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February 24, 2015 Napranum Indigineous Community Queensland Australia – Episode Eight (8) in the long-term series Whole of Community Change
February 24, 2015 Episode Eight (8) Whole of Community Change Featuring Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange, Roy Chevathen Former Mayor of Napranum and Maryann Coconut Elder Napranum Indigenous Community Queensland, Australia
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Napranum
Napranum (meaning meeting place of the people) was the site of Weipa Presbyterian Mission from 1932 to 1965. Before 1932, the original Weipa Mission was situated near Spring Creek on the upper northern reaches of the Embley River. On 1 February 1966, the church handed over control to the Queensland Government and the mission became known as Weipa South settlement. During the late 1960s the name Napranum was increasingly used by the community.
At least twelve traditional owner groups occupied the surrounding lands, however there are families living at Napranum today whose links extend to Mapoon in the north and Aurukun in the south. For example, the Thaynakwith people who have traditional links to the Andoom and Pine River area settled at both Mapoon and Weipa during the missionary period.
Additionally some people from as far away as the Ducie River and near Moreton and Mein telegraph stations came in to live at Weipa in the early 1900s. In his annual report for 1901, the Northern Protector of Aboriginals, W.E. Roth, wrote that the ‘sphere of influence of the Weipa Mission which I visited last May is gradually though slowly extending, blacks coming in now not only from Pera Head, and the upper reaches of the Batavia and Ducie Rivers, but also (a few) from the mouth of the Archer, from the Moreton [telegraph station], and from the area intermediate between Coen and Mein’.
During the 1960s people from other Aboriginal communities and the Torres Strait Islands settled at Napranum in search of work. Today about 1000 people live at Napranum.
Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council is the local authority for the Napranum community and Napranum Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) lands. Its Mayor and Councillors are elected every four years. Community administration is provided by Council staff led by a Chief Executive Officer. The Council is the trustee for the Napranum DOGIT lands.
Napranum residents are employed in a wide range of community work, land and sea management, local contracting firms and mining operations.
Roy Chevathen Former Mayor of Napranum
Roy is the former Mayor of the Napranum Shire Council where he advocated for services for families and children to remain on the council agenda. With a strong background in Indigenous health, Roy is a promoter of the robust evidence that links early education to good health amongst families and children.
Maryann Coconut: Community Elder and Traditional Owner. Chairperson of the Indigenous Justice Group
As Councillor of the Napranum Aboriginal community, Maryann’s responsibilities include education and social services. Maryann believes education is essential to community progress. She has led the way completing a Bachelor of Community Management at Maquarie University NS.
Maryann also believes we, the people are the Caretakers of this Land; given to us by the Creator Spirit who is the Creator. We acknowledge Him with adoration and thanksgiving. We the Elders are the Gate Keepers. This is an age-old role given to us by our Ancestors. Our knowledge and wisdom of our country is still strong; and will remain invisible and well guarded in our spirit till we die. Our spirit will pass this knowledge on to the next Elder in line.
Annalise Jennings
Annalise as the director of Dynamic Exchange has over 25 years experience in senior roles in financial services and other sectors including property and small business. Annalise is an experienced facilitator and has led business transformation in project management in large organisations and has an extensive background in risk management and organisational culture. This experience has been gained through working in India, Australia & New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Annalise has spoken on transformation and maximising human potential in a variety of business and community forums.
Annalise is passionate about teams and helping them discover healthy working relationships and celebrating success and empowerment. Annalise balances her time between key corporate engagements, her part-time career as an alternative health practitioner and has always combined her working life with parenting and study. She strongly believes in human potential and is a passionate advocate of ethical corporate and individual behaviour in the business community.
Annalise’s qualifications include a post-graduate diploma in project management. She is affiliated with the Risk Management Association of Australia and is a member of the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists.
Dynamic Exchange
Dynamic Exchange is the trusted partner in business and community transformation. Our mission is to support individuals, teams and communities to reach their fullest potential through discovering healthy working relationships and celebrating success and empowerment.
We believe in human potential and we are passionate advocates of ethical, corporate and individual behaviour in communities and in business.
Dynamic Exchange helps individuals and communities to:
Balance financial security
Build harmonious relationships
Build a sense of self-worth through a positive self-image
Set the agenda for change and maturity through a mindset of accountability and ownership
Develop a sense of community spirit through shared vision and an infrastructure that supports future growth
Build alliances with others by sharing solutions and partnering for joint projects
Build a legacy for future generations. Be recognised as market leaders
Episode Five in the long-term series Whole of Community Change (Original broadcast November 25, 2014)
Episode Five in the long-term series Whole of Community Change (Original broadcast November 25, 2014) Dedicated broadcast page here
Featuring in a new long-term series Whole of Community Change Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange, Ms. Maryann Coconut Elder and Representative Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council and Honored Guest Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley Ed.D Speaker, Consultant and Writer
Napranum (meaning meeting place of the people) was the site of Weipa Presbyterian Mission from 1932 to 1965. Before 1932, the original Weipa Mission was situated near Spring Creek on the upper northern reaches of the Embley River. On 1 February 1966, the church handed over control to the Queensland Government and the mission became known as Weipa South settlement. During the late 1960s the name Napranum was increasingly used by the community..
Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley
Margaret J. Wheatley (commonly Meg Wheatley) (born 1941) is an American writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior. Her approach includes systems thinking, theories of change, chaos theory, leadership and the learning organization: particularly its capacity to self-organize. Her work is often compared to that of Donella Meadows and Dee Hock. She describes her work as opposing “highly controlled mechanistic systems that only create robotic behaviors.” Wheatley grew up in the New York City area and then Boston. She received her M.A. in systems thinking from New York University and her doctorate from Harvard University. During the 1960s, Wheatley served in the Peace Corps in Korea for two years while teaching high school English.
Her practice as an organizational consultant and researcher began in 1973. She has worked on every inhabited continent in “virtually every type of organization” and considers herself a global citizen. Since then she has been Associate Professor of Management at the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, and Cambridge College, Massachusetts, and served as a professor of management in two graduate programs. She has served in a formal advisory capacity for leadership programs in England, Croatia, Denmark, Australia and the United States, and through her work in Berkana, with leadership initiatives in India, Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mexico, and Brazil as well as Europe. She is president of the Berkana Institute, a global charitable leadership foundation.
Wheatley has received many awards and honorary doctorates. The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) has named her one of five living legends. In May 2003, ASTD awarded her their highest honor: “Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance.”
Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange
Annalise as the director of Dynamic Exchange has over 25 years experience in senior roles in financial services and other sectors including property and small business. Annalise is an experienced facilitator and has led business transformation in project management in large organisations and has an extensive background in risk management and organisational culture. This experience has been gained through working in India, Australia & New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Annalise has spoken on transformation and maximising human potential in a variety of business and community forums.
Annalise is passionate about teams and helping them discover healthy working relationships and celebrating success and empowerment. Annalise balances her time between key corporate engagements, her part-time career as an alternative health practitioner and has always combined her working life with parenting and study. She strongly believes in human potential and is a passionate advocate of ethical corporate and individual behaviour in the business community.
Councillor Maryann Coconut: Community Elder & Traditional Owner. Chairperson of the Indigenous Justice Group
As Councillor of the Napranum Aboriginal community, Maryann’s responsibilities include education and social services. Maryann believes education is essential to community progress. She has led the way completing a Bachelor of Community Management at Maquarie University NS.
Maryann also believes we, the people are the Caretakers of this Land; given to us by the Creator Spirit who is the Creator. We acknowledge Him with adoration and thanksgiving. We the Elders are the Gate Keepers. This is an age old role given to us by our Ancestors. Our knowledge and wisdom of our country is still strong; and will remain invisible and well guarded in our spirit till we die. Our spirit will pass this knowledge on to the next Elder in line.
November 9, 2014 Crossing over the Bridge Seventy-Five (75) – Napranum
November 9, 2014 (more information at broadcast page)
Panelists Richard Barrett Chairman and Founder of the Barrett Values Centre and Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange talk to indigenous communities and Napranum in Queensland Australia
Napranum (meaning meeting place of the people) was the site of Weipa Presbyterian Mission from 1932 to 1965. Before 1932, the original Weipa Mission was situated near Spring Creek on the upper northern reaches of the Embley River. On 1 February 1966, the church handed over control to the Queensland Government and the mission became known as Weipa South settlement. During the late 1960s the name Napranum was increasingly used by the community.
Richard Barrett FRSA Chairman Barrett Values Centre
Richard Barrett (FRSA) is an author, speaker and social commentator on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Barrett Values Centre and an internationally recognized thought leader on values, culture and leadership. He is a Fellow of the World Business Academy, Member of the Wisdom Council of the Centre for World Spirituality, Honorary Board Member of the Spirit of Humanity Forum, and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. He is the creator of the internationally recognized Cultural Transformation Tools (CTT) which have been used to support more than 5,000 organizations in 60 different countries on their transformational journeys. To date, more than 4,000 change agents and consultants have been trained by the Barrett Values Centre to use the Cultural Transformation Tools in over 50 countries. Over the past ten years, Richard Barrett has been called upon to support the leaders of major national and multinational organisations in Australia, South Africa, Canada, UK, USA and Sweden. The focus of this work has been on helping the leaders of these organisations to improve the performance of their organisations by building values-driven cultures.
Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange
Annalise as the director of Dynamic Exchange has over 25 years experience in senior roles in financial services and other sectors including property and small business. Annalise is an experienced facilitator and has led business transformation in project management in large organisations and has an extensive background in risk management and organisational culture. This experience has been gained through working in India, Australia & New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Annalise has spoken on transformation and maximising human potential in a variety of business and community forums.
