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Collective Impact At Work

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 -  The US, the Magnolia Community Initiative involves an organisation that supports 35,000 children in the Los Angeles area to train their partner organisations to achieve change and success. This week, Australian social change advocates Dawn O’Neil AM and Kerry Graham share this example of collective impact at work in Impact Opinion.

ACCSR Conf Tackles Practice of Responsible Leadership

Analysis

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 -  It is the goal of sustainability practitioners to establish corporate social responsibility (CSR) to provide the company with processes and responsibilities to respond resiliently to both everyday interactions and to the extraordinary situations that test operations and reputation.

Impact Bonds to Get G8 Push

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 -  British Prime Minister David Cameron has told local media that he plans to use the UK’s Presidency of the G8 to push the profile of Social Impact Bonds (SIBS) in the G8 countries.

Centre for Global Impact Investing Launched

Impact

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 -  An American University has embraced the growing trend of Impact Investing by establishing a Centre for Global Impact Investing thanks to a large philanthropic donation from a digital video entrepreneur.

ACNC Advisory Board Announced

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  The Federal Government has announced the long-awaited appointments to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board under the part-time chairmanship of Productivity Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald - three months after the ACNC was established.

Court Decision Stops Charity Payments

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  Potentially millions of dollars are at stake for the charitable sector after the Supreme Court in Victoria upheld an Appeal challenging penalty payments made to charities.

Govt Asked to Intervene in Legal Aid Funding Battle

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  The Victorian Government will be asked to intervene in a funding stoush between Victorian Legal Aid and an independent community legal service, the Mental Health Legal Centre.

Be Kind to Your Mother: Adolescent Violence on the Rise

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  As Melbourne hosts the first-ever Australian conference on adolescent violence in the home this week, Anglicare Victoria’s General Manager of Policy, Research and Innovation Dr Sarah Wise discusses the increasing levels of adolescent violence against parents.

NFP CEO Won’t Have to Raise Her Own Salary

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  Melbourne-based meditation Not for Profit Smiling Mind has appointment its first Chief Executive, Sarah Hardy without the controversial stipulation that she raise the funds for her salary for the first year.

Capacity Building Initiative

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  Not for Profits are being invited to take part in a Capacity Building Initiative - a no-cost mentor program for organisations wanting to increase their abilities and raise their philanthropic funding results.

Next Generation Donors Plan for Greater Impact

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  A study of the next generation of major donors in the US , aged between 21 to 40, reveals that they are driven by values and not ‘valuables’ and they have the potential to become the most significant philanthropists in history.
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