Future of local government
Presentations are available on this page for the following events:
- Vision Zero - Safety In Seattle Workshop with Dongho Chang
- National Local Government Conference: Reinvent.LGov
- Rebooting Democracy National Tour
- Hacktivation: Transforming Local Government in the Innovation Era
- 2019 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2018 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2017 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2016 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2015 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2014 Future of Local Government Summit
- 2018 Sustainable Communities National Summit
- 2017 Sustainable Communities National Summit
- Innovation as Leadership in Local Government
- Tactical Urbanism and Better Blocks Masterclass
There are separate pages for presentations from these conferences:
Vision Zero - Safety In Seattle Workshop with Dongho Chang
Dongho Chang, the City Traffic Engineer for Seattle, shared his experience in implementing practical, innovative approaches to road safety and explain the application of Seattle’s leading-edge pedestrian/bicycle safety assessment tool at this one-off workshop in March 2019.
Presentation
National Local Government Conference: Reinvent.LGov
This conference, held in April 2018, as a skills development event where participants found out about innovations and community-first initiatives from councils from around Australia.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations
- Fire Station 101: a regional impact accelerator - Chad Renando, Community Manager, Ipswich City Council, QLD (PDF - 6.89MB)
- Achieving Successful Transformation: it’s not about the technology - Juan Hernandez, Business Improvement Coordinator, Port Stephens Council NSW (PDF - 818KB)
- WORKSHOP: Engagement Lab: Innovating irresistable community engagement - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 2.24MB)
- WORKSHOP: Barriers to Culture of Improvement & Innovation - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 144KB)
- WORKSHOP: Barriers to Culture of Improvement & Innovation (Session notes) - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 103KB)
- CASE STUDY 1: The innovation journey at Cardinia Council - David Jackson, Information Services Manager, Cardinia Shire Council (PDF - 373KB)
- CASE STUDY 2: Business Improvement@ Willoughby City Council - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 2.69MB)
- GROUP NOTES: Business Improvement@ Willoughby City Council - Mustafa Ghulam, Business Improvement & Customer Experience Manager, Willoughby City Council, NSW (PDF - 115KB)
- CASE STUDY 3: Digital transformation of a rural community - Establishing Southern Grampians as Victoria's first Smart Connected Rural Community - Russell Bennett Manager Business Systems, Southern Grampians Shire Council (PDF - 3.21MB)
- Transforming local government: What works - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 95KB)
- PERSPECTIVE 1: Gladstone Council: Waste powering a greener future - Dr Jessica North, CEO, LGI (Landfill Gas Industries) Ltd, QLD (PDF - 5.16MB)
- PERSPECTIVE 2: Using data and technology to transform service delivery and enhance citizen experience - Anthony Ogle, Smart City Projects Manager, City of Ryde, NSW (PDF - 1.02MB)
- PERSPECTIVE 3: Evaluating the impact of innovation investment - Chad Renando, Community Manager, Ipswich City Council, QLD (PDF - 3.07MB)
Rebooting Democracy National Tour
Cormac Russell, author, social explorer and Director of Asset-Based Community Development in Europe and USA, brings experience of working at all levels of local government in 35 countries over the last 21 years, to this most vexing of questions: how can we reboot democracy? In November and December 2017, Mr Russell toured the country discussing that question.
