We were thrilled to have been at the launch of the community consultations for the update of the South Australian Strategic Plan today.

It was inspiring to see so many community groups, businesses, individuals and government come together for the common goal of making the place we live the best it can be.

Launch of South Australia's Strategic Plan community consultations

South Australia has been really innovative in its approach - which has been recently acknowledged with an international award.

Carve has been working hard alongside the SA Plan team to develop a social media strategy that raises awareness of the plan, its relevance to everyday South Aussies and ultimately encourages them to ‘join the conversation’ wherever it suits them.

This also involved putting the tools in place to allow as many South Australian as possible to engage in the consultation process including a website that allows debate and discussion, a presence on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and more to come as the consultations progress over the next few months.

We are loving working again with Wine Australia to help launch the 2010 Landmark Australia tutorial. Wine Australia is looking for the best and brightest wine talents from around the world to participate in an intensive five day tutorial to learn more about Australia’s fine wines.

A blog / online hub will go live today with details about the tutorial, how to apply, a Twitter feed and YouTube videos including TV coverage of the first Landmark Australia tutorial which was a huge success and looks like it is already having an impact on how Australian wines are perceived overseas. Eager participants can search the hub to find out about past participants’ experiences in the first tutorial as well as a complete list of all the 248 amazing fine Australian wines tasted. Paul Henry from Wine Australia talks about the 2010 tutorial below:

Here’s a good overview about what the 2009 tutorial was all about: