Elena Bondareva in conversation with Davina Rooney

ABOUT THE EVENT:

BIG, bold change. We all envision it, hope for it, work towards it. And yet – with a staggering 70% failure rate -- it often remains out of our grasp.

This discussion is for you if you’re a change-maker, if you feel responsible for the world’s problems we did not cause, see possibilities others miss, and feel compelled to intervene.

If you were a chemist, a geneticist, an architect, or a beautician, you would master your trade’s best practice. Hey, you might even innovate! By unfortunate contrast, our impact has remained haphazard; the unlikely upside of nearly assured self-destruction. The roadmap feels allusive, and the results – incidental at best. Is it any wonder we’re burning out?

This ends now! What could we achieve if we could plan for the impact we target?

It is time to distill the best of science and experience into roadmaps for impact. Exactly what Change-maker’s Handbook offers anybody looking to make a meaningful difference in their lives, communities, or society at large.

On Thursday 5th September at The Royal Oak, Balmain, join Elena Bondareva in conversation with Davina Rooney.

Copies of Change-maker's Handbook will be available for purchase at the venue through Roaring Stories, with Bondareva signing copies after the discussion.

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ABOUT THE VENUE

Attendees are asked to arrive at 6pm for a 630pm start. Seating is unallocated – another reason to arrive early to secure an optimal spot. Why not make a full evening of it, too, by ordering a meal at the Royal Oak before or after the event? One of Balmain's oldest and most loved pubs, it serves a delicious range of food and beverages.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Change-maker’s Handbook is for you if you feel accountable for the world's problems you did not cause, recognize possibilities others miss, and feel compelled to intervene. It is also for you if you have wondered whether your inability to stay in your lane means there’s got to be something wrong with you. And it is for you if you have wondered why you seem, time and again, to choose the path less traveled – and perhaps concluded that you like discovering something nobody else has. You may have felt yourself a misfit, been pegged as a troublemaker, or been honored as a mover-and-shaker. As long as you feel personally responsible for making the world a better place, you are a change-maker even if you don’t think your impact warrants the title (and many of you don’t). That makes you the world’s most precious resource, and it makes Change-maker’s Handbook your comprehensive guide for creating impact.

Change-maker’s Handbook is a tell-all from a prolific change-maker who has been honing her craft though research and practice across two decades and six continents. Through Change-maker’s Handbook, Elena Bondareva presents a never-before revealed roadmap to impact; a roadmap that – co-narrated by many who have traversed it – demarcates all major junctures and obstacles, so that you succeed in remaking the world for the better.

As candid and actionable as it is ground-breaking in its insight, Change-maker’s Handbook is a must-have for emerging and experienced change-makers alike.

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ABOUT ELENA BONDAREVA

Elena Bondareva (MA, BS: Cornell University; PhD candidate: RMIT) is a versatile executive, a seasoned transformation expert and Board director, a lauded author, and a keynote speaker. Having catalyzed over two dozen transformational ventures through a rich global career, Elena has a solid international track record of systems change around persistent problems at the project, organization, industry, and topic levels.

She has held public, private, teaching, and Board roles in Australia, India, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and the US; helped dozens of organizations go to the next level of impact; participated in globally significant events such as COP17 and G20; delivered countless international presentations; published in peer-reviewed and public journals; contributed to regulatory and policy reform; and trained thousands of professionals in emerging expertise.

Elena grew up during the traumatic collapse of the totalitarian Soviet Union, skipped high school and left home for a US university at 15, moved countries eight times, and catalyzed major change around the world.

The author of Change-maker's Handbook (2023), Elena has distilled two decades of research and practice into an actionable roadmap to impact.

A PhD candidate advancing our collective understanding of how to envision, plan, and execute transformation, Elena currently serves on the Boards of Pollinate Group, a ground-breaking and award-winning social enterprise combatting intergenerational poverty through female entrepreneurship, and of BLOOM Workforce Development, an economic launchpad for the most disadvantaged. Elena is also a mentor with the Miller Center for Social Enterprise and with Prospect SV. She leads Vivit Group Worldwide, her global consulting practice focused on enabling change-makers to create legacy.

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ABOUT THE HOST

Davina Rooney is the CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia. A globally lauded transformational leader, she is a property professional with a broad range of sustainability experience, from environmental projects, not-for profit boards and overseas community development work. Davina has been recognised by numerous industry awards including NAWIC NSW 2016 Sustainability Award, PCA 2014 Future Leaders Award and Sydney University Engineering Young Alumni Award.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Refunds

Please note that tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or postponed due to extenuating circumstances. Refunds are not issued within 48 hours notice of event date. Humanitix fee is nonrefundable.

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This event is presented by Roaring Stories Bookshop Balmain.

With thanks to our venue partner The Royal Oak.

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