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
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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 more than 1,000 questions asked. Panelists ranged from Ministers and CEO’s to young people from provincial New Zealand.
PANEL TOPICS EXPLORED
>> How can we accelerate climate solutions? A solutions-focused look at the action and leadership we need on climate change. >> How can we improve health and wellbeing? How can we significantly improve the wellbeing of people and planet? >> Tackling discrimination, racism and prejudice A chance to unpack the issues, and focus on building more inclusive communities. >> Regional economy and the future of work - How might migration, technology and the future of work impact our regions?
All panel discussions were recorded, and the talks can be viewed online via the Festival website – www.festivalforthefuture.org.nz
PAGE 9 THE MARKET PLACE The Festival Market Place enabled 40+ organisations to engage, showcase their pathways, products and services, and gain insights from a diverse range of people from across the nation. THE MARKET PLACE
THE ACTION HUB
The Action Hub was a live survey in the heart of the Marketplace. Inviting attendees to pledge ways that they can action impact in their everyday lives; for themselves, for others and for our future. We had over 3000 actions pledged over the course of the weekend, followed up by an action-pack.
240 198 170 126 241 242 202 233 START A SUPPORT THE LOOK AT MY BANK’S GO MEAT FREE FOR FIND A CAREER THAT’S USE MY MONEY TO BUY DISCUSS HOW OUR BE MORE GENEROUS CONVERSATION SCHOOLS STRIKE 4 STANCE ON FOSSIL THE MONTH OF MORE ALIGNED WITH FROM MORE ETHICAL ORGANISATION COULD WITH MY TIME ABOUT CLIMATE CLIMATE MARCH FUEL INVESTMENT AUGUST MY VALUES COMPANIES CREATE MORE IMPACT AND/OR MONEY +
ACTIONS3000 FOR IMPACT
DO MORE MORE CALL OUT CREATE SPACE FOR DO MORE TO LOOK DO MORE TO SUPPORT RUN FOR MAKE SURE I VOTE IN TALK TO MY LOCAL TO LEARN ABOUT DISCRIMINATION VOICES THAT SHOULD AFTER MY OWN THE WELLBEING OF COUNCIL IN THE UPCOMING LOCAL COUNCIL OR MEMBER OTHER CULTURES IN A SAFE WAY BE AT THE TABLE WELLBEING OTHERS LOCAL ELECTIONS ELECTIONS OF PARLIAMENT 245 253 242 244 250 53 184 162
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Brand new in 2019 – the Impact Awards was a premier celebration of inspiring young New Zealanders making a difference, with $20,000 in prizes across four Award Categories. 400+ people attended the Awards Ceremony including senior leaders from business, government and community sectors.
Pictured from left: Guy Ryan, CEO & Founder of Inspiring Stories; Jacinta Gulasekharam – winner of the Evolve Leadership scholarship; Shaquille Shortland, CEO of Tuapapa Māori Language Academy – winner of the Inclusion Award; Sophie Handford, National Coordinator School Strikes 4 Climate – winner of the Climate Award; Jazz Thornton, CEO of Voices of Hope – winner of the Wellbeing Award; and Shay Wright – Co-founder of Te Whare Hukahuka – winner of the Enterprise Award.
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT Scholarship support plays a significant role in enabling access to young people from challenged backgrounds and circumstances to experience the Festival. Thanks to our partners and supporters, this year 300+ young people received scholarship support to attend the Festival.
It was definitely a great first experience What a weekend! What an honour and a GENEROSITY AND GRATITUDE of Wellington and it’s people. For the first privilege! We walk away from this weekend
Thanks to generosity and support, this year’s time I felt safe to feel my emotions in with so much inspiration, identity and scholarships programme was the biggest public without worrying about cameras mana aroha. You can never stop learning ever. The Office of Ethnic Communities helped exploiting my vulnerability. regardless of what age, and stage in life to support a delegation of young people Nawal Hussein, Christchurch Muslim you are in. To sum up, the conference from the Muslim community in Christchurch. Youth Delegation prompted me to act. Delegations from Myanmar and Indonesia Ministry for Pacific Peoples Delegate supported by UnionAID. We supported a delegation of former refugees in partnership Festival for the future provided a genuine with Third Culture Minds. The Ministry of safe space for the youth to be themselves It was such an amazing experience. Pacific Peoples supported young leaders from regardless of their ethnicity, faith or Thank you for providing me with the the Pasifika community, and we supported sexual/gender identity. opportunity to be a part of it. It has 200 young people from regional New Zealand Maha Elmadani, Christchurch Muslim changed my life. through our Future Leaders programme. Youth Delegation Anonymous survey repondant FUTURE LEADERS Far North A big part of our scholarship effort includes supporting 200+ young people from Whangarei Whakatāne our Future Leaders programme to attend the Festival. The year-round programme Ōpōtiki is changing lives for a diverse range of young people, and attending the Festival Kawerau significantly amplifies their drive and motivation to make a difference back home.
Palmerston North WHAT IS FUTURE LEADERS? VOICES FROM THE REGIONS Greymouth Kāpiti
Run by Inspiring Stories, Future Leaders Before attending Festival, some of our supports young people in rural/provincial New Future Leaders have never even been on a Zealand to build their entrepreneurship and plane before, let alone to the Capital City. leadership capability, and make a difference Supporting them to attend the Festival, with in their backyard. More information about the wrap-around programme support, is having a programme, including the full curriculum and profound positive impact. Having their voices outcomes report is available online. and perspectives at the Festival is invaluable. www.futureleaders.nz PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE
PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
PAGE 16 ABOUT OUR ORGANISATION
Inspiring Stories operates nationwide with the vision to see every young New Zealander unleash their potential to change the world. Legally we’re a charity, but we operate like a social enterprise.
