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Zeal Tall Poppy 2014

youthquest

Paul Fong

  • build leaders up
  • change > add, something different. act
  • open hearts … work together
  • change shows teachability
  • relevance
  • programme change 2007-now
  • change makes you smarter
  • offer them something thats better than what they’ve got
  • why? change has to be better
  • change has a snowball effect
  • change a generation
  • follow it through
  • work with key influencers in community / relationships
  • so much potential in young guys sitting in cells… more than anyone here
  • murray = legend.
  • build leaders key for continuity.
  • mentoring
  • identity gaps… use services
  • collaboration... you can't do it alone
    • using police, CYFS, prisons, drug rehab.. same kaupapa
  • ensure partnership benefits both of you... enhance and compliment

How we do it

  • identity young people and families for programmes
  • spend 14 weeks full time with them
    • 6am Wake
    • 7am Gym
    • 8am Breakfast
    • 9am Work the farm.
    • 4-5pm Finish
    • evening... night duties... prep for next day
    • Level two farming certificate.
  • teaching Identity... Whakapapa + Haka... biggest issue (Where is my dad?)
  • better stats than EIT training after 12 months. Mentoring is the difference.
  • Invite parents
  • Fitness is a huge thing.

Challenge

  • How can your org. change

  • What can you do to be more effective?

  • Collaborate.

  • Drown in research... sometimes as simple as having someone believe in you

Zane

  • Power of music to connect

Jade Leung

NGO and social enterprise/social change

We are part of the problem (but we prefer not to stomach it)

  • Educational inequality
    • NZ 2008 > social conscience
    • Educational achievement corelation to socieconomic status
    • Edu system fails people
  • Biggest gaps in achievement in GN (ERO)
  • NCEA campus - uni students as tutors to NCEA students.
    • Private tutoring
    • 700 students 2012
  • Assumptions... lower decile > lower 'quality' / less desire.. wrong :)
  • "stop using the word Decile to label my school"
    • Decile as a mark of "quality" in discourse
  • We create the discourse that perpetuates issues
  • Extreme poverty in APAC
  • The opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice. Bryan Stevenson.
  • Poverty is result of glob cons cap. Everything is linked.
  • Slavery footprint
  • Impossibe to check out of this system!
  • Issues:
    • Smartphones... Congo + DRC Coltan metals
    • Coffee... destabilised economies / injustice
    • Voting... foreign aid policies
    • Plastic Bags... ecosystem destruction
  • It's not a blame thing

Issues need more than resources and policies, they need a movement

  • We are growing in knowledge

    • Silver nanoparticles
    • Makerbots
    • PetriBeef
    • Invisible blanket

  • We are growing in size

    • Exponential growth
    • Longer lifespan

  • We are growing in influence

    • Overuse of natural resource.
    • Tiny body of water
    • Biodiversity decreasing. 70% of species at risk of extinction
    • Oil / deforestation
    • 1 NZ worth of forest every 2 minutes?

  • Kalimpong, India

    • P3 foundation
    • Fundraise in NZ to alleviate poverty.
    • Material poverty != dignity.
    • Teachers volunteers
    • Material provisions sold for basic needs
    • Trafficking circle operating in the area
    • What can NZ do to help?
      • Just keep doing what you're doing.
      • We have to fight our battle. We know the kids/community best.
      • What we can't do, is help NZ to care.
      • We can't ask people to see us as part of their global family.

  • Extreme poverty doesn't face 1.1Bn, it belongs to all 7 billion

  • Educational inequality doesn't just involve the edu sector, it's everyone.

How do we create movements?

(I'm by no means an expert, but these are some things I've picked up)

  • Create an inclusive narrative
    • "help them"
    • vs "Join us"
    • Probably suffers from the cliches of startup culture/app culture.
    • Interesting to know which was actually the more effective :)
  • Vision: To see the end of extreme poverty witihn a generation
  • Mission: Mobilise young NZers to be advocates for global poverty.
  • BHAG - has she worked with Megan/Enspiral? :)
    • Transcend pragmatism
    • Make the marketing big redundant
  • Open your door to volunteers
    • "Bloody marketing coz it's so awful"
    • No question of the money.
    • In it because they care.
    • Social capital
    • They need:
      • A narrative,
      • Capacity for meaningful work (not DB entry!)
      • A community
      • Mentoring and coaching.
  • Make collaboration the modus operandi
    • Isolated personal actions won't solve the crisis.
  • Don't forget to celebrate making the world a better place.
    • Bono - halved global poverty in the last 10 years. We don't hear about it!

