We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the unconference tomorrow.
OPENING SPEAKER
We will be kicking off at 10am in Central Lecture Block (E19) with a talk about Social Innovation as Storytelling from Davy Knittle
Bio: Davy Knittle - is a 2011-2012 Thomas J. Watson Fellow at work on a project entitled: Cities in Transition [...]
Continue Reading →Talking Sydney:
Sydney is a dynamic city. It is diverse in cultures, rich in natural beauty and growing at a fast pace.
This growth presents as many opportunities as it does problems around providing servcies such as transport, energy and water as well as access to housing, education, food and medical care.
Huge thanks to the speakers at our ‘lightning talks’ at our recent unconference, we really appreciate their efforts in sharing their remarkable and inspiring stories:
Carla McGrath of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence Kate Harris of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership Karalee Evans formerly of Headspace Lauren [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks again for being a part of all of the recent Social Innovation Sydney events.
It’s been a great start to 2011, a stronger community, connections, collaborations and opportunities for us all to strengthen Social Innovation in Sydney.
The February Barcamp was a great success: recap here
The sold out Economics of Happiness film screening brought together [...]
Continue Reading →One of the exercises that we did with the group at the recent Social Innovation Startup Camp was to create elevator pitches for our ideas.
In the spirit of this Michelle has been working on an elevator pitch for Social Innovation Sydney. We’d love to get some feedback on it:
“Hi, I’m Michelle [...]
Continue Reading →While the Economics of Happiness film explores the effects of economic globalisation it also uncovers solutions through localisation (tickets and details here).
We would like to introduce the special guests who will take part in the panel following the screening:
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the co-director of the Continue Reading →
Here are some thoughts from back in 2006, when Facebook was still the province of early adopters, from Professor John Quiggin. This piece was originally published on Crooked Timber, reproduced here with kind permission from Prof. Quiggin.
He raises some interesting questions about why people participate in the creation of goods by means [...]
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