Q&A with Tom Dawkins, Kate Clugston and Mikey Leung (founder, Digital Storytellers)Personal sustainability and creating a culture of care are crucial for long-term success. When you’re creating or running a business that does good in the world, chances are your passion is fuelling you to create that positive change. But what happens when the work starts to deplete that early passion? Burnout is all too common among changemakers and social entrepreneurs. This workshop will familiarise you with this dynamic and how to avoid it.

Learning outcomes

• familiarise yourself with burnout and its warning signs so you can avoid it
• discover the important link between how we treat ourselves and the culture we are creating at work
• identify the five keys to personal sustainability and the skills to design your own unique road map to keep your inner fire burning, without burning out
• understand prioritisation techniques to keep you focused on working smarter, not just harder

Presenter - Tom Dawkins

 

Tom Dawkins is co-founder and CEO of StartSomeGood, a social enterprise which helps people design, launch and grow social impact projects. StartSomeGood run the Good Hustle social enterprise design course; StartSomeGood.com crowdfunding platform; and impact accelerators and entrepreneur education programs for partners including Optus, ING, the United Nations Development Program and the City of Sydney. Tom was previously the founder of youth non-profit Vibewire, he was the first Digital Communications Director for Ashoka in Washington DC, and the founding Director of the Australian Changemakers Festival. He is a director of the Centre for Social Impact and the Social Enterprise Council of NSW and the ACT (SECNA).