Services
Diversity and Inclusion
Understanding the way in which the brain is wired is an important component to identifying strengths and challenges amongst managers, teams and employees. Taking it to the next level means working with all of a teams quirky, brave and fun ideas. And this happens when people feel valued and challenged in the work environment. Getting to know how the brain works will give you a new appreciation of how to best engage with your colleagues and clients.
Event Management
Shining the spotlight on what sparkles is an art form for Vasa Consulting. Major conferences, corporate sponsored sports awards dinners, Christmas parades and youth mentoring programmes are amongst some of the events Fia has managed and organised. Leave the detail with us to create an exciting, memorable and professional event.
Community Engagement
With vast local, governmental and community networks, we'll assist you in gauging the pulse of the community as you prepare your activities. Our suite of engagement approaches will help you gain honest insight into the sentiments of real people and how to best partner with communities in shaping ideas and activities. Vasa Consulting will help you build from the ground, up.
Facilitation and Training
Warm, engaging and professional are just some of the words used to describe our approach to working with small to large groups. Our training pedagogy is to get people to amplify their strengths, listen reflectively, work collaboratively and bravely face their challenges. Fia is an engaging and constructive facilitator who will lift you up and gently prod, making for a rewarding group dynamic.
About
Vasa Fia Collins
BA, GradDipTchg
Fia is a diversity and inclusion specialist; engaging facilitator and an exceptional event manager. Most recently in her role as Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Diversity Works New Zealand, she delivered national presentations on unconscious bias, gender equity, youth enablement and cultural responsiveness.
Of Samoan heritage, born and raised in Ranui, West Auckland, she is a trained secondary school teacher with experience in the public and not-for-profit sector. Having mentored many young women she continues to work closely with a number of community organisations.
Fia is an active member of her local church and is married with a young daughter. Her passions include netball, siva Samoa and homeschooling. She holds the Samoan tulafale chiefly title of Vasa from the village of Puapua, Savaii and is a fluent speaker of Samoan.