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Tech and innovation

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Taking the future into our hands

Contributor, Tuesday, 20th August 2019 -  The social sector is invited to become part of one of Australia’s fastest growing impact communities at the Social Innovation Summit.

Opinion

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Exploring the edges of possibility

Gabrielle Martinovich, Wednesday, 17th July 2019 -  Janet Sernack and Gabrielle Martinovich from ImagineNation, identify key trends not for profits can take advantage of to embrace innovation, in the latest in their series about rejuvenating to survive and thrive for social benefit.

Opinion

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Giving fraud the finger: Are biometrics the final word in preventing aid diversion?

Oliver May, Thursday, 11th July 2019 -  As Pro Bono News reports on a rise in fraud allegations in the NDIS, and the UN attempts to control diversion in Yemen with biometrics, technologies seem to offer simple fraud control solutions. But do they actually, asks Oliver May.
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Communal living touted as answer to Australia’s housing problems

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 9th July 2019 -  Collaborative living could alleviate the housing affordability crisis and give older Australians more freedom, says a new guide aiming to change the way Australians view their future living situation.

Opinion

Young woman wearing a virtual reality headset.

Using virtual reality could make you a better person in real life

Contributor, Thursday, 4th July 2019 -  Virtual embodiment provides an opportunity to explore the world from a different point of view and can alter your behaviour in real life, write Thuong Hoang and Guy Wood-Bradley from Deakin University, in this article which first appeared in The Conv
A Melbourne tram decorated by mental health organisation, batyr. Photo: Yarra Trams Community Partnerships Program.

$1 million of free tram advertising up for grabs

Contributor, Tuesday, 2nd July 2019 -  Australian charities and not for profits have the chance to decorate some of Melbourne’s iconic trams, with $1 million of free advertising up for grabs. 

Opinion

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Are you data-driven?

Mike Davis, Monday, 24th June 2019 -  Data can either provide you with useful intelligence or create a foggy bulwark to progress, writes Mike Davis, in this article which highlights three levels of data sophistication and depth of process that an organisation can orient toward.

Impact

Microsoft Australia Managing Direcor Steven Worrall and Illuminance Solutions CEO Nilesh Makwana

Australian tech group use global award to fight for bigger social change

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 12th June 2019 -  An Australian tech company has won a global Microsoft award for social impact, and says it will use its platform to champion social change in the industry.
Dr Cassandra Goldie speaking at the Transform Conference in Melbourne

Technology can be a weapon against the nation’s most vulnerable

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 14th May 2019 -  Digital transformation has the power to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the community, warns the CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service.

Opinion

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Creating positive and valuable change through innovation

Janet Sernack, Tuesday, 14th May 2019 -  Staying true to your purpose and mission remains at the heart of any innovation effort, writes Janet Sernack and Gabrielle Martinovich from ImagineNation, in the first of a four-part series about rejuvenating to survive and thrive for social benefit.

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