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2017 OJC Wellbeing Collaboration: Final Report

By Toni Reid | November 1, 2017

Lifehack was proud to partner with Ormiston Junior College (OJC), Changing Minds and Auckland Council Libraries to co-host this project which focussed on young people developing skill and agency to positively influence structures of wellbeing at their school and in …

How To: Social Lean Canvas

By Toni Reid | October 20, 2017

So you want to start something that matters…?

The Social Lean Canvas is one of the key resources the Lifehack team uses and refers to in all of our work. If you’re not already using it we suggest you take …

School Wellbeing Collaboration Resource Pack 2

School Wellbeing Collaboration: Resource Pack 2

By Toni Reid | October 20, 2017

If you’re involved in a school in some way – whether as a parent, teacher or student – this resource pack from our School Wellbeing Collaboration is for you! Resource Pack Two focuses on broader community wellbeing, while Resource Pack …

Theory of Change Worksheet

By Toni Reid | October 20, 2017

 

What is a Theory of Change?

A Theory of Change is your best guess about how your work impacts the issue you care about. This worksheet provides a simple starting point for thinking about the causes that contribute to …

Applying Ethics in Codesign

By Toni Reid | October 18, 2017

Okay, so you’re committed to doing some youth co-design. Great! Of course, this means working alongside young people and bringing their voices into your work.

How do you do this in an ethical way? How do you do this in …

Relationship Building Sort Cards Set Two

By Toni Reid | October 13, 2017

Facilitation is all about bringing a group together around a shared purpose. Relationship-building is one of the foundations of effective facilitation, so it’s always handy to have a toolkit of different processes to allow people to build meaningful relationships.

Stuck …

Picture Sort Cards - Set One

Picture Cards – Set Two

By Toni Reid | October 13, 2017

In this pack we’ve included another 30 royalty free images, ranging from mountain tops to pen & paper. We’ve used these images in check in & out circles, de-briefs and reflective sessions.

We’ve asked questions like:

“select a card which …

Picture Sort Cards - Set One

Picture Cards Set One

By Toni Reid | September 25, 2017

In this pack we’ve included 30 royalty free images, ranging from mountain tops to pen & paper. We’ve used these images in check in & out circles, de-briefs and reflective sessions.

We’ve asked questions like:

“select a card which speaks …

Relationship Building Facilitation Sort Cards (Set One)

By Toni Reid | September 22, 2017

Facilitation is all about bringing a group together around a shared purpose. Relationship-building is one of the foundations of effective facilitation, so it’s always handy to have a toolkit of different processes to allow people to build meaningful relationships.

Stuck …

Top 5 Reasons to Support Your People To Attend Lifehack Flourishing Fellowship

Top 5 reasons to support your people to attend the Flourishing Fellowship

By Paul McGregor | February 24, 2017

Are you a manager or decision-maker trying to decide whether to “sign off” on somebody’s participation in this year’s Flourishing Fellowship? Well – this blog post is for you.

Paul McGregor was one of our original Flourishing Fellows. Now, as …

Wellbeing Needs More Than Just Psychologists

By Gina Rembe | July 12, 2015

Wellbeing is not just the domain of Psychologists

This week we kick off our Design Challenge with Massey University’s College of Creative Arts. Whilst this seemed like an exciting next step for us at Lifehack, we thought it would be …

Youth Week is coming & we’re planning awesomeness!

By Gina Rembe | May 7, 2015

 

We’re pretty excited that Youth Week is almost upon us, and that this year’s theme is ‘We are the future / Kō tātau te ao o āpōpō’.

Here’s the video introducing this year’s action:

How might we give young

Young Innovators Collective joins the Lifehack venture network!

By Gina Rembe | May 7, 2015

What Makes You Come Alive?

This is the central question at the heart of Young Innovators Collective, and frankly – we love it!

We’ve been sitting on a bit of exciting news for awhile now, but today we’re stoked to …

50+ Best Web Tools For Social Ventures, Startups & Charities

By Gina Rembe | November 18, 2014

 

The Lifehack Top 50+ Tools for Social Entrepreneurs, Innovators and Charities is constantly evolving. Click on the image above to be transported to the latest line up of tools to help you be awesome online.…

#LifehackLabs – Week 4 – How, Who, WHY?

By Gina Rembe | September 16, 2014

This week we asked our Labs Co ordinator Charlotte to run us through the goings on of week 4.

It’s easy to forget while immersed in this process, that Lifehack Labs is just a tiny snapshot in time. Who would …