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IMAGINE
TASMANIA
A
non-profit organisation that encourages individuals, communities and
organisations in Tasmania, to focus their capacities and opportunities, to make
a difference to the quality of life and the quality of their environment, and to
create a vision of a sustainable future, as they understand what is, imagine
what can be, and create what will be.
Imagine
Tasmania was inspired by Imagine Chicago: www.imaginechicago.org

The
core processes of Imagine Tasmania are:
Dialogue – across cultural,
racial, economic political and generational boundaries.
Curriculum
development – frameworks and organisers to understand and create projects that
build communities.
Network formation - to link
individuals and organisations committed to developing a positive future for all
generations of Tasmanians.
Imagine Tasmania shall pioneer
an intergenerational and intercultural process of cultivating hope and civic
engagement across all aspects of Tasmanian life. In doing so, Imagine Tasmania
shall bring about its objects by:
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functioning primarily as a catalyst and external partner in networks that
share resources and lead to social innovation. |
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encouraging
learning by bringing together different discourses, practices and
understanding around common ground. |
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participating
in creating an economy in which nothing, and no one, is wasted especially by
liberating and connecting the imagination of individuals and institutions in
a way that inspires hopeful communities. |
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identifying
change agents in organisations, institutions and communities as well as
individuals, which may assist with
development tools and opportunities to make a difference to the
quality of Tasmania life. |
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creating
personal development opportunities that inspire, inform and can sustain
lasting institutional, community and systemic change. |
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networking,
participating,
facilitating and playing whatever active role may be necessary, to
establish constructive communities, in which every participant is valued and
expected to make a meaningful contribution. |
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involving
itself
in facilitating, assisting, participating and organising Conferences,
workshops, appreciative inquiry designs, interviewing and any other such
activities which will build intergenerational and intercultural networks of
individuals and organisations committed to developing a vital Tasmanian
community. |
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designing,
or assisting in designing, intergenerational initiatives that give
participants a chance to be creators in more concrete and sustained ways. |
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training
and educating
individuals and organisations to develop skills, which deepen their hope
and help forge meaningful civic and community connections. |
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participating
in, facilitating and supporting programs that overcome segregated
communities and mindsets and bring communities into more constructive
dialogue and understanding of each other. |
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developing,
and assist in developing, learning communities where structured exchanges of
ideas, resources and experience bring hope alive and expand what is possible
to imagine and create. |
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endeavouring,
in its support for any community initiative, to give participants a chance
to be the creators in concrete and sustained ways and move from dialogue to
action. |
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creating
frameworks for learning exchanges that bridge generational, cultural,
racial, and political and geographical boundaries. |
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offering
its
skills and knowledge for community building and learning to diverse sections
of the community and shall make its learning structures available in
multiple ways through pilot programs it develops and runs, through on-site
consulting to institutions and communities, and through it Leadership
Programs. |
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Encourage
a language of hope and possibility.
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- Work
in partnership encouraging people to find ways to connect their particular
gift with the community where they live
- Build
where there is life and energy
- Create
opportunity for constructive interactions across boundaries
- Identify
individuals who are committed to being change agents and help them make a
difference by connecting them to opportunities and tools
- Keep
the whole in view
- Expect
the best and hold people accountable
- Start
where you would least expect us to start
We will have succeeded in the short term
if we have helped one person achieve a dream who otherwise may not have done so.
To do this we will:
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out to established networks to help us find 20 people to work with |
 | Create
a pathway these people can follow to build the skills and receive the
support they need to make their dream happen |
 | Build
a support system open to all community leaders – new and existing |
 | Revisit
our goals again at the end of 2004. |
Call us to join on 6234 7577
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