Getting started
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Whether you need to know more about starting up a not-for-profit organisation, or have just landed your first role as a board member, our tools and resources on the right will help you get your head around the basics.

Board basics

Not-for-profit 101 Board member roles Board member responsibilities Board meetings Agony Uncle

Free Advice Guides
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Thinking Big: To Merge or Not to Merge

This guide looks at mergers in the not-for-profit sector: the advantages, the disadvantages, the…

Child Safety Toolkit

The Child Safety Toolkit has been created by Moores and Our Community as part of our shared…

Damn Good Advice for Chairs

Twenty-five questions and answers for not-for-profit chairs.

Damn Good Advice for School Councils

Twenty-five questions a school councillor needs to ask.

Damn Good Advice for Treasurers

Twenty-five questions a not-for-profit Treasurer needs to ask.

Your Financial Health: Focusing on Your Financial Wellbeing

This workbook has been developed as part of Commonwealth Bank's ongoing commitment to supporting…

Now You're a Board Member: A practical guide for Indigenous board members

This guide is part of Community Smart, a national financial literacy program developed by…

Damn Good Advice on Cyber-safety and Fraud Prevention

A plain English guide to staying safe online.

Damn Good Advice for Board Members

Twenty-five questions a not-for-profit board member needs to ask about the finances.

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Books
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Step In, Step Up: Everything a new community board director needs to know

Joining a community organisation is good for you and good for the world.And you've carried that to…

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Revitalise Your Community Board: A makeover for community groups that want to lift their game

As not-for-profit boards go, you're competent. You get the job done. Under your benign supervision…

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The Glutton's Guide to Nourishing Your Not-for-Profit Organisation

This book aims to help your organisation to plan its annual activities. But it's more than a dull…

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Recruiting for Your Not-for-Profit

Recruitment: it's a minefield. In between updating position descriptions, conducting interviews,…

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The Board Doctor: Expert Diagnosis for Board & Committee Ills

If you're on a board or committee there will be times when you need advice from somebody who has…

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The Minutes Handbook: A Complete Guide for Not-for-profit Boards

If the Board can be considered the mind of a community group, the meetings are the heart. This is…

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Making Meetings Work: Conquering the challenges and getting great results

If the Board can be considered the mind of a community group, the meetings are the heart. This is…

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Get on a Board (Even better - Become the Chair) - Advancing Diversity & Women in Australia

Sadly, Australia's not the enlightened country it could be and should be when it comes to…

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Finding the Simple Secrets of Successful Community Groups Volume 2

Looking for more simple secrets to make your community organisation more effective and efficient?…

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How to Manage your Grant after Winning it!

Whoopee! Your grant application has been successful! The project's funded and you can sit back and…

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More than Money

Community-business partnerships can take many forms but authentic partnerships do always have one…

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February 2020: Cracker calendar points the way

The 2020 Festival of Community Directors – a year-long celebration of community governance – has…

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November 2019: Sow some good

Start planning your 2020, with this 56-page bumper edition of Community Directors Intelligence.…

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August 2019: Stay alert

The difference between a good organisation and a great one is a matter of making the right…

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May 2019: Communicate with clout

If you want people to know what you’re all about, you’ve got to get the message out. It sounds…

February 2019: Your time starts now

Want to make this year the one you achieve your organisation’s biggest goals? Then you’ve got to…

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November 2018: Connect with your community

Strong social connections and the ability to act strategically and collaboratively are perhaps the…

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October 2018: Cultivate your culture

Organisational culture, we all know, eats strategy for breakfast. It’s also been known to snack on…

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July 2018: How to make a leader

Leadership can make or break an organisation. Poor leadership can destroy your income, your…

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March 2018: The keys to collaboration

Working in the same field as another group – having common ideals, or common goals, or even common…

Getting started #

Board basics

Free Advice Guides #

Thinking Big: To Merge or Not to Merge

Child Safety Toolkit

Damn Good Advice for Chairs

Damn Good Advice for School Councils

Damn Good Advice for Treasurers

Your Financial Health: Focusing on Your Financial Wellbeing

Now You're a Board Member: A practical guide for Indigenous board members

Damn Good Advice on Cyber-safety and Fraud Prevention

Damn Good Advice for Board Members

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Planning, policies and reporting

Human resources

Finance

Skills and technology

Books #

Step In, Step Up: Everything a new community board director needs to know

Revitalise Your Community Board: A makeover for community groups that want to lift their game

The Glutton's Guide to Nourishing Your Not-for-Profit Organisation

Recruiting for Your Not-for-Profit

The Board Doctor: Expert Diagnosis for Board & Committee Ills

The Minutes Handbook: A Complete Guide for Not-for-profit Boards

Making Meetings Work: Conquering the challenges and getting great results

Get on a Board (Even better - Become the Chair) - Advancing Diversity & Women in Australia

Finding the Simple Secrets of Successful Community Groups Volume 2

How to Manage your Grant after Winning it!

More than Money

Newsletters #

February 2020: Cracker calendar points the way

November 2019: Sow some good

August 2019: Stay alert

May 2019: Communicate with clout

February 2019: Your time starts now

November 2018: Connect with your community

October 2018: Cultivate your culture

July 2018: How to make a leader

March 2018: The keys to collaboration

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Free Advice Guides
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What can we help you with?
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Books
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Newsletters
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