Seven University of Queensland Business School students learnt a valuable entrepreneurship lesson this semester – business isn’t just about making money, it’s about improving peoples’ quality of life.
An interactive and engaging multimedia exhibition that showcases government plans and programs to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger throughout the world by 2015 is currently touring the country.
The Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, has reappointed James Strong AO as Chair and appointed John W.H. Denton as Deputy Chair for the next three years.
Greater recognition of the very significant contribution that volunteers bring to our social, environmental, economic and cultural life is vital in order to increase the cohesion, efficiency and effectiveness of the not-for-profit sector, according to Volunteering Australia.
A Senate inquiry report has been released, which contains several points of criticism about the government’s tendering process to award Employment Services contracts, calling the outcomes of the process “counterintuitive”.
Private Prescribed Funds will now be known as Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), one of a number of changes announced when new draft guidelines were released (25/06/09) by Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry.
Based on the realities of a fluctuating economy what is the forecast for charity events? How can charities plan a successful event in this climate? How can charities manage with less corporate support? These were some of the questions that were addressed by a panel of experts at the recent RSVP Event talk (24/06/09) ‘The Charity Challenge’ held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The current global financial crisis has further increased the need for careful governance, which has particular significance for not-for-profit organisations.
Despite current economic conditions in the United States, not-for-profits there are creating more leadership positions and are having difficulty filling them with suitably qualified candidates. Is this also a trend in Australia?
What makes a CEO stand out as a true leader – one who has charisma, who is decisive yet takes into account all points of view, who is able to ask questions or find solutions that have eluded everyone else, who forges incredibly strong and long lasting strategic visions and systems? The one underlying factor in this type of leader is the choice to be conscious.
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