
More charity red tape to get the chop
Posted on 15 Dec 2020
News and information about COVID-19's impact on the community sector, regularly updated.
A comprehensive 44-page guide to the steps your organisation must take to create a pandemic-safe workplace. Includes essential checklists!
Posted on 15 Dec 2020
News and information about COVID-19's impact on the community sector, regularly updated.
Posted on 09 Dec 2020
The Institute of Community Directors Australia will host the third Festival of Community Directors…
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Posted on 09 Dec 2020
The Institute of Community Directors has always maintained that having diverse funding sources is…
Posted on 09 Dec 2020
Australia’s best community treasurers say riding out the tough times requires the kind of creative…
Posted on 26 Nov 2020
Against the odds, the 2020 Communities in Control conference was one of the liveliest ever. An…
Posted on 11 Nov 2020
Our Community’s Innovation Lab has taken out top honours in its category in the Connecting Up…
Posted on 02 Nov 2020
In his latest column, Our Community group managing director Denis Moriarty reflects on the…
Posted on 29 Oct 2020
As an Aus-NZ study revealed 70% of NFPs struggled with work-from-home tech, here's a few tips to…
Posted on 08 Oct 2020
The latest addition to our Policy Bank is a fully revised privacy policy template.
Posted on 06 Oct 2020
In his latest commentary, Our Community's Denis Moriarty reveals why recent suggest fundraising…
Posted on 17 Sep 2020
How do you measure the social impact of anything when the nation has been thrown into disarray by…
Posted on 11 Sep 2020
Social enterprise Our Community (“where not-for-profits go for help”) has described recommendations…
Posted on 08 Sep 2020
One of Australia’s best community treasurers, Mark Floresta, is upbeat about the possibilities for…
Posted on 07 Sep 2020
Everybody approves of community. I certainly do. Everyone agrees we need more of it. There’s a…
Posted on 02 Sep 2020
The world’s first $1 coin designed to spark greater generosity is set to transform donations in…
Posted on 01 Sep 2020
Amid criticism over bushfire fundraising and spending, charities need to "tell their story" better,…
Posted on 26 Aug 2020
Taking a human-centred approach to decision-making could be the key to harnessing your…
Posted on 20 Aug 2020
Want to get in touch with hard-to-reach groups? Help could be at hand with a special group of…
Posted on 03 Aug 2020
For nearly all Australians, everything about COVID-19 seems to be precisely calculated to fall into…
Posted on 06 Jul 2020
When people phone Our Community asking about how to sort out glitches in their meetings, my usual…
Posted on 16 Jun 2020
New Diploma of Governance students include Eloise Page, corporate services manager at the Garnduwa…
Posted on 16 Jun 2020
Australia’s best qualification for not-for-profit leaders just got better. As workers amp up their…
Posted on 01 Jun 2020
As the high tide of the coronavirus crisis recedes over the coming months (touch wood), we know…
Posted on 28 May 2020
The Australian government has, quite rightly, provided assistance to Australian businesses to get…
Posted on 21 May 2020
As part of the Institute of Community Directors’ commitment to encouraging good governance, this…
Posted on 15 May 2020
This article is just one of the ways the Our Community Group is working to support not-for-profits…
Posted on 12 May 2020
If COVID-19 can be thanked for anything, it might be for creating an unprecedented focus on mental…
Posted on 11 May 2020
Think Impact director Suzi Young explains why the coronavirus crisis is an opportunity for the…
Posted on 08 May 2020
Let’s cut to the chase. Rural Australia is in a downward spiral which has no natural stopping…
Posted on 06 Apr 2020
We go through life, all of us, thinking that the world around us is stable, fixed and reliable. We…
Posted on 20 Mar 2020
The Our Community Group is working to support not-for-profits through the COVID-19 crisis, as part…
Posted on 20 Mar 2020
This article is just one of the ways the Our Community Group is working to support not-for-profits…
Posted on 05 Mar 2020
The Festival of Community Directors is well underway for season 2020, and over the next two months…
Posted on 03 Mar 2020
The first winner of a new round of scholarships plans to use the networking opportunities of the…
Posted on 24 Feb 2020
The first LGBTIQ+ winner of a $1000 part-scholarship to complete a Diploma of Governance wants to…
Posted on 19 Feb 2020
The 2020 Festival of Community Directors – a year-long celebration of community governance – has…
Posted on 13 Feb 2020
Confucianism and Taoism are among the world’s great religious and philosophical traditions, and…
Posted on 13 Feb 2020
The complications encountered by comedian Celeste Barber’s massively successful bushfire fundraiser…
Posted on 13 Feb 2020
Hundreds of not-for-profit leaders will be given the chance to win a part-scholarship to complete…
Posted on 12 Feb 2020
An updated free whistleblower policy released by ICDA for use by not-for-profits has been a popular…
Posted on 12 Feb 2020
As part of the Institute of Community Directors’ commitment to encouraging good governance, this…
Posted on 10 Feb 2020
Not-for-profits are yet to truly embrace the power they wield, former World Vision chief Tim…
Posted on 10 Feb 2020
If you’re a Victorian cemetery trust member, make sure you’ve completed the free governance and…
Posted on 07 Feb 2020
Moores is supporting greater awareness about codes of conduct during the Festival of Community…
Posted on 28 Jan 2020
A detailed study of arts governance published as a joint venture between the Australia Council for…
Posted on 11 Dec 2019
There's never been a better time for all not-for-profits to review their whistleblower policies and…
Posted on 11 Dec 2019
A landmark study of Australian not-for-profit governance has created the clearest picture yet of an…
Posted on 04 Dec 2019
In December 2019, the Institute of Community Directors Australia launched a major study into…
Posted on 18 Nov 2019
As the door closes on the 2019 Festival of Community Directors, the Institute of Community…
Posted on 18 Nov 2019
