2007 Conference Update

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2007 Community Enterprise Conference, Stronger Communities: Making it Our Business.

The conference took place on 28 – 29 August, 2007 at the Melbourne Town Hall with approximately 170 guests and speakers present from across Australia.

We are really pleased with the feedback that we’ve had regarding the conference – and hope that you all got as much out of the two days as we did.

One of the best things about the conference was the wealth of knowledge that was shared by our speakers. As promised, here are copies of their PowerPoint presentations for you to refer to in the future.

We also thought you might enjoy seeing a few pictures from both the conference itself and the conference dinner at Fifteen Melbourne.

Tony Nicholson, Executive Director – BSL The Honourable Peter Batchelor, Minister for Community Services Cath Scarth, General Manager Community Services - BSL

Gathering in the Swanston Hall for the keynote presentations

A trainee from Fifteen Melbourne shares his experiences

Diners enjoying the delicious food at Fifteen Melbourne

Speaker Presentations

DAY ONE

Keynote presentations

• John Pearce
• Jill Jordan

Case study presentations

Providing a needed product or service

• Jill Jordan, Maleny QLD
• Greg Fisher, Fitzroy and Carlton Community Credit Co-operative
• Mark McKenzie-McHarg, Yackandandah Community Development Company

Participation and engagement

• Ben Neil, Cultivating Community
• Maria Tsopanis and Malou Pascual-Anes, AMES
• Peter Olver, Country Education Project

Providing a pathway to employment

• Mark Daniels, BSL
• Caroline Crosse, SoFA
• John Collyer, Worn Gundidj Cooperative

Achieving environmental outcomes

• Noel Blencowe and Parsuram Sharma-Luital, CERES
• Peter Cox, FEO

Group discussions

Introduction to the community enterprise resource kit

• Annie Dunn, BSL

DAY TWO

Strategic issues in the community enterprise field presentations

Social procurement

• Karen Janiszewski, Lend Lease
• Simon Scrase, Department of Human Services

Funding and finance

• Mark Boyd-Graham, Bendigo Bank
• Tony Coppola, Northern Area Consultative Committee
• Marion Webster, Melbourne Community Foundation
• Genevieve Timmons, Portland House Foundation

Social accounting and community enterprise

• John Pearce, Community Enterprise Consultancy and Research

Community ownership

• Jill Jordan, Community Economic and Cultural Development Facilitator
• Lesley Murray, Neighbourhood Renewal
• Malou Pascual-Anes, AMES

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