Keren Caple

Founder & CEO, @thirdstoryorg. Lead our work in Bermuda with @learning1stbda. Firmest of believers that the third story is where the possibilities lie.

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⛅ A reflection on 2025 and a quiet hope for 2026 -> https://t.co/jRueuO1Rv7

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Over the next 3 years, @thirdstoryorg and Kaarla Baabpa Consulting will work alongside 17 domestic & family violence collaborations, supported by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

This work is grounded in sustained relationships and collective learning. It isn’t easy, but it matters globally for services, practice and policy.

https://t.co/SXX1zddjuZ

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🥇 Gold! Our collab with @KiindWA won a @GoodDesignAus award for Design Research.
Families’ lived experience became a force for systemic change! 💛
Read more 👉 https://t.co/A0qXVY5dD9
#DesignForBetter #CoDesign #LivedExperience

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🥇 ThirdStory & Kiind wins a Gold @GoodDesignAus Award!

Our collaboration used the power of storytelling to advocate for parents of children with disabilities and chronic conditions as they navigate systems, and offer directions for change.

🔎 https://t.co/Gm9BPq0JKQ

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🏆 This is Manly has won a 2025 @GoodDesignAus Award for Communication Design!

🤩 Created by @thirdstoryorg with anthologie & @deptcommunities WA, the campaign invited young people to redefine masculinity & model respect.

🧡 More on our award-winning projects tomorrow!

#DesignForBetter #ThisIsManly

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🏆 Our ‘This is Manly’ primary prevention social campaign won a @GoodDesignAus Award!

This is Manly challenges gender stereotypes, amplifies positive male role models, and redefines what it means to be 'manly' alongside young people.

Learn more here:
https://t.co/kbqow7xfo7

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My full blog on this is here: https://t.co/Trom0TiYt2

#WorldTeachersDay #TALIS2024 #EducationTransformation #Leadership #Teaching #Collaboration #SystemsChange #ThirdStory @thirdstoryorg

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This week’s reminders:
🧩 TALIS 2024 showed that collaboration, autonomy, and trust keep teachers in the profession.
🌏 World Teachers’ Day 2025 urged us to recast teaching as a collaborative profession.

After 20 years working on change in education, one truth stands out: real reform doesn’t happen through command and control. It happens when teachers have the capability, agency, and time to lead change themselves.

✨ Five truths for anyone shaping education:
1️⃣ Shared ownership > central control
2️⃣ Agency > compliance
3️⃣ Time = transformation
4️⃣ Culture > policy
5️⃣ Iterate, don’t impose

If we want lasting change, we must recast teaching (and leading) as collaborative, adaptive, and deeply human work.

#WorldTeachersDay #TALIS2024 #EducationTransformation #Leadership #Teaching #Collaboration #SystemsChange #ThirdStory

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This week’s reminders:
🧩 TALIS 2024 showed that collaboration, autonomy, and trust keep teachers in the profession.
🌏 World Teachers’ Day 2025 urged us to recast teaching as a collaborative profession.

After 20 years working on change in education, one truth stands out: real reform doesn’t happen through command and control. It happens when teachers have the capability, agency, and time to lead change themselves.

✨ Five truths for anyone shaping education:
1️⃣ Shared ownership > central control
2️⃣ Agency > compliance
3️⃣ Time = transformation
4️⃣ Culture > policy
5️⃣ Iterate, don’t impose

If we want lasting change, we must recast teaching (and leading) as collaborative, adaptive, and deeply human work.

#WorldTeachersDay #TALIS2024 #EducationTransformation #Leadership #Teaching #Collaboration #SystemsChange #ThirdStory

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Still time to apply! 🚀

Social Design Academy (SoDA) Australia 2026 builds real capability for design, systems change + social innovation through hands-on projects + coaching.

Deadline extended for last few places: apply by 17 Oct
👉 https://t.co/h1Mz1K6mUh

#SoDAAustralia #socialdesign #systemschange

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Hey @Qantas. People have been in the transfer holding area at the international terminal at Kingsford Smith for over 2 hours and have missed their connecting domestic flights. Some tried to exit to catch external bus or train and are being told to wait here. Your staff are being excellent and have been trying to seek answers from supervisors and the privatised bus company but not getting any.

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Te reo Māori endures because generations never let it go. 50 yrs of Te Wiki reminds us @thirdstoryorg that real change grows from community power + culture, not systems. 🌱 https://t.co/f3wV9ohR6E

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On Friday, the former Minister of Education, the Hon. @Diallo_Rabain JP. MP., rose in The @BdaGovernment’s House of Assembly to acknowledge the formidable leadership of Lisa DeSilva.

On behalf of the @thirdstoryorg team, we, too, want to take a moment to honour not just the work Lisa led, but how she led it.

Over 30 years of public service, and particularly in her recent leadership of Bermuda’s Education Reform Unit (@learning1stbda), Lisa has exemplified the kind of system leadership that all education systems, and public systems more broadly, urgently need.

