March 2014
We Love Local? Panel Discussion
Pollinators' members and partners are coming together for a month-long series of surveys, dialogue, training and action around on the allure and economics of buying, procuring, eating or even banking local. Everyone from government policy-makers to weekend coffee-drinkers think about the social and economic impact of ‘local’, and it’s a conversation that needs to be had. Does buying local really makes our community or world a better place? Who is local, anyway? What are other criteria I could use to guide…
Find out more »We Love Local? Workshop
Pollinators’ members and partners are coming together for a month-long series of surveys, dialogue, training and action around on the allure and economics of buying, procuring, eating or even banking local. Everyone from government policy-makers to weekend coffee-drinkers think about the social and economic impact of ‘local’, and it’s a conversation that needs to be had. Does buying local really makes our community or world a better place? Who is local, anyway? What are other criteria I could use to guide…
Find out more »April 2014
Members, Friends, and Partners of Pollinators Inc Celebration
Join us! Drinks, nibbles and celebrations at CityHive Pollinators Inc is a member-based Incorporated Association that nurtures innovations and people who enable healthy resilient communities. We want to celebrate the achievements of the previous year, preview the coming year and generally have an AGMFP (Awesome Gathering of Members, Friends, and Partners) before we have to get down to business and hold our AGM (Annual General Meeting).
Find out more »August 2014
Goodness Festival 2014
The Goodness Festival 2014 showcases and celebrates innovation and achievement towards sustainability in the Mid West. A commitment to being, relating and doing more that is aligned with ‘Goodness’ is central to ensuring we are ecologically, socially and economically sustainable as a community. You can read more about the ethos behind Goodness Festival, written by Festival Patron Hugh Mackay. Goodness Festival exists to make it easy and inspiring for every individual and organisation to contribute positively to growing our local economies, protecting our local ecosystems and creating…
Find out more »September 2014
Startup Weekend Geraldton
Geraldton Startup Weekend offers everyone in the Midwest the opportunity to LEARN how to turn an IDEA into a Startup and on to a viable venture or project. This weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education. Whether you are looking for feedback on a idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, a team to help you execute, or investment, this Startup Weekends is the perfect environment in which to test your idea and take the first steps towards launching your own startup. Tickets are…
Find out more »October 2014
Building & Leading High Performing Teams (Business & Sport)
MWAS in collaboration with Pollinators Inc brings you this exceptional professional development opportunity. The event will be facilitated by Greg Bayne (Psychologist & Leadership & Capability Expert) - Total Leader and Coach Solutions. Gain high-level insight into how to shift a team to an even higher state of performance. Including insight into the latest research around high performing teams and tools and strategies for improving team performance. The information will be relevant to business and sport leaders. Program: 3:00pm -…
Find out more »November 2014
Member Social Meetup + Catalyst final presentations!
A special edition of our monthly social event, featuring the final presentations from Catalyst participants. RSVPs are required. The 2013 event was popular and brilliant, and we expect 2014 to be brilliant. It will feature: Food, drinks and networking, Panel discussion amongst our guests (see below), 3-minute "pitch" presentations from our Catalyst participants, followed by Q&A, Popular voting for the best of the pitches and ventures. Our confirmed guests and judges for the evening include experienced entrepreneurs, investors, funders and all share…
Find out more »March 2015
Startup region! Pathways for high-growth ventures
Pollinators Inc and partners are excited to be bringing two of Australia's leading facilitators and investors in startup ventures to the Mid West. Rob Nathan and Matt McFarlane are investors, entrepreneurs, mentors and advisers, and both are instrumental in Australia's newest tech-focused startup accelerators: AMCOM Upstart. Greg Johnston is a commercialisation adviser with the Innovation Centre of WA, serial inventor, entrepreneur and founder of Xemplex and Advanced Wing Systems. Over lunch Rob, Nathan and local startup successes will share their journey, insights and advice for pathways and support to accelerate…
Find out more »July 2016
GovHack Geraldton – Friday kick-off event
The GovHack competition is about using our technical and creative capacity, to build useful things from open data published by government. Put simply, it's like a fun (digital) recycling project, just making beautiful and useful things out of undervalued spreadsheets or datasets rather than spare parts from the tip. Friday night in Geraldton will be an exciting, collaborative event. We've designed this to suit whether you're committing your weekend or just dropping in. At this event, we'll be encouraging participation, throwing around the ideas for data and creating project…
Find out more »September 2016
Where to next? Spaces for Innovation in the Mid West
You're invited to a special 'Swarm' event, looking at "Where to next? for Spaces for innovation and collaboration in the Mid West" Amazing physical spaces can be powerful enablers of collaboration to achieve outcomes: education, innovation, industry development, social inclusion. Examples include: coworking spaces, men's sheds, youth hubs, industry co-location and NFP co-location. All these spaces have a lot in common in the risks and challenges faced when creating and sustaining them. Armed with five years of experience and new opportunities on the horizon, it's timely for…
Find out more »July 2017
Social Impact Festival 2017
Social Impact Festival 2017 Website: www.socialimpactfestival.org When: 18th-28th July Where: The University of Western Australia Price: $19.00-$220.00 The Social Impact Festival is a platform for cutting-edge knowledge and ideas, for celebrating those initiatives creating positive social change in Australia and abroad, and for generating and sharing insights needed to address complex social problems. This year, our theme is “Home, Place, and Land” - discussing issues that include community development, indigenous identity, homelessness, health promotion, mental health, housing, aged care and…
Find out more »August 2018
Goodness Festival 2018
Goodness Festival is the regional festival all about science, sustainability and innovation. Hear from Astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker on using radio waves to explore the distant reaches of the Universe, discover the unseen science happening around Geraldton on a secret spaces tour, and bring the family to the Tools of the Trade Discovery Day at the Geraldton Regional Trade Training Centre. Having engaged more than 6,000 people last year, the Goodness Festival 2018 - dedicated to science, sustainability and innovation is shaping…
Find out more »November 2018
November Social Meetup – Christmas Special!
This Social Meetup will be our Pollinators Christmas Special so please come along and celebrate with us for our last meetup of the year! Pollinators host one Social Meetup each month that bring together inspiring topics and guests in compelling conversations. We attract thinkers, doers, innovators and creators around a topic of interest, and combine with good food, drink, venues and facilitation to create amazing experiences. Any presentations are time-limited, focusing more time on discussion, debate, and networking. How to…
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