Mal Fletcher is a media

Mass media

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  social futurist and commentator, keynote speaker, author

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, business

Business

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 leadership

Leadership

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 consultant

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 and broadcaster

Presenter

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 currently based in London. He holds joint Australian and British citizenship

Citizenship

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.

From 1985, Fletcher was the founding National Director of Youth Alive Australia, a large faith-based organization teaching positive values to young people. Prior to the founding of the national organization, he was the State Director for Youth Alive Victoria, which began in 1981. At a time when Australia had one of the highest teenage suicide

Suicide

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 rates in the developed world, this movement - a large network of local youth groups and charities - grew from a few thousand in Melbourne to an estimated 60,000 young people across the nation in its first decade. Since that time, the movement has grown further and has helped to spark other youth movements including PlanetShakers

Planetshakers

Planetshakers is a Christian youth movement that began as an annual conference and grew into an international ministry and large church in Melbourne, Australia. The conference was born out of Paradise Community Church in Adelaide, South Australia by Pastor Russell Evans...

 and Hillsong United

Hillsong United

The Hillsong United band is an Australian praise and worship band that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. The band tours the world, performing at the various Hillsong church locations as well as general concert venues. They compose the songs for their own performances and for the other...

. The model has also inspired similar movements in Europe and South-East Asia.

Fletcher left Australia in 1994, to found Next Wave International, a communications group which helps European community organizations and charities to deal with future change and move society forward in a positive direction. Based for ten years first in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, then in London

London

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, he also launched the Euro Youth Events network, hosting ongoing, alcohol-free concerts in eight major European capitals over ten years. He also founded the Strategic Leadership Consultation, an annual summit for European community and church leaders from 20 nations. The summit focuses on engaging the future of society in a proactive way. Guest speakers at this think-tank forum have included social justice campaigners Steve Chalke MBE

Steve Chalke

Steve Chalke, is an ordained Baptist minister who is a prominent, and often outspoken, Christian leader and social activist based in the UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles as well as a regular presenter and contributor on television and radio programmes...

, Tim Costello, OA

Tim Costello

Timothy Ewen Costello AO is a prominent Baptist minister and current CEO of World Vision Australia.He is an "Australian Living Treasure". He is the brother of former treasurer of Australia and Federal Member for Higgins Peter Costello....

 and Dr. Joel Edwards

Joel Edwards (UK)

Joel Edwards was the General Director of the Evangelical Alliance until the end of 2008. He is now International Director for Micah Challenge and is also a Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He has presented on the BBC Radio 4 feature of The Today programme, Thought for the...

; futurists

Futurists

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 Dr. Patrick Dixon

Patrick Dixon

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 and Dr. Tom Sine; ethics

Ethics

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 campaigner Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Michael Nazir-Ali

Michael James Nazir-Ali was the 106th Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England: he retired in September 2009, taking up a position as director of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue...

; theologian Prof. Alistair McGrath and others including Reinhard Bonnke

Reinhard Bonnke

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.

In 2008, he launched the 2020Plus organization to assist civic

Civic

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 authorities, companies, charities and media groups as they prepared for rapid change during a near-global recession. The group produces research and publications dealing with future social change and innovative leadership

Leadership

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 solutions.
Since 1997, Fletcher has also written and hosted the EDGES TV documentaries, which cover a wide range of social issues. More than 80 documentaries in the series can be seen on satellite, cable and terrestrial stations in various parts of the world. They have aired, for example, on the Nine Network

Nine Network

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 and Seven Network

Seven Network

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 in Australia and on SABC1

South African Broadcasting Corporation

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 in South Africa. Since the late 1990s, they have also attracted a following on the internet.

In 2006, Fletcher also began fronting the Catalyst TV series, featuring recorded interviews with social campaigners and activists. Guests have included anti-poverty campaigner Dr. Tony Campolo

Tony Campolo

Dr. Anthony "Tony" Campolo is an American pastor, author, sociologist, and public speaker known for challenging evangelical Christians by illustrating how their faith can offer solutions in a world of complexity. With his liberal political and social attitudes, he has been a major proponent for...

, youth activist Winkie Pratney

Winkie Pratney

Winkie Pratney is a youth communicator, Christian apologist, evangelist, and writer from Auckland, New Zealand. With a mostly teenaged audience, Pratney speaks world wide to over 500,000 annually in churches, universities, high-schools, and Christian-oriented festivals.Pratney's leadership...

 and human trafficking activist Steve Chalke MBE

Steve Chalke

Steve Chalke, is an ordained Baptist minister who is a prominent, and often outspoken, Christian leader and social activist based in the UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles as well as a regular presenter and contributor on television and radio programmes...

. The programs are broadcast mainly on satellite TV in various parts of the world.

Mal Fletcher's media comment on social issues

Social issues

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 has featured on BBC World News (global), BBC Breakfast TV

BBC Breakfast

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 (UK), Sky News

Sky News

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, ABC Radio National (Australia), BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live

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 (UK) and other TV and radio outlets and in the press. He has also written and presented for BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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 in the UK.

Fletcher is the author of ten books and regularly contributes to magazines and internet

Internet

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 publications.

In more than 25 years of leadership and keynote presenting, Fletcher has featured in marketing

Marketing

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 campaigns for such groups as the Benenden Healthcare Society

Benenden Healthcare Society

Benenden Healthcare is a UK-based mutual not-for-profit friendly society run for members, providing healthcare for those who work, or have worked, in the UK public sector. Members of approved charities, credit unions and co-operatives are also eligible. It has a membership of over 900,000, and all...

 and at many well-known leadership and other events, including Hillsong Conference (Australia)

Hillsong Conference

The Hillsong Conference is an annual Christian conference held each July in Sydney, Australia, London, Europe, and Kiev, Ukraine and hosted by the Hillsong Church. It features prominent Christian pastors, leaders, businesspeople and motivational speakers as well as worship artists like singers,...

, Grapevine (UK) , Spring Harvest (UK)

Spring Harvest

Spring Harvest is an inter-denominational Christian conference and gathering in the United Kingdom. Its "Main Event" takes place annually at the Butlins resorts in Minehead and Skegness over the Easter school holiday period....

, Rhema Conference (South Africa) and Planet Shakers (Australia).

Fletcher studied architecture at Deakin University

Deakin University

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 in Melbourne

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, followed by theology

Theology

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 and Christian apologetics

Christian apologetics

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. He is also an ordained Christian

Christianity

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 minister

Pastor

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 with the Australian Christian Churches

Australian Christian Churches

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, though he does not pastor a church.

He lives just outside London with his wife Davina. They have three adult children, Deanna, Grant and Jade.

Books

• Youth: The Endangered Species, Triune Publishing, 1991.
• Get Real!, Nelson Word, 1993.
• Burning Questions, Nelson Word, 1994.
• Making God Famous, Next Wave International, 2000, Authentic Media 2005.
• The Pioneer Spirit, Next Wave International, 2002, Authentic Media 2005.
• The Joseph Chronicles, Next Wave International, 2004.
• Youth Outreach Events, Next Wave International, 2005.
• The Future is X, Next Wave International 2005.
• The Church of 2020, Next Wave International 2006.
• Five Big Ideas: Concepts That Shape Our Culture, Next Wave International 2007.