Project: Multimedia Video / CD Rom package

Client: Community Solutions / Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace

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This project was developed as a learning resource for mature age adults with poor literacy levels who require practical assistance to learn about computers and using internet sites.  The learning resource included a DVD whichserved as a self-paced multi-media package to support the development of practical e-literacy skills.  This resource was designed in light of key research in the field of vocational education and training specifically in the areas of literacy with consideration of e-literacy skills and barriers.

DVD CONTENT

1. Why use the internet

1. Computing Basics

– Turning on the computer

– using your mouse

– using your keyboard

3. Finding your way around the internet

– Selecting the web browser

– navigating:

• Scrolling
• Forward & back
• Minimize & close
• Clicking on links (arrow turns to hand)
• What an hour glass or loading bar means

4. Web pages

– Web addresses

– Favourites/Bookmarks

– Useful web pages (job search etc)

5. Searching

– Google

– Choosing search terms

– ‘Do you mean’ function

Project: Multimedia Video / CD Rom package

Client: Community Solutions

Short films created by young people, addressing issues related to alcohol and drug use.
Eye on the Bay was funded through the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

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Purpose

Teachers, youth workers, parents, and others will use the Eye on the Bay DVD educational resource to start a discussion with young people about the issues of illicit drug use and underage drinking. The DVD may be used on a computer or in a conventional DVD player with TV.

What is on the DVD?

The DVD contains eleven (11) short films (up to 7 mins) and ads (30/60 seconds) that relate to issues associated with illegal drug use, underage and binge drinking by young people. These films were created by young people in the Fraser Coast region and submitted as entries in the Eye on the Bay Film Competition. The entire length of the DVD will be approx 50 mins.

At the end of each film/ad, one screen appears with a short list of general national or state-wide services/agencies and phone numbers to call for help or more information on the issues addressed within the film/ad.

The DVD  has a main menu, and some sub-menus, that will allow users to navigate through the chapters on the DVD. Users also have the option to choose “Play All”, if they wish to view all productions consecutively.

What comes with the DVD?

The DVD contains within a clear plastic DVD case, with an eye-catching cover (full colour) on front and back. A description of each film/ad, and a list of contacts is printed on the inside of the two-sided insert.

© Community Solutions Inc 2005

Project: Multimedia DVD and CD Rom package design and production

Client: Community Solutions

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Party Smart Party Safe is a resource that helps young people plan, host and attend parties within a framework of safe settings and health behaviours. The resource has been well received by the Sunshine Coast community.

Everyone enjoys going to or hosting a fun and successful party. For young people, celebrating special occasions with friends is an important part of growing up. Party Smart Party Safe is designed to ensure that young people and their friends know how to stay safe AND have a great time.

Features information from Queensland Police, Emergency Services and the Street Angels.

For Young People

• How drugs and alcohol affect your physical

and mental health

• Your legal rights and responsibilities

• What to do in an emergency

• Social risks including drink spiking

• Strategies for staying safe

For Parents

• Ways to ensure your child enjoys a safe party experience

• Tips for planning a successful, enjoyable and safe party

• Effective communication strategies

• Where to get support

The Party Smart Party Safe CD-ROM is funded under the Management of Public Intoxication Program by the Department of Communities.

Project: Multimedia Video / CD Rom package

Client: Maroochy Shire Council

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Like much of the southeast coast of Queensland, the Sunshine Coast is undergoing massive population growth and equally rapid development. Maroochy Shire is in the heart of the Sunshine Coast. Long aware of the impacts of the ‘sea change’ phenomena on the region, Maroochy’s Council and communities have been thinking and planning for a sustainable future. Maroochy 2025 Community Visioning project is this beautiful ‘Bush and Beach’ region’s response to the challenges of sustainability.

Through Maroochy 2025, the local communities and their leaders are taking the opportunity to make sound, solid decisions. Their decisions will affect the fabric of life for all who call this region home now and 20 years into the future.

In 2002, Maroochy Shire Council – one of the leading stakeholders in the project – began pioneering Maroochy 2025, a community visioning and action-planning project.

Maroochy 2025 is a wonderful story of people taking charge of their destiny.

Maroochy 2025 is a way for Maroochy communities to develop their own visions and action plans for the Shire’s future. Each part of the visioning project was conducted by, and through, its communities – a process that quite naturally increases the community’s capacity to participate in planning decisions.

Through this process of community participation, others were able to learn from the project and learn from contemporary methods of community visioning used. In particular, the project helped infuse greater awareness of many elements of Futures Studies.

The current publication aims to document and broadly communicate the process, the philosophy, the visions and the actions – all integral components of Maroochy 2025.

Project: Multimedia Video / Flash animation / CD Rom package

Client: Performance Frontiers

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Established for 11 years, we are based in Brisbane, working nationally and internationally in a broad range of industry sectors.

Managing Director, Gretel Bakker, founded the company with the idea that bringing arts based practices to organisations would inform and influence creative thinking and positive change in organisations. As a thought leader in this field, Gretel’s work enabled the company to lead the way in creating transformational change in organisations. Hence the name Performance Frontiers (PF).

