Family pets speed hospitalised kids’ recovery
Posted on 13 Jun 2024
Young patients confined to hospital can now tell their beloved pets how much they miss them…
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 13 Jun 2024
Young patients confined to hospital can now tell their beloved pets how much they miss them…
Posted on 10 Nov 2021
Paula Westhead is among scores of recent graduates of ICDA’s governance diploma, which is tailored…
Posted on 01 Aug 2023
Equality Australia has taken its fight with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission…
Posted on 18 Nov 2019
As the door closes on the 2019 Festival of Community Directors, the Institute of Community…
Posted on 16 May 2024
The federal Budget couldn’t include every ‘good idea’ but not boosting JobSeeker and the Youth…
Posted on 30 Jan 2024
Australians doing it tough amid the cost-of-living crisis are still generous at heart and…
Posted on 23 Jul 2024
A new report has found that community perceptions of charities and community groups are shifting.…
Posted on 01 May 2024
Bridging the gulf between the diametrically opposed aims of the charity and not-for-profit sector…
Posted on 09 Jul 2024
A collaboration between First Nations artists and a creative design company is helping power…
Posted on 21 Nov 2023
The artificial intelligence landscape that has developed over the past year has had a significant…
Posted on 04 Aug 2022
Data is the buzz word of the decade: the information age is generating more of it than Tim…
Posted on 09 May 2024
Many in the philanthropic and charity sectors have tremendous policy reform ideas that would help…