Social innovation doer, thinker, educator, communicator. Chief Innovation Officer at TACSI, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation. @TACSI_innovate

Kaurna Land,Adelaide,Australia
Joined December 2007
We're offering THREE intakes for our 8 week co-design learning networks this year (starting in April, June & Aug). Register early to secure your spot in a learning network that best aligns with the timing of your (or your organisation’s) co-design journey: tinyurl.com/2p8y4wta
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Attn: Executives and senior leaders in the #MentalHealth space: TACSI is running a webinar next Wed 16 March on creating the organisational conditions needed to enable co-design and social innovation. More info/register here: tinyurl.com/mr65ahaj
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Curious about #CoDesign and ready to start experimenting with it in small & meaningful ways in mental health projects? Registrations are OPEN for our 2022 short courses on co-design. More info and to register 👉 tinyurl.com/2p939yv2
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On Wednesday we’re looking at how a shift in⭐️purpose⭐️can guide system change, with special guests who are doing just that in health, wealth and education: Karen Ingerslev @kingerslev9, @steph_brobbey & @valeriehannon. Come join us here systeminnovation.org/webinar… @LeadbeaterCh
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We’ve worked with @ClearHorizonAU & @fay_fuller to create mental health initiative Our Town, giving regions the opportunity to define what’s best for their community. This report, written by our support team, is an honest reflection of Our Town in 2020: bit.ly/3kKfmJ3
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*New date* @ProBonoAust is inviting TACSI & @CMHLvic back for a second co-design masterclass on November 16! Join this webinar with @chrisvanstone, Carla Clarence and @MelRayment as they share how to put the 'co' in co-design and co-production. Book 👉bit.ly/2YFLQww
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What if we invested in social R&D as much as we did in tech? @chrisvanstone @Jason_PE share their work to nurture and encourage burgeoning scenes of social R&D us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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On November 10, TACSI’s Chief Innovation Officer @chrisvanstone Vanstone will be talking about all things social R&D at the free online event ‘Work in Progress’. Learn how we’re developing R&D systems focused on tackling our biggest social issues 👉 bit.ly/309H1w5
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Welcome to Work in Progress. A gathering for public innovators to share their unfinished and in-progress work and co-create new opportunities to take it further. Hosted by us and powered by @SitraFund. 9-11 November. Online. states-of-change.org/stories…
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We're thrilled to be part of this new series from the @prfoundation1, which showcases all the voices in a system and highlights the impact of social innovation done well – as demonstrated by the success of our @FamilybyFamily program. Go listen now 👇
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We're bringing TACSI back 😉 by popular demand. Alongside @CMHLvic, this session will explore how to create enabling conditions for authentic #codesign, the ways it can fail to reach its potential and how to create enabling conditions. @tacsi_innovate bit.ly/3bBBgtd
Our wonderful partners @AusVols are looking for a new Innovation Lead, could this be you? You'll get to work with a great team that includes the good and kind folk at @tacsi_innovate 🙌 bit.ly/39slS1e
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Next Thursday (26 Aug) we’re hosting a masterclass about putting the ‘co’ in co-design and co-production If you’re looking to level up your programs with innovative, co-production strategies that put people at the heart, this one’s for you Tickets 👉 bit.ly/3g9X0Pw
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What do social innovation and biscuits 🍪 have in common? Our CIO @chrisvanstone chatted with @ProBonoAust about the biscuit-related epiphany that culminated in our new social R&D white paper 👉 probonoaustralia.com.au/news…
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50% of Australians live in a way that holds them back We set out to change this with the Future of Home, a plan to move Australia’s housing system towards a system for home 🏡 Watch Future of Home principal Brugh O'Brien explain more 👇 Read it here 👉 bit.ly/3iKGciF
Thrilled to be working with @MHReformVic on this significant work surfacing lived experience of mental health through co- design. 🙌🏼
The first stage of work is starting on a new residential mental health service for Victoria. The service will be designed and delivered by people with lived experience, and early planning will be led by @tacsi_innovate. Read more here: mhrv.vic.gov.au/news/co-desi… #mentalhealthreform
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Our new #SocialRandD white paper puts forward a plan to accelerate progress on tough #SocialChallenges. How? By taking the best of contemporary R&D practices and adapting and supplementing them to enhance our social impact systems. Find out more >> bit.ly/3w6S7M7
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Imagine if there was a way to accelerate progress on tough #SocialChallenges 💭 Our new white paper explores what it would take to adopt the best of R&D systems from diverse sectors and create a social R&D system placing people at the heart. Read it now: bit.ly/3qxoSkE
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