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desert hub invites you to a launch and an event
As we kickstart 2012, the desert hub invites you to our launch and the social enterprise event of the year.
Launch – March 19th; and the Event – March 20th.
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CDEP, it is a changin’
The Community Development Employment Program is a longstanding and core element of government policy implementation in Aboriginal affairs. This is especially the case in remote Australia.
With advocates and detractors on both sides of the fence and a turbulent run …
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Ecopreneurship and Opportunities: Biodiversity Fund
Environmental entrepreneurship (or ecopreneurship) is closely aligned with the social enterprise movement, with social entrepreneurs seeking the same thing, a better world for us and future generations.
In common, is the approach and motivation to engage with a challenge, social or environmental, and see an opportunity.
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An interview with Muhammad Yunus
As the interviewer says, Muhamad Yunus is the “godfather” of social enterprise. With a Nobel Peace Prize, Grameen Bank – the leading example of micro-finance – and innumerable other social businesses to his name, this is a man worth listening …
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Funding: New Grants for Social Enterprises
The latest grants specifically for social enterprise have just been announced by the Westpac Foundation.
With 8 grants of $50,000 to support existing enterprises in 2012 – as a “reward for your sustainable business model” – the programme is worth a closer look.
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Funding Opportunity: Optus Regional Community Grants program 2011
The challenges of living and working in regional, remote and rural Australia could fill a library. Finding funding could perhaps fill one of those shelves. So it’s important to spread the word about money that’s specifically targeted at regional communities.
So …
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Upcoming Event: Indigenous Innovation Unconference (in Sydney)
There’s an interesting event happening in Sydney at the end of October, hosted by the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and Social Innovation Sydney.
This is a conversation that Central Australia should join, here’s the brief:
Bringing together …
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Upcoming events: Creative Commons information session
Creative Commons information session
11.30am – 1.00pm, 14 October, Screen Territory, The Old Courthouse, 27 Hartley Street, Alice Springs
Is Intellectual Property important in your work?
Creative Commons is a new way of managing copyright that has grown in popularity.…
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Course: The Power of Video – post-production course at CDU
There is little doubt that film is a powerful medium for telling a story.
For purpose-driven organisations or initiatives, the story of the difference you are making or intend to make is critical to gaining support and consolidating relationships.
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