The 2009 Not For Profit Futures Summit
Change the way you see the future.
Be better prepared to plan for the next two decades.
The 2009 Not For Profit Futures Summit was held on Saturday 19th September 2009, at the Arts Centre, ANZ Pavilion. The Minister for Community Development, Peter Batchelor, opened the Summit, welcoming representatives from nearly 200 Not-for-Profit organisations from across Victoria.
Summit participants were presented with challenging facts about Victoria’s projected growth, and were encouraged to find new ways to think about the future. More information on the Summit will be available shortly.
Guest speakers
The first guest speaker, Jeremy Reynolds, Manager, Demographic Research at the Department of Planning and Community Development, presented research about Victoria’s future demographic landscape. His presentation demonstrated challenging rates of growth for some parts of Victoria, and significantly declining populations in other parts of the state. He also showed changes to the profile of Victoria’s population – where areas will experience growth in different age brackets, and what this means for planning and infrastructure development. Jeremy’s presentation will be available to download shortly.
The second guest speaker, Jason Clarke, Mindworker from Minds at Work, encouraged participants to think differently about the future. He gave a stimulating presentation on different approaches to thinking strategically. Some of the highlights of his presentation were the ‘graph of amazingness over time’, demonstrating the difference between vision, strategic planning, and the here-and-now, and the block that prevents us from moving away from the here-and-now. And the door analogy, where Jason asked us to think of change like four doors:
1. Open-door: always has been, and will be in the future – this represents NO CHANGE
2. Closed-door: always has been, and will be in the future – this also represents NO CHANGE
3. Closed-door: that used to be open, but is now closed – this represents changes that are no longer available
4. Open-door: that used to be closed, but is now open – this represents changes that are now available.
He asked participants to focus on the fourth door when thinking about change and the future.
Workshops
In Workshop 1, over morning tea, participants at each table were asked to identify and prioritise the future challenges for the sector.
During Workshop 2, the tables considered four of the most critical of the issues identified during Workshop 1. They were asked to discuss what exactly the issues mean, their impact on the sector, and possible ways forward. At the end of Workshop 2, the tables which considered the same issue were brought together for a facilitated discussion focussing on common themes.
More information about workshop discussions will be posted shortly.
For more details contact Catherine Meehan at the Office for the Community Sector:
Email: communitysector@dpcd.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 9658 4621
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