Closing the literacy gap requires more than lip service
Posted on 17 Sep 2024
Every Australian student deserves access to a quality education, no matter where they live or their…
Want to make this year the one you achieve your organisation’s biggest goals? Then you’ve got to prepare. And we can help.
From this month, we’re hosting the Festival of Community Directors, “a year-long celebration of community governance”, with events and training aimed at inspiring and educating community leaders. Why? Well, Roman ancient Marcus Cicero stressed “diligent preparation” before action more than 2000 years ago. And US Speaker Nancy Pelosi last year urged more women to step into leadership, with the advice: “Organise, don't agonise.”
As our Community Directors Council chair Susan Pascoe (AM) says: “The organisations meeting and exceeding their goals are, almost without fail, well-governed by competent boards with a healthy culture and a commitment to continual improvement”. That's why our Festival is a packed program covering ethics, human resources, communications, policy, strategy, finance, testing impact, whistleblowing, fundraising, AGMs and much more.
Talking of preparation, in this edition we've asked Ms Pascoe and several other not-for-profit experts to predict the biggest challenges and opportunities you’ll face this year. Completing our new national survey of the sector’s big issues will help that knowledge grow too, alongside a chance to win great prizes – including tickets to the unmissable Communities in Control Conference on May 20-21.
Posted on 17 Sep 2024
Every Australian student deserves access to a quality education, no matter where they live or their…
Posted on 18 Apr 2024
An Australian overseas aid organisation, a philanthropic foundation and the federal government have…
Posted on 09 Jan 2024
The federal Opposition has attacked one of the key reforms proposed in the Productivity…
Posted on 21 Nov 2023
Victorian government budget cuts threaten to deny Victorians dying in hospital access to spiritual…
Posted on 22 Jun 2024
Charities Minister Andrew Leigh saw life through the eyes of the nation's homeless when he slept…
Posted on 21 Feb 2024
One year on from the launch of the largest ever collaboration by Australian not-for-profit data…
Posted on 13 Sep 2023
One of Australia’s top LGBTIQ+ thinkers and advocates has told an ICDA webinar there’s much more…
Posted on 11 Jun 2019
Our Community's Innovation Lab has flicked the switch to better understanding by not-for-profits.
Posted on 01 Dec 2023
The Productivity Commission's draft report on philanthropy takes a deep dive into charities, but…
Posted on 02 Jul 2024
The federal government has acknowledged the vital role played by community groups in helping…
Posted on 01 Nov 2019
The talent that will illuminate Australia's most important community conference has been locked in,…
Posted on 30 May 2021
Australia’s most progressive leaders, thinkers and community agitators have gathered in their…