social innovation
I was lucky enough to hear my friend Mark Pesce speak at the Social Innovation BarCamp in Sydney on 6 Nov and his talk, while entertaining, was also profound. Mark commenced by referring to mobile phones as "dream machines that deliver the desires of the material heart". Then
social innovation
After many weeks of planning with my co-conspirators Selena Griffith, Michelle Williams and Kim Chen we are finally on the eve of the second Social Innovation BarCamp. This venture was a leap of faith for us. At the start we did not know if anyone else had a passion for
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The next Social Innovation BarCamp is on and the theme is sustainable design! Click here to REGISTER NOW When: Saturday 6 November 2010 Time: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Where: COFA Paddington, Cnr of Oxford St and Greens Rd, Paddington, NSW 2021 [map] You can also follow on Twitter
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I've been a big supporter of the Plan Because I am a Girl campaign - if you haven't shared your story do it now! The other day @uskovic shared this video about the Girl Effect with me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw&
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A recent discovery for me is McKinsey & Company's new site What Matters. It is a thought provoking question and it is good to see it being tackled by McKinsey and their interesting array of authors. The things that matter change if we are considering big or small
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As they note on the Say No To Animals In Pet Shops website: "Approximately 130,000 dogs and 60,000 cats are killed at pounds every year. Unbelievable, eh?" So why not do something about it? There's a bunch of ways you can help listed here.
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I spent most of my youth and childhood hanging about in public libraries and reading their books. In fact I blame libraries for most of my quirks these days, since it was there that I was exposed to dangerous ideas from philosophers, historians and fiction authors. The local, school and
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As a child I read a story where the main character wanted to be a 'real boy' and not just a wooden puppet. And this choice between being a real person - who connects with other people and things in an open and organic way - and being
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We do not often share stories about our personal finances (except perhaps to boast of some great success?) but here are some hard won lessons I have learned. My parents were not great savers, subsisting from pay to pay in the way that many workers do. Thus I did not
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Each year, instead of making new year resolutions, I pick a theme for the year. That way when I get sidetracked (as often happens) I can simply return to the theme. Also with a theme there are often many different things I can do to support it. For 2009 my
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Today is Blog Action Day 2009 & the topic is climate change. Given the urgency of the issue of climate change and the upcoming international climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December, we think the blogosphere has the unique opportunity to mobilize millions of people around expressing support for finding a
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Goodness me, how quickly time passes. It is Blog Action Day on 15 October 2009. This year it is about Climate Change. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs