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This is an important topic for our times! And it is an issue that has driven discussion and thinking at Social Innovation Sydney from the beginning. This film confronts the new reality facing brands in a world where transparency is there, whether they like it or not.

“Bad Companies Can’t Hide Behind Great Ads Anymore

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Thank-you to everyone who braved the torrential Sydney rain last night to watch Miss Representation and participate in the panel session afterward.

Special thanks to our panel members who provided thought provoking discussion:

Eva Cox AO (@evacox) – highly respected feminist, academic, and activist, whose work has informed and inspired a generation [...]

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The representation of women in media is an important issue for our times. To kick off in 2012 we’re screening a film to get us thinking, talking, and acting on the issue of women and how we are portrayed in the media.

Join us for a screening of the film and a panel discussion following.

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Our next Social Innovation UnConference is scheduled for Saturday 13 August 2011 at COFA in Paddington.

The theme is metamorphosis and it is Social Innovation Sydney’s first birthday!

We’ll be announcing the keynote speaker shortly (stay tuned it’s going to be interesting).

The agenda will include our traditional unconference [...]

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Food Inc screening - 28th July 2011 at COFA Sydney

The film will be followed by a panel discussion that featuring well known social enterprises and influencers who are redefining the local food industry:

The panel includes:

Julian Lee of Food Connect

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Just wanted to let you know about this event in Melbourne on June 11th, 2011:

Gathering ’11: To Build Better Futures brings together leading thinkers, change-makers and collaborators from across Australia and around the world to explore whatʼs possible, and develop ideas on how we can best solve todayʼs most pressing social and environmental [...]

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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

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This is a guest post from Neerav Bhatt who attended the Gartner Symposium in Sydney, this post is reproduced with permission:

I had a press pass to the 2010 Gartner Symposium/ITxpo and specifically made time to attend Craig Rispin’s session “How To Think Like a Futurist” as I’d heard he had some thought provoking [...]

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How can we build a public sector innovation system?  with Christian Bason:

Masterclass and Free Public Forum

Government and the public sector are key players in shaping and providing social services and decision making on behalf of citizens. But how can we make a public sector that is innovative and [...]

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In case you missed this talk by Steve Lawrence from ASIX at the BarCamp check it out now. He’s got some important ideas about what really matters.

Steve Lawrence Addresses at Social Innovation Sydney from ApostrophePong on Vimeo.

A big thank-you to Tony HollingsworthApostrophePong for the video.

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