@fredgblackwell says his foundation funds arts and culture because it’s an essential part of place making. Yes! #PAConf2018

"We invested $500,000 in public advocacy on housing that helped unlock $2BN of new affordable housing. If we had spent that $500k directly on housing, it would have built 1 new unit! If you’re not investing in advocacy, you are fooling yourself." Fred Blackwell San Francisco Foundation #PAConf2018

Sarah Hardy of The Ross Trust et al leading by example "Funders can't talk about collaboration if they don't demonstrate it themselves" #PA2018Conf Philanthropy Aus Bennelong Foundation

Alan Schwartz delivering a powerful brave speech on rewriting economics to include social and natural capital #PA2018Conf

ALAN SCHWARTZ (investor and philanthropist) Philanthropy Aus conf proposes ‘universal commons project’ to bring social and natural capital into markets. Goal to develop system of metrics to soundly measure movements of social and natural capital. #PA2018Conf #Socialimpact

OMG. Talk about having your brain turned inside out. #PA2018Conf

Universal Commons Exchange - what a concept - is it possible? Alan Schwartz pointing out previously unthinkable changes to systems that have happened . Yes we can. #PA2018Conf

As Alan Shwartz just mentioned, for more information on 'Universal Commons' and 'The Measurement Prize' click here: universalcommons.com #PA2018Conf

Danielle Walker Palmour: Start with why? What are your tools? Where are you spending your time? Where is your power? What can you do with it? Wonderful and relatable presentation on revolutionary self reflection. #PA2018Conf

⁦Philanthropy Aus⁩ CEO Sarah Davies at close of #PA2018Conf. Many themes, some reinforcement and some stretched thinking.

I have never, for even one second, regretted getting a humanities degree.

And the winner of the Inclusion Award is the LGBTIQ inclusion project within the Sexual Lives & Respectful Relationships (SL&RR) program at Deakin University! Congratulations to you all! #DisabilityAwards2018

Please join us! #impact100

Non-academic staff are vital and very much part of our campaign! And they seem to be taking the brunt of the redundancies. #deakinfightsback

Updated numbers coming out today from the NTEU - so far the union have counted 419 positions cut across academic and professional Deakin University staff. That’s higher than the figure of 400 forecast by the VC. And amounts to 9% of staff - MUCH higher than the forecast 3%.

All the #highered subjects that would help us understand, critique and problem solve social, political and economic challenges are under attack. But who has those problems, right? Dan Tehan @NTEUNational Deakin University

Join us on Facebook tomorrow at 10am for the launch of #BackMelbourne

Hearts in my eyes for all our Committee, past, present and future!