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Two thoughts shaping an entrepreneurial culture
Two ideas which we believe influence entrepreneurial behaviour:
Firstly, what we talk about has a profound affect on what we are able to achieve.
Secondly, our most precious resource is each other; it is also our most underutilised resource.
What do you think? What matters the most?
Share your thoughts: ideas@socialalchemy.com.au
Two thoughts shaping an entrepreneurial culture
Two ideas which we believe influence entrepreneurial behaviour:
Firstly, what we talk about has a profound affect on what we are able to achieve.
Secondly, our most precious resource is each other; it is also our most underutilised resource.
What do you think? What matters the most?
Share your thoughts: ideas@socialalchemy.com.au
Partnership Now!
Last week I attended the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco.
One of the stand-out take-aways was the Partnership Now! tool to bring design thinking into collaborative engagements.
A great source of material for entrepreneurial partnerships- use this during Global Entrepreneurship Week to make easy and simple events. No cost, very little to organise, and you take away the beginnings of a collaborative engagement.
Visit www.unleashingideas.com.au. Coming soon!
Partnership Now!
Last week I attended the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco.
One of the stand-out take-aways was the Partnership Now! tool to bring design thinking into collaborative engagements.
A great source of material for entrepreneurial partnerships- use this during Global Entrepreneurship Week to make easy and simple events. No cost, very little to organise, and you take away the beginnings of a collaborative engagement.
Visit www.unleashingideas.com.au. Coming soon!
Register your events!
Planning an event for Global Entrepreneurship Week?
No matter how small, make sure you register the event on the www.unleashingideas.org website.
Register your events!
Planning an event for Global Entrepreneurship Week?
No matter how small, make sure you register the event on the www.unleashingideas.org website.
Speednetworking with the Mob! Speednetworking comes to Redfern
Refern Community Centre was the most recent site for speednetworking. 22 October at lunchtime- the day was rainy, but that didn't deter a good turnout for the event.
How will you organise your next speednetworking event? Need some help? Contact us- ideas@socialalchemy.com.au
Speednetworking with the Mob! Speednetworking comes to Redfern
Refern Community Centre was the most recent site for speednetworking. 22 October at lunchtime- the day was rainy, but that didn't deter a good turnout for the event.
How will you organise your next speednetworking event? Need some help? Contact us- ideas@socialalchemy.com.au
Speednetwork the Globe! Australia's largest conversation about youth entrepreneurship. 18 November
Get involved and get connected in Australia's largest conversation about youth entrepreneurship.
Find an event near you, or better still create one! It is easy, and we can send you all the information you need.
In Sydney, the event will be held at First Fleet Park at Circular Quay during lunch-hour. Contact us for more information: ideas@socialalchemy.com.au.
Organise your own. It’s easy! All you need is 20 or so other people (even better if you don’t know each other!), a whistle and get ready to share ideas!Here’s some ideas for a location (don’t forget to ask for permission and acknowledge the organisation providing the venue):· Your school· University cafe · Local cafe· Shire or local council chambers· Foyer of a large businessIf you are organising an event- all power to you!- contact us and let us know so we can share the details with others. Good luck.
Remember the three golden rules of speednetworking:
1. where possible, go with someone you don't know or don't know how they see a situation.
2. keep it fun
3. no double dating! you must move on to another partner after each exchange.
Speednetworking works best with intervals of three minutes. Blow a whistle at the end of each interval which is the signal to find another partner. Frame the event with a question: for example- "what opportunities can we create for young entrepreneurs?"
Send photos, video, stories to us! ideas@socialalchemy.com.au.
Speednetwork the Globe! Australia's largest conversation about youth entrepreneurship. 18 November
Get involved and get connected in Australia's largest conversation about youth entrepreneurship.
Find an event near you, or better still create one! It is easy, and we can send you all the information you need.
In Sydney, the event will be held at First Fleet Park at Circular Quay during lunch-hour. Contact us for more information: ideas@socialalchemy.com.au.
Organise your own. It’s easy! All you need is 20 or so other people (even better if you don’t know each other!), a whistle and get ready to share ideas!Here’s some ideas for a location (don’t forget to ask for permission and acknowledge the organisation providing the venue):· Your school· University cafe · Local cafe· Shire or local council chambers· Foyer of a large businessIf you are organising an event- all power to you!- contact us and let us know so we can share the details with others. Good luck.
Remember the three golden rules of speednetworking:
1. where possible, go with someone you don't know or don't know how they see a situation.
2. keep it fun
3. no double dating! you must move on to another partner after each exchange.