Presentation
Hacktivation: Transforming Local Government in the Innovation Era
This two-day innovation conference in March 2017 was made up of lead case studies for big change innovation and community first Australian councils and a series of interactive workshops on innovation modelling process, and real life council transformation challenges. Other featured workshops included; PechaKucha and GovHACK, and workshops on council transformation challenges, journey mapping, and national local government innovations awards.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 30 years and beyond - the Future of Local Government - Chris O’Connor - Manager Digital and Data and Caz McLean, Organisational Performance - City of Casey (PowerPoint - 25.9MB)
- Action focussed innovation: A new approach to increase the value of Council services - Martijn Schroder - Business Transformation Manager - City of Ballarat (PowerPoint - 4.26MB)
- Adelaide: Australia’s first Lighthouse City for Innovation - Paul Daly - Advisor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Adelaide City Council (PowerPoint - 16.3MB)
- Council Plan Development in the Data Age: Supporting evidence-based policy making - Angelo Saridis - Manager Performance & Innovation and James Allen - Business Improvement Analyst - Latrobe City Council (PowerPoint - 2.25MB)
- Fast prototyping - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 2.04MB)
- Human Centred Design approach to public service innovation - Service Design Melbourne (SDM) (PowerPoint - 7.85MB)
- Innovation at Yarra Ranges - Joelle McKay - Executive Officer - Innovation Lead At Yarra Ranges Council (PowerPoint - 4.00MB)
- Innovation Districts – places of making - Jacyl Shaw - Director of Engagement Carlton Connect Initiative - University of Melbourne (PowerPoint - 5.03MB)
- Innovation in transformation: Winning hearts, changing mindsets and improving service in the brave new(?) world of putting the customer first - Angela Robertson – Business Analyst Justine Resta – Organisational Development Coordinator - Brimbank City Council (PowerPoint - 18.4MB)
- Preparing a Digital Economy Strategy for Lake Macquarie City - Sharon Pope, Lake Macquarie Council (PowerPoint - 4.95MB)
- Sunshine Coast Hackfest: how it aligns with council’s strategic plan and corporate capabilities - Ann Yardley - Manager - Business Solutions and Strategy Unit - Sunshine Coast Council (PowerPoint - 3.50MB)
Videos
Adelaide - Lighthouse City for Innovation - Anil Menon excerpt
Innovation at Yarra Ranges - Goals and Purpose
Sunshine Coast Hackfest 2016
2019 Future of Local Government Summit
The annual Future of Local Government Summit is held in May every year. It brings together experts from around the world to share their views on the influences shaping local government and the opportunities this can create for Victorian councils and their communities. It has been running since 2005.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and a video.
Presentations
Day 1
- Summit program (PDF - 599KB)
- Reflections and Starting Points - Graham Sansom, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney (PDF - 827KB)
- Creating a Movement on the Road to Localisation: Time for a New Story - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF- 15.8MB)
- How Governments Can Achieve More By 'Letting Go' - Adrian Brown, Executive Director, Centre for Public Impact
- The Warrnambool Experience: Making Space for the Community - Local Government Letting Go - Helen Sheedy, Co-ordinator Economic Development and Business Support, Warrnambool City Council (PDF - 5.92MB)
- Collective Impact Burnie: The Community Taking the Lead - Olivia Lucas, Collective Impact Officer, Burnie City Council, Tasmania (PDF - 2.06MB)
- PECHAKUCHA: Grassroots Democracy: Grass roots is Critical in Restoring a Properly Functioning Democracy - Cr Ron Cooper, Tweed Shire Council, NSW (PDF - 1.14MB)
