Expressions of Interest now open for Impact Chains 2021 activators
Do you have a story to tell that aligns with collaborative practice and action towards any of the Sustainable Development Goals?
Interested in being part of our systems change revolution by activating a session at Impact Chains?
We are calling all social innovators, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, collaborators, lived experience individuals, community workers, capacity builders, funders, policy makers, researchers and evaluators from near, far and wide to join us to activate our ground-breaking event on 11-12 November 2021 at the Old Adelaide Gaol.
WHAT ARE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Up to 12 people, teams, organisations and/or alliances who will be prepared to collaborate with us to co-design the Impact Chains program and create an interactive learning experience that enables participants to be stretched in their thinking, actions and contribution to systems change and impact in the complexity of social, economic and environmental challenges.
We are imagining experiences where people learn through doing, listening, practicing, making, connecting, collaborating, problem solving.
The audience will be people who want to contribute to positive social and environmental change but aren’t sure how. They will come from all sectors, industries, backgrounds and experiences. They need to hear the stories, understand the systems and complexity that drive major social and environmental problems, be inspired by current agents of change, and to understand what role they can play and are playing, from where they are, and with what they have.
ACTIVATION SPECIFICATIONS
We are seeking activators with something to contribute based on the below framework. All activators will be supported by the Collab4Good team and be open to feedback to workshop their plans to enable the integrity of the program to be curated to meet our standards.
Impact Chains Activations
Creating the conditions which role model behaviour for systems change
What’s in
Team-based activations that demonstrate collaboration.
Relationship to social and environmental impact and the Sustainable Development Goals at a systems change level
Relationship to current context including emerging from a global pandemic, the climate emergency and respecting first nations
Interactive and creative facilitation approaches
Story-telling and lived experience
Creative use of smart phone apps
Bringing the genius and the messy - not just the parts that look and/or good
Messages to encourage cross-sector, cross-industry and multidisciplinary collaborations.
Leaving you and participants with an increased understanding of how to enable change from where you are and with what you have.
Align with the key themes that make up Impact Chains for systemic change:
Knowledge chains
Network chains
Activity chains
Results chains
Activations that run for at least 45 minutes and no longer 2 hours (though ideas for short energisers for in-between sessions are welcome)
What’s Out
No individual presentations
No individual presentations
No powerpoint presentations
No activations longer than 2 hours
HOW DO WE EXPRESS OUR INTEREST?
There is no application form - we encourage you to express your interest and idea for activations using whatever format you would like to, ensuring that the above conditions are met (though please do keep it succinct)!
Please submit your expression of interest in whichever form you choose by 8th August and we will get back to you by 15th August with the outcome.
In recognition of the contribution being made, all confirmed activators will be able to attend Impact Chains at no cost and will be tasked with bringing at least two other people with them as part of the conditions of activating.
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To access this Activator Briefing in PDF format click here.
Impact Chains is a new annual event co-created with community, powered by Collab4Good
Who are we?
We created Collab4Good three years ago for three key reasons; the first is that there are many passionate people wanting to actively contribute towards a better world, the second is that many of the social and environmental issues we face are highly complex with many interrelated contributing factors, and the third is that multi-sector collaboration is the only way to enable real, large scale and sustainable change. None of us can do it alone. We created Collab4Good as a platform to bring impact driven leaders from communities, organisations and governments together to learn, connect, lead and collaborate to drive sustainable positive change.
Collab4Good is here to help create the conditions for systems change through collaborative action. This year we are ramping this purpose up to the next level and are set to deliver Impact Chains as our first major annual event to kickstart multi-sector collaborative action.