The Brightest Young Minds Foundation promotes the idea that it is possible to be both successful, powerful and responsible economic agents, as well as significant contributors to community and social change. The BYM Foundation annually brings together the 100 brightest, most dynamic and creative 18-25 year olds in a national summit that connects them with some of Australia’s leading visionaries, and Australia’s leading socially responsible corporations and organisations. To be amongst the 100 young people this year send your applications in before 20 May.
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why our generation?
The echo of what was an interesting yet ultimately inconclusive debate rings in our ears today. Yet despite the continuing scepticism around those already leading the country, it seems that the community at large wants to look to the future and prematurely test the mettle of my generation; Generation Y.
Books have been written about it, conferences and workshops are held over it and yet still people look at Generation Y as some kind of threatening enigma of political apathy and high expectation of workforce perks. And tonight, The Brisbane Institute is presenting another inquiry into whether we are fit to be the successors of Gen X and the Boomers in the workforce, as part of the Our Future, Your Say series. On at Brisbane Powerhouse from 6.30pm, ‘Generation Y: Is the future safe in their hands?’ is also presented in conjunction with The Courier-Mail, Channel 9 and Griffith University’s Centre for Urban Research.
It offers a line-up of ‘high-profile’ Gen Ys, including Aussie Idol Bobby Flynn, Courier-Mail’s Trent Dalton, Rave editor and writer Alasdair Duncan and Triple J reporter Vivian Hogg. While this panel might be there more for the benefit of the older generations, I think it is important that the Y’s represent, and make sure the voice of the majority is being heard. Maybe then people will realise that the members of this generation are more different than alike and should be considered individually rather than as a stereotype. My advice to older employers? Talk to your Gen Y employees themselves, they’ll appreciate it.
Tonight’s presentation is a free public seminar, but you can RSVP through the Brisbane Institute website.
The inaugural Youth Enterprise Symposium was held over the weekend at the new State Library. Pitched as an interactive environment for young people aged between 17 and 26, the three day event began on Friday and conducted full-day workshops for a delegation of up to 100 people. Designed and produced by Ciel Fuller and her team at Lindley Street Productions, in partnership with Brisbane City Council and Visible Ink, the landmark symposium aims to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. With tutorials and seminars hosted by Ideas to Market, Edgeware, Morgan Daly and Emma Rose among others, delegates received a valuable blend of theory and practical advice from experts in the field or running businesses. In comparison to Melbourne and Sydney, Brisbane offers less opportunities in some industries due to its size and culture. On the flip-side however, it offers the same people a greater opportunity to create independent pathways. Sure to grow in size, appeal and offering in 2008, YES even drew the interest of a Kaos Pilot whose unique approach to business, showed delegates another way of thinking which Sarina, Mr MBA and others, simply do not grasp. The world is shaped in the hands of few people and Brisbane is ripe for moulding.
beware the writs.
When John Howard announces the date of the federal election this year, legal documents called ‘the writs’ pertaining to the election, will be published some days later. People who have yet to enrol or need to update their personal details, have until 8pm that day and three days respectively to do so, or may miss their chance to vote. Young people, for whom these terms disadvantage the most, have always been viewed to not be interested in politics. However, it is this same demographic of Australians who are the most easily influenced. Attend any number of music concerts for instance and hear the messages being floated out over the heaving crowd. Which provides a compelling reason why the government would want to try and exclude half the estimated number of eighteen year olds who are thought to not be enrolled. Continue reading ‘beware the writs.’
If you’re searching for a literary liberation front to join or watch fight on your behalf, sign up with Vox Barbara at Sling on Boundary Street, West End this Sunday 1 April from 7pm. Vox Barbara (latin definition: savage voices) describe themselves as a ‘creative writing collective/super power’ and are intent on fostering emerging writing in many ways. This year they’ll be holding regular writing-performance, reading, and music nights, as well as workshops and writers’ camps out of QUT, their home turf. Membership is $5 with the promise of the dollars being repaid many a time over. Sunday’s Vox Barbarians will be joined by special guests including award-winning Australian poet Anthony Lawrence, with musical workings of Steph Lees from ‘Moot’ and Young Pierrot. Power to the literary liberators for creating this platform. Sign me up to fight the good fight.
An Australian has won a global brief posted on OpenAd.net, the world’s first online market for creatives to pitch ideas in the hope of snaring big prize money. Winning a pitch that asked creatives to convince people to holiday in their own backyards, Melbourne’s Steve Lopez caught the judges’ eye with his campaign Hidden Gems. His work, which used print and digital activity, won him a US $1000! Lopez is a freelance art director who has won a number of previous awards, the most recent being his recognition as a finalist in the John Caples International Awards, an international advertising contest unique in direct marketing.
Jo Smith, UK general manager of OpenAd, told B&T that Lopez’s campaign was versatile enough to appeal to many countries and was impressed with the way the he extended the campaign idea. As would be expected Lopez is thrilled about his latest win. “ I’m over the moon, how can I not be? A brief that allowed a world of creatives to respond, and I was the winner!” he told B&T.