- PECHAKUCHA: Signs of the Great Disruption: Seizing the High Road - Cr Andrew McEwen, South Gippsland Shire Council (PDF - 2.19MB)
- Project Localism: An introduction to LGNZ’s localism initiative - Mike Reid, Principal Policy Advisor, Local Government New Zealand (PDF - 1.57MB)
- Repower Port Augusta: Power to the People - Lisa Lumsden, Former Repower Port Augusta Chairperson and Port Augusta Councillor (PDF - 4.13MB)
- Local Democracy at Work? - Su Fei Tan, Senior Researcher, Institute for Public Policy and Governance and PhD candidate, University of Technology Sydney (PDF - 147KB)
- Future Roles of Mayors and Councillors: Issues and Ideas - Graham Sansom, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney (PDF - 1.08MB)
Day 2
- Attacking Obesity at the Local Level - Josephene Duffy, CEO, Stephanie Alexander Garden Foundation (PDF - 7.02MB)
- Renewable Newstead: Community Powered - Small Town Big Switch: Newstead's Journey to Renewable Energy - Simon Beckett (PDF - 8.21MB)
- The Benefits of Integrating Communities: The Pyramid Hill (Vic.) Story - Cr Cheryl McKinnon, Mayor, Loddon Shire Council (PDF - 1.55MB)
- New Zealand Community Boards: An Update - Mike Reid, Principal Policy Advisor, Local Government New Zealand (PDF - 1.43MB)
- Waratah Community Board: The New Community Charter and Advisory Board Devolving Power to Citizens - Tracey Bradley, Director Corporate and Community Services, Waratah-Wynyard Council, Tasmania (PDF - 3.53MB)
- 100 Big-Little Ideas List (PDF - 603KB)
- Centre for Public Impact Brochure: Enablement: How Governments Can Achieve More By Letting Go (PDF - 6.09MB)
Video
New York City Charter Revision: Creating a Citywide Participatory Budgeting Process
2018 Future of Local Government Summit
The annual Future of Local Government Summit is held in May every year. It brings together experts from around the world to share their views on the influences shaping local government and the opportunities this can create for Victorian councils and their communities. It has been running since 2005.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
Day 1
- Summit agenda (PDF - 2.52MB)
- Summit Context - John Hennessy, Sector Development Officer, Municipal Association of Victoria (PDF - 680KB)
- Beyond devolution and towards resilience - Andrew Walker, Policy Researcher, UK Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) (PDF - 729KB)
- Renewable Newstead: Newstead 2021: Supporting the development of a vibrant, informed & sustainable community - Genevieve Barlow & Geoff Park (PDF - 848KB)
- The new Waratah community charter and advisory board - Tracey Bradley, Director, Corporate & Community Services, Waratah-Wynard Council, NSW (PDF - 2.18MB)
- Creating age-friendly communities in the US - Danielle Arigoni, Director, AARP Livable Communities, USA (PDF - 5.02MB)
- bHive: A world first, place-based sharing economy cooperative - Ian McBurney, Director and EO, bHive Cooperative (PDF - 9.14MB)
- Transitioning to a zero carbon community within 10 years - Imogen Jubb, National Manager, Zero Carbon Communities, Beyond Zero Emissions (PDF - 2.26MB)
- Sustainable Neighbourhoods Program: Community-led processes to achieve local sustainability - Dr Alice Howe, Manager, Sustainability, Lake Macquarie City Council, NSW (PDF - 5.57MB)
Day 2
- LogoNet: fresh thinking about the future of local government and local governance - Tim Robinson, Co-founder, LogoNet Australia Associate, Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, University of Canberra (PDF - 604KB)
- The growing importance of regional co-operation and collaboration - Scott Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Council of Mayors, South East Queensland (PDF - 2.31MB)
- Driving change in local government: What works and what doesn’t? - Les Robinson, Changeology (PDF - 87.2KB)
- Action focussed innovation - Martijn Schroder, global consultant (PDF - 3.89MB)
- Learning how to be community-led - Rhys Williams, Mayor of Mandurah Council, WA (PDF - 9.88MB)
