October 19-21, 2016

Futures thinking, Strategy Development and Transformative Research Course

NDS and Professor Sohail Inayatullah

This intensive strategic foresight course will be interactive and focus on enhancing the ability and capacity to create alternative and preferred futures in the NDIS world. Participants will be assisting in building their capability to anticipate major trends, challenges and opportunities facing organisations and the wider sector and explore critical questions including:

    • What are the futures of disability service providers?
    • How will the NDIS impact your organisation?
    • What are the potential impacts of platform cooperativism?
    • Indeed, how will the increasing rate of change impact how and what you do?

Participants will select a focus question, a compelling issue that they are working on, and use the questioning and creating process to design the future they desire. Along with an eye to the external world, we will explore our inner narratives and the stories that can help take us to our preferred futures. In-depth and extensive coverage of strategic foresight concepts, tools and methods will be provided along with the application of these methods to the participants’ compelling issue or action learning projects.

Course Details
Date:
19th , 20th and 21st October 2016
Time:
Day 1 and 2: 9am – 5pm / Day 3: 9am – 3pm
Location:
Pavilion Function & Conference Centre – Century Room
Cost:
$1450 NDS Members | $1950 Non-Members
Note:
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included for the three days
Registration:
This course will only be offered by NDS once in 2016 and is made available at a substantially reduced cost to NDS Members and Non-Members. Places in this course are strictly limited to 40 participants to enable one-to-one mentoring. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to support your organisation to adapt, innovate and transform.
If you would like to discuss further detail about this course please contact:

Lisa Fraser
Senior Sector Development Officer
Queensland
Ph: 07 3828 9415
Fax: 07 3003 1698
Mob: 0417 723 653
Email: lisa.fraser@nds.org.au
Web: www.nds.org.au

June 23, 2016

Global Futures, Geneva Perspectives.

Learning and Livelihoods: implications for children and youth on the move.

Salle Sergio Vieira de Mello (2nd Floor), World Meteorological Organisation, 7 bis Avenue de la Paix, Geneva

September 1, 2016

What does Geelong’s future look like?

The City of Greater Geelong will shortly start community consultations on what you think Geelong’s future could look like. This session is the perfect kick starter for you to become a future creator!

Professor Sohail Inayatullah will speak at the event and focus on:

        • Emerging issues and trends that will change our daily lives in 20 years
        • Why thinking about the future is important to us
        • How changes might impact you, your family, your community, your industry.
When:
01 September 2016, 05:30 PM – 07:30 PM
Next on:
01 September 2016, 05:30 PM – 07:30 PM
(View other upcoming dates and times)
Where: The Playhouse, GPAC
50 Little Malop St Geelong
Costs:
Free
Facilities:

Further Information

http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/calendar/calendar/item/8d3c121ce4aa0ef.aspx

Contact: Bonnie Lanham
Phone: 5272 4800
Email: blanham@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

June 27-28, 2016

Business model innovation for NGOs

This groundbreaking five-day programme will support leaders to create innovative, future-fit business models. It combines the expertise of leading futures thinker Sohail Inayatullah, strategy and innovation specialist Ian Gray, and the Bond futures team.

June 27-28, 2016, London, England.

More information: https://www.bond.org.uk/learning/business-model-innovation-for-ngos