Speednetworking works best with intervals of three minutes. Blow a whistle at the end of each interval which is the signal to find another partner. Frame the event with a question: for example- "what opportunities can we create for young entrepreneurs?"
Send photos, video, stories to us! ideas@socialalchemy.com.au.
Special Thanks to the Global Sponsors
Global Sponsors for Global Entrepreneurship Week are applauded for stepping up to enable this initiative to unleash ideas.
Global Sponsors are:
IBM
Ernst & Young
NYSE Euronext
In Australia, we value the support from IBM and Ernst & Young in making this possible.
In particular, we also recognise Avant Card and Ernst & Young for making it possible to distribute postcards for the week across the nation.
Special Thanks to the Global Sponsors
Global Sponsors for Global Entrepreneurship Week are applauded for stepping up to enable this initiative to unleash ideas.
Global Sponsors are:
IBM
Ernst & Young
NYSE Euronext
In Australia, we value the support from IBM and Ernst & Young in making this possible.
In particular, we also recognise Avant Card and Ernst & Young for making it possible to distribute postcards for the week across the nation.
How to Build a Better Mousetrap
This week I was fortunate to attend the Powerhouse Museum Life Fellows Dinner. Professor Ron Johnston from the Australian Centre for Innovation received the honour of Life Fellow for 2008- congratulations Professor Johnston!
The Powerhouse Museum is full of surprises. What I like most about it is the multi-disciplinary approach it takes encompassing a vast collection. It plays a special role in nurturing creativity and innovation.
Chris Russell, judge of the ABC The New Inventors program spoke about a display at the Castle Hill site- a mousetrap making machine.
It makes you think...how to build a better mousetrap. Inspiration for an event during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Share your ideas: ideas@socialalchemy.com.au
How to Build a Better Mousetrap
This week I was fortunate to attend the Powerhouse Museum Life Fellows Dinner. Professor Ron Johnston from the Australian Centre for Innovation received the honour of Life Fellow for 2008- congratulations Professor Johnston!
The Powerhouse Museum is full of surprises. What I like most about it is the multi-disciplinary approach it takes encompassing a vast collection. It plays a special role in nurturing creativity and innovation.
Chris Russell, judge of the ABC The New Inventors program spoke about a display at the Castle Hill site- a mousetrap making machine.
It makes you think...how to build a better mousetrap. Inspiration for an event during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Share your ideas: ideas@socialalchemy.com.au
Sunrise Opening for Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week will start with a 'sunrise' opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on 17 November.
A breakfast with 100 invited guests will be held in the Circular Quay Terrace- space is limited, and it will be a room full of inspiring contacts- ideas and influence!
Are you going to be in Sydney and want to hear more? Contact us at ideas@socialalchemy.com.au and space permitting we will see if we can make space for you at this launch.
Some special surprise guests will be announced shortly.
Sunrise Opening for Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week will start with a 'sunrise' opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on 17 November.
A breakfast with 100 invited guests will be held in the Circular Quay Terrace- space is limited, and it will be a room full of inspiring contacts- ideas and influence!
Are you going to be in Sydney and want to hear more? Contact us at ideas@socialalchemy.com.au and space permitting we will see if we can make space for you at this launch.
Some special surprise guests will be announced shortly.
Speednetwork the Globe! with Oli Barrett
29 September saw Global Entrepreneurship Week launched in Australia with Oli Barrett pass through Sydney during his whistlestop tour taking in 12 countries in 21 days.
During his brief stay, he packed a lot in- breakfast at Bondi, bbq overlooking Sydney Harbour and some good kip!
Most importantly, the speednetworking event launching Global Entrepreneurship Week in Australia was a great success. Oli brings with him a great energy and enthusiasm, which opened up many conversations about how people were going to get involved during the week.
The British Consul-General, Mr Richard Morris, introduced Oli. Richard's experience and connections with UK trade relations with Australia provided a refreshing insight, particularly noting the genesis of Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2004 from the UK Enterprise Week.
Emma Isaacs provided an inspirational account of what it is like to be a young entrepreneur- Emma is the Chief Chick' at her company Business Chicks and Last Thursday Club.
How are you going to make your mark?
Speednetwork the Globe! with Oli Barrett
29 September saw Global Entrepreneurship Week launched in Australia with Oli Barrett pass through Sydney during his whistlestop tour taking in 12 countries in 21 days.
During his brief stay, he packed a lot in- breakfast at Bondi, bbq overlooking Sydney Harbour and some good kip!
Most importantly, the speednetworking event launching Global Entrepreneurship Week in Australia was a great success. Oli brings with him a great energy and enthusiasm, which opened up many conversations about how people were going to get involved during the week.
