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Category Archives: social action
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
Community Foundations – Global Reflections, Local Opportunities- Clare Brooks at SPA
Apologies for the long gap between posts. Tonight I ventured out to the Swinburne Philanthropy Alumni to hear a talk in their Maimonides Society series – and the guest speaker was Clare Brooks, the new CEO of the Australian Communities … Continue reading
Women donors and the gender lens
The Australian Women Donors’ Network not only encourages women in Australia to donate, but focusses on women and girls as a priority for “investment” by donors. The Australian Women Donors’ Network believes that women and girls are underrepresented as recipients … Continue reading
Crowdfunding
I attended a talk on crowdfunding at Hub Melbourne, presented by the Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) featuring The Awesome Foundation, Pozible and Start Some Good. Sounds like something where a crowd funds your project? Almost but not quite. … Continue reading
Posted in donate, fundraising, philanthropy, social action, social media
Tagged #crowd4goood, awesome foundation, crowdfunding, funds for artists, melbourne, pozible, social change, social entrepreneurs, social media, social network, start some good, strategic giving, tax deductibility, twitter
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Philanthrocapitalism – preview
Michael Green and Matthew Bishop are the authors of Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