A group of Young Public Service Leaders were lucky enough to have a first look at Spacecubed mid construction and hear about some of the great organisations and individuals that will be working in the space. The group had a complete tour of the space, and were able to ask any questions to the SiiWA team, before heading to the Supreme Court Gardens to hear a presentation from Brodie McCulloch, ‘Deliberately Co-creating Western Australia’s Future’.

During the presentation, Brodie highlighted that Western Australia is experiencing rapid growth which provides enormous opportunity to position the State as a global leader in a range of industries and sectors. But, as a state, we need to understand what the vision for the future is, where we will get it from. How we want Western Australia to be recognised in 30 years time. The group were able to ask Brodie questions, and how Spacecubed will be able to allow for this vision to be realised and achieved.

“Community, Business, Not for Profit and Government need to be working to co-design, co-create and co-deliver the mechanisms, organisations and systems that are going to meet growing demands and deliberately build a Western Australia we want to see…let’s get started now.”  – Brodie McCulloch

After the presentation, the group were able to move on to Helvetica, for a chance to mingle and enjoy a drink and nibbles together. The event was organised by Institute of Public Administration Australia and we thank them for their hard work in making it happen.

Tamsin Jones has delivered social innovation initiatives in Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa and Zambia.  Her extensive experience and networks in sustainability practice and in advancing social entrepreneurship has spanned leading and designing social impact programmes and strategies for corporates in the area of social responsibility, government agencies and mothers2mothers – a HIV-prevention NGO that now reaches 20% of HIV positive women who are pregnant globally.

Most recently Tamsin conducted research for Shell Foundation that examined the growth potential for a potential asset class of funds that provides “missing middle” growth financing to small to medium businesses in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tamsin holds an MBA from the University of Oxford with a concentration on Social Finance and Social Entrepreneurship.  She was awarded a scholarship from Oxford’s Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship http://bit.ly/a8elWp.  Tamsin is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Tamsin’s presentation will provide many examples of social entrepreneurship from her experiences in the UK and Africa in order to examine the key trends in social entrepreneurship practice globally.  Topics will include scale and systems change and the emerging “impact investing” asset class.

Location:

CUSP Institute, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle

Time:

Thursday 24 November
11.30am-12.30pm

Please join us for morning tea at 11am

Every year, the WA Public Sector Innovation Action Plan Working Group hold an event, and the topic this year is ‘Collaborative Partnerships in Action.’ It is a full day workshop that showcases current public sector innovation projects, and encourages everyone who attends to gain ideas and insights from one another regarding the public sector, local government, not for profit and private sectors.

Public Sector Innovation Workshop

This annual event is one of five key initiatives being progressed by the WA Public Sector Innovation Action Plan Working Group.

The focus this year will be on the external relationships forged by and with the WA Public Sector to achieve common goals. This year’s topic is “Collaborative Partnerships in Action” and focuses on creating an enabling environment to achieve citizen centric outcomes.

This theme is consistent with the Government’s Putting the Public First and Reducing the Red Tape Taskforce Reports which identify a need for collaborative partnerships to achieve citizen centric outcomes.

This full day workshop will showcase current public sector innovation projects and encourage participants to gain ideas, insights and know-how on creating innovative citizen centric collaborations between the public sector, local government, the not-for-profit and the private sectors. Ideas around how and where these important sectors can collaborate will be further pursued as part of a workshop.

Topics Include

• The role of government in creating an innovation environment and its importance.
• The opportunities of the National Broadband Network roll out in WA.
• Crowd sourcing as a tool to transform government data to relevant services for people.
• Social innovation and how its transforming the lives of families in South Australia.
• How we can co-create and co-design solutions in WA.
• Tools to make us and our organisations more innovative.

Hear From

Hon. David Bartlett 
Director
Explore Consulting Pty Ltd

Brodie McCulloch
Managing Director
Social innovation in Western Australia (SiiWA)

Dr Terry Cutler

David Shi
Project Manager / Research Analyst Transport Management Centre
NSW Department of Transport
Kaggle Competition for the Predictive Travel Time for the M4 Motorway: Positive Outcomes and Lessons Learnt

Carolyn Curtis
Family by Family – Designed with and delivered by families

Alex Roberts
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Intertwined Innovation: How innovation both enables and requires new ways of working together

Who Should Attend?

Anyone in the public, private or not-for-profit sectors, as well as Higher Education Institutions, interested in identifying and exploring common collaborative opportunities with public agencies and authorities in WA.

Why?

• Hear about current examples and gain an understanding of what collaborative innovation can look like.
• Share your ideas for the role and direction of innovation and collaboration within and with the WA public sector.
• Use the opportunity to share the key innovation priorities relevant to your organisation and your ideas for collaborative innovation.
• Identify possible joint projects and relevant contributors and partners.

Results of the workshop will be documented and provided in a report to all director generals and chief executive officers for consideration in relation to their own department’s business.  The report will also be made publicly available online.  This information will also be used to feed into the review of the Action Plan.

