NFP peak says it’s time for leaders to take charge
Posted on 07 Feb 2024
Australia’s not-for-profit peak body, the Community Council for Australia (CCA), says the sector…
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 07 Feb 2024
Australia’s not-for-profit peak body, the Community Council for Australia (CCA), says the sector…
Posted on 07 May 2024
In a sporting first, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preventing violence against women…
Posted on 22 Nov 2023
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Posted on 09 Oct 2023
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Posted on 27 Feb 2024
UPDATED: The federal budget won’t be handed down until May, but charities and not-for-profit…
Posted on 19 Jun 2024
One of the not-for-profit sector’s peak representative bodies has joined forces with the federal…
Posted on 21 Nov 2023
The federal government will spend $1.5 million to establish an independent not-for-profit body to…
Posted on 28 Aug 2024
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) rollout of new rules requiring 155,000 not-for-profits to…
Posted on 17 Sep 2024
Improving the sometimes-fraught relationship between the not-for-profit (NFP) sector and government…
Posted on 30 Nov 2017
Not-for-profits aren't investing enough on IT to keep pace with other sectors, an industry study…
Posted on 29 Oct 2020
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Posted on 07 Feb 2024
Australia’s leading not-for-profit thinkers agree that organisations will continue to face funding,…