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Early intervention crucial in improving Indigenous education 22 Jul 2013 | 05:28 am
“Sound it out.” “Ca – Ca – Ca.” “Ah – Ah – Ah.” “Te –Te –Te.” “Put it all together.” “Ca – Ah – Te.” “Cat!” For a term, I helped high school students from the Tiwi Islands to read one-syllable ...
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Fundraising in tough times 10 Jul 2013 | 06:26 am
History teaches us that giving trends in tough economic times don’t go in to the same free fall that equities markets do. Established non-profit organisations with a clear social investment propositio...
An accountant on ‘Tongan time’ 27 Jun 2013 | 05:17 pm
“You’re doing what!?” Was a question that often followed when I told my colleagues what I was doing for the next 12 months – volunteer work on the tropical islands of the Kingdom of Tonga. Accountant...
Early Career Teaching in Low SES schools 27 Jun 2013 | 05:07 pm
It’s estimated that 1 in 2 Australian teachers are leaving the profession within 3 years of service. While the sting of this attrition rate is felt throughout the education system, this burden particu...
Dumb ways to die 27 Jun 2013 | 04:43 pm
As marketers, we’re always on the lookout for break-though ideas. Here’s one I love. The ‘Dumb ways to die’ campaign was developed for Metro Trains in Victoria, to educate travellers about risky beha...
The benefits of social enterprise 27 Jun 2013 | 04:38 pm
We recently had the opportunity to spend time with Peter Holbrook, Social Enterprise UK CEO. The Social Enterprise UK website will tell you Peter ‘is hungry for social justice and believes that social...
Don’t underestimate what it takes to collaborate 27 Jun 2013 | 04:32 pm
On the topic of collaboration and what it takes to collaborate successively, I wanted to share some of our insights gleaned from a six year project addressing employment exclusion in Queensland. In t...
Back to the drawing board 24 Jun 2013 | 06:11 pm
Does your not-for-profit board take time to reflect on what it does and how it does it? While this is an essential activity, it rarely happens, so embroiled are boards in the transactional imperatives...