Date & Time - 24 November 2011 - 8:30am – 4:00pm

Venue - Burswood on Swan – 1 Camfield Drive Burswood

Cost - $95.00

Register Now

With a theme of ‘co-operative enterprises build a better world’ the UN International Year of Co-operatives will bring co-operatives across the globe together to campaign for a ‘better’ business model.

Co-operatives are the businesses that deliver services and products through a socially responsible business structure. In 2012, co-operatives, credit unions, mutuals and member owned businesses across Australia will be celebrating their achievements and putting the building blocks in place to grow the sector beyond 2012.

Perth – 23 November 2011 (6-7pm)

TACSI initiative Family by Family is a new model for family support, which links up families who’ve been through tough times with families still facing tough times who want life to get better.

This radically different model to support families in stress was co-designed with families in South Australia and is now spreading to more places in SA.

Family by Family director Carolyn Curtis is visiting Perth and will talk about the journey taken with these families, and what they can teach us about providing family support.

Venue: Ernst & Young Lecture Theatre, UWA Business School

RSVP by email to: sonia.nolan@uwa.edu.au.

On December 3, the Dreamfit Foundation will host its inaugural ‘dreamDAY’ community festival featuring a variety of free inclusive sport, recreation and art activities.

Celebrating United Nations’ International Day of People with Disability the day will offer a range of activities hosted by disability service providers, community groups and clubs. The activities will be suitable for all ages and abilities.

The Dreamfit Foundation specialises in “Designing Dreams for People with Disabilities through Innovative Engineering Solutions”.

Throughout 2011 Dreamfit has engaged hundreds of UWA engineering students and professional engineers to develop a range of exciting equipment and vehicles including hovercrafts, ski boats, off road vehicles and more custom built for people with disabilities to enjoy.

dreamDAY marks the official unveiling of these projects and is a great chance for all members of the community to come down and have a go! And to help make the day extra special we have also invited a full range of disability support organisations and sporting clubs who will also be showcasing activities and opportunities for people of all ages and abilities.

The dreamDAY community festival is a free event being held on the 3rd of December at McCallum Park on the Swan River foreshore, running from 12 noon to 4pm.

Further details can be found at www.dreamday.org.au

The Global Community Forum 2011

On Monday September 26th we have the first of our semi-regular sundowners when someone is in town or someone from around town wants to start a conversation around emerging trends in the Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise space. The format will be a 15 – 20 min talk, some questions then meeting other social entrepreneurs and people doing great stuff around Perth and WA.

We are tentatively calling this “Social Session”…if you can think of a better name let us know…details below:

Session

In a hyperconnected world, innovation is happening at a quicker rate and beyond the boundaries of physical spaces. The best of innovation will happen at the convergences of people, resources and institutional support. The traditional structure of institution will become obsolete and innovation will not be led by those we traditionally view as “geniuses”.

So what does this mean for social entrepreneurs and social innovation? How can we harness this hyperconnectedness for social good and social change, and more importantly, how can we accelerate social innovation in a rapidly changing, hyperconnected economy?

For

• Social Entrepreneurs
• Social Intrapreneurs (Entrepreneurs within big orginations e.g. government, corporates)
• Forward thinkers and change makers

Presenter

Ehon Chan has passion for entrepreneurial and innovative approaches to social impact. His work has focused on harnessing the social impact of digital technology and new media for social change. As the co-founder of News Unlimited, Youth Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Brisbane and GetClassmate, he has been known as a social entrepreneur, innovator, “digital branding professional” (news.com.au) and named one of the “world’s most inspiring young achiever and innovator under 30″ (Sandbox Network). He is currently the Founder and Chief Executive of Spur Projects, a startup in its incubation stage.

When and Where

Location: TBA

Time / Date: 6:00pm – Monday 26th September

Cost: Free but RSVP required (drinks and food can be purchased)

RSVP Required below but you dont need to print off the ticket and bring it with you…we just need numbers.

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The Social Enterprise Study Tour 2012 program offers an insight into some of the UK’s best social enterprises. Even more importantly, you get to meet the people that drive them.

Two site visits are made each day (am and pm sessions). Additional opportunities to network with social entrepreneurs will be available in workshop and informal (cocktail) formats. And of course, you will participate in the UK’s largest social enterprise conference with 1300 other delegates and over 300 exhibitors.

Participation in site visits is entirely at your discretion. If there are other groups you would like to visit independently, then we will do everything we can to assist you in making those arrangements.

The basic parameters of SEST[12] are:

• 11 day tour plus 3 travel days
• Depart Sat 24 March—Return Fri 6 April, 2012
• Fully guided tour of selected social enterprises in London and Edinburgh
• Participation in the UK’s Biggest Social Enterprise Event—Voice 12
• Economy air travel with Qantas and British Airways (up-grade available)
• 4 star hotel accommodation
• All airport transfers and ground transport provided

Social Enterprise Study Tour 2012