The British Consul-General, Mr Richard Morris, introduced Oli. Richard's experience and connections with UK trade relations with Australia provided a refreshing insight, particularly noting the genesis of Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2004 from the UK Enterprise Week.
Emma Isaacs provided an inspirational account of what it is like to be a young entrepreneur- Emma is the Chief Chick' at her company Business Chicks and Last Thursday Club.
How are you going to make your mark?
24 Days to Go and Counting!
Preparations for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Australia are really coming along!
Contact host organisation Social Alchemy on ideas@socialalchemy.com.au or 02 9332 1444 for more information, or visit the country website at www.unleashingideas.com.au.
Join up as a partner or member!
Get involved in events that are happening, or better still start your own!
Visit http://www.unleashingideas.com.au/page/resources.html
for more information and an information pack!
24 Days to Go and Counting!
Preparations for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Australia are really coming along!
Contact host organisation Social Alchemy on ideas@socialalchemy.com.au or 02 9332 1444 for more information, or visit the country website at www.unleashingideas.com.au.
Join up as a partner or member!
Get involved in events that are happening, or better still start your own!
Visit http://www.unleashingideas.com.au/page/resources.html
for more information and an information pack!
Signature Events Down Under
Global Entrepreneur Week Australia features two signature global initiatives and six signature national initiatives:· Signature Global Initiatives:o Unleash It!o Speed Network the Globe!· Signature National Initiatives:o Getting Started- Developing Your Ideao Make Your Mark Challengeo Ideas@Worko Social Entrepreneurs Dayo Inspiring the next generation- Ambassadors Programme
Signature Events Down Under
Global Entrepreneurship Week Australia features two signature global initiatives and six signature national initiatives:· Signature Global Initiatives:o Unleash It!o Speed Network the Globe!· Signature National Initiatives:o Getting Started- Developing Your Ideao Make Your Mark Challengeo Ideas@Worko Social Entrepreneurs Dayo Inspiring the next generation- Ambassadors Programme
Global Entrepreneurship Week Down Under- Influences
We-Think, the new book from renowned British innovation expert Charles Leadbeater, provides an influence on the conduct of GEW-Australia. GEW-Australia is more about having a national conversation inspiring opportunities and the ideas that will shape our tomorrow, more than just another ‘festival of ideas’. Leadbeater writes about the need for mass innovation in today’s world, moving on from trends of mass production which were common to last century. The need to collaborate increases the more people contribute, mobilising trends towards peer-to-peer ways of working and exploring the opportunities for open-source systems designed with an ethic of sharing. This presents a way of working that flouts conventional wisdom by creating a community that organises itself to create, share, test, reject and develop ideas.We-Think is a process of engaging in mass innovation that is high on participation and also high on collaboration.We-Think will not work where there is no core around which a community can form; where experimentation is costly and time-consuming, and so feedback slow; where decision-making becomes cumbersome or opaque, beset by complex rules; where the project fails to attract a large and diverse enough community. It will not take off if tools to add content are difficult to use; if contributors cannot connect to one another; if communities cannot govern themselves effectively and so either fracture or ossify.We-Think works only under certain conditions. Usually, a small group creates a kernel which invites further contributions. Its project must be regarded as exciting, intriguing and challenging by enough people with the time, means and motivation to contribute. Tools should be distributed, experimentation cheap and feedback fast, enabling a constant process of trialling, testing and refinement. The product should benefit from extensive peer review, to correct errors and ratify good ideas. Tasks should be broken down into modules around which small, close-knit teams can form, allowing a range of experiments to run in parallel. There should be clear rules for fitting the modules together and separating good ideas from bad. Ownership of the project must have a public component, otherwise the sharing of ideas will not make sense.[1]
GGlobal Entrepreneurship Week Down Under- Influences
We-Think, the new book from renowned British innovation expert Charles Leadbeater, provides an influence on the conduct of GEW-Australia. GEW-Australia is more about having a national conversation inspiring opportunities and the ideas that will shape our tomorrow, more than just another ‘festival of ideas’. Leadbeater writes about the need for mass innovation in today’s world, moving on from trends of mass production which were common to last century. The need to collaborate increases the more people contribute, mobilising trends towards peer-to-peer ways of working and exploring the opportunities for open-source systems designed with an ethic of sharing. This presents a way of working that flouts conventional wisdom by creating a community that organises itself to create, share, test, reject and develop ideas.We-Think is a process of engaging in mass innovation that is high on participation and also high on collaboration.We-Think will not work where there is no core around which a community can form; where experimentation is costly and time-consuming, and so feedback slow; where decision-making becomes cumbersome or opaque, beset by complex rules; where the project fails to attract a large and diverse enough community. It will not take off if tools to add content are difficult to use; if contributors cannot connect to one