She has never wavered in being:
- Mission-led, guided always by what’s best for Bermuda’s children and young people
- Courageous, willing to speak truth to power and challenge the status quo
- Humble and reflective, constantly learning and growing
- Empowering, building confidence and capability in those around her
- Transparent and relational, seeking clarity and connection even in the toughest moments

Lisa stayed the course, even when the headwinds were strong. She modelled what it looks like to hold vision and values firm, while still navigating complexity with empathy, flexibility, and deep resolve.

What began as a commitment to transform education evolved into something even greater: a demonstration of how public sector leadership can deliver real, lasting outcomes for communities when it is values-led, inclusive, and relentlessly focused on the long term.

At @thirdstoryorg, we’ve had the privilege of walking alongside Lisa on this journey. Her humility and hunger to keep growing have been a role model to our team and to many others.

Thank you, Lisa, for your leadership, your courage, and your humanity. You leave a legacy not just of reform, but of hope. We’ll do our very best to honour it in the work ahead.

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How can we support and enable Social Imagination at scale? 💫

Join the second part of @thirdstoryorg and @CPI_foundation’s Social Imagination Speaker Series on 3rd July to learn more!

Register and find a recording of our first session here ⬇️
https://t.co/F81fLeCHd9

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You might have seen our post last week about our upcoming Social Imagination Speaker Series with @CPI_foundation ANZ. But what is Social Imagination? 💭
✏️Learn more by registering for session one on Thursday 5th June, 4.30 to 6.30pm AEST: https://t.co/HoAhNxKBQb

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We’ve launched in Melbourne. 🧡

A room full of heart, courage and possibility—and a new chapter for @ThirdStoryOrg.

I’m so proud to lead this brilliant team into what’s next.

Read the blog: https://t.co/2CjqAUfL2N

#ThirdStory #SystemsChange #SocialImpact #PeoplePowered

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After 20+ years in systems change, one thing’s clear: transformation starts with people, not policies. That’s the heart of @thirdstoryorg—working alongside communities to rewrite what’s possible. 🧡

Our story for change: https://t.co/dYVeCOiPVS

#SystemsChange
#SocialImpact
#LeadershipMatters
#CommunityPower

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What does it truly take to make an impact in and across organisations and systems?

Our story for change shows the heart, head and hands of our offer —grounding our work in relationships, insight and action. Find out what it looks like in practice: https://t.co/ChI8xnxQmc

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Come join our small but mighty team. 🧡

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Read for a new adventure? Come work with #ThirdStory!📍Perth/Melbourne

We are looking for talented, passionate people with experience leading impact & evaluation projects & building strong partnerships in social sectors. More info and how to apply ⬇️

🔎https://t.co/VxdMlDY7Qc

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What if resistance isn’t the enemy of change—but the invitation?

At #ReimaginedFreo25 I explored why people resist, and how we might work with resistance to drive real reform.

Thanks to Cam Thorn, Richard Owens, @woodleighinst @allsaintswa + the brilliant speakers who made this a space of courage and curiosity.

#SystemsChange #Leadership #ThirdStory #ReimaginED

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We are hiring!

We've reflected on our ambitions, our clients’ needs and expectations, and the mix of skills and experience that we have and would like to grow our capacity & capability in:
Impact and evaluation: https://t.co/0jZJuDH4Yc
Partnerships and business development: https://t.co/o1eXl5t0wj

If you have a strong network and a passion for building relationships, subject matter expertise in areas relevant to social innovation and change and commitment to self-determination, equity and systems change please consider applying.

And, even if this isn't for you, please share with someone you think would be a great fit for our small but amazing team! 🧡

More detail about each of the roles (and us @thirdstoryorg) here: https://t.co/34dcDDJguX

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WE ARE HIRING 📢
Seeking Senior Project Leads or Directors to be based in Perth or Melbourne📍with skills in impact & evaluation AND/OR partnerships and business development 💫Find more about these positions here:
https://t.co/VxdMlDY7Qc

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WE ARE HIRING 📢
Seeking Senior Project Leads or Directors to be based in Perth or Melbourne📍with skills in impact & evaluation AND/OR partnerships and business development 💫Find more about these positions here:
https://t.co/VxdMlDY7Qc

[Keren Caple @kerencaple]

What happens when lived expertise is truly centred in systems change?

We @thirdstoryorg evaluated a bold program that supported women to grow their leadership + influence. The insights are powerful—and needed.

Story: https://t.co/lL5XVmDMRQ

#LivedExpertise #SystemsChange #WomensSafety #Leadership

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Who holds the power to change the future of FDV prevention and recovery?

We evaluated a pilot program that helps survivors grow confidence & skills so they can lead, advocate for & shape better support systems. The results exceeded expectations🌟➡️ https://t.co/sbBsMYeQXZ