David Hood
Free Agent at http://doingsomethinggood.com.au and http://bit.ly/SCCollab

Hello and welcome! We're very excited to announce the Mini Maker Faire Melbourne to be held on:   When: Saturday, January 14th 2012, from 10am until 4pm. Where: "The Atrium" at 27 John Street at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus. Address: 467 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC 3122.   This event is being brought to you...

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“Alex Steffen, a designing optimist, lays out the blueprint for a successful century.” -The New York Times

What does a sustainable future look like for the world's most liveable city? The latest climate science tells us we need to achieve carbon neutrality in...

Melbourne Friends, New Friends and Soon-to-Be-Friends--

These first three weeks in Melbourne have been an absolute blizzard of awesomeness. I've already met so many incredible people (and am looking forward to meeting the rest of you!). Everyone's been incredibly generous with invitations, advice, introductions and good times; so much so...

Co-working!

Come along for our final #socialmelb open coffee morning and breakfast meetup of 2011. Connect with amazing individuals from all over Melbourne, who are interested or working in the digital/social space.

We meet from 8am on the central table at 1000 £ Bend every Friday, rain, hail or shine – or all three in Melbourne!

For more information,...

George Bernard Shaw famously stated, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man (and woman).”
Unreasonable people make things happen. By their very nature they also transform - systems, lives, culture, and the...

Come CELEBRATE with us! Together this year WE have pioneered an awesome place and space for amazing co-working and collaboration! We started building Hub Melbourne towards the end of last year and earlier this year, we went all in and invested our sweat, hard work, money, time and lots of coffee into making Hub Melbourne what it is today. ...

Open Government Melbourne is proud to present a Digital Democracy Meetup with very special guests Chris Quigley from Delib (UK) and Eyal, Gautam, Luke and Matthew from OurSay.org.
Delib founder Chris Quiqley is in town to launch Delib Australia and share his experience in spreading digital democracy around the world through smart apps and...

You're invited to contribute further to the Co-Design of Hub Melbourne 2.0. Following the Imagining Hub 2.0 event that Village Well faciliated at Hub on 21st November they prepared a brief (available in full on the Yammer Member Platform) which was given to Hassell, our design partner.  Hassell has since met with the Hub Melbourne core team...

It's getting to the end of the year, and wow, what a ride!   We've been link wrangling in Melbourne since our launch in February, so thought it'd be nice to say a personal thanks to our loyal fetchees and friends through some Christmas Drinks.    We'll be meeting at ST ALi from 6pm on Monday 5 December. Come along for some...

If you build it, they will come. That's the theory behind Tramsessions' latest tram mission;­ getting the Foo Fighters to jam on a Melbourne tram.

Hit 'attending' to show your support, and we promise we won't rest until we get the Foo Fighters to jam on your tram.

It will be just like any other Tram Session; the Foo...

So, it's that time of year again and we've been a bit quiet of late!

To celebrate an amazing 2011 and our ongoing commitment to the digital community in Melbourne, we're holding our annual Christmas drinks meetup at Honey Bar in South Melbourne.

On Wednesday 30 November, from 6pm, you'll find new and old #socialmelb faces...

November's Collaboratory Melbourne meetup sees the launch of a new series of presentations, conversations and practical workshops on how we might not only change the world, but transform it.

John Blackburn AO, former Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, specialises in the field of Strategy, Systems Thinking and Organisational...

We've been discussing Co-working, Co-creating and the Future of Work with Brad Krauskopf (Hub Melbourne), Nathan Sampimon (Inspire9) and Adrian Pyle (Director of Relationships Innovation at the Uniting Church) for some time. Cameron Rambert (Genaus) has also set up a co-working space. We're getting together to discuss where co-working is...

Rain and SSE Melbourne Two invite you all to a weekend of connection, celebration and peer learning. Rain, David Hood, Daryl Taylor and other attendees will run informal workshops topics beneficial to social entrepreneurs and change makers.

Got a workshop idea or discussion topic? Just let Rain know, the topic, duration, how many people you...

In this workshop, you will explore techniques and tools to enable you to do more than just 'get things done', including how to:
Prioritise and make better decisions quickly
Filter the things that cross their path, and focus attention on things with value
Identify where you are spending your time and energy, and learn how to...

Share an evening with Paul Hawken, an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. From the age of 20 Paul has dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment.His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on...

Blessed Unrest in a Changing Climate
....working toward a just, sustainable and fulfilling future.

Share an evening with Paul Hawken, an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. From the age of 20 Paul has dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment.

His practice has...

Since December of last year, across the Middle East, dictatorial regimes have toppled and people power has triumphed. But what does this much-heralded wave of revolutionary fervour mean in the longer term? Amidst the strikes and protests, demonstrations and civil uprisings, is the ‘Arab Spring’ a turning point for resistance movements around...

We are running a session on web publishing and social media, focusing on the content and community side of www.bindarri.com.au
Bindarri is built using WordPress and Buddypress.
Come along to share skills and learn some.