Walking home this evening, after an intense day focused with workshops on social innovation and web tech, it struck me how siloed these 2 worlds are when they have such potential to integrate. Both are developing their own methodologies and frameworks to become more efficient and increase the possibility of success, yet both show possible [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Australia'
Best of both world’s, but how to integrate?
September 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Social Innovation, entrepreneur, technology
Tags: Australia·change·collaboration·community·connection·contribution·human behaviour·needs·Social justice·technology·Web
Power to the people
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
Going into this election it felt like a mass wave of disapproval across the country of the way the election campaign had become “a fight between 2 dogs” as Rob Oakshott so eloquently put it. The outcome, of a hung parliament, was a great way of the people demonstrating this dissatisfaction. Before voting, I worried [...]
Tags: Australia·change·collaboration·community·connection·contribution·government·human behaviour·needs·Social justice·Social Media·Sydney·technology·Web
Change Politics in Australia
August 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Politics
Australia now has it’s first hung parliament in 70 years. The people spoke and told our politicians they were unhappy with the way they conduct themselves and the way this campaign was run. But can it change? And, if it does, can we maintain it? As many of you who follow my tweets and read [...]
Tags: Australia·change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·Environment·government·human behaviour·local·Social Media
Everyone’s talking at Sydney’s first Social Innovation BarCamp
August 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Social Innovation, entrepreneur, personal development
Saturday, the 14th of August, 2010 was the inaugural BarCamp discussing Social Innovation. An interesting and diverse range of people participated in conversation and activity throughout the day. “the vision for running the Social Innovation BarCamp is to provide a place for people to engage. There are many intelligent and effective people, from various fields, across the [...]
Tags: Australia·change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·empowerment·entrepreneur·Environment·government·growth·local·needs·Social justice·Social Media·spirituality·Sydney·technology·Web·web development
The green future makers & the politicians
July 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Environment, sustainability
Australia is behind the rest of the world when it comes to developing sustainable energy. Yet we lead, especially in Asia, in education and research. Why is this? How can we make progress in these areas? Monday night was an interesting mix of the Future Makers documentary ~ Australians leading the way in sustainable energy, and [...]
Tags: Australia·change·climate change·collaboration·communication·community·connection·contribution·entrepreneur·Environment·government·technology
