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  • NFPs headed into a perfect storm

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Many not-for-profit (NFP) organisations, were heading into a "perfect storm", if they weren’t already in it. That was the view of Dr John Harte FAICD, the founder and principal of Integrity Governance, when addressing the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ NFP Forum:13 in Sydney last month –...

  • NFP directors need to lift their fundraising game

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Not-for-profit (NFP) boards and their fundraising staff were not seeing eye to eye and needed to start communicating better with each other as funding tightened in uncertain economic times. That was the view of Andrew Thomas, Perpetual’s general manager for philanthropy, when addressing the Australi...

  • In the business of sport

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2013

    Gillian McFee talks to Zilla Efrat about the many challenges of sitting on a sports board and her views of reform in the not-for-profit and aged-care sectors. Even though she didn’t play basketball, Gillian McFee FAICD says she was appointed to the Basketball Australia board because of he...

  • Q&A with Corey Payne

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2013

    Corey Payne talks to Zilla Efrat about the challenges of being a younger director, his recent departure from rugby league and his future plans. In January, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs back rower and NSW Young Australian of the Year for 2013 Corey Payne surprised some when he retired fr...

  • Going for gold

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2012

    Being born with cerebral palsy has never held Alexandra Green back. The 25-year-old cyclist talks to Nichola Clark about how she became a Paralympic medallist and one of Australia’s youngest directors. If anyone is going to inspire you to put the TV remote or chocolate bar down it’s Alexa...

  • The good news about NFP governance

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    Tony Featherstone reviews a new survey that shows the standard of NFP governance, given the NFP sector’s constraints, is an untold good-news story. When it comes to governance, the not-for-profit (NFP) sector suffers more from dangerous, ill-informed generalisations than any other. The sh...

  • Shedding light on the NFP sector

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    Australia’s only study examining governance of the not-for-profit sector dispels many widely held myths and assumptions. Zilla Efrat reports. Key findings: There are no discernible differences between the governance effectiveness of NFP and for-profit (FP) boards. There...

  • NFP reform concerns

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    In a recent address, Mission Australia chairman Ewen Crouch outlined his concerns about proposed NFP reforms. An edited extract of his speech follows. The Government has released an exposure draft of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012, which will establish ...

  • A step forward for the NFP sector

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    John H C Colvin believes the redrafted Bill aimed at reforming the NFP sector is a win for charities but requires more work. The estimated 600,000 not-for-profit (NFP) organisations in Australia (around 60,000 of which are charities) play a vital role in our economy and society and we we...

  • Finding your purpose

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Dr Stephen Judd believes many charities have lost their way. He tells Nichola Clark why it’s important for NFPs to know who they are and have a clear purpose. Dr Stephen Judd GAICD was happily enjoying his promising IT career back in the 1990s when two events occurred that would change hi...

  • Preparing for NFP change

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    A look at how the National Disability Services responded to change by providing a professional development scholarship program for NFP directors in the disability sector. The Australian not-for-profit (NFP) sector is large, diverse and growing. The Productivity Commission estimated that t...