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UNLEASHING POTENTIAL BROUGHT TO YOU BY... 2019 REPORT CONTENTS Executive Summary ............................................ 1 The Festival in Numbers ........................................ 3 What Do Attendees Say? ....................................... 4 Attendee Demographics ......................................... 5 Festival Speakers ................................................... 7 Workshop Streams ................................................ 8 Future-focused Panels ........................................... 9 Festival Market Place .............................................. 10 The Action Hub - 3000+ Actions for Impact ............. 11 The Impact Awards ................................................ 12 Scholarships Programme ........................................ 14 Future Leaders ...................................................... 15 Partners and Supporters ...................................... 16 About Inspiring Stories ......................................... 17 The Team Behind It ............................................... 18 Our Amazing Volunteers ........................................ 19 Finances ............................................................... 21 Become a Champion .......................................... 22 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We levelled up in so many ways – the quality of 2019 also marked the launch of The Impact the experience, the programme, the diversity of Awards, with four inspirational young New delegates, partnerships and relationships, impact Zealanders taking home $20,000 in prizes for and revenue. For our tiny team at Inspiring their leadership across #Climate #Enterprise Stories, the Festival is a huge undertaking. Our #Inclusion and #Wellbeing. We received 200 team has grown from strength-to-strength, and I applications for the Awards from 12 regions. The couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve achieved. Ceremony took place on the Saturday night of Festival, with 400 guests attending – including Kia ora! Our major Festival themes this year were senior leaders from business and government. Nothing compares to the buzz of 1,200+ people climate, economy, inclusion and wellbeing. Our sharing their aspirations and ideas for the delegates engaged in these themes in multiple Bringing the Festival back to its roots in future. This year was the 9th annual Festival, ways – hearing from keynote speakers to deep Wellington has been a critical strategic move, and hands-down the best yet. To our attendees, dive panel discussions, to the marketplace and and now more than 6,000 people have now partners, sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and breakout workshop sessions. attended the Festival over the past 9 years. Next everyone that joined us – rolled up sleeves or year – 2020 – will be the tenth annual Festival for supported in some way – THANK YOU!! This year we also prototyped the new ‘action the Future. Imagine. We’re incredibly excited to hub’ to gauge the commitment from delegates build on things from here. Will you join us?! From ‘life-changing’ to ‘world class’ to ’the best to take action as a result of their experience. conference I’ve ever been to’ – the feedback More than 3,000 actions were pledged, ranging Ngā mihi nui, has been humbling. Attendees came from every from reducing carbon emissions to running region of New Zealand, as well as the USA, for Council; looking into more values-aligned Indonesia, Myanmar, Pacific Islands and West career pathways to reviewing the ethics of their Papua. Attendees ranged from CEO’s and bank’s investment strategy. It’s no surprise our Members of Parliament, to students and young delegates want to use their time, talents and Guy Ryan, CEO & Founder, Inspiring Stories professionals – the diversity was incredible. resources to make a difference for our future. Founder & Director, Festival for the Future PAGE 1 THE FESTIVAL IN NUMBERS Festival for the Future was an action-packed weekend of inspiring speakers, future-focused panels, workshops and a marketplace for great ideas. The event ran July 26–28th on Wellington waterfront, attracting more than 1,200 attendees. Below is a quick snapshot of the Festival in numbers. WHO ATTENDED? TICKET TYPE 6x Central Government Ministers / Officials 4x Local Government Mayors / Dep. Mayors 43% 1200+ 25+ Chief Executives / Directors Student ATTENDEES 14x Tertiary Education Org’s Represented Every New Zealand Region represented: 20+ Government Departments Represented % Professional57 54% Wellington, 46% outside of Wellington 300x Businesses/Org’s Represtented 25.5M+ 23K+ 8.9/10 MEDIA IMPRESSIONS WEBSITE USERS LIKELY TO RECOMMEND 3x TV (inc. TVNZ, Māori TV, etc.) Website sessions – 36,000+ On average, the attendees who completed 5x Print (Inc. NZ Herald, Kia