888 Causeway: Events Independent, member-run co-working in the Melbourne CBD. A co-operative for small businesses and organisations in the social economy, with events and a podcast. 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/feed.xml 888 Causeway International Day of Democracy: democracy beyond the ballot box 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/democracy-beyond-the-ballot-box/ A panel of practitioners, researchers and civic technologists on deeper democratic practice beyond the ballot box. <p>Hosted with Designing Open Democracy, with panellists including policy economist Nicholas Gruen, CoPower co-founder Godfrey Moase and activist-scholar Anitra Nelson.</p> Employee and community ownership in Australia: a practical path for succession, shared prosperity and resilience 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/employee-and-community-ownership/ Australia is heading into a major wave of business succession. Could employee ownership protect jobs, build shared prosperity and keep business local? Developing communities in a post-USAID world 2025-11-25T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/post-usaid-world/ What international development looks like after the USAID funding decision, and what it means for Australian aid, civil society and community-led development. David Coats in Melbourne: the future of social democracy and co-operation 2025-11-05T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/david-coats-social-democracy/ UK policy thinker David Coats unpacks the Starmer government at a Basil’s Table event. <p>A Basil’s Table event hosted by 888 Co-operative Causeway and supported by RSA Oceania.</p> The spirituality of co-operatives and economic change: a surprising tale 2025-06-10T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/spirituality-of-co-operatives/ A webinar on the past, present and future of faith-based co-operatives in Australia. The Future of Work: Employee Ownership and Economic Transformation 2024-11-25T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/future-of-work-employee-ownership/ An evening on employee ownership and the economic transformation it could bring. The Inaugural Basil Varghese Oration, featuring Sharan Burrow AC 2024-10-30T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/basil-varghese-oration/ Global advocate for human rights, climate action and a just transition Sharan Burrow AC delivers the first oration in honour of our patron. <p>Sharan Burrow was General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation from 2010 to 2022 and President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2000 to 2010. Basil Varghese is a Melbourne community builder and advocate for social justice, and a patron of the co-op.</p> Post Growth Entrepreneurship with Dr. Melanie Rieback 2024-06-28T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/post-growth-entrepreneurship/ Business as activism, art and positive impact: a model that rejects investors, scaling and exits. <p>Dr. Melanie Rieback is CEO and co-founder of Radically Open Security, the world’s first not-for-profit computer security company, and of the Post Growth startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures.</p> A bit of 888 Christmas Cheer 2023-12-05T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/888-christmas-cheer/ An end-of-year gathering of Melbourne’s co-operators. Exploring the Social Economy: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2023-10-17T00:00:00Z https://coop888causeway.sites.talkingsites.org/events/exploring-the-social-economy/ An evening of facilitated dialogue on what the social economy means, and how it gets us to a fairer, more humane economy.