another; if communities cannot govern themselves effectively and so either fracture or ossify.We-Think works only under certain conditions. Usually, a small group creates a kernel which invites further contributions. Its project must be regarded as exciting, intriguing and challenging by enough people with the time, means and motivation to contribute. Tools should be distributed, experimentation cheap and feedback fast, enabling a constant process of trialling, testing and refinement. The product should benefit from extensive peer review, to correct errors and ratify good ideas. Tasks should be broken down into modules around which small, close-knit teams can form, allowing a range of experiments to run in parallel. There should be clear rules for fitting the modules together and separating good ideas from bad. Ownership of the project must have a public component, otherwise the sharing of ideas will not make sense.[1]
Global Entrepreneurship Week Down Under- the coalition
In Australia, a coalition of organisations each sharing a passion for engaging with and influencing youth issues will implement Global Entrepreneurship Week comprising:· Social Alchemy (host organisation)· The Frank Team· AIESEC· Vibewire· Richard Strudwick· 180 Degrees· Kere Kere· Erik Andersson As much as possible, events will be free to attend and based on voluntary participation.Events are designed to occur both within and outside of the school and workplace environment. This event is designed not to be disruptive to business performance or education, but rather to offer opportunities where these can be improved.Partnering organisations will be encouraged to participate in signature initiatives, conduct their own events, and even incorporate existing ‘off-the-shelf’ programs. The attraction is this provides a grass-roots and open-ended platform through which individuals and organisations alike can participate. Events can be informal in nature and could be as short as 30 minutes. Emphasis is placed on creative approaches which add a sense of fun and explore best practice in entrepreneurial thought and behaviour. Activities designed by young Australians for young Australians are strongly encouraged. All activities must be legal, safe, respectful of the environment, apolitical and encourage participation. Emphasis is toward a ‘fair go’ and making an effort.Each event will have a host, a designated location, specific objectives and clear start and end times. A free action pack will be developed with details on how to get involved and practical tips for running Enterprise Week events and networks. Requirements to be met by event hosts to ensure events are safe and coordinated within GEW are contained in the action pack.Participants will be asked to register for each event electronically.At the end of each event, evaluation will be sought from participants. Evaluation of the week will occur subsequent to the event.Employers, educators, government at all levels, parents, media and the broader community are requested to provide the encouragement and opportunities for participation by young Australians to transform their ideas into action.Businesses are able to contribute from any size or sector by providing opportunities for young Australians to consider innovative and entrepreneurial interventions.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Down Under- the coalition
In Australia, a coalition of organisations each sharing a passion for engaging with and influencing youth issues will implement Global Entrepreneurship Week comprising:· Social Alchemy (host organisation)· The Frank Team· AIESEC· Vibewire· Richard Strudwick· 180 Degrees· Kere Kere· Erik Andersson As much as possible, events will be free to attend and based on voluntary participation.Events are designed to occur both within and outside of the school and workplace environment. This event is designed not to be disruptive to business performance or education, but rather to offer opportunities where these can be improved.Partnering organisations will be encouraged to participate in signature initiatives, conduct their own events, and even incorporate existing ‘off-the-shelf’ programs. The attraction is this provides a grass-roots and open-ended platform through which individuals and organisations alike can participate. Events can be informal in nature and could be as short as 30 minutes. Emphasis is placed on creative approaches which add a sense of fun and explore best practice in entrepreneurial thought and behaviour. Activities designed by young Australians for young Australians are strongly encouraged. All activities must be legal, safe, respectful of the environment, apolitical and encourage participation. Emphasis is toward a ‘fair go’ and making an effort.Each event will have a host, a designated location, specific objectives and clear start and end times. A free action pack will be developed with details on how to get involved and practical tips for running Enterprise Week events and networks. Requirements to be met by event hosts to ensure events are safe and coordinated within GEW are contained in the action pack.Participants will be asked to register for each event electronically.At the end of each event, evaluation will be sought from participants. Evaluation of the week will occur subsequent to the event.Employers, educators, government at all levels, parents, media and the broader community are requested to provide the encouragement and opportunities for participation by young Australians to transform their ideas into action.Businesses are able to contribute from any size or sector by providing opportunities for young Australians to consider innovative and entrepreneurial interventions.
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More information coming soon about how Global Entrepreneurship Week will be unleashed in Australia to create a marketplace for ideas: IdeaGeneration.
Contact Matt Jones at Social Alchemy at matt.jones@socialalchemy.com.au for details.
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