CSI Update: Issue 34

Coming Up

Lunch with Young Global Leader Illac Diaz: Sydney
 
Social entrepreneur Illac Diaz, who was named Young Global Leader of 2008 at the World Economic Forum, is speaking at a lunch in Sydney’s CBD on Friday 4 Nov 2011.
 
A graduate of Harvard University and MIT, his inspiring project '1 Liter of Light' has provided light to impoverished communities in the Philippines and around the globe.

Diaz is an upcoming speaker at TED in Dubai and India and will address 200 global leaders at the United Nations in December. He is also the Founder of the MyShelter Foundation.

CSI (UNSW) is hosting this event in partnership with the Spring Out of Poverty Charity Foundation.

To express your interest in attending the lunch with Illac Diaz  email us at csi@unsw.edu.au.

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 Conference on Indigenous Business: Perth
 
CSI (UWA) is holding its annual conference on 6 Dec 2011 in Perth. This year’s conference focuses on Indigenous Business, Corporations and Entrepreneurship – New Models, Stronger Communities.
 
The theme of the conference recognises that in recent years there has been a significant growth in Indigenous business in Australia, which is providing new opportunities for employment, income and wealth generation. The 2011 Conference is a one-day event held at the UWA Business School.

It will headline expert speakers including Fred Chaney - Chair, Desert Knowledge Australia; Rosie Southwood - Indigenous Affairs Manager, Wesfarmers; Wayne Bergmann - CEO, Kimberley Regional Economic Development Corporation (Enterprises); Mikala Hehir - Head of Community Finance & Development National Australia Bank and CSI's Professor Paul Flatau.
 
The image featured here is © 2011 Bambatu Napangardi, licensed under Aboriginal Artists Agency Painting image photographed by Visual Arts Photographer Sabine Haider, Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store.

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 Social Innovator Dialogues with Dan Hill: Sydney & Adelaide
  
Dan Hill, Strategic Design Lead at Sitra in Finland, has been announced as the final international speaker for the 2011 Social Innovator Dialogues. The Sydney lecture will take place on Tuesday 15 Nov, followed by an Adelaide lecture on Wednesday 16 Nov.
 
Social Innovator Dialogues are a partnership between CSI, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation and ASIX.

Read more and register
 

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The Role of Community Development Financial Institutions: Canberra

CSI, in partnership with the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Ecotrust Australia, is hosting a public seminar on the history and influence of Community Development Financial Institutions with Ronald Grzywinski. The event will be held on 17 Nov in Canberra.

Ronald is a community development banker and co-founder of ShoreBank, America’s first Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Drawing on his experience with ShoreBank, Ronald will talk about the history and role of CDFIs in spurring economic growth, development and opportunities for disadvantaged communities and individuals and discuss how important cross-sectoral involvement has been in the development of the CDFI industry.

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PwC Transparency Awards – register now

 
  CSI is committed to supporting the improvement of transparency and quality of reporting in the not-for-profit sector, and has joined with PwC and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia to launch the 2011 PwC Transparency Awards. 
 
The PwC Transparency Awards give not-for-profit organisations a valuable opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to high-quality reporting. Registrations for the awards are now open online.
 
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CSI Celebrates!

CSI is thanking donors and celebrating outstanding students and scholarship winners from the Graduate Certificate in Social Impact program on Monday 31 Oct in Sydney.

To register and attend, please email Esther Lefas.

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Recent Highlights

Measuring Social Impact in Australia Conference: Sydney

CSI (UNSW), in partnership with Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and PwC, hosted the first Measuring Social Impact Conference for the SROI Australia Network in Sydney on 7 Oct 2011.

The conference kicked off with an introduction from Peter Shergold on the context for measuring and demonstrating social impact in Australia and a talk on charting the development of SROI internationally from the Chair of SROI UK, Jeremy Nicholls.

Watch presentations from Peter Shergold and Jeremy Nicholls.

Other highlights of the conference included a series of Australian social investment case studies and a review of key learnings from SROI reviews by SVA’s Kevin Robbie, and a discussion on social impact measurement at the community level by Raymond Trau from CSI (UWA). More videos from this conference will be available shortly.

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The Hon Kevin Rudd MP speaks on CSR
 
CSI, in collaboration with the Qantas Foundation, presented the fourth Social Impact Lecture on 6 October 2011 with a keynote speech from Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd.

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP presented on the topic: ‘Bringing accountability to responsibility:  The new challenge for corporate social responsibility’.

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Social Finance with Kylie Charlton: Perth

 
Kylie Charlton, Social Investment Fellow at CSI, recently presented a UWA Business School Public Lecture on ‘Social Finance: Mobilising capital for social change’.

Her talk covered the important topic of impact investing and the potential it holds to mobilise capital beyond traditional government and charitable monies.

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Join the SROI Australia Network on LinkedIn


We have established a LinkedIn group for the Social Return on Investment Australia Network.

You can join the group and participate in discussions, or sign up to receive a regular newsletter and relevant knowledge resources by contacting Meiko Georgouras at CSI. Please note that you will need to establish a profile on LinkedIn to join the group. 

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Social Business

Natalie Walker talks to Social Business about the Indigenous Opportunities Policy

This month’s Sky Social Business program had an Indigenous theme. It featured an interview with Natalie Walker CEO of the Australian Indigenous Minority Suppliers Council (AIMSC). AIMSC was established to promote the services of indigenous suppliers with large corporations and government agencies. According to Natalie Walker,  AIMSC acts as “a dating agency for business”.
 
Through the support of AIMSC, indigenous SMEs have been awarded $21.7 million in contracts over the past 21 months. Natalie believes that the new Indigenous Opportunities Policy (IOP) will provide significant support as it encourages large suppliers to the Australian Government to subcontract to Indigenous businesses. The IOP is part of the Government’s commitment to Closing the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage.

We also heard from Aboriginal business leader Michael McLeod about Message Stick Communications,
 
October’s Social Business program featured news of the launch of three new reports: the Scanlon–Monash Social Cohesion Index, the Caught Short Interim Report and the Australian Institute of Company Directors / CSI Directors Social Impact Study 2011. The program also profiled social business Gideon Shoes.
 
  Watch video of latest news and events on October Social Business

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