- Heathcote community case study - Sherrie Coote, Advance Heathcote Inc & Sandra Slatter (PDF - 3.58MB)
- Tiny houses have a big future: A place for tiny houses - Tom Danby, Community Developer (PDF - 1.94MB)
- The transition movement: a way for a local community to address the climate emergency - Mary Stringer, Transition Streets Banyule (PDF - 3.05MB)
- Why investing in tourism is good for local communities - Wayne Kayler-Thomson, Chair, Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Ltd (PDF - 4.03MB)
- One Step Ahead of Amazon: Enhancing the Main Street Experience - Dr David Mepham, Place Planner (PDF - 1.49MB)
Video
Advancing community-led governance: the latest from Britain and Canada:
Graham Sansom, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
2017 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- Conference agenda (PowerPoint - 592KB)
- Conference introduction - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 2.27MB)
- The Better Way: less local government and more local governance - David Hammond, Director, Hammond Robertson and former CEO, Thames-Coromandel Council, NZ (PowerPoint - 4.17MB)
- City-Charrette 2040: Future= Past + Now - Jacyl Shaw, Director Engagement & Renee Beale, Creative Community Animator, Carlton Connect Initiative (PowerPoint - 3.79MB)
- Collaborative city-making - Lucinda Hartley, Co-founder CoDesign Studio (PDF - 15.1MB)
- Fostering a culture of innovation - Jacyl Shaw, Director, Carlton Connect Initiative (PowerPoint - 27.1MB)
- How greater devolution can enhance community based governance - Dr Mike Reid, Principle Policy Advisor, Local Government New Zealand (PowerPoint - 118KB)
- Local governments & community: a new story - Gilbert Rochecouste, founder of Village Well (PDF - 21.5MB)
- MiVote - The future of community engagement - Joel Stanton, MiVote (PowerPoint - 10.0MB)
- The New Digital Age can deliver for communities but it needs collaboration and innovation - Martijn Schroder, Digital Transformation Manager, City of Ballarat (PowerPoint - 23.6MB)
- Placemaking: The Better Way. Yes, we can! - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 27.6MB)
- Public spaces are better when shaped by local people - Tracey O’Connor, Whitehorse City Council (PowerPoint - 15.8MB)
- Shaping and Selling a New Australian Localism - Graham Sansom (PowerPoint - 420KB)
- Transforming Local Government - Dr Jonathan Carr-West, CEO, The Local Government Information Unit, UK (PowerPoint - 4.43MB)
Videos
Thames-Coromandel District Council, NZ - Community empowerment
Forum Videos
2016 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- Conference introduction - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 120KB)
- Adaptive leadership in complexity and change - Liz Skelton, Collaboration for Impact (PowerPoint - 4.55MB)
- Building a sustainable future: New Zealand’s new local democracy - Helen Mexted, LGNZ (PDF - 5.25MB)
- Cardinia's ABW journey, one year on - Vicki Millen (PowerPoint - 712KB)
- Creating next generation councils - David Hammond, CEO, Thames-Coromandel District Council, New Zealand (PowerPoint - 3.11MB)
- Decision making by councils in a financially constrained environment - Justine Linley, CEO, Northern Grampians Shire Council (PowerPoint - 7.20MB)
- Defining high performance - Phil Wilson, Auckland Council, NZ (PowerPoint - 4.06MB)
- Getting value in the postnormal: Rethinking local government beyond 2020 - Mike McAllum, Global Foresight Network (PowerPoint - 2.48MB)
- Hunter Councils: Fit for purpose? - Roger Stephan, CEO, The Hunter Joint Organisation (PowerPoint - 3.16MB)
- Lismore Community Solarfarms - Adam Blakester, Executive Director, Starfish Initiatives (PDF - 2.50MB)
- Local Government's role in fostering national productivity and innovation - Troy Pickard, ALGA (PowerPoint - 4.30MB)