Assil Russell

Caring creates change (iCare)[http://iraqicare.org]

  • If your dream scares you, it's not big enough
  • Dr Seuss... Unless someone like you cares an awful lot, nothing is going to get better, no it's not.
  • Dentistry assignment... compare Iraq and NZ Healthcare systems.
  • More need, less practitioners
  • Caring is innate.
  • Cookbook > App > Sales on app store > Tumor removed for dozens of children
  • Iraqi Childrens' Aid and Repair Endeavour
  • Why doesn't the government do something?
    • We can't afford to wait for the government.
  • Make change by overlooking barriers of race, culture, gender.
  • International > raise funds.
  • You don't have to be a doctor to save lives.

Projects

  • Only NZ/AUS Charity with branches in Iraq
  • Hunger to health... 1 in four iraqis below poverty line
  • Food nourshes the body, feeding others nourishes the soul.
  • Wheelchairs for disabled communities
  • Prevention programme
    • Education about common diseases.
    • Healthcare packs. Bar of soap, toothbrush.
    • Kiwi bird toy.
  • Response to ISIS > Care to save programme
    • Help 1.2m displaced people
    • A person is either your brother in faith, or your equal in humanity
      • Ali AS
  • The world isn't as disconnected as it used to be
  • Strategy > use social media.
  • Diagnosis and treatment through social media.
  • 50k followers worldwide... no advertising
  • Raise awareness... eg Amarili
  • Resistance against social movement
    • Security in iraq less of an issue than gender and age
    • Women don't typically lead groups in Iraq
    • Detained in airport... why bringing so many tubes of toothpaste into Iraq?
  • The power of "we".
    • I care > we care
    • illness > wellness
  • Care collectively.
  • Revive a smile
    • Free dental care for low-income/disadvantaged people in Hamilton/NZ
    • Treatment over several visits for education/relationship aspect
    • Become agents of social change.
    • Businesses got onboard > Give away toothpaste.
  • Mobile is my agent of social change
    • This man is in pain... is it right to do nothing?
  • Do the change
    • Get the policy makers involved later. They'll see it working.
  • Serve, Care, Volunteer.
  • How do you find the time?
    • What we do for ourselves dies with us.
    • What we do for others has the potential to live on.
    • No-one has the time. They've got the heart.

Nakita Turner

One voice - interview with Elliot Taylor

  • Singapore Airlines starfest(quest?) - winning
  • Performed with her brother from early on.
  • Experience of bullying:
    • 6 years old... play song in front of assembly.
    • People laughing at me... not cool!
    • Don't ever want to perform again
  • Writing the track:
    • Anti-bullying big issue
    • What can I do? What talents can I make a change with?
    • Met people in songwriting competitions
    • Can we get everyone together instead of competing?
    • Emailed the other competitors.. want to write a song?
    • Music teacher at school - choir director
  • Lyrical content:
    • Went to 6 schools around christchurch, interviewed 180 students
    • Wanted to get their experiences of bullying.
    • Song is real-life situations.
  • What is the most important thing? He tangata.
  • 50,000 views in the 2-3 days.
  • More Youtube views than the #1 single in NZ (!)
  • Lead to Television interviews, awareness, change in schoolyard behaviour.
  • Messages:
    • Be someone approachable.
    • If you're being bullied, tell someone.
    • Forgiveness. Need this to move on.
    • The bully is hurting... hurt people hurt people. Help them too.
  • Give young people opportunities.
  • Tell them to dream big
  • Biggest challenge? Peers and self-esteem.
    • Performing is difficult.
    • Peers judge.
    • Build people up.
    • If there was no tearing people down, people could achieve so many things.
  • Live for tomorrrow
    • Anti-bullying resource
    • Get involved with the project
    • Behind the scenes
    • Website
    • Stuff to help bullies.

Terrance Wallace

  • Employment training / employment opportunities
  • Don't focus so much on the problem(s)
  • Legal guardian of 55 boys (!)
  • Evidence of things:
    • You can study all you want, but you have to work in community.
  • Policy makers should volunteer in communities as part of their office!
  • InZone
  • Figured out how to circumvent the legislation

Sarah Longbottom

  • Alternative education. Nga rangatahi toa
  • Vodafone world of difference
  • Give thanks
  • "The love"
  • Recognition of the awesome interconnectedness of people
  • Rangatahi are told material things are what we should appreciate
  • "the gratitude circle"
  • Mindfulness practice
  • Employment readines
  • 3500 are excluded from mainstream education
  • 29000 not in employment, education, or training. 10% of all rangatahi
  • Age for doing everything, not nothing
  • National success rate for alt education, 37%. 63% not in anything
  • NRT sucess rate 100%
  • Aim High
  • Moved to alternative education to catch those falling through cracks
  • "Heaps of experts don't really know much and they're kinda useless"
  • Who am I at the core of my being?
  • Naming constructs things
    • What we name influences our experience/identity.
  • Events cause judgements > they become identities... often simply not true.
  • Education != numeracy and literacy.
  • 1-to-1 mentoring
    • match skills with appropriate practitioners
    • exhibit after 1 week mentoring.
  • Aaaaaaaaaaand she lost me.