The executive director of the Institute of Community Directors Australia, Patrick Moriarty, says…
Posted on 01 Nov 2019
The talent that will illuminate Australia's most important community conference has been locked in,…
Posted on 20 Oct 2019
The Festival of Community Directors is dedicated to providing the best tips, tools and training to…
Posted on 07 Oct 2019
Nearly half of Australia's not-for-profits are giving their directors - including treasurers,…
Posted on 16 Sep 2019
Australia’s not-for-profits are almost evenly split between thriving organisations and battlers…
Posted on 02 Sep 2019
Thousands of crimes targeting Australia's not-for-profits are going unreported, a detailed study…
Posted on 19 Aug 2019
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has released new guidance on the…
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Posted on 15 Aug 2019
Schools governance is in the spotlight after a very public spat in Queensland, experts suggest that…
Posted on 22 Jul 2019
ICDA executive director Patrick Moriarty’s first response to ICDA's Spotlight Report Assessing…
Posted on 20 Jun 2019
Nearly all chairs enjoy their role as a board member, understand their responsibilities as board…
Posted on 14 Jun 2019
Community directors know better than most that not-for-profits must do as much as they can with the…
Posted on 11 Jun 2019
Our Community's Innovation Lab has flicked the switch to better understanding by not-for-profits.
Posted on 03 Jun 2019
More than one in 10 not-for-profits doesn’t bother tracking its success, while one in four say they…
Posted on 08 Apr 2019
The entry standards for this year’s Not-for-profit Governance Survey, which closed at the at end of…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Winners of ICDA's first round of Future 500 Leaders scholarships are confident they'll make a…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Not-for-profits will need to revise their approach to assessing income following the introduction…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Our Community researchers have proven how important it is for fundraisers to tailor their suggested…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Lawyer Rebecca Lambert-Smith from Moores, Our Community's legal partner, advises charities and…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Pregnant women have the right to nap at work when they need to, under a new pregnancy and parenting…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
With the new year comes renewed optimism for the charity sector. New and exciting opportunities…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
2019 is set to be a big year for NFP directors, with a number of changes either on the way or…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Directors under pressure to deliver funds, good leadership Why a net return at the end of the…
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Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Think of a smallish Australian not-for-profit - one of the 40% of NFPs with about $50,000 in…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
A study commissioned by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) suggests a…
Posted on 10 Feb 2019
Elections a time to take stock Elections and likely changes in governments will mean inevitable…
Posted on 24 Jan 2019
A new generation of Australian not-for-profit leaders are on the cusp of gaining fresh skills,…
Posted on 15 Jul 2018
Are leaders born, made, or something in between? It's a tricky question, and one that's been…
Posted on 15 Jul 2018
Each year, Our Community hosts the Communities in Control conference for 1000 representatives of…
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Posted on 15 Jul 2018
Most not-for-profit leaders aim to set - and expect the people in their organisations to practise -…
Posted on 15 Jul 2018
For all of the talk about the importance of leadership, relatively few resources are applied to its…
Posted on 15 Jul 2018
Alexander conquered the known world in his twenties. Caesar conquered Gaul. Frederick the Great won…
Posted on 15 Jul 2018
The concept of diversity applies to many factors besides gender, but gender diversity should be the…
Posted on 02 Jun 2018
A recent Federal Court case has sent shock waves among employers by allowing a casual employee to…
Posted on 16 Apr 2018
A cyber attack on Family Planning NSW, which exposed the personal information of up to 8000 clients…
Posted on 15 Jan 2018
Community directors can breathe easier following a significant tax ruling brokered by Our…
Posted on 30 Nov 2017
The cloud can keep you connected with your members and stakeholders.
Posted on 30 Nov 2017
Not-for-profits aren't investing enough on IT to keep pace with other sectors, an industry study…
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Posted on 30 Nov 2017
Not-for-profits are being outspent on digital technology almost three-to-one by corporates, an…
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Posted on 30 Nov 2017
Not-for-profit recruiting expert Richard Green backs the Our Community Innovation Lab's finding…
Posted on 29 Nov 2017
You might assume that the demand for ICT skills on not-for-profit boards and executive teams would…
Posted on 18 Nov 2017
Big tech companies and multinationals make huge profits with a big global impact, but how can we in…
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Posted on 08 Nov 2017
The US-based not-for-profit technology resource centre Idealware spent four years researching "data…
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Posted on 23 Dec 2013
A quick look at building better board equality on not-for-profit boards.
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Posted on 23 Jun 2013
Over the past couple of months a continuing query in our governance training sessions has been…
Posted on 29 Mar 2012
A long standing challenge for groups in the sector is to attract young people to their board, and…
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Posted on 29 Dec 2010
According to the Denver Foundation in the United States, full board diversity cannot be realised…