to grow ultra pure single crystal silicon in Australia.

In late 1969 he first visited the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross and ultimately became involved in voluntary programs; visiting the elderly, sick and shut-ins of the Woolloomooloo-Kings Cross area.

By 1971 he had decided to quit engineering and work full time at the Wayside Chapel. Bill was a member of the team that created the first 24-hour Crisis Centre in Australia. By 1972 he was Director of the Crisis Centre and directed all the social work programs of the Wayside Chapel until 1983. During that time he established the first program in Australia to reunite adoptees and birth parents (Reunion Register), and the first program to assist parents who were at risk of abusing their children (Child Abuse Prevention Service). He also established the first modern youth refuge in Australia.

In 1973 he was made a member of the New South Wales Drug and Alcohol Authority and was intimately involved in establishing drug rehabilitation, education and prevention programs throughout New South Wales.

In 1978 he and the Rev. Ted Noffs created the first Life Education Centre. Life Education Centres are now all over Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand, England and America.

In 1983 he left the Wayside Chapel to study Theology at the Uniting Church's United Theological College and graduated Bth in 1986. In 1986 he was ordained as minister of the Ashfield Uniting Church. At Ashfield he created the Exodus Foundation to assist homeless and abandoned youth, and other people in need.

Today the Exodus Foundation runs a "free restaurant" serving up to 400 meals to the needy every day. The Foundation also operates a Tutorial Centre to educate children who have fallen through the cracks in the mainstream education system. It runs a free dental and medical clinic, provides help and support services such as social workers, chaplaincy, counselling, and food parcel assistance.

Rev. Crews has been awarded The Rotary Foundation International Award "Paul Harris Fellow". He has been voted Father of the Year and Humanitarian of the Year (1992). In February 1998 Rev. Crews was included in the National Trust's 100 "National Living Treasures". In 1999 Rev. Crews was awarded an Order of Australia (AM) for his services to the disadvantaged and his work with homeless youth.

As part of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Bill ran a leg of the Olympic Torch Relay and the Paralympic Torch Relay. He also distributed hundreds of donated tickets to those who would otherwise not have had the financial means to partake in the Olympic experience.

Rev. Bill Crews’s achievements demonstrate his capacity to lead and positively influence the community in a myriad of tangible ways.

In 2001 Bill was named Ashfield Citizen of the Year for his contribution to the local community. He received the William R. Tresise Fellowship Award from the Australian Lions Foundation in June 2001 – the highest honour the Foundation bestows for humanitarian services. In 2001 Rev. Crews also received an Alumni Award from the University of New South Wales.

Rev. Crews is a Patron of Australians For Just Refugee Programs, and Chairman of Fair Go Australia – an anti-racism project sponsored by the N.S.W. Government through the Department of Community Relations Commission.

Since August 2002 Rev. Crews has broadcast his Sunday Night Crews radio program on Sydney station 2GB-873AM. The program has consistently been the highest rating Sunday night radio show in the Sydney market, with an audience of 100,000 listeners.

Local Hero: Marissa Ely (Maroubra Community)

Welcome,

My name is Marissa and I am the Founder of Maroubra Community. You can email me at anytime to maroubracomm@gmail.com. I may take 2-3 days to respond as I am currently doing work experience.

I founded this page in 27 November 2015 as another avenue to promote the Green Maroubra Markets and since then it has blossomed. I take pride and joy in the hard work that I have put in to make this my own.
It is still a free service for everyone to use.

I have been successful in supporting community initiatives, I have personally been involved with assisting local businesses and have held and promoted events. I have done everything in my power to help those in need. We have a Maroubra Community Directory that I have on file for people who want to be referred. For further information please request a recommendation via email.

I also have an Instagram account - @maroubracommunity so feel free to use the hashtag #maroubracommunity and tag us in your images to feature With thanks,
Marissa

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BANGER UNDER THE HANGER HEADLINES IMPRESSIVE MARKSON SPSARKS! EVENTS

SONNY BILL WILLIAMS v STU LAUNDY IN THE FIGHT FOR THE HOMELESS!

World champion All Black, rugby league star and undefeated World Boxing Champion Sonny Bill Williams (SBW) will step into the boxing ring for a gala dinner charity fight night against Stu “The Bachelor “ Laundy on Saturday December 1 in Sydney, Australia.

The Bachelorette winner and SBS TV’s “Filthy Rich and Homeless” participant wants to raise money for the homeless and needy in Australia and New Zealand. All funds raised will go to THE EXODUS FOUNDATION in partnership with THE BILL CREWS CHARITABLE TRUST and the AUCKLAND CITY MISSION.

Triple world boxing champion Jeff Fenech will train Stu and is also coming out of retirement to stage an exhibition match with experienced boxer and businessman Mark Bouris. There’s a full undercard featuring a host of big-name sports stars and personalities competing as well as star studded entertainment and a plethora of celebrity guests.

For tickets or a table of ten or to make a donation please go to www.sydneyfight.com.au or email max@marksonsparks.com or call me on 0412501601

Cheers Max Markson

PS: This event is a sanctioned world title fight. The winner will be known as the HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE HOMELESS.

ABOUT THE CHARITIES
The charities benefiting from the pre-Christmas generosity of the fighters and the fans are THE EXODUS FOUNDATION in partnership with THE BILL CREWS CHARITABLE TRUST. Rev.Bill Crews says “ We deliver essential services such as daily meals, emergency food parcels, crisis and welfare support, along with clinical and other allied health services to Sydney’s homeless and vulnerable through our Loaves and Fishes restaurant, outreach centre and mobile food vans program.”

The New Zealand charity beneficiary is THE AUCKLAND CITY MISSION. Mission CEO Chris Farrelly says “The Mission works with people in desperate need providing immediate relief and pathways to long-term wellbeing. Services provided by the Mission include Homeless Outreach, a Homeless Community Centre providing food and activities, emergency food parcels for vulnerable families, drug and alcohol detox services, a low-cost health centre, and is part of a housing first programme for the chronically homeless.”

THE STORY OF NETFLIX WITH CO-FOUNDER
MARC RANDOLPH LIVE ON STAGE
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE September 20 & 24 2018
www.startcon.com/netflix

AN EVENING WITH CHARLIE SHEEN
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY November 3& 4 2018
www.charliesheenlive.com.au

THE BANGER UNDER THE HANGER
SONNY BILL WILLIAMS v STU “ THE BACHELOR” LAUNDY
GALA DINNER CHARITY FIGHT NIGHT
SYDNEY SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 2018
www.sydneyfight.com.au

AN EVENING WITH DUSTIN MARTIN
MELBOURNE & HOBART December 9 & 14 2018

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