Exploring the New: An evening with Jon Alexander, author of Citizens - Hosted by Goodlife Collective & ThinkPlace supported by Voice of Aroha
Event description
Goodlife Collective & ThinkPlace presents...
Exploring the New... An evening with Jon Alexander, author of CITIZENS
- Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us.
Hosted by ThinkPlace & Goodlife Collective, supported by Voice of Aroha.
We're excited to join forces to launch this new speaker series!
Our goal is to inject a little inspiration, hope, and meaningful connection into our communities.
For our first Exploring the New event, we're honoured to bring you an evening in conversation with Jon Alexander (joining remotely from London), author of the book, Citizens - Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us.
Event Details
When: Thursday 29th August, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Join us for drinks & nibbles from 5:00pm
Where: two locations! Wellington & Auckland....
Wellington:
Room RH105, Pipitea Campus
Victoria University of Wellington- Te Herenga Waka
Doors open at 5 for drinks and nibbles. At 6:00pm, Jon will connect with us from his home in England, to share his journey, to discuss his book, Citizens, as well as from his work at the New Citizen Project.
We will also have table chats to explore what these ideas might mean in our own lives.
In his own words, "The key premise is that all of us are smarter than any of us. So only by offering each person’s unique contribution to the whole can we possibly build the best possible outcomes for society."
Auckland:
A smaller salon-style affair, hosted by ThinkPlace
20 seats only!
ThinkPlace HQ
Suite 45 & 46 Victoria Park Market
210 Victoria Street West, Auckland
About Jon Alexander
Co-Founder, New Citizenship Project
Jon
is author of CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us - a
book that seeks to reframe the moment in time we're living in as one of
huge civic opportunity, not just crisis and collapse, and in doing so
opens up a world of possibility for organisations and leaders across
sectors and across the world.
Jon is co-founder of the New
Citizenship Project, a strategy and innovation consultancy that aims to
shift the dominant story of the individual in society from Consumer to
Citizen. NCP’s client list includes The Guardian, the European Central
Bank, and the European Journalism Centre. They have partnered with the
BBC, Amnesty International, National Trust, the British Film Institute,
Tate galleries, the National Union of Students, YouGov, the Centre for
Public Impact, the Food Standards Agency and the Food Ethics Council.
NCP is a certified B-corporation.
Having begun his career with a
decade in the advertising industry at agencies including BBDO and
Fallon, Jon is a proud former winner of Brand Republic’s Big Idea of the
Year Award, for creating the concept of MyFarm in 2011: handing over
decision making on a real working farm to the public by online vote and
debate as a way of engaging people with sustainable food production.
Jon is increasingly active and visible politically, as a Fellow of the
Young Foundation and the Royal Society of Arts, and a member of the
OECD's Innovative Citizen Participation Network. His May 10, 2020 essay
on Medium—analyzing the British government’s response to COVID-19
through the lens of Citizen-vs-Consumer—went viral, and thus far has
been read by nearly 650,000 people.
Jon holds three Masters
degrees in disciplines spanning humanities and business; has won several
essay awards including the inaugural Ashridge/European Academy of
Business in Society Sustainable Innovation Award, and the Young
Foundation's Beyond Meritocracy Prize; and was a major contributor to
the 2018 bestseller New Power (shortlisted for Financial Times Book of
the Year 2018, by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms).
Jon has
presented at the Athens Democracy Forum 2020 and 2021, TEDxCardiff 2020,
Impact 2020, Brand Week Istanbul 2019, Meaning Conference 2019, Food
Citizenship Conference 2019, European Journalism Centre, eCampaigning
Forum Europe, Communicating The Museum, NotWestminster, and TEDxUCL
(University College London), among other events.
Along the way, Jon has also represented Great Britain in both rowing and triathlon.
Read more about Jon and his book at: www.jonalexander.net
This event is in-person in Wellington, hosted by Victoria University with support from Voice of Aroha.
About ThinkPlace
ThinkPlace is a purpose-led organisation working on meaningful challenges to positively impact Aotearoa New Zealand. We are a team of designers, researchers, and change-makers dedicated to designing equitable outcomes for all people and places.
About Goodlife Collective
Goodlife Collective is a non-profit that exists to unlock our collective potential. We're passionate about curating wisdom that people can connect with, and events that can strengthen our relationships with each other and with a healthy planet.
About Voices of Aroha
Voice of Aroha is an organisation dedicated to empowering and amplifying the diverse voices of communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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