1. Global Learning Village
Frank McGuire

2. Strategy
• Harness technology
• Co-ordinate
partnerships
• Connect the
disconnected through
lifelong learning, jobs
& opportunity

3. Values
What defines where
you end up in life:
- attitude
- education
- opportunity

4. Noble Vision
Ford Motor
Company & textile
manufacturers turn
Victoria into an
economic engine
room.

5. Biggest Failure
Lack of co-ordination between Government,
business and community.

6. Practical Idealism
The focus was on
positive life-changing
opportunities instead
of the traditional
criminal justice
response to neglect.

7. Insight
• Silo mentality
• Turf war
• Institutional ego
• Bureaucratic inertia

8. Philosophy
“If in the past it has taken a village to
raise a child, in the 21st Century each
child must be globally connected.”
-1999.

9. One Stop Hubs
Centres tailored to local needs to influence the
life shaping attitudes, education and
opportunities that define generations.

10. Hume Global Learning Centre
Stage 1:The
internationally
acclaimed Hume
Global Learning
Centre.

11. Prosperity & Growth
Internet and high-
speed broadband
imperative to
prosperity, growth
and social
inclusion in the
digital age.

12. Childcare & Business Skills
Stage 2: Combined childcare, computer
training, skills shops, small business
ventures and even belly dancing.

13. Diversity
UN in one
neighbourhood.
Families from
more than 140
countries. Ideal
test case.

14. International Support
• Stage 3:
Ideas Lab develops world’s best use of technology for teaching & learning.

15. “Rudd can follow
Broadmeadows’ lead”
The Age 18 April 2008

16. Connecting Disconnected
Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd and successor,
Julia Gillard launched
Australia’s Social
Inclusion Board at the
Hume Global
Learning Centre.

17. Schools Regeneration
Stage 4: The Victorian Government
commits $60 million to rebuild schools in
Broadmeadows as part of a $2 billion
state-wide program.

18. Next Steps
• Australia’s first Multiversity using high
speed broadband to provide tertiary
programs in local communities.
• Connect National Broadband Network.
• Deliver skills for emerging jobs &
industries.
• Local jobs for local communities.

19. 21st Century Communities
Global Learning Village communities can
be established in libraries, childcare
centres, schools or any other buildings
providing infrastructure necessary for
connected communities.

20. Imperatives
• Established on economic & social
imperatives.
• Smart plan for prosperity.
• Not simply the right thing to do.

21. Leadership
• From end of the
line to world leader.
• Nominated for
prestigious
Metropolis Award.
• Presented to 150
international cities.

22. Contact
Frank McGuire
Email: frank@glv.org.au
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