Tom Dawkins Email & Phone Number

Seattle, US, US

StartSomeGood was acquired by General Good in March 2024. General Good are behind the Boomerang Lab accelerator and a number of other impact initiatives and are committed to StartSomeGood's mission of supporting emerging social entrepreneurs. I am continuing in a reduced role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence, focused on hosting our accelerator and event.

Seattle, US, US

StartSomeGood.com is an innovation agency and global social enterprise ecosystem builder. Our goal is to support emerging social entrepreneurs around the world to design, test, launch and grow social impact projects in order to increase the pace of innovation for social change.We run the StartSomeGood.com crowdfunding platform, the Good Hustle social.

Melbourne, VIC, AU

LendForGood is a new crowd-lending platform on a mission to unlock the potential of the business for good movement by democratising impact investment. LFG was co-founded by the founding teams of StartSomeGood and Red Hat Impact. The first deals were completed on the platform in 2022 and as of early 2024 it has become the main focus of Renata (StartSomeGood.

Kensington, NSW, AU

Board member at the Centre for Social Impact, Australia's leading social impact research and teaching organisation, with nodes at UNSW, Swinburne University and the University of Western Australia.

Chippendale, NSW, AU

EnergyLab supports innovation in the energy sector. They run a series of programs designed to help people launch and grow new energy businesses, operate a coworking space in Chippendale Sydney, and run regular events to bring the renewable energy community together. I am a mentor in the program, available to support participating enterprises to think.

New South Wales, AU

• The Social Enterprise Council of NSW & ACT (SECNA) is the new member-led peak body to represent the interests of social entrepreneurs and social enterprises across NSW & ACT.The core purpose of SECNA is to:
• Raise social enterprise awareness and understanding;
• Build a more connected social enterprise ecosystem;
• Advocate to government on behalf of the social enterprise sector.

Sydney, AU

Director of new not-for-profit supporting civic innovation initiatives throughout Australia, starting with a pop-up in Liverpool.

Macquarie Park, NSW, AU

I am the Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Optus' Future Makers Accelerator for Tech-for-Good Startups, 2020. In this role I have helped design the program, recruited speakers, taught masterclasses and provided coaching for the participating startups.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Worked on retainer with TACSI to help them rethink and refine their approach to communications and community building while leading the implementation of projects such as the OPEN STATE Guide.

I worked with a great team at TACSI to launch this new distributed festival which features hundreds of events in every state and territory over ten days each year.The Australian Changemakers Festival is a celebration of the great work happening in our community, an exploration of the ideas, techniques and technologies which are driving this change and an.

Surry Hills, NSW, AU

I joined Make Believe, a boutique communications agency serving progressive political clients, pretty immediately upon my return to Australia, and worked on a variety of projects for their clients with a focus on social technologies and community-building. In early 2013 Make Believe merged with Streetline, a non-profit communications and technology agency.

Ultimo, NSW, AU

I rejoined the Board of Vibewire, the organization I founded in 2000, after a four-year break. During this time I organised a 13th birthday fundraising dinner and secured partnerships with Vivid Festival of Ideas, the Awesome Foundation and the Foundation for Young Australians. I had to step off as my work with StartSomeGood and the Changemakers Festival.

San Francisco, CA, US

Helped design and launch HopeLab's 10th anniversary "JOY Campaign" including leading the design and build of the website, developing the communications and community-building strategy and managing and writing for the JOY blog.

Mclean, Virginia, US

Small Act supports non-profits to use social media strategically by building software that makes it easier to manage social media accounts and offering consulting to support organizations to utilize these tools effectively. I worked with a variety of organizations including AARP, The Asian American Theater Company and The International Institute for City.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Ashoka's mission is to build an 'everyone a changemaker' world. My mission was to explore how digital technologies can support this. As the first Social Media Director I was involved with the development of website improvements including rich media integration, digital marketing, improved utilization of online social networks and developing strategy and.

The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is an international competition for online and mobile projects from around the world that address in an inspiring manner the UN Millennium Development Goals.WSYA09 is a follow-up activity of the UN World Summit on Information Society and is organised by the World Summit Award (WSA) in partnership with the Cyber Peace.

Part of the global IIC organisation founded in 1968, IICA has a focus on the impact of international developments on Australia and Asia-Pacific media and communications businesses. It was relaunched in late 2006 and brings together future-focused thinking and best practice through a series of seminars and events, with publications and exchanges to be.

Ultimo, NSW, AU

Vibewire is a youth-led not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating opportunities for younger Australians to express themselves creatively and politically. Projects include Vibewire.net, Reelife Short Film Festival, the e-Festival of Ideas, Interface Anthology, electiontracker and Sanctuary. In 2004 and 2007 I ran our ground-breaking electionTracker.

I was elected at the founding summit of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition to be an independent member of the initial National Steering Committee. During this stage we raised over $200,000 to implement a federal election campaign amongst other projects, employed staff, established an office and developed policy.

From 1999-2006 I created unique electronic music events in Sydney, including the five.lucid festivals - which donated all profits to youth charities - running down-tempo Friday nighter Zero Kelvin fortnightly at Lounge for 3.5 years and other events like tech.lucid, trans.lucid and Wired for Sound.

The National Youth Media Network seeks to better connect, resource and advocate on behalf of Australia's growing youth media movement.

Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, AU

Designed and implemented NRMA Motoring and Services 'Get Out the Youth Vote' campaign around the 2005 Board Election.

Organised the Youth Steam of the CBAA National Conference and managed development of the related website.

Developed the content for the What|Where|When Arts Diary, published in November 2003.

Youth Organiser for the Greens NSW on short-term contract. Organised Greens presence during Orientation Week on university campuses around the state, including managing and rostering volunteers, ensuring adequate resources and materials and building a contacts database. Held position during 2002 NSW State Election and assisted with campaigning.

Employee #4. Developed and managed commercial relationships, primarily with event promoters and the music labels. Left to finish uni.

NSW, ST Leonards, AU

Advertising Manager for a suite of music publications, including Next Music, Australian Guitar Magazine and Blunt Magazine and one-off specials around digital music, regularly setting revenue records. Involved in the concept and launch of Blunt Magazine, an alternative music mag aimed at 14-20 year-olds, and Advertising Manager for first five issues.

Ba, Political Science, History

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government