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The 2nd National Small Town Reinvention Conference was held at Kapunda, South Australia, 22-25 September. The cartoons illustrated just some of the many moments and messages over four great days.

The conference was another Peter Kenyon of The Bank of Ideas event. Supported by many – in particular Tony Piccolo MP who brought the conference to Kapunda.

The 28 cartoons were auctioned on the last day, the money raised was donated to the painting of the Kapunda silo art project.

Day two: graphic scribing – through Zoom – at the Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders Meeting, 26th July in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, A dialogue on how women leaders can work together to achieve the 2050 vision by mainstreaming the Revitalised Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration and the Pacific Platform for Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights.

Cartoons from Best -practice leadership in proactive prevention of workplace sexual harassment, University of South AustraliaOur Watch, November 24th.

The big picture – making sense of it all graphic recording at the event was created by Elise Motalli

The Sydney International Storytelling Conference, June 2-4. Israeli-born Noa Baum gave the keynote presentation on how she is working on bridging the divide between Israelis and Palestinians. Listening with heart and mind, accepting dissonance and uncertainty.

And two days of moving stories, and workshops. These conferences are wonderful treats.

And three cartoons done after the event to illustrate Caroline Welkin’s piece about the conference for Fact and Fiction Magazine.

Cartoons from Adelaide Botanic High School‘s student free staff development day, 10th March. Sessions included ‘Literacy to Thrive’, ‘Teaching and Learning Cycle’, ‘Talking to Learn’, ‘Vocabulary’ and ‘AI in Education‘.

Some of the cartoons drawn at the UNICEF -Pacific Early Childhood Development (ECD) forum, 22-25 February, Nadi, Fiji.

The first Pro Bono news cartoon for 2023.

And for a review of the last 10 years cartooning for Pro Bono – A decade of sketching the Sector.

The Power to the People Conference, a partnership between The Bank of Ideas and Community Minds, was held in Bankstown NSW, Australia, 27th & 28th October. Some cartoons from the sessions:

Day one

Day two

The Health Excellence Accelerator Lab (HEAL) in the QUT Design Lab has been working with Clinical Excellence Queensland (CEQ) to bring design thinking to wicked problems across Queensland Health. Eighteen projects were presented at a symposium this month showcasing the value of putting designers into healthcare. The event was followed by a workshop stepping through the process of human centred design. The on-the-spot cartoons attempted to capture just something of the tumble of ideas.

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A three second story. The Story Conference Work. Health. Well-being: creating change one story at a time, is less that two weeks away. Discover more about the conference program and the wide range of workshops – including Pictures of Health: 3 second stories (presenter Simon Kneebone).