Annalise is passionate about teams and helping them discover healthy working relationships and celebrating success and empowerment. Annalise balances her time between key corporate engagements, her part-time career as an alternative health practitioner and has always combined her working life with parenting and study. She strongly believes in human potential and is a passionate advocate of ethical corporate and individual behaviour in the business community.
Episode Four in the long-term series Whole of Community Change (Original broadcast October 28, 2014)
Listen to broadcast. Episode Four in the long-term series Whole of Community Change (Original broadcast October 28, 2014)
Featuring in a new long-term series Whole of Community Change Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange, Ms. Maryann Coconut Elder and Representative Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council, David Kempton Member of Parliament for Cook and the Assistant Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Richard Barrett FRSA Founder and Chairman Barrett Values Centre. Sending special thanks to NPA Northern Peninsula Area Radio 91.9 FM. Photographs courtesy Shane Gibson Broadsoft Systems Pty. Ltd.
Sending special thanks to NPA Northern Peninsula Area Radio 91.9 FM
October 28, 2014 Episode Four in the long-term series Whole of Community Change
Listen to broadcast. Episode Four in the long-term series Whole of Community Change (Original broadcast October 28, 2014)
Featuring in a new long-term series Whole of Community Change Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange, Ms. Maryann Coconut Elder and Representative Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council, David Kempton Member of Parliament for Cook and the Assistant Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Richard Barrett FRSA Founder and Chairman Barrett Values Centre
Annalise Jennings Director Dynamic Exchange
Annalise as the director of Dynamic Exchange has over 25 years experience in senior roles in financial services and other sectors including property and small business.
Annalise is an experienced facilitator and has led business transformation in project management in large organisations and has an extensive background in risk management and organisational culture. This experience has been gained through working in India, Australia & New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Annalise has spoken on transformation and maximising human potential in a variety of business and community forums.
Annalise is passionate about teams and helping them discover healthy working relationships and celebrating success and empowerment. Annalise balances her time between key corporate engagements, her part-time career as an alternative health practitioner and has always combined her working life with parenting and study. She strongly believes in human potential and is a passionate advocate of ethical corporate and individual behaviour in the business community.
Councillor Maryann Coconut: Community Elder & Traditional Owner. Chairperson of the Indigenous Justice Group
As Councillor of the Napranum Aboriginal community, Maryann’s responsibilities include education and social services. Maryann believes education is essential to community progress. She has led the way completing a Bachelor of Community Management at Maquarie University NS.
Maryann also believes we, the people are the Caretakers of this Land; given to us by the Creator Spirit who is the Creator. We acknowledge Him with adoration and thanksgiving. We the Elders are the Gate Keepers. This is an age old role given to us by our Ancestors. Our knowledge and wisdom of our country is still strong; and will remain invisible and well guarded in our spirit till we die. Our spirit will pass this knowledge on to the next Elder in line.
David Kempton Member of Parliament for Cook and the Assistant Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
David grew up in regional New South Wales. He studied law through Sydney University whilst working full time in a city law firm. After 10 years he was drawn back to the bush and moved to Cooktown Cape York where he set up the first law practice since 1935. Living and working in Cape York exposed David to many property and human rights issues. He was heavily involved in the continuing resolution of a battle between environmental indigenous and pastoral land interests and negotiated many outcomes including the Wik native title claim in 1996. Of particular concern was the impact of welfare and paternalism on indigenous people and the lack of effective representation in Cape York and Torres Straits. This ultimately led David into politics in 2012 when he became the first conservative member of parliament for the seat of Cook in 44 years and was appointed the assistant minister for aboriginal and Torres Strait Affairs. He is passionate about his electorate. Having formed a relationship with Napranum before entering politics Dave was keen to see the good work undertaken by the community and its whole of community change program continue
David believes the only way to break the paternalistic welfare cycle is to shift from control to support. “To witness the transformation of Napranum in just two years is a privilege and a testament to the success of engagement, ownership and responsibility over paternalism, intervention and control.”
Richard Barrett
Richard Barrett (FRSA) is an author, speaker and social commentator on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Barrett Values Centre and an internationally recognized thought leader on values, culture and leadership. He is a Fellow of the World Business Academy, Member of the Wisdom Council of the Centre for World Spirituality, Honorary Board Member of the Spirit of Humanity Forum, and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. He is the creator of the internationally recognized Cultural Transformation Tools (CTT) which have been used to support more than 5,000 organizations in 60 different countries on their transformational journeys. To date, more than 4,000 change agents and consultants have been trained by the Barrett Values Centre to use the Cultural Transformation Tools in over 50 countries. Over the past ten years, Richard Barrett has been called upon to support the leaders of major national and multinational organisations in Australia, South Africa, Canada, UK, USA and Sweden. The focus of this work has been on helping the leaders of these organisations to improve the performance of their organisations by building values-driven cultures.
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