Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead In January this year, over fifty people came tog [...]
In this one-day workshop at Hub Melbourne, the good folk from Huddle Design will introduce you to the approach of design thinking and service design in developing projects with positive social impact [...]
Last year I attended a rapid prototyping workshop at Deloitte Digital in Melbourne, run by CEO Pete Williams and Innovation Manager Simon Townsend. The workshop was designed to demonstrate the rap [...]
I’m amazed at how quickly I see life changing around me. New ways of working, new ways to do business, new ways of sharing and new ways to connect. I remember playing on my old Commodore 64 n [...]
The inaugural meetup for the Social Change Collaboratory Melbourne was one of those nights I’ll always remember; a room filled with more than 50 of Melbourne’s bright sparks who want to make a diff [...]
Our next meetup is Monday 7 February 2011 at Hub Melbourne. We'll be hosting a #rapidworkshop run by Pete Williams from Deloitte Digital. For details, and to RSVP, go to: http://meetup.com/social-cha [...]
[Original Post 5 January 2011] The idea for a regular meetup of social change agents/architects/artists came about as the concept for Doing Something Good unfolded mid-2010, no doubt inspired by [...]
[Original Post 31 December 2010] Excellent primer on networks, emergence and social change by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze of the Berkana Institute. An inspiration for the development of [...]
[Original Post 5 December 2010] Connecting people and organisations doing something good is essential to an impactful and resilient social sector. Face-to-face and online conversations between t [...]
[Original Post 23 November 2010] If you work for/have your own not-for-profit or social enterprise, and you're interested in discussing collaborative opportunities in 2011 please join us at Kinfolk C [...]