- Reform of the federation: What do Australians want… and what do they need? - A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University (PowerPoint - 1.27MB)
- Sharing the Altered State: Rebooting Democracy in an Age of Dislocation - Cormac Russell, Managing Director of Nurture Development and faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development Institute (PowerPoint - 9.21MB)
- Tackling climate change in a practical way - Paul Murfitt, CEO, Moreland Energy Foundation (PowerPoint - 14.4MB)
- Tell your story well - Iain Twine, CEO, Edelman South East Asia & Australasia (PowerPoint - 1.90MB)
- Top gear or stuck in neutral? What next for Australian local government - Graham Sansom, Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (PowerPoint - 949KB)
- Transforming public services - Kirsty Elderton, Australian Digital Transformation Office (PDF - 4.26MB)
- Conference summary - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 92.5KB)
Videos
Devolution, public service reform and economic growth - Barry Quirk, CEO of Lewisham Council, London
The UK local government journey: Where to now? - Lord Porter, Chairman of the Local Government Association of the UK
2015 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 2015 FOLG Summit Overview - John Hennesssy, MAV (PowerPoint - 9.24MB)
- Business model transformation - Prof Peter Grant, IBRS (PowerPoint - 5.50MB)
- Change, innovation and frugality, what works - Kate Delaney (PowerPoint - 2.49MB)
- City of Greater Geraldton (WA) participatory budgeting journey - Ken Diehm (PowerPoint - 5.30MB)
- City of Melbourne, the People's Panel - Stephen Mayne (PowerPoint - 3.18MB)
- Community enpowerment in council decision-making - David Hammond, NZ (PowerPoint - 2.60MB)
- FOLG Next Steps - John Hennessy, MAV (PowerPoint - 141KB)
- Future of Local Government National Summit 2015 (Word - 76.7KB)
- Future of local public services and implications for local govt - Prof Helen Sullivan (PowerPoint - 2.75MB)
- Lessons and insights I've learnt in local government and elsewhere - Kelvin Spiller (PowerPoint - 10.1MB)
- Local government and federal government, the importance of the direct relationship, now and into the future - Troy Pickard, ALGA (PowerPoint - 558KB)
- Reinventing neighbourhoods: Places for people, by people - Lucinda Hartley, CoDesign Studio (PowerPoint - 24.6MB)
- Responding to the biggest wake-up call in history - Richard Slaughter, Foresight (PowerPoint - 5.03MB)
- The challenge of change - John Walker, Richmond Valley Council, NSW (PowerPoint - 929KB)
- The WA Council amalgamation process, how not to do it - Peter Kenyon, Bank of IDEAS (PowerPoint - 4.49MB)
- Transformation to a new smarter way of working - Di Ashton, Cardinia (PDF - 4.21MB)
- Virtual local government - Professor Percy Allan (PDF - 766KB)
Videos
Community enpowerment in council decision-making - David Hammond, CEO of Thames-Coromandel District Council, NZ
Engaging your community in city council decision making - Dr Paul Leistner, Neighborhood Program Coordinator for the City of Portland, Oregon, USA
Re-imagining government in the digital age - Barry Quirk, CEO of Lewisham Council, London, UK
2014 Future of Local Government Summit
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- Building capacity - amalgamation or what, Graham Sansom (PowerPoint - 3.32MB)
- Commission of Inquiry, Peter Barnett, Telstra (PowerPoint - 1.95MB)
- Councils leading the way, Matt Skinner, FutureGov (PDF - 3.46MB)
- Framing the future - from strategy to total redesign, Michael McAllum (PowerPoint - 1.43MB)
- Future of Local Government 2014 Summit - Program (Word - 2.73MB)
- Future of Local Government 2014 Summit - Propositions (Word - 23.6KB)
- Future of Local Government 2014 Summit, John Hennessy (PowerPoint - 1.35MB)
- Go Goldfields - a new role for local government in social change (PowerPoint - 1.34MB)
- GOVCLOUD - The Queensland LG Experience, Jock O'Keefe (PowerPoint - 3.17MB)
- Local government sustainability, CT Management (PowerPoint - 3.48MB)
