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• "What's Your Plan": Suzzanne Laidlaw in Conversation

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    Thursday, October 22, 2020
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    4:00 PM (UTC+11:00)

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  Victor will be interviewing Suzzanne Laidlaw about her new book "What's Your Plan?"
  

  We'd love to have you join us and ask your questions of Suzanne too.

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• The Optimist Heart with Caroline Ward and Pauline Wright

  • Start
    Sunday, October 25, 2020
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    (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    Sunday, December 27, 2020
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    (UTC+11:00)
  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    110

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            Pauline Wright 
  

  Pauline was recently nominated as the President of the Law Council of Australia. The following is her thumbnail resume on their website.

  Pauline Wright is a Partner Principal of P J Donnellan & Co Solicitors in Gosford. She was the President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties from 2018 to 2019, having been Vice President since 1998, and has been active particularly in the areas of criminal justice, anti-terrorism and asylum-seeker policy.

  Pauline was President of the Law Society of NSW in 2017, having served on the Council of the Law Society of NSW since 1997. She also sits on a number of committees and working groups of the Law Council of Australia, including the Access to Justice Committee, Equal Opportunity Committee and the National Criminal Law Committee.

  She is also a keen ocean swimmer, surf lifesaver, singer, actor, theatre producer, director and writer.

  Holding one of the most influential roles in Australian law, confronting some of the most serious injustices of our time, perhaps a clue into Pauline's ability to maintain a big and optimistic heart, lies in her audacious inclusion of her personal passions and interests as part of her official bio. 

  We want to know more about this amazing woman who is impacting the world of and through the law, who sings in a jazz band, directs and acts in brave new Australian works and who can be found swimming the ocean the central coast of NSW.

  
  

  
  

  If you want your Sunday mornings to be free of news and work for a little bit, why not start the day with a dose of uplifting energy? Join Victor Perton and me (Caroline Ward) and some truly beautiful people in The Optimist Heart space Sunday mornings from 9:30-10:30am. 

  
  

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• Ethical Enterprise Conference 2020 – Reshaping the Impact Economy

  • Start
    Monday, October 26, 2020
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    9:00 AM (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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    5:00 PM (UTC+11:00)

  As a partner of the conference, members and friends of The Centre for Optimism get a 50% discount using the discount code EEC2020.
  

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  "Re-Think, Re-Set, Re-Boot: Reshaping the Impact Economy. As 2020 has kicked off with a series of life-changing events, we are being called to intimately review our impact economy, systems of business and our communities. It is time to rethink how these could be reinvented to evolve with us to be more sustainable and supportive to our global economy and ecology. Moral Fairgrounds mission, as ever, is to bring people together to create networks of like-minded and well-informed individuals who care about People, Planet and Purpose. Registrations close 25 October 2020."

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• “A Better Normal: Purposeful Optimism, Ethical & Sustainable Business, Leadership and Community”

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    Monday, October 26, 2020
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    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (UTC+11:00)

  As part of the Ethical Enterprise Conference 2020 – Reshaping the Impact Economy, this panel includes Robert Masters, Sue Barrett,  Stephanie Mackenzie and Victor Perton.

  As a partner of the conference, members and friends of The Centre for Optimism get a 50% discount using the discount code EEC2020.

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• The VITAlity Festival: Optimism Your Superpower

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    Saturday, November 07, 2020
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC+11:00)

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