Tauranga Moana is grappling with complex social and environmental challenges requiring urgent attention. The change needed is transformational not incremental.
How can we do this together? What is the role of enterprise in solutions?
Come along to this Social Innovation workshop to:
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Discover the potential of impact entrepreneurs and their purposeful ventures to transform our communities.
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Learn how social change movements form and accelerate to manifest transformational change.
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Connect and collaborate with a diverse group of people, from organisations across the community to move towards addressing the challenges.
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Reflect on the impact you and/or your organisation can make.
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Find out who you can work with and/or alongside to turn Tauranga Moana’s social and environmental challenges into opportunities to better our region.
Hear real stories, connect with others, leave with greater clarity of your potential to create impact.
As diversity stimulates innovation, invited guests come from:
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Tangata whenua
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Social entrepreneurs
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Small business owners
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NFP leaders and champions
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Local and central government
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Funders & investors
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Education
Come and workshop along the following Social Innovators:
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Alex McCall, Co-founder Choice
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Himesh Chhima, Artist Well Sensered Food
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Natashia Lucas, Founder Fareshare
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Tia Lush, Founder STEMFest, WanaStem Trustee
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Debs Hanckock, Founder Riposte
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Callum Armstrong, Founder Manuka Essentials
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John Payne, Co-founder Good Neighbour
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Lisa Clausen, Business Development Leader, Interactionz
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This workshop is facilitated by Jill Borland, Impact & Change Strategist.
Jill is a system innovator and organisational change strategist, passionate about impacting the way we ‘do work’ in New Zealand to enable the wellbeing of all people to be at the centre of decision making at all levels.
Jill brings decades of experience in social innovation and change leadership in the contexts of people, organisational, business and community development across the public, community and private sectors. With a passion for systems change and seeing strategy and culture align around impact, her passion is to impact equity and mental wellbeing.
Jill works nationally and internationally and is proudly based in Christchurch with her whānau.
Recognised as a creative solution finder who combines strong engagement and relationship skills to facilitate collaboration and collective impact, Jill seeks to enable supportive and coordinated ecosystems for ‘growing good’.
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A Venture Centre event, as part of Groundswell Festival, thanks to Tauranga City Council.
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