Archived Events & Activities
List of Archived Events & Activities
Andy Green, Creativity@work, UK, March 2007 Workshop
Professional Development Day March 2007
2006 Commonwealth Games Public Art Think Tank
Andy Green, Creativity@work, UK, March 2007 Workshop
Verve in conjunction with Peoplelearn hosted a visit by UK Creativity expert Andy Green. Andy presented a workshop, "Improve Your Creativity and Flexible Thinking" held at William Angliss Institute on 1st March. Whilst responses to the workshop were mixed they were generally positive. Some felt rightly that we have the wealth of creative talent here meaning we should not need to host international guests! With this point taken, the workshops were useful tools for any organisation looking for ways to approach work creatively to gain better results. Both Verve - knowledge & skills and Service Skills Victoria teams took part in individualised workshops that looked at icons, brand identity, "connectors" and how to take a "big picture" idea and turn it into something tangible that can be implemented by an organisation to improve performance.
Professional Development Day March 2007
Dr Ernesto Sirolli Conference, Passion, entrepreneurship and the rebirth of local economies, Bendigo, Victoria
On the 6 March the Verve team went to Bendigo to attend a workshop presented by Dr Ernesto Sirolli, Passion, entrepreneurship and the rebirth of local economies, facilitated by CBVN, Central Victorian Business Network. Italian-born Ernesto Sirolli has worked for over 25 years in Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada in local economic development. Sirolli founded Enterprise Facilitation, a concept of economic management using the town of Esperance in WA as his working model whilst completing a PHD at the University of Western Australia in 1984. Since the model's inception Esperance has averaged almost 40 new businesses a year over the past 20 years with a contribution of over $190 million to a local community of just 13,500 people. Enterprise facilitation is a grassroots model that involves harnessing the passion and abilities of local people using the skills of "Enterprise Facilitators", people with significant experience in business specifically recruited to guide small business entrepreneurs using a trinity of management approach.
Verve is currently looking into the possibility of bringing Ernesto to Melbourne to engage with the Victorian cultural and recreation sectors as we believe there are important synergies between the practise of small to medium cultural and sporting organisations with small business entrepreneurs that would benefit greatly from the Enterprise Facilitation approach.
For more information about Dr Ernesto Sirolli and his innovative business approach see his website www.sirolli.co.uk
2006 Commonwealth Games Public Art Think Tank
Held in June 2003, the Public Art Think Tank discussed how a program of public art and cultural activity could help promote community involvement in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The event was sponsored by Verve – knowledge & skills, the International Public Art Unit (RMIT University) and the Youth Development Australia/Institute for Social Research (Swinburne University).