Hello! My name is Ehon Chan.
I’m a researcher, strategist, thinker and do-er.
I have passion for people who are inspired to create change, and creating opportunities for these people to change their own world.
I observe the world and create new ways of doing things or new things to make a better world. I get excited by emerging technologies and new media, especially harnessing the power of technology and its impact on humans to drive change.
Check out some of the projects I have worked on here and if you’d like to work together, get in touch.
You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Extended Bio
“… the brain behind the blasphemy.” — The Age, December 2011
Ehon Chan has been known as a social entrepreneur, innovator, “digital branding professional” (news.com.au), “Top 100 Most Influential People in Melbourne” (The Age) and one of the “world’s most inspiring young achiever and innovator under 30” (Sandbox Network).
He has passion for entrepreneurial and innovative approaches to social change that is both equitable and sustainable. His work has focused on harnessing the social impact of digital technology and new media for the greater good. Ehon also has extensive experience working with the government, corporate and social sector as a consultant, educator, and advisor on projects related to engagement, community development, digital technology, new media and campaigning.
Having grown up in a developing country, Ehon’s motivations are simple and compelling. He has seen first hand the inequalities life and society can bring. He has experienced loss and grief at a personal and community level. It is these life experiences that drive him to make the world a better place to live in.
Ehon has led numerous community development and literacy projects throughout South East Asia before the age of 18. In 2009, Ehon co-founded News Unlimited, Brisbane’s leading digital entertainment magazine, and in 2010, he co-founded Youth Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation (YES) Brisbane, Brisbane’s first incubator program for young entrepreneurs and changemakers. In 2011, Ehon created the campaign, “Soften the Fck Up” with a group of young men and co-founded TeacherTime (formerly GetClassmate), an educator-to-educator marketplace for educators to share teaching resources.
In 2009 and 2010, Ehon also worked as a strategist with Inspire USA Foundation in collaboration with the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Ad Council (USA) to launch the multi-million dollar “We Can Help Us” campaign – generating hope for millions of young teens going through difficult times in the US. He also worked with Epic Change to launch To Mama With Love and Epic Thanks, raising over $100,000 to invest into several outstanding impactful changemakers in some of the world’s most remote areas. Both campaigns have also been nominated and won several international awards.
Ehon won the Bronze Award and was awarded the national Certificate of Merit (Youth) in 2002. In 2003, he was conferred the Meritorious Service Medal and in 2007, the Merdeka Award by the Australia-Malaysia Business Council for contribution to the social, economic and professional growth of both countries. In 2009, he was named “one of the world’s most inspiring young achiever and innovator under 30” by the Sandbox Network. In 2011, he was awarded the Suicide Prevention Australia’s LIFE Award, named one of the three finalists in the Queensland Mental Health Achievement Award, named “Young and Influential” by Shoe String Launch Magazine and the “Top 100 most influential, inspirational, provocative and creative people” in Melbourne by The Age’s Melbourne Magazine.
Ehon currently serves as an Advisory Board member for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s PlanBig and Exec Board Member for Opti-MINDS Incorporated.