- Patchwork - A simple, secure network of front-line workers in your area (PDF - 1.78MB)
- Rewiring public services - The better way (PowerPoint - 261KB)
- Rewiring public services, Paul Raynes (PowerPoint - 2.16MB)
- Shared Services - An alternative delivery model for local government or not, Donna Galvin (PowerPoint - 5.15MB)
- Swift Library Consortium - How collaboration benefits participants, Kevin Rusbridge (PowerPoint - 4.42MB)
- Tools for the future - closing the gap between business as usual and where we need to be (PowerPoint - 1.45MB)
2018 Sustainable Communities National Summit
The Sustainable Communities National Summit was held in September 2018. It explores challenges and strategies for the transition to environmentally sustainable and citizen-led communities.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations Day 1
- Welcome by MC - Gilbert Rochecouste (PDF 33.1MB)
- The bHive model is ripe for export to other communties - Julie Miller Markoff (PDF - 4.14MB)
- The food next door co-op - Deb Bogenhuber & John Niyera (PDF - 1.82MB)
- Liveability and resilience: the Australian Community Capacity Study - Rebecca Wickes (PDF - 2.28MB)
- The new large scale solar economy: implications for the rural community - Roger Griffiths (PDF - 6.19MB)
- City of Greater Bendigo's bid to be a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy - Trevor Budge & Sonia Anthony (PDF - 1.39MB)
- Tiny Houses: a case study - Judy Clarke (PDF - 2.96MB)
- Pechakucha - Elena Pereyra (PDF - 8.63MB)
Presentations Day 2
- Creating more walkable, sustainable communities - Dr Claire Boulange (PDF - 3.36MB)
- Raw Storytelling Sunday - Mariam Issa (MP4 - 24.2MB)
- RAW Wisdom - Mariam Issa (MP4 - 20.8MB)
- Renewable Newstead - Don Culvinor (PDF - 479MB)
- Use your power as a super fund member to fight climate change - Will van de Pol (PDF - 1.33MB)
- Connecting communities is about people - Dean Cracknell (PDF - 2.70MB)
- Transition Pechakucha - Eugenie Stockmann (PDF - 106KB)
- Transition Pechakucha - Dr Dominique Hes (PDF - 1.54MB)
- Great Events: feedback from 2018 events that are changing the game - Mary Stringer (PDF - 1.73MB)
- Great Events: feedback from 2018 events that are changing the game - Samantha Green (PDF - 347KB)
- Cardinia Food Circles case study - Garry McQuillan, Max Godber & Tamsin Hadfield (PDF - 1.65MB)
- Creating a Movement - Gilbert Rochecouste (PDF - 31.9MB)
2017 Sustainable Communities National Summit
The inaugural Sustainable Communities National Summit was held in September 2017. It explores challenges and strategies for the transition to environmentally sustainable and citizen-led communities.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations and videos.
Presentations
- 2017 Sustainable Communities National Summit: Introduction - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 4.22MB)
- The Amazing Zero Impact Man - Brett Hedger, Greenhouse Programs Officer, Port Phillip Council (PowerPoint - 5.34MB)
- Climate and Community Action - Alison Rowe, CEO Moreland Energy Foundation (PowerPoint - 10.2MB)
- Darebin Climate Emergency Plan - Gavin Mountjoy, Coordinator Energy & Adaptation, Darebin Council (PowerPoint - 11.7MB)
- Good Practice in Community Gardens - Richard Rowe, Learning and Training Coordinator, Sustainable Gardening Australia (PowerPoint - 10.2MB)
- Healthy Living Habits That Last a Lifetime - Rebecca Naylor, CEO, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation (PowerPoint - 5.03MB)
- Mapping the Melbourne Sharing Economy - Dr Jenny Kennedy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Networked Society Institute (PowerPoint - 20.1MB)
- MAV Sustainable Communities National Summit - Synopsis (Word - 92.5KB)
- PechaKucha 1: Transition Newcastle - Cathy Stuart (PowerPoint - 21.5MB)
- PechaKucha 2: CENTS (Community Exchange Network Tasmania) - Dr Robin Krabbe & Tania Brookes (PowerPoint - 5.75MB)
