NEW RESOURCE: Codes of conduct and ethical responsibilitiesBNG have released a guide on Organisation Codes of Ethics and Conduct, documents that are important for both staff, volunteers and, management committees or boards. … Read More
Data governance frameworkHave No Fear, Data Governance Is Here: Tips To Securing Your Organisation's Data is a legal perspective on why data governance needs to addressed, providing… Read More
NEW RESOURCE: Leadership within the social impact frameworkThe Centre for Social Impact has released a new social service tool, The Navigator. It provides a clear and concise guide to leadership for social… Read More
The Whittlesea experienceCommunity Organisations Look to Philanthropists to Negate Harm from Funding Decline. 59 community leaders and organisations in the northern city of Whittlesea in Victoria have… Read More
Charity law and regulation - what could be next?Myles McGregor-Lowndes’, most recent book Charting 25 years of Charity Regulation, edited with Bob Wyatt, the executive director of a private Canadian foundation, looks at… Read More
Collective impact and the backbone organisation - what worksUnited Way has considerable experience in collective impact in Australia both generally and as a project’s backbone organisation. David Lilley in Why Neutrality Matters for… Read More
Alternative governance modelsAuthorities Online have produced a number of blogs and developed a series of white papers on effective governance. Their most recent white paper, Why empowerment… Read More
More on the importance of organisational cultureExecutive director at KordaMentha Corporate, Heather Brown, in Why culture counts argues that organisational culture is not just something warm and fuzzy but can be… Read More
Whistleblower protections that achieve the right outcomeWhy would you become a whistleblower when you know the potential risk to your long term employment options? One proposal is to pay a bounty… Read More
Adaptive directorship - Responding to constant changeBetter Boards intents this article, Adaptive Directorship: Creating Organisations that Flourish in Unpredictable Environments to look at “what attributes, beyond pure technical skills, individual boards… Read More
Commonwealth Budget support for social impact investmentSocial impact investing, Indigenous evaluation and simpler welfare outlines the Federal Government’s commitments in the 2017-18 Budget to stimulate the local market for impact investing. … Read More
Shared value projects - Are they relevant to your organisation?The Shared Value Project drives the “adoption and implementation of shared value strategies among leading companies, civil society and government organisations by providing thought leadership,… Read More
