NO-ONE’S PERFECT, SAYS MELINDA
SHE tours the globe and has won a swag of awards, but even country star Melinda Schneider admits it’s not easy to stand up on stage in front of people.
And that’s precisely what the presentation the multiGolden Guitar winner will deliver to more than 250 people at the annual Women in Media conference at Bond University will touch on – you don’t need to be perfect.
Born into a family of entertainers – her mother is world-famous yodeller Mary Schneider – Melinda has been on stage since she was three years old.
“This is only my second keynote speech and the first was terrifying,” she said.
“It’s getting on stage and talking about your flaws. I rewrote this speech four times to get it just right. And even then it won’t be perfect."
Ms Schneider, mother to six-year-old son Sullivan, said she decided on the topic because it affected everyone, especially female journalists, who will make up the majority of the audience, who often struggle with being full-time mothers and employees.
“A lot of us are striving to attain perfection, it puts pressure on us that we don’t need,” she said.
Ms Schneider will be one of 35 speakers, performers and academics presenting at the two-day event at Bond University today and tomorrow.
Bond University Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford said it would be the second time the university had held the event, which supports the not-for-profit group Women In Media.