Ora Magazine Average session duration – 2 mins, 18 s the event survey rated their likelihood to Dominion Post, etc.) Geo – 100+ countries, 78.9% traffic from NZ recommend Festival an 8.9 out of 10. Please 3x Radio (Inc. Radio NZ, The AM Show, etc.) Visitors – 82.6% new visitors / 17.4% note this is a small sample size, with 103 14x Online (Idealog, Newshub, Stuff, etc.) returning people completing the survey. PAGE 3 WHAT DO ATTENDEES SAY? HPA was a Platinum sponsor of the Festival I wanted to say how impressed and inspired I Our team all really enjoyed the event. It was and The Impact Awards. I have to say it was by Festival for the Future this year. certainly challenging in parts and they all took was the most inspiring event I’ve been to in The feedback from attendees blew me away away some great insights from the speakers a long time. The event was full of leaders, Justin Lester, Mayor of Wellington and also learned a lot from being involved with future leaders, change makers – and across the young leaders of the future. really diverse areas - wellbeing, enterprise, Geoff Hitchcock, TSB environment, and business. I’d like to say a big thanks to you and all of Cath Edmondson, General Manager, HPA the Inspiring Stories team for hosting Festival, and making it such a welcoming event. Our delegation found the format of the festival very inclusive and interesting and a number noted it is something they would like to replicate themselves in some way in their own country. Michael Naylor, CEO, UnionAID We loved being a part of the Festival. It was a great opportunity for us to connect with a great group of people, and hear ideas about the future of our environment. Thanks for all your hard work on making this year’s Festival such an enjoyable and engaging experience! Wallis Greenslade, Ministry for the Environment PAGE 4 ATTENDEE DEMOGRAPHICS The Festival audience was diverse – mostly millennials, aged 16–35 with an average age of 27. Attendees identified 43% as students and 57% professionals, from a diverse range of sectors. GEOGRAPHY OF ATTENDEES ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED 10+ Tertiary Education Org’s, including... x7 Universities, x7 Polytechnics, Industry 20+ Government Org’s, including... % # Training Org’s, and Wānanga Aotearoa Auckland 9.5 113 Health Promotion Agency Bay of Plenty 7.1 85 Ministry for the Environment 100+ Businesses, including... Canterbury 3.3 40 Ministry for Pacific Peoples TSB, Accenture, Payments NZ, Simpson Gisborne 0.2 2 Department of Internal Affairs Grierson, Bell Gully, Datacom, Deloitte, Kono, Hawke’s Bay 0.5 6 State Services Commission PwC, Sling & Stone, Sport NZ, Westpac, Xero Manawatū / Whanganui 6.8 82 Parliamentary Services Marlborough 0.4 5 Ministry of Education Nelson / Tasman 0.7 8 Inland Revenue Department Northland 6.6 79 Ministry of Business Innovation, & Employment ETHNICITY OF ATTENDEES Otago 1.9 23 Accident Compensation Corporation African 1.0 Southland 0.3 4 Ministry of Justice Arabic 1.0 Taranaki 1.2 14 Ministry of Primary Industries Asian 6.0 Waikato 2.0 24 Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade European 8.0 Wairarapa 1.6 19 New Zealand Government Māori 17 Wellington 52.6 630 NZ European / Pākehā 41 West Coast 2.6 32 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Pasifika 8.0 International 2.5 30 Ministry of Youth Development Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Other 6 Ministry of Social Development Prefer Not To Say 12 % PAGE 5 FESTIVAL SPEAKERS Haere mai, welcome. The future is ours to create! Leadership in the face of big, complex & urgent challenges Against the odds -adversity, courage & resilience Dreaming big. Pushing boundaries for our future. Regional economies and the future of work Improving health and wellbeing Accelerating climate solutions A powerful force for change - Tackling discrimination, racism & prejudice 1000+ actions for impact PAGE 7 WORKSHOP STREAMS Outside of the main speaker sessions, each attendee chose their own path to help build their connections, knowledge and skills throughout the Festival. There were eight concurrent breakout streams, with four sessions that ran within each stream thoughout the weekend. Below is a glimpse! VOTEVOTE STREAM #1 STREAM #2 STREAM #3 STREAM #4 THE PANEL – HOW TO EFFECT TOOLS & STRATEGIES THE RISE OF ASIA & HOW CAN WE CHANGE IN THE FOR THE WELLBEING OPPORTUNIES FOR ACCELERATE CLIMATE UPCOMING ELECTIONS REVOLUTION NEW ZEALAND SOLUTIONS? STREAM #5 STREAM #6 STREAM #7 STREAM #8 ASK AND EXPERT - TE AO MĀORI - LEARN THE LEADERSHIP LAB TOOLS AND ROUND TABLE CHATS MORE ABOUT THE - UPSKILL, UNLEASH STRATEGIES FOR WITH LEADERS MĀORI WORLD YOUR POTENTIAL INCLUSION PAGE 8 FUTURE-FOCUSED PANELS Future-focused panel discussions explored some of the big issues of our time featuring a diverse range of thought leaders, and a highly engaged audience with