ASIX Supporter Annual Review & Consultation

North Sydney December 2009

What is ASIX?

• Platform for cross sector collaboration

• Test Bed for new methods and tools

• Global connection hub

• Ideas stimulation for policy and practice

• Values – diversity, openness, collaboration, global connectedness, fresh thinking, user engagement (‘with’), urgency

2008 Achievements

• Launch Feb 08 – UNSW with Deputy PM

• Initial funding – Cisco, AMP, Media Access Aust

• IXC Social Intermediaries Pilot – Employment/Workforce Participation

• First SIX Summer School San Sebastian

• December – Incorporation – transfer from WorkVentures – but no tax concessions

2009 Achievements

• Cisco grant renewal• Productivity Commission submission• July - SIX Summer School Lisbon• Aug - Social Innovation Camp launch – support

from CSI & Smith Family – Raul• ASIX website development• Nov – Launch of IXC Intermediary Aging Well

Pilot• Nov – Nonprofit Australia investment in ASIX

Australian Social Innovation Exchange

www.asix.org.au

www.sicampaustralia.org

@AuSIX

#ozsicamp

2009 in numbers (Sep-Nov) Social Innovation Camp

• Meetups– 9 meetups– 8 cities in 5 states– 141 people attended

• Submissions– 21 Project ideas submitted– 46 applications to attend the camp

Some Ideas Submitted

• Car pooling database

• Work experience for the disadvantaged

• Citizen driven stats

• Health services volunteer brokers

• Good news TV

• Homeless couch surfing

2009 in numbers (Sep-Nov) ASIX Site

• Visitors – 166 registered Changemakers– 5137 site visits– 17480 Page views

• Content– Homepage – 18%– Social Innovation Camp homepage – 7%– Social Innovation Camp Ideas – 6.5%– Changemakers - page 3%

Changemakers representation

Visitors

•Australia 87%•USA 3.3%•UK 2.5%•Canada 1%•NZ 1%

•Australia 87%•USA 3.3%•UK 2.5%•Canada 1%•NZ 1%

•Sydney 56%•Melbourne 17%•Adelaide 8%•Brisbane 8%•Canberra 6%•Perth 1%•Wollongong 1%

•Sydney 56%•Melbourne 17%•Adelaide 8%•Brisbane 8%•Canberra 6%•Perth 1%•Wollongong 1%

Plans & Opportunities for 2010

• Thought Leaders Events with NZ & TACSI• Website development to engage other groups• July SIX Summer School Singapore – Aust

delegation• Further SI Camps• SI Community of Practice program for

organisations• Cooperative Research Centre for SI – 2yr

development project• SI Incubator

Broader Questions

• Building a sustainable business model for ASIX

• Building ASIX community

• Designing and testing new methods and tools for social innovation