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How businesses can thrive
Thrivability in Business workshop - Melbourne University's Thrive Research Hub, August 2017 Written by James Seow I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Thrivability in Business workshop organised by Melbourne University's Thrive Research Hub in August 2017....
Join in the fun this month with #WelcomeYourWay
You may have seen that The Welcome Dinner Project team have been busy bees on our social media channels lately. This is because, on November 1st, we launched our campaign with a difference! We took on your advice from our previous crowd-funding campaigns and decided...
Unlocking the power of your neighbourhood – a Jim Diers workshop
By Michelle Kiernan - Welcome Dinner Project Victoria South East Hub Member One of the best things about volunteering with the Welcome Dinner Project is the opportunities for professional development. I was fortunate enough to avail of one of these opportunities...
U Lab: Leading From the Emerging Future
Reflections on being a U Lab learner by Wafaa Beaini - Welcome Dinner Project Victoria South East Hub Member Wafaa is currently part of a small group of WDP Victoria volunteers who are learning about Otto Scharmer's Theory U as part of the 2017 MOOC U Lab. What...
Learning how to deal with challenging encounters
By Amir and Saya – Welcome Dinner Project facilitators in Victoria As Welcome Dinner Project facilitators, we all have a keen interest in learning and honing skills for wonderful events. We are well looked after, with a calendar of interesting and valuable training...
Welcome Dinners are building an Economy of Trust!
Welcome Dinners are free to attend but we are still tapping into the local economy, not the one based on consumption but rather one based on sharing - the economy of community, where the exchange is in the form of goodwill and trust. Last week, two of us from the...
Having brave conversations around the dinner table
By Rachel Clark Every season, Welcome Dinner Project volunteers gather for a free ‘professional development’ training session. The aim of these trainings is to give us the knowledge, skills and questions to go deeper in serving the vision and values of the Welcome...
Fairfield Public School Community Welcome Dinner
For our last Community Welcome Dinner in March we held a truly fantastic Community Welcome Dinner at Fairlfield Primary School in partnership with St Vincent De Paul Society’s SPARK Program, and Fairfield Public School. The entire group of families, children,...
Ultimo Community Welcome Dinner
In late March the Welcome Dinner Project team hosted a fantastic Community Welcome Dinner at the Ultimo Community Center on a cold and windy Thursday evening. Despite the wet weather, over 70 City of Sydney residents were warmly welcomed by our facilitators for a...
Liverpool Community Welcome Dinner at Casula Powerhouse
In March we had a huge Community Welcome Dinner at the Casula Powerhouse Museum. Despite some minor setbacks with the trains not running to Casula Station right before the Dinner, the evening kicked off to a great start, with around 130 attendees, including heaps of...
