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Category Archives: corporate social responsibility
Philanthropy, Old, New and Enduring
Last week I attended a forum entitled Philanthropy, Old, New and Enduring presented by Swinburne University’s Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy in conjunction with O’Keefe and Partners. Julie Johnson, Managing Director at O’Keefe Partners, presented on giving trends research … Continue reading
Posted in corporate social responsibility, donate, fundraising, higher education, philanthropy
Tagged asia pacific centre, bequest, charitable competition, Christopher Baker, corporate philanthropy, corporate sponsorship, estate, global financial crisis, Include a Charity, Inheritance, Julie Johnson, not for profit, O'Keefe and Partners, swinburne university, testamentary trust
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Unlocking the Potential of the Arts: A talk at the Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre
I attended the launch of two new reports at the Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre at the Melbourne Business School mainly to hear Carol Schwartz, who is the new Chair of the new body, Creative Partnerships Australia, formed through … Continue reading
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Tagged Artsupport, Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre, Australia Business Arts Foundation, Australia Cultural Fund, Carol Schwartz, creative partnerships, Creative Partnerships Australia, funds for artists, gift relationship, government review, Jody Evans, Liz Gillies, Margaret Lawrence Bequest, melbourne business school, public art museum, simon crean
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The Power of We
It’s Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is The Power of We so I thought I would just do a very brief post here to talk about the Rotary Community Service Awards which were handed out last night. I … Continue reading
Community Foundations Forum 2012 – Allan English and BHAGs
At the Community Foundations Forum held in Mackay last week I missed the first speaker, Allan English, Queensland’s Community Philanthropist for 2012 due to travel issues. However, Allan repeated much of his talk at a business breakfast the next day … Continue reading
Time for traction……a call for action – guest post by Frank Spranger
The call was made a little while back by Dick Smith in a fairly direct way that there are very few business people down south dedicating some or most of their wealth to others who need it. You can find … Continue reading
Family Foundations
Welcome to the new year. Family foundations are a good source of support for the arts in Australia. When I refer to family foundations I mean to differentiate them from community foundations and prescribed ancillary funds. I am specifically writing … Continue reading
The Philanthropist by John Tesarsch
I had to read The Philanthropist by John Tesarsch simply because of the title. It is a very recent Australian piece of fiction, published by Sleepers, and set in Melbourne. The “philanthropist” of the title, is Charles Bradshaw, born into … Continue reading
from Kant to Catherine Keener
The Inaugural Great Philanthropy Debate was presented this evening by the Melbourne Community Foundation and the Melbourne Writers’ Festival. With a theme of ethics in philanthropy, and titled – The Giving Agenda: There’s Always an Agenda, the panel did not … Continue reading
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Tagged agenda, debate, development, enlightened self interest, ethics, overseas aid
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