Making the world a better place

Founded by Ingrid Lotze and Gavin Moffat, join.the.dots Academy is about more than just training. We share the power of more than 50 years of combined experience with people and organisations who know that it’s crucial to adapt in this constantly evolving world of business and media.

We believe that getting serious doesn’t have to be serious. Our professional workshops may deliver powerful skills by seasoned veterans, but our sessions are conducted in open, safe environments that allow for people to connect, enjoy and absorb a memorable training experience together.

The Academy provides marketing and communication skills distilled into Media Skills Training, Public Speaking and Presentation Skills, Crisis Communication Workshops and most recently, the Hers&His program and training, Cultivating Connection: Co-Gender @Work co-gender awareness and sensitivity training programme.

We’re professionals and we’re passionate about making the world a better place.

Meet the team

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Ingrid Lotze

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Attendee Feedback for Ingrid:
Inspiring. Passionate. Engaged. Human. Powerful woman. Insightful. Fun. Entertaining.

Ingrid is a volunteer, communicator, certified facilitator, life coach, trainer, PRISM, Loeries and Sports Awards judge, former-SCUBA instructor and women’s work enthusiast. As Past President Elect of PRISA (Public Relations Institute of South Africa) she has been an Accredited Public Relations Practitioner (APR) since March 1994.

She is well versed in most types of communication including the art of lip reading, and has been running her reputation management consultancy with her business partner and husband since 1998.

Her career spans both internal departments and various top consultancies, and is dominated by working with international and local organisations that are leaders in their fields.

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Gavin Moffat

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Attendee Feedback for Gavin:
Dynamic. Thought provoking. Engaging. Captivating. Perky entertainer. Informative. Awesome presenter.

Gavin is a speaker, writer and common sense evangelist. As the co-founder and pothole spotter of join.the.dots, he teaches game-changing techniques for busting through “it’s complicated”, cultivating clear thinking and boosting common sense.

He shares tools, thinking techniques and questions through speaking, writing, training, consulting and coaching. The kind of thinking that challenges accepted norms and leads to those crucial “aha” moments that translate into clarity, new skills and shifts in people’s productive and effective work lives.

Gavin is a not-so-active technical diver, former-microlight pilot and former-SCUBA instructor. He is also a composer of electronic music and author of “Swimming with Sharks - Simple business guidelines for a complex world”.

Some of the great people we’ve trained

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