Nela Dunato

Nela Dunato is an artist, designer, writer, and educator from Croatia. She’s been working as a visual communications designer since 2005, and has started her own design consultancy in 2013. Her focus is helping passion-driven businesses and non-profits to create expressive and meaningful brands and client experiences.

She’s the author of the book “The Human Centered Brand” that teaches service based business owners and creatives how to create an authentic brand and grow meaningful relationships with their clients.

She teaches in-person and online workshops on design, marketing, and creativity, and regularly speaks at local and international conferences.

Speaking experience:

1. “Design Clinic: Improve your Canva graphics” workshop (28 February 2024, online)
2. “Inclusive Productivity” workshop (23 September 2023, Rijeka, Croatia)
3. “Visual Journaling” workshop at the Art Expedition Event (20 September 2023, Krašograd, Croatia)
4. “Position Yourself as an Expert and Build a Powerful Human-Centered Brand” workshop (2 August 2023, online)
5. Branding workshop at Rijeka Startup Incubator (28 March 2023, Rijeka, Croatia)
6. Branding workshop at WorldChicago Profellows Alumni Day (25 March 2023, Zagreb, Croatia)
7. “Design Clinic: Improve your Canva graphics” workshop (28 September 2022, online)
8. “Branding & Design” workshop at Founder Institute Middle East (17 August 2022, online)
9. “Naming and Brand Identity Design Basics” workshop at Rijeka Startup Incubator (23 March 2022, Rijeka, Croatia)
10. Move It Forward Rijeka – sigurne i osnaŽENE (4 March 2022, Rijeka, Croatia)
11. Family Business Library (27 May 2021, Rijeka, Croatia)
12. “Making a living from creativity – The myths and the reality” (28 October 2021, Opatija) – Croatian, Video
13. Rikon 2021 conference (17–19 October 2021, Rijeka, Croatia)
14. “Branding Basics for Small Businesses” at Rijeka Startup Incubator (11 February 2021, Rijeka, Croatia)
15. “Challenges of a Graphic Designer” (20 April 2021, Polytechnic of Rijeka)
16. Wave 4 Tourism conference (30 September – 3 October 2021, Ika, Croatia)
17. ConTribution conference (12–13 February 2021, online) – Video
18. Futuricon – Eurocon 2020 conference (2–4 October 2020, online) – workshop
19. ACE! 2019 conference (23-24 May 2019, Krakow, Poland) – Talk and workshop – Video
20. WordCamp Europe 2018 conference (16 June 2018, Belgrade, Serbia) – Video
21. “Brendaonica” – social media branding workshop co-host (11 May 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
22. “Branding in the Travel Industry” workshop at Hubbazia – Creative Tourism Lab (24 April 2019, Opatija, Croatia)
23. “Branding & Creative Entrepreneurship” workshop at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (21 March 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
24. “Design Your Creative Process” workshop at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (24 January 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
25. “Naming and Brand Identity Design Basics” workshop at Rijeka Startup Incubator (27 February 2019, Rijeka, Croatia)
26. “Branding and Commercialization in the Travel Industry” workshop at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (13 December 2018, Rijeka, Croatia)
27. Lean on Yourself – Lean In Circle Osijek (16 November 2018, Osijek, Croatia)
28. Digital Olympus 2018 conference (20 September 2018, online)
29. Rikon 2018 conference (5–7 October 2018, Rijeka, Croatia) – Panelist & speaker
30. “Create a Resonant, Remarkable & Sustainable Brand” workshop – Stress Free Systems Summer School (24 July 2018, online)
31. Project Management Meetup Zagreb (14 February 2018, Zagreb, Croatia) – Video
32. “Logo Design Crash Course” workshop at the WebCamp Zagreb conference (5 October 2017, Zagreb, Croatia)
33. Rijeka City Library Business Corner (19 September 2017, Rijeka, Croatia)
34. WordCamp Zagreb 2017 conference (2 September 2017, Zagreb, Croatia) – Keynote, Best Speaker Award (voted by the audience) – Video
35. WordCamp London 2017 conference (19 March 2017, London, UK) – Video
36. Career Booster conference (5 March 2017, Rijeka, Croatia)
37. “Design Your Creative Process” workshop (3 March 2017, Rijeka, Croatia)
38. WebCamp Zagreb 2016 conference (29 October 2016, Zagreb, Croatia) – Video
39. WebTalks Rijeka Meetup (29 September 2016, Rijeka, Croatia)
40. WordCamp Split 2016 conference (3 September 2016, Split, Croatia) – Best Speaker Award (voted by the audience)
41. “Content marketing” workshop at Science and Technology Park Rijeka (4 February 2016, Rijeka, Croatia)
42. WordPress Meetup Zagreb #10 (27 November 2015, Zagreb, Croatia)