On May 1st, 2025, the Drought Ready Facebook community came together for our May Community Café, and the focus was one we’re all passionate about: youth engagement. This session was all about spotlighting the incredible work happening with young people across Australia and exploring how we can all step up to support the next generation … Continue reading young voices, big impact
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small acts, big impacts
We often think of change as something grand, massive movements, sweeping reforms, or groundbreaking initiatives. But meaningful transformation doesn’t always require grand schemes. Small acts of positivity can ripple through a community, creating significant and lasting impacts. That’s the message I heard from someone who is definitely making a big impact in her community, Tanya … Continue reading small acts, big impacts
r u ok?
It's R U OK day, which means it's time to turn to the person next to you and start a conversation. While R U OK is a a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to encouraging all Australians to regularly and meaningfully ask anyone struggling with life, "are you ok?" I encourage you to be sure to regularly … Continue reading r u ok?
community engagement toolbox
Are you involved in community engagement? Old hand or thrown-in-the-deep-end? The Community Engagement Toolbox being developed by Penn State and Project 4E1 is a great resource no matter how long you have (or haven't) been doing engagement work. It's got tools, planning advice and links to an amazing host of resources (American and Australian). The … Continue reading community engagement toolbox
it’s amazing what people remember
It's easy to forget in this age of newer, more now, don't bore me with detail, what did you just say, that your communication can have a long-lasting impact. I was given a Friday afternoon reminder today. I was having a quite intense and wide-ranging conversation with a regional colleague that started with something I … Continue reading it’s amazing what people remember
lessons from Upworthy
Why is it that I always find something interesting in magazines while I’m flying? Reading the latest edition of the Renegade Collective (which I admit to finding interesting in all circumstances, not just when on a short, domestic flight with limited inflight entertainment), I came across an article on Upworthy. In the article, Upworthy managing editor Sara Critchfield had what … Continue reading lessons from Upworthy
viral
On a flight to Launceston on a lovely Sunday (on my way to a conference for work – it’s a hard life – and I’m casually reading Smith Journal. In it, there’s an article by Malcolm Gladwell called “10 things I believe”. Turns out one of the things he believes is the power of the … Continue reading viral
perceived barriers
How often do we perceive barriers? How often do we allow others perceptions of barriers to continue, or to annoy us, or to cause us to act quite randomly? Based on no scientific evidence, I’d say quite often. Too often we do think of all the things that could go wrong, before we think about … Continue reading perceived barriers
Lisa Yorkston 