We are a diverse team with a unique range of skills derived from the fields of: the creative industries, education, business and the behavioural sciences. We are passionate about creating sustainable futures for people at an individual, organisational and societal level. We are committed to working with diversity and as such connect with a large group of associates based in a number of communities of practice throughout the world, including: artists, calligraphers, statisticians, scientists, researchers, film-makers, academics and musicians.

As a company of passionate and committed designers and facilitators our focus is to bring out the full potential of people and their organisations to achieve a balance between individual happiness, value for clients, wealth for stakeholders and consideration for a wider community.

Our goal is to develop individuals, organisations and communities in such a way that they become more visionary, creative, and highly responsible in their behaviours and actions towards others and towards the planet as a whole.

Our portfolio includes:

• Professional Services
• Construction and Infrastructure
• Government sector and local councils
• Tourism and Hospitality
• Education
• Financial Services
• Health

Project: CD Cover and Disk Design

Client: Community Solutions / Queensland Police

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Background

Police are often asked to speak about alcohol and drug issues in a community settings such as a schools, youth groups, sporting clubs, Senior Citizens organisations or community meetings because they are seen to be knowledgeable and authoritative on the subject. Presentations in community settings are an important opportunity for police to assist the community and engage in proactive policing in a variety of settings.

Drug education can mean different things to different people. The involvement of police in community drug education can include:

providing factual information about substance use and misuse, together with the consequences

providing young people with structured discussion and activities that can help them develop assertiveness, decision making skills

values clarification in relation to drug use

helping parents, educators and community members to be more effective in their delivery of drug education to young people, their parents and the community.

The following resource has been made to assist police in preparing and delivering community presentations that will contribute to the reduction of harms associated with alcohol and drug use.

The CD has the following components:

Background on drug and alcohol education – What informs “good practice” and what are the critical success factors?

Receiving a request – Requests can be received from a wide variety of agencies. How do you know that you are the right person for the requested presentation? What are their expectations? This section of the resource outlines the key things to consider before agreeing to present in a community setting.

Planning – The best sessions are the ones that are well prepared. The more time you are able to spend preparing for your session, the easier it will be to present.

The presentation – Critical success factors in presenting to large and small groups as well as options for presenting to different community groups including parents and community gatherings.

Links – This section will assist you to source further information that may assist with your presentation.

Activity Toolbox – A variety of activities suitable for classroom, school camp and other settings. Activities can be found for both primary and secondary students as well as presentations at parent evenings.

Project: Multimedia DVD and CD Rom package design and production

Client: Community Solutions / Queensland Heath

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2007 Schoolies Week Student Booklet distributed to all Year 12 Students across Queensland Australia by Queensland Health view>>

2007 Schoolies Week Student Booklet Teachers Notes distributed to Queensland Teachers by Queensland Health view>>

The Queensland Government is committed to ensuring that all school-leavers attending Schoolies Week are equipped with the knowledge to celebrate safely.

This educational resource has been designed to support the classroom curriculum. It provides school-leavers with safety tips to ensure the week is one to remember, not one to forget.

Included within the package you will find a short DVD film, Celebrate but watch your mates which highlights survival tips touching on issues including underage drinking, fake id’s, drink spiking, drugs, safe sex, sexual violence, pedestrian safety and sun safety to name a few.

Teacher notes written in collaboration with teachers to support the classroom curriculum are included in the package as is the Schoolies Week booklet with information provided by a number of government and non-government agencies and a range of fact sheets with tips for responsible behaviour. You are encouraged to print out and distribute these fact sheets to your students.

Project: CD Cover and Disk Design

Client: Noel Gardner, Sunshine Coast, Queensland ,Australia

Project URL: http://www.noelgardner.com/

If I ever lost my eyes, it would be Noel Gardner’s songs that I would want to listen to – to remember how beautiful our part of the world is, to picture the features of our landscape and the creatures that live here.

I’d also be able to catch up on the political news – ‘cos if there’s an issue worth talking about, Noel’s probably written a song about it. Songs that let you think, without needing to toughen up inside. He’d also be the man I’d listen to, to find out how our government is treating indigenous people, and anyone else who doesn’t fit the mainstream mold.

Noel’s song ‘Refugee’ won second place in the 2004 Australian Songwriters Awards Acoustic Category.

In 2005, he’s just won first place in the Lyrics Category for “Stolen Children”. That’s the song he sang to 5,000 people at Brisbane’s Sorry Day concert in 1998. He’s also been a finalist in “Song of The Year”. See what I mean?

As Judy Small (Australia’s own political folk diva) says “Noel Gardner speaks and sings softly but don’t be fooled. This is a man with important things to say”.

Noel is the only solo performer to have performed at every one of the 18 Maleny/Woodford Folk Festivals – and his music is as fresh and relevant now as it was in 1989, when he teamed up with Mark Gillett to record the iconic “Watching the Obi Flow’ (the very same platypus-friendly Obi Creek that’s about to be inundated by a Woolworths shopping development – so of course Noel’s written a song – Autumn in Maleny – for the protest).