Global Entrepreneurship Week / Australia Signature Events Down Under
Global Entrepreneur Week Australia features two signature global initiatives and six signature national initiatives:· Signature Global Initiatives:o Unleash It!o Speed Network the Globe!· Signature National Initiatives:o Getting Started- Developing Your Ideao Make Your Mark Challengeo Ideas@Worko Social Entrepreneurs Dayo Inspiring the next generation- Ambassadors Programme
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Global Entrepreneurship Week Down Under- Influences
We-Think, the new book from renowned British innovation expert Charles Leadbeater, provides an influence on the conduct of GEW-Australia. GEW-Australia is more about having a national conversation inspiring opportunities and the ideas that will shape our tomorrow, more than just another ‘festival of ideas’. Leadbeater writes about the need for mass innovation in today’s world, moving on from trends of mass production which were common to last century. The need to collaborate increases the more people contribute, mobilising trends towards peer-to-peer ways of working and exploring the opportunities for open-source systems designed with an ethic of sharing. This presents a way of working that flouts conventional wisdom by creating a community that organises itself to create, share, test, reject and develop ideas.We-Think is a process of engaging in mass innovation that is high on participation and also high on collaboration.We-Think will not work where there is no core around which a community can form; where experimentation is costly and time-consuming, and so feedback slow; where decision-making becomes cumbersome or opaque, beset by complex rules; where the project fails to attract a large and diverse enough community. It will not take off if tools to add content are difficult to use; if contributors cannot connect to one another; if communities cannot govern themselves effectively and so either fracture or ossify.We-Think works only under certain conditions. Usually, a small group creates a kernel which invites further contributions. Its project must be regarded as exciting, intriguing and challenging by enough people with the time, means and motivation to contribute. Tools should be distributed, experimentation cheap and feedback fast, enabling a constant process of trialling, testing and refinement. The product should benefit from extensive peer review, to correct errors and ratify good ideas. Tasks should be broken down into modules around which small, close-knit teams can form, allowing a range of experiments to run in parallel. There should be clear rules for fitting the modules together and separating good ideas from bad. Ownership of the project must have a public component, otherwise the sharing of ideas will not make sense.[1]
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Global Entrepreneurship Week Down Under- the coalition
In Australia, a coalition of organisations each sharing a passion for engaging with and influencing youth issues will implement Global Entrepreneurship Week comprising:· Social Alchemy (host organisation)· The Frank Team· AIESEC· Vibewire· Richard Strudwick· 180 Degrees· Kere Kere· Erik Andersson As much as possible, events will be free to attend and based on voluntary participation.Events are designed to occur both within and outside of the school and workplace environment. This event is designed not to be disruptive to business performance or education, but rather to offer opportunities where these can be improved.Partnering organisations will be encouraged to participate in signature initiatives, conduct their own events, and even incorporate existing ‘off-the-shelf’ programs. The attraction is this provides a grass-roots and open-ended platform through which individuals and organisations alike can participate. Events can be informal in nature and could be as short as 30 minutes. Emphasis is placed on creative approaches which add a sense of fun and explore best practice in entrepreneurial thought and behaviour. Activities designed by young Australians for young Australians are strongly encouraged. All activities must be legal, safe, respectful of the environment, apolitical and encourage participation. Emphasis is toward a ‘fair go’ and making an effort.Each event will have a host, a designated location, specific objectives and clear start and end times. A free action pack will be developed with details on how to get involved and practical tips for running Enterprise Week events and networks. Requirements to be met by event hosts to ensure events are safe and coordinated within GEW are contained in the action pack.Participants will be asked to register for each event electronically.At the end of each event, evaluation will be sought from participants. Evaluation of the week will occur subsequent to the event.Employers, educators, government at all levels, parents, media and the broader community are requested to provide the encouragement and opportunities for participation by young Australians to transform their ideas into action.Businesses are able to contribute from any size or sector by providing opportunities for young Australians to consider innovative and entrepreneurial interventions.
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G'Day
More information coming soon about how Global Entrepreneurship Week will be unleashed in Australia to create a marketplace for ideas: IdeaGeneration.
Contact Matt Jones at Social Alchemy at matt.jones@socialalchemy.com.au for details.
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Global activities to link all countries
In addition to thousands of activities being planned by partners , a few signature activities are designed to connect bright young minds across the globe.
Unleash It!
While there is no shortage of challenges facing the world today, countless ideas never come to the surface—leaving problems unsolved and opportunities missed—simply because no one stopped to consider them. Unleash It! uncovers these challenges—then links them to enterprising problem-solvers.
Before we can unleash the ideas of the next generation of entrepreneurs on the challenges of today, we need your help in identifying those challenges – no matter how big or how small. Anyone can post a challenge, e-mail your challenges to challenges [at] unleashingideas [dot] org
Speed Network the Globe
Networking is a skill that serves everyone—whether they ever consider starting an entrepreneurial venture or not. Organize a speed networking session in your community and enable local young people to sharpen their networking skills—talking to each other, local entrepreneurs, potential investors, community leaders, or anyone else interested in learning from – and sharing with – others. E-mail cspavin [at] unleashingideas [dot] org to learn more about what you can do to help network aspiring entrepreneurs.
