Tim Corbett

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MC/Convenor

biography

Tim Corbett directs ThinkSpace, an agency specializing in socialmarketing and development of health and social service programmes. Hehas a background in business, marketing and health and has developedprogrammes and strategies for organisations such as IMAC,Vodafone NZ +Australia, Cancer Society, FCB, Dept of Statistics, and MaoriSIDS.  Tim was also a member of the CTRU team who developed STOMP(Stop Smoking Over Mobile Phones) and is finishing his PhD in the useof TXT messaging to help people quit smoking. Currently Tim is part ofthe consortium team developing the social marketing campaign for theLet's Beat Diabetes strategy for CMDHB and develops the LiveSmart(www.livesmart.org.nz) strategyfor the Cancer Society. Married with 5 children, his biggest healthpromotion work though occurs at home!

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