Developing a National Community Disaster Organisation in Australia Citizen and Community Leadership in Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
The corporatisation of community organisations and not-for-profits has been a strong trend in Australia since the 1980s. Many organisations with a history of more than four decades are now barely recognisable to their founders and early participants. Some have transformed their culture and identities to become large-scale service delivery contractors for governments. Some that began life as charities have made revolutionary changes to their understanding of philanthropy and charity, and now call their donors 'investors'.
FIGMENT Geelong is part outdoor interactive arts exhibit, grassroots community arts festival and social experiment; a unique event that offers participants the chance to express their creativity and entrepreneurialism. Click here to Submit a Project.
FIGMENT Geelong, the international debut of the collaborative arts event, will take place in Johnstone Park, Geelong Victoria, 23-24 March, 2013.
FIGMENT Geelong is part outdoor interactive arts exhibit, grassroots community arts festival and social experiment; a unique event that offers participants the chance to express their creativity and entrepreneurialism. Click here to Submit a Project.
Definition of success:
As many utterances of "What else don't I know?" as possible
What makes your project innovative?:
FIGMENT offers free, inclusive and participatory art to entire communities, removing the barriers of museum and gallery walls and entrance fees and blurring the lines between those who create and those who enjoy art. FIGMENT embodies the belief that everyone can make something of artistic value and that the arts can build a community of our best selves. Click here for more information on why FIGMENT.
FIGMENT Geelong is a two-day event designed to promote creativity, spontaneity, collaboration, dynamic communication and lots of fun! Scheduled artists and projects will mix with spur-of-the-moment contributors who choose to bringing small and easy artworks that do not need scheduling or placement to FIGMENT Geelong.
We FIGMENT Geelong invite proposals for interactive art of all mediums from local and regional artists. It can be anything at all: an installation, performance art, dance and video or anything else you can dream up. FIGMENT Geelong will showcase a diverse range of interactive and collaborative works. The selected works will highlight the 11 principles that FIGMENT Geelong is based on.
What do you need help with?:
You can get involved by helping to produce, promote or participate in the event.
FIGMENT Geelong is now calling for projects in a wide variety of categories such as, interactive installations, participatory performance, games, costuming, activities, sound and video art, workshops and anything else the mind can envision. FIGMENT Geelong is an innovative alternative space for art, where the only limit is the imagination.
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For a mere $2,300 for two days, corporatised charities and NFPs can learn about Improving Social Outcomes at an event present by the Centre for Social Impact and Criterion in February 2013. http://confreg.criterionconferences.com/socialoutcomes/agenda/
Social Change through Civil Society Politics - Meet our International Council
Around the world politics is in disrepute. It has become detached from society, and divorced from those who seek social change. How can these two things be rejoined?
Phillip Blond in conversation with Cheryl Kernot of the Centre for Social Impact on a New Politics (35 minutes talk). The new politics described by Phillip Blond is exactly the opposite politics to the Australian Democrats under Cheryl Kernot's leadership. The Democrats were based on social liberalism and economic statism: Blond's new politics is social conservatism and genuinely free-market, pluralised economics. Precisely the opposite! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG6KWo_QgdU
