Pollinators members gathered on Friday 22nd May to celebrate and reflect on the challenges and changes from the 2014 financial year, and share in the Board’s aspirations for a connected, collaborative, creative and ‘disruptive’ future for the organisation. Far from a traditional AGM, Pollinators ‘Awesome Gathering of Members’ featured the first GeroSoup crowd-funding event with 3 creative environmental projects receiving investment […]
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GeroSoup Feeds Funding Into Local Ventures
Three local social entrepreneurs attracted cash investment from a well-fed crowd of micro-funders on Friday night. [alpine-phototile-for-smugmug src=”user_gallery” ugal=”49545659″ ugalkey=”NdX5kZ” imgl=”smugmug” style=”gallery” row=”4″ grwidth=”400″ grheight=”300″ num=”8″ size=”Th” border=”1″ highlight=”1″ curve=”1″ align=”center” max=”100″ nocredit=”1″] Lara from Leaning Tree Community School received investment to grow a vertical garden, Angie from Kids Hub got seed-funding to pilot a program of recycling that provides materials for children’s education, […]
Changes to Pollinators and CityHive services
This post is from March 2015 when it was published privately and only viewable be members. The proposed changes have now been implemented, with some improvements and clarifications based on member feedback. A common ethos across our Board, staff and members is that we are ‘always learning’ and applying that learning to grow the impact, resilience and health […]
Recruiting: Project Manager with Pollinators
Pollinators Inc are hiring for a new part-time role within our team. Working from Pollinators is a highly desirable role in an ethical, healthy, professional environment doing very clever, creative and meaningful work. The first step (and we suggest you take it now — Pollinators are recruiting for an immediate start) for interested applicants is to contact Andrew at Pollinators on […]
Alliance to lead action and strengthen representation across the region
It could read like the start of a great joke: “An artist, a businessman and a social entrepreneur walked into a bar….”, however while this newly-formed Alliance got off to a light-hearted start, it is a serious endeavour with significant implications for the future of the region. This week the Midwest’s three leading representative organisations signed a new […]
Pitch, Plan and Projections
Each year we have several events and programs, like Catalyst and Startup Weekend, where participants present their idea for a new innovation or venture to an audience. This can sometimes be the pinnacle of months or preparation, or just a few hours. However people come to this point it’s usually a key moment in the development of […]
Peer Learning: Podio as an all-in-one management solution
Pollinators hosted a peer learning session to discuss use of Podio to enhance team productivity in different organisational contexts. This post outlines some general recommendations from the conversations, and has specific suggestions for particular users and purposes, This session was attended by people in executive or manager-level roles within small to medium organisations. This conversation continued pre- and post-session within […]
Entrepreneurs learn and launch at Startup Weekend
Geraldton Startup Weekend was held over the 19th and 20th September, providing a structured, fun and fast way for local people to launch new ventures or projects. A mix of participants from business, government and community formed teams and used new tools to form, test, then present their ideas for new ventures. The benefits go beyond the prizes for the winning […]
Recruiting: Grow yourself, Pollinators and our community
Pollinators Inc are seeking Expressions of Interest for three new roles within our team. Working from Pollinators is a highly desirable role in an ethical, healthy, professional environment leading an enterprise doing very creative and meaningful work. The first step (and we suggest you take it now — we’re recruiting for an immediate start) for interested applicants is […]
Pollinators 2013 Chairperson’s Report
Board Chair Report Pollinators Inc Annual General Meeting April 30, 2015 By Paul Dyer It gives me great pleasure to submit my first AGM Report as the new Chair of Pollinators. 2013 was certainly a challenging year for the Board, but on reviewing the past twelve months, it has been an incredibly successful one for […]
We Love Local? Report on the panel discussion
An incredible amount of discovery and learning can happen in an hour, when talking with well-informed professionals who care. Tuesday’s online panel explored the benefits, definitions, strategies and policies of buying and eating ‘local’. This post is a short report on some of the outcomes from the ‘We Love Local?’ panel discussion from Tuesday 11th March. The […]
6 ways you can create a more lively Geraldton before Christmas
There are some great opportunities and a lot of energy for creating a more vibrant city centre in Geraldton at the moment: Council’s vibrancy strategy is a great guiding document, Our city centre is already home to some world-class urban art, award-winning cultural institutions like the WA Museum, creative local retailers and cafes and recreational opportunities, […]
Featured Member: Donna Heart
In this article we meet local artist Donna from Donna Heart. (more…)
Marketing What Matters Event
Calling all community organisations, volunteer groups, entrepreneurs, social innovators, individuals and professionals! Looking to raise awareness about your organisation on a smaller budget? Marketing What Matters is the perfect opportunity to learn key new skills, meet other social innovators and interact with experts in the field of Marketing. This event will enable you to reach wider audiences […]
Featured Member: Gail Metcalfe-Bennett
In this article we meet Gail Metcalfe-Bennett from Business EQuillibruim. (more…)
Featured Member: Paul Sheriff
We regularly interview, feature and promote Pollinators members. This time we meet Paul Sheriff. (more…)
Featured Member: Eileen Taylor
Meet Pollinators member Eileen’s journey to entrepreneurialism has been a process of transforming problems in to opportunities and broken things into inspiring creations. Through her business Mosaically Inspired, Eileen takes broken and discarded tiles, furniture and objects and turns them into beautiful functional pieces.
Featured Member: Jodie Mortadza
We regularly interview, feature and promote Pollinators members. This time we’re learning more about Jodie Mortadza. Jodie Mortadza works with regional people and organisations to help make lively, strong and enjoyable communities. Jodie recently became a member of our growing community of Social Entrepreneurs. She lives in Chittering but her work as Principal Consultant and Trainer […]
Featured Member: Marcel Delfino
We regularly interview, feature and promote Pollinators members. This time we’re learning more about Marcel Delfino, CityHive host and founder of Web Technology Australia www.webtechnology.com.au
Featured Member: Chantelle Prince
We regularly interview, feature and promote Pollinators members. This time we’re learning more about Chantelle Prince. (more…)