- PechaKucha 3: Transition Sydney - Lance Leiber (PowerPoint - 8.48MB)
- PechaKucha 4: Taking Green from Mungbean to Mainstream: The New Joneses Pop-up in Our Local Communities to Show the Everyday Choices We Can Make for the Good of Our People & Planet - Tamara DiMattina (PowerPoint - 7.51MB)
- PechaKucha 5: Transition Bondi - Kit Shepherd (PowerPoint - 15.6MB)
- PechaKucha 6: Melbourne Repair Cafe: An Initiative of Transition Maribyrnong - Michelle Fisher, Coordinator, Melbourne Repair Centre (PowerPoint - 5.74MB)
- PechaKucha 7: Transition Streets Geelong - Monica Winston (PowerPoint - 5.23MB)
- PechaKucha 8: Living Within Earth's Resources - Suzette Jackson, Executive Director, Bioregional Australia Foundation (PowerPoint - 3.46MB)
- PechaKucha 9: Transition Darebin - Amanda Healy (PowerPoint - 6.91MB)
- PechaKucha 10: Transition Bellingen 2008-2015 - Lisa Siegel (PowerPoint - 7.15MB)
- PechaKucha 11: Canberra Honesty Box / Transition Street Story in Hackett (Transition Canberra) - Jen Tonna (PowerPoint - 24.5MB)
- Placemaking: Councils are the Publisher, Not the Author - Gilbert Rochecouste, Village Well (PDF - 20.7MB)
- Solar for Schools - Rob Gell, Environmental and Communications Consultant (PDF - 1.44MB)
- Transition Australia Presentation (PDF - 1.08MB)
- Transition Streets Banyule: A Growth Story - Mary Stringer (PowerPoint - 729KB)
- Transition Streets Banyule: A Growth Story - Mary Stringer NOTES (PDF - 65.9KB)
- Urban Design for Climate Change: What Can Local Government and Communities Do? - Pr Rob Adams AM, Director City Design and Projects, City of Melbourne (PDF - 30.2MB)
- Visions and Pathways 2040: Designing Low Carbon Futures - Dr Seona Candy - Victorian Eco-innovation Lab (VEIL) (PowerPoint - 17.6MB)
Videos
The New Joneses Pop-up
Power in Our Hands - Rob Hopkins
Innovation as Leadership in Local Government
This conference, which was held in October 2014, challenged delegates to rethink how councils function from the inside out, and re-imagine how public services can help strengthen communities and improve quality of life.
Information presented at the event is available below in the form of presentations.
Presentations
- Bushfire Attack Fire Level App - Barrett Higman, Alpine Shire Council (PowerPoint - 5.99MB)
- Forecast, Cloud with a lot of spin - David Platt (PowerPoint - 12.8MB)
- How innovation can blossom in local government - Dr John Martin (PowerPoint - 1.45MB)
- Hunter Councils, Leaders in local government resource sharing - Roger Stephan (PowerPoint - 5.02MB)
- Innovation as leadership in local government - John Hennessy (PowerPoint - 2.2MB)
- Innovation as Leadership in Local Government National Conference 2014 (PDF - 439KB)
- Innovation as Leadership in Local Government National Conference 2014 (Word - 43KB)
- Innovation in local government - Rowena Morrow, Boroondara Council (PowerPoint - 36.2MB)
- Innovation is something any council can do - Les Robinson, Enabling Change (PDF - 1.19MB)
- Logan City Council, From bureaucracy to business - Todd Rohl and Stephan Ball (PowerPoint - 3.80MB)
- Peppercorn Services, Leveraging investment in community services - Joseph Litwin, Hawkesbury City Council (PowerPoint - 1.34MB)
- Procurement power, how local government can drive reform through procurement transformation - Chris Newman, ArcBlue (PowerPoint - 3.71MB)
- Programs to support local government innovation, global case studies (PowerPoint - 927KB)
- South Australian Local Government Research and Development Scheme (LGR&DS) - Shane Sody, LGA of SA
- Waluwin Community Centre - Dale Jones, Cabonne Council NSW (PowerPoint - 8.62MB)
Tactical urbanism and better blocks masterclass (March 2015)
Jason Roberts from Better Block, USA and Lucinda Hatley from CoDesign Studio, together with Victoria Walks held a masterclass on tactical urbanism and rapid placemaking on 24 March 2015.
They provided insights and information on tools for building better neighbourhoods quickly and simply.