Event/Project Management Workshop

This Project Management Workshop offers an invaluable toolkit for you to build a framework for systematic planning, monitoring and reviewing to help you get and keep control of your work, improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce stress.

Highly regarded presenter, Jill Gael, returns with another session of her practical and realistic Managing Projects Workshop, in partnership with the Australia Business Arts Foundation. Make sure to bring all your realistic event frustrations and specific problems because that’s what Jill wants to work on with you.

The Program will cover:

·         Key elements from planning and scoping through to completion as well as what these and other things mean.

·         Best ways to work to meet timelines and be within budget.

·         How to keep project workers, volunteers and other stakeholders well informed and on track for success.

·         Ways to manage and minimise Identified risks.

·         How to be creative when something unplanned arises.

·         Wrapping up well.

·         Evaluating projects.

If you are on the committee or board of management, a paid or volunteer member of an event/arts organisation, then this is a terrific opportunity for you to pack your skills toolbox with a shed-full of tricks and techniques to enable your event to stand out in a crowded calendar.

Events Tasmania, as part of its Event Development Program, provides this workshop free for Tasmanian event/arts organisers. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are provided.

Launceston

Friday 1 July 2011

9.30am – 4.30pm

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery @Inveresk

2 Invermay Road, Inveresk

Parking is available in the main car park for $4 all day.

Hobart

Monday 4 July 2011

9.30am – 4.30pm

Royal Society Room,

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

19 Davey Street entrance (on water dock side of building)

Register at info@eventstasmania.com or 03 6237 6431 before Monday 20 June 2011. Places are filling fast.

For more details go to   http://www.eventstasmania.com/event_development_program/day_workshops/Managing_Projects_Workshop

The future of charity

Dan Pallotta is an enigmatic speaker and entrepreneur from the US who has been committed for many years to finding better ways to support not for profits. I was lucky enough to hear him speak in San Francisco last year and he really challenged the current situation for many community based organisations.
His book Charitable describes the inequity between profit making and charitable organisations and he suggests that there needs to be a complete shift in our thinking about giving and management.
So check out his website and the new venture he has began which combines ethics, non profits and marketing.

Branching Out has been working with two pilot organisations (Interweave Arts and TRA-K, a volunteer branch of Tasmanian Regional Arts based in Sheffield) to explore social enterprise and its’ potential to build sustainability, strength and new opportunities for the organisations.

Early in the project we identified the need for new approaches that could meet the needs of individuals and groups, as existing programs focused almost entirely on individual and organisational skill development. Our consultation indicated that this approach was not sustainable or realistic for many, especially given the amount of work that was already being undertaken. This situation was impacting on the capacity of the organisations to maintain current operations and expand programs and services.

Rather than operating as consultants or mentors, we developed and then implemented a facilitating and coaching service whereby people with the relevant skills became part of the groups and projects; injecting the right skills at the right time. The response from the pilots was immediate and we soon saw a ripple effect as they achieved many of their identified goals. These groups had already been contributing enormously to the cultural, social and economic life of their communities; they just needed a little assistance to go to the next stage.

The approach we have taken has elements similar to the Sirolli model whereby Enterprise Facilitators work with individuals and communities to develop enterprise. We have found there is a need for the type of work we have been doing and increased skills within Tasmania and a willingness to look at new models to respond to these needs. That's why we are partnering with TasCOSS to present the Sirolli training. It's not the only solution but it is a valuable addition to learning within the sector. If you are interested in undertaking the training please email tim@tascoss.org.au 

Future of social enterprise and the arts

We are being approached weekly by arts organisations interested in social enterprise and developing ideas that can benefit them. Today is the launch of the Tasmanian Social Enterprise Study, which has seen the arts being very well represented.www.socialenterprisetasmania.blogspot.com It's exciting to see what is possible when you combine ideas, creative and productive minds together.

TRA-K Celebration

Dr Ernesto Sirolli Training Opportunity

PASSION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INVIGORATING LOCAL ECONOMIES
3 Day Trinity of Management® Training
by Dr Ernesto Sirolli of the Sirolli Institute
Presented by Tasmanian Council of Social Service Inc and Tasmanian Regional Arts Inc.
June 15-17, 2011 (inclusive)
Venue to be confirmed (location-Launceston)
Numbers are limited, so please book your place ASAP

Who should participate? People who have a passion for helping their region and clients grow and prosper, whose work brings them into contact with people with ideas, opportunities and passions, and would like additional tools to help those people move their ideas forward.
These include: Local government officers; Chamber of Commerce and local development organisation personnel; Community Relations/Sustainable Development Personnel in the corporate sector; rural advisors; community and social support organisations; arts organisations; migrant settlement services, etc.
For more information please contact Kylie on 0439 262 344 or email kylie@tasregionalarts.org.au

Telling stories

On Tuesday 5 April, the Australian Stories of Social Enterprise publication was launched – a result of a collaboration between The Centre for Social Impact and Parramatta City Council. It is the first of its kind in Australia.

The stories explored in the book cover a diverse range of social enterprises, from recycling mattresses, to street coffee carts, cafes and restaurants, renewable energy, printing, digital technology and many more.

Thirty-five face-to-face interviews with thirty-three organisations were conducted between 2009 and February 2010. The stories presented provide a snapshot of the interviewees’ perspectives on their own and their organisations’ experiences.

The book is attached below.

Please contact csi@unsw.edu.au for more information