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Get your Inspiration Fix!

December 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Here at Enspiral HQ in Wellington, we're pretty keen on inspiring people, awesome projects, and collaborative approaches to getting stuff fixed in the world. You may have seen our last blog about partnering with TEDxTeAro to do Communications for the event, and we're proud to say that if you didn't get your Inspiration Fix live on the day, you can now get it online!   The TEDxTeAro team announced today that the videos are live from this month's amazing speakers, how's that for a turn-around?!   Check out the TEDxTeAro Videos live online here. … [Read more...]

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Inspired by Festival for the Future

December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dream of a Better Future

If there was one thing you could do to change the world – and you knew you couldn't fail, what would it be? A good friend once asked me this. Now it's a question I ask myself almost every day. This time last year we proposed the Inspiring Stories project to the Vodafone NZ Foundation: imagine if we connected up young filmmakers around New Zealand with young Kiwis making a difference. Imagine if we gave those young filmmakers hands on training and support, and connected them up with creative industry mentors. Imagine the stories they could tell. Imagine the people and projects we could … [Read more...]

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Tips for non-profits needing a website

August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A web presence is the first place to start raising awareness for a cause right now. Organisations are able to engage directly with the people who can support them and bring about positive change in their areas of interest, while establishing credibility in the eyes of potential donors and even bringing in donations directly with just a few clicks. It’s a whole new world where people with great ideas are empowered to make their dreams of change become a reality. Most web creatives seem to do at least some of their work for non-profits, some of whom we approach and some who approach us. … [Read more...]

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Calling for rails volunteers

March 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

One of my favourite rails projects The Worldwide Permaculture Network is looking for rails volunteers to lend a hand. The vision for the site is to be the Facebook for Permaculture practitioners around the world and they are off to an excellent start with nearly 1000 people and 300 projects on the site so far. The Permaculture movement is possibly one of the best chances we have of feeding the planet in an energy constrained world feeling the effects of climate change. These guys can literally green the desert and by helping them connect and strengthen the community we can really help … [Read more...]

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