community activist
social enterpreneur
speaker, writer, learner and gatherer
 
 
vivian Hutchinson supports projects and activities that have the potential to make a fundamental difference to New Zealand’s social, economic and environmental challenges.
 
vivian has been one of the pioneers in community-based action for jobs in New Zealand, especially in establishing programmes for the support and education of unemployed people.
 
He has also worked to foster social innovation in New Zealand with the establishment of the New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship.
 
He is a co-founder of the Heart Politics Gatherings, the Stewardship Learning Community, and of ChangeMakers
5-10-5-10. He is also a Board member of Givealittle.

 


latest

As If People and the Earth Mattered
— some thoughts on community economic development(2010)

Social Innovation Dialogue
— workshop handouts

A Generous Difference
— some thoughts on philanthropy and social innovation (2009)

Measuring the Maybe
— some thoughts on evaluation and social innovation (2008)

Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship (Oxford 2007)       blog      paper

 

 

 

links

The New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship

Heart Politics Gatherings

ChangeMakers 5-10-5-10

Stewardship Learning Community

The Jobs Letter archive

Givealittle

 

popular downloads 

Adelaide Festival of Ideas

A Generous Nation

Strategic Questioning