Bruce Pilbrow

  • lessons from being a CEO:
  • We have to lead
    • Following has to stop.
    • Social industry needs to be 'elbows and heels'
    • Terrance - who's this african american running a Maori organisation
    • Don't take any bullshit
    • Walk the walk
    • Pioneering.
    • If it doesn't work, change.
    • Think of the next thing
    • Be a generation that doesn't pay lip service.
  • Steve Jobs: "Why did Sony not invent the iPod?"
    • They had the tech, the marketing, the sales, the whole chain
    • None of the divisions actually talked to each other
    • Each part of the biz sabotaged the other
    • 1000 songs in one pocket - make it happen.
  • Celebrate your uniqueness, but collaborate.
    • You have a focus, but link hands + hold arms
    • We pay lip service to collaboration, work together.
    • As soon as the word competition comes out of your mouth, resign.
    • We can't compete... if we fight each other, how can we make a difference?
    • Share good CFO/CEO, get mentored.. we have to be the best at what we do
    • No competiton, be a force to be reckoned with.
  • Who's been to govt to ask for money?
    • "Cute" organisations
    • 24bn to MSD...
    • IF we go as individuals that what happens.
    • We can't keep thinking govt down
    • Community up
    • If Zeal go in, one man, one org. What if we all went in to beehive together?
    • We are the youth sector, we'll sort it out, together.
    • We go to the govt as one voice.
  • We should be telling policy people what is best for youth
  • Families policy commission
    • Showed up in jeans and a tshirt
    • I wear this to remind myself i'm not one of you
    • We're different. How many ministers visit?
  • Start at community level
    • How you tell your story matters.
    • Use what you know.
    • Social media, online content. We own this space.
    • Get your story out there. You have to tell your story.
    • These are stories that matter.
      • This is what i was > this is what I am now. Ballsy.
  • Be commercially smart, but not for profit in nature
    • Be the best
    • think like a VC
    • turn $1 into $2.
    • invest in good people, systems, HR.
    • nothing wrong with that, it's successful and works in the industry.
  • Eg: no corporate sponsors
    • Went to vodafone marketing for Parenting Place
    • stuck on plane from Chch next to voda CEO
    • talked about ideas
    • do you feel responsible for the fact that people can do porn/gambling?
    • yeah i do feel resposible.
    • You don't need to feel guilty. You provide a device and network
    • you don't parent these kids. that's up to the parents and community
    • wouldn't it be cool if they had something better to do.
    • Parenting Place.... Connect It - social media piece. This lead to:
      • Vodafone blacklistig
      • Vodafone Guardian
    • Talk to CEOs and execs about that.
    • Global CEO inspired by it.
  • We have to inspire
    • Be thought leaders
    • Be the ones that set the premise.
    • Be smarter than others
    • Understand the theory
    • Know the policy
    • Know the trends overseas better than they do
  • Be Cheeky
    • (eg, show up to gvt meetings in tshrits)
    • How do i get into your database?
  • As a sector, celebrate best practice
    • Here and overseas
    • We are a unique country with unique set of problems.
    • Love to see research on these.
  • Look for scalability
    • If it's successful in West Akl, where else can it work?
    • Business always thinks scalability
  • Partner with other organisations
    • Licence it?
  • Think governance.
    • Put a board or system of accountibilty around you
    • keeps you to your DNA, keeps you on track
    • Wanted to have a borard that scared me.
    • Think big, get these heavy hitters on the board
    • Put a good support team in, build you, love you.
  • Think big
    • Assil > Make a cookbook in Dunedin to Iraq. Amazing.
    • Bob Seelart - chairman of saatchi&saatchi
      • "Start with the answer"
    • Effort to scale by 2 same as scale by 10
    • Start with a plan, evaluate it,
    • don't buy into small minded thinking.
    • boot it from your team, it will destroy you.
  • Tractor builder story
    • The good parts are already here
    • we have to work together, become one part that is phenomenal.

Brook Turner

  • Where does the youth sector come from?
  • Growth of teenagers
  • Group of 11 people in GB, Clapham group
    • Lord Tenningbooth, captains + queens of industry
  • William Wilberforce
  • Mother of youth walk. Hannah Moore
    • Famous playwright
    • She'd argue that political process takes too long
    • We've got to work faster
    • We have a lower class and an upper class.
    • We need a middle class
    • Wealthy enough not to starve, too poor for slaves.
    • Pioneer for public education
    • Lifted kids out of poverty.
  • Two hobson brothers > from the lounge
  • Hannah Moore - involved in treaty.
  • Those 11 people changed the world.
  • Stop saying, do it more intentional.
  • Light of Hope, education, jobs, social change.
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