Social entrepreneurs responding to the global crisis

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, Vibewire is presenting a one night social event "Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Opportunities" which will provide a platform for interaction and co-development for socially active young people, entrepreneurs, enterprises and organisations.

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URGENT NOTICE: Change of Venue 2008 Reelife Film Festival

As most of you know, the 2008 Reelife Youth Film festival is happening tomorrow night in Sydney. Due to space management issues we are forced to change venues.

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PROJECT eye sets framework for the major work ahead

Viberwire's youth journalism unit scaled new heights during this past World Youth Day. PROJECTeye.org, the only youth-run initiative providing critical coverage of World Youth Day, published over 70 articles and amassed first-hand experiences from Pilgrims, Protestors, and the P-curious.

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Vibewire presents a unique World Youth Day Project

In partnership with SBS, Vibewire will communicate the voice of a generation at the 2008 World Youth Day event to be held in Sydney (July 15 to 20).

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Vibewire announces Melbourne Media Makers 2008 mini-fund recipients

Following on from Vibewire's successful Melbourne Media Makers 2008 workshop series, five young people have been chosen to produce four mini-media projects in the space of a month.

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Right Now: A New Media Competition

In partnership with the Victorian Equal Opportunities and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) Vibewire is currently running, 'Right Now', a competition asking young Australians what human rights mean to them.

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Workshops and seminars to kick off new sQuareOne program

sQuareOne, Sydney's hub for emerging culture makers & social entrepreneurs, kicks off its 2008 program with the return of its Media Makers Weekend Workshops, alongside a brand new seminar series aimed at deepening dialogue around current media practices. sQuareOne is also offering young creatives rare exhibition, scholarship and internship opportunities.

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Spotlight on sQuareOne Resident Ali Russell

Young up and coming filmmaker, Ali Russell, was the recipient of the Media Makers Mini Fund in May of 2007 with which she directed, produced, and edited a documentary film about Sydney’s notorious experimental music festival called ‘The NOW now’ under the mentorship of Anna Craney.

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e-Festival of Ideas 2008 on Vibewire.net has arrived

Vibewire Youth Media and Arts Inc. presents its 4th annual e-Festival of Ideas, happening during youth week (April 8th-12th)—a cutting edge virtual conference centering on dialogue around democracy, e-participation, the future of media and the arts, and social change.

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Vibewire Appoints New CEO

Vibewire Inc has recently announced that after eight years of heading up the organisation, founding CEO Tom Dawkins will be stepping down.

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S1 Space Administrator

We are looking for a reliable and organized person to administer our office space at sQuareOne for 2 days a week during opening hours. The role is perfect for first or second year students aiming to get work experience in the not-for-profit and/or media and arts sector. You will independently overlook and manage the sQuareOne space, update booking systems, liaise with space users and manage the facilities.

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CEO Tom Dawkins awarded YouthActionNet Fellowship

Vibewire Founder and CEO Tom Dawkins was recently awarded a YouthActionNet Fellowship from the International Youth Foundation, one of the world's leading youth development non-profits which is based in Baltimore in the US.

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Vibewire.net Relaunches

Finally, after months of blood, sweat and tears the core of Vibewire Youth Services, the www.vibewire.net website is again sending out words, images, binary digits and metadata into the minds, hearts, heads and of course servers of the local youth.

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NewConnections Conference 2007 Announced

This November the 30th the Vibewire Inc. presents the NewConnections conference.The New Connections conference will help explore ways to better engage our communities in articulating their interests, ideas and ideals. New Connections welcomes anyone with an interest in community dialogue, including journalists, social change activists, community and charity organisations and academics with an interest in political participation, media, technology and social change.

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Project eye world youth day 08: Various positions

Vibewire Inc, in partnership with SBS, will communicate the voice of a generation at the 2008 World Youth Day event to be held in Sydney (July 15 to 20). PROJECTeye will be generating true national and international dialogue on a range of diverse youth perspectives and opinions and aims to ensure that young Australians are heard, regardless of their religious, cultural or regional backgrounds.

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NEW CONNECTIONS 2007 WRAP

On 30 November 2007 Vibewire hosted our first-ever public conference, New Connections. A one-day conference on ideas, tools and techniques for building community dialogue in Australia. It was held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Surry Hills and took place over one day. It attracted a diverse group of over 120 guests, including corporate leaders, community organizer, NGO staffers, students, activists, regulators and bureaucrats.

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