The program will introduce the Social Return on Investment (SROI) method, how it works in practice and how it will improve the organisations performance, as well as the importance of involving stakeholders. It will also provide an introduction and overview of social impact.

It is suitable for leaders and managers from the third sector / not-for-profit and social investment sectors, who want to grasp a better understand of SROI, and how to apply the principles within their own organisation. The focus will be on best practice internationally in the measurement SROI, especially in the UK and the US. The 7 principles for measuring social impact will be introduced, along with Social Impact mapping.

The Presenter of the day will be Jeremy Nicholls, who became the Chief Executive of the SROI network in the UK in 2008. He has written many guides to SROI, and developed the SROI primer with the London Business School.

Duration : 10 am-2.30 pm (lunch included)
Date: Thursday 15 March, 2012

Fee : $300 including gst / $200 including gst (not-for-profit organisations)

Venue : Geraldton Universities Centre
Places are strictly limited.

To register – Contact Tiambra at the Geraldton Universities Centre : 08 9920 4400 / reception@guc.edu.au

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Dr Alex Nicholls, together with the Centre for Social Impact (UWA) and the Department for Communities, is presenting a public lecture on his insights on Social Entrepreneurship: Context and Challenges with the Perth Community, Dr Nicholls is one of the worlds leading thinkers in social enterprise and innovation, and lectures in Social Entrepreneurship in the Saïd Business School at University of Oxford. He is also widely published in these areas.

The lecture will encourage further thinking in the development of social enterprises, especially as the Western Australian Government’s reform agenda continues to roll out for the not-for-profit sector.

The lecture is on April 12, 2012, at the Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre in the University of Western Australia. To register, and for more details, go to http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/school/eventregistration or call 6488 8561.

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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.

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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.

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Mashable has a good summary if you want the short version.

Part One

Part Two

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*****Date has been changed for event to March 26th http://www.tedxwhadjuk.com/*****

MOTIVATED by a desire to get people inspired, informed, and engaged with world-shaping, life-changing ideas — TEDxWhadjuk is starting in Perth next month.

Held at the University of Western Australia on March 26th, the locally-flavoured program of events will present speakers offering free knowledge on topics as diverse as the future of social media, attitudes towards Aboriginal people and biodiversity.

Mack truck accident survivor and subsequent triathlete champion, Jasmin Dillon will be speaking from experience on the power of the mind and bodily energy to facilitate positive change.

With a catch-cry of “ideas worth spreading”, TEDx is a program of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience http://www.ted.com/ .

Western Australia’s reputation as a rapidly expanding mining and infrastructure hub has long drawn attention from social, community and government groups alike.

With this in mind, TEDxWhadjuk organisers have posed a key question –   “With resources and wealth comes responsibility – so what is YOUR idea worth spreading?”

Keep following SiiWA for more updates on TEDxWhadjuk (Whadjuk is the traditional, indigenous name for the Perth region) and a full list of speakers and topics.

For more information about the event, visit the website at http://www.tedxwhadjuk.com/.

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Something to watch about social networking for social good from Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes spoke….and remember the hashtag is #socialgood

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More from the Canadian Centre for Social Innovation -

Definitions of social innovation abound and a casual observer can quickly become entangled in a debate over meaning and nuance. We’re not too hung up about it so we’ve adopted a simple working definition: Social Innovation refers to new ideas that resolve existing social, cultural, economic and environmental challenges for the benefit of people and planet. A true social innovation is systems-changing – it permanently alters the perceptions, behaviours and structures that previously gave rise to these challenges.

Even more simply, a social innovation is an idea that works for the public good.

Social innovations come from individuals, groups or organizations, and can take place in the for-profit, nonprofit and public sectors. Increasingly, they are happening in the spaces between these three sectors as differing approaches collide to spark new ways of thinking about the challenges we all face.

The Centre for Social Innovation operates here, in the spaces between sectors and among individuals, projects and organizations. We’re creating new spaces to foster social innovation by bringing together a mix of people, services, strategies and ideas.

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We will be releasing more information about the structure of the day soon (which is sure to be interactive and really drive where we are heading in WA) however we would like to hear what people would like to achieve on the day.

Please write a comment below or tweet to us on twitter.

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