We’re the organisation behind Festival for the Future, the Future Leaders programme, and the speaker bureau www.inspiringstories.org.nz The Impact Awards representing New Zealand’s top young talent – Inspiring Speakers.
If you’d like to learn more check out our website or catch up with one of our Wellington-based crew.
PAGE 17 THE TEAM BEHIND IT
THE TEAM AT INSPIRING STORIES
Guy Ryan Hana Osawa Lateshia McFarlane Merenia Hudson CEO & Founder Head of Design & Digital Coach, Future Leaders Coach, Future Leaders Kāpiti Coast (Ōtaki) Kāpiti Coast (Ōtaki)
Jo Bailey Emily Richardson Joe Henare Stephen Brassett Operations Manager Operations & Coach, Future Leaders Coach, Future Leaders Programme Support Far North Greymouth
Rachael Elder Maria Williams Kiesha Dais Anaru Ranapia INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS Business Development Volunteer Coordinator Coach, Future Leaders Coach, Future Leaders Manager Festival for the Future Palmerston North Whakatāne
JJ Stuart-Manning Molly Slatter Anahera Pickering Business Development Marketing & Community Coach, Future Leaders Assistant Engagement Intern Whangarei BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sonia Pearson Alice Kay Marlena Martin Andrew Weaver, Chair Manager, Project Coordinator, Coach, Future Leaders Executive Director, Festival for the Future The Impact Awards Kawerau Digital Identity NZ
Finn Shewell Alina Manko Keri Impey Kim Young, Trustee Marketing & Programme Coordinator, Coach, Future Leaders Marketing and community Communications Festival for the Future Ōpōtiki engagement consultant
Bridget Cassie Ariana Maihi Nakita Ferguson Callum Skeet, Trustee Manager, Future Leaders Intern & Coach, Future Leaders General Manager, Future Leaders Videographer Ōpōtiki SolarKing Ltd
PAGE 18 OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS
Carys Gibbs Samantha Ryan Peter Lee April Liau Deanna Ayupova Linda Ly Fatima Ahmer Dana Gray Sophie Simons Ana Warnock Sara Montgomery Sera Milbank Leo Nguyen Sammy O’Hara Li Yen Thor Victoria Naboka Sian Tran-Lawrence Aleisha Hoult Pravallikha (Praval) Amelia Cartwright Sherry Shi Ra Kuchlein Gayan Edirisinghe Nataly Noguer Blue Cecilia Pena Jaydin Aburn Giang Vu Xiaotian Liu Kevin Satur Calais McSheffrey Ryan Bougen Leena Prasad Jemma Saywell Nathirah Saiful Anna Vu Bahri Jiahao (Ben) Yan Zahra Lightway Yun Yi Kok Savannah McKnight Zoe Fuller Yingjun Wang Margie Beattie Sophie Ross Emma Morris Katherine Wharton Shavana Anya Bukholt Payne
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FINANCES
REVENUE EXPENSES TOTAL REVENUE = $519,849 TOTAL EXPENSES = $507,132
$216,914 Sales $210,860 $21,120 Marketing & Publicity Tickets, Market Place, Impact Awards $201,543 Sponsorship Salaries & Associated Expenses
$7,549 Programme Contributors, & Workshop Expenses
$50,798 Scholarship Support, inc. Travel & accomodation
$172,614 Venues, AV & Catering
$80,292 Grants
$21,000 Donations $23,076 Contractors & Volunteer Expenses
$21,115 Space Actitvation & Printing
PAGE 21 BECOME A CHAMPION Become a champion and support our work at Inspiring Stories. Help us build Festival for the Future and The Impact Awards into a world class events. Imagine – a purpose-driven and iconic Kiwi brand that is impactful and sustainable. If you share our vision and values, here’s a few ways you can help.
HELP OPEN DOORS BECOME A SPONSOR SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS
In the age we live in ‘who we know’ is just as At Inspiring Stories, our portfolio of brands The scholarship fund helps to provide support important as ‘what we know’. We’ve seen provide a unique and powerful opportunity for to young people from marginalised, lower first hand just how powerful it can be when we your organisation to engage with a diverse socio-economic or financially challenged connect with the right people in organisations, range of leaders and influencers from across backgrounds to attend the Festival. Support who become champions. New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific. Our brands can vary depending on circumstances. In include the prestigious Festival for the Future, some cases, scholarship support could Connectivity could mean access to brilliant The Impact Awards, Future Leaders, and the include travel, ticket and accommodation. people who share their expertise with our speaker bureau – Inspiring Speakers. team and help to build our capability. It could We know the Festival can be a life-changing mean connections into organisations across As well as sponsorship opportunities, there experience. Thanks to support, we’ve now public or private sector that could result in are some really tangible ways that your provided more than 900 scholarships. new partnerships or sponsorship. It could organisation can support. This includes mean connections into potential speakers or purchasing tickets to the Festival, a table at If you’d like to contribute towards the facilitators at the Festival. The possibilities are The Impact Awards, or corporate volunteering. scholarship fund, you can make a one-off or endless. If your organisation is purpose-driven and regular tax deductable donation. Donation passionate about making a difference for our receipts can be arranged on request. Our If you’d like to help in some way, get in touch. future, let’s chat. Kiwibank account is 38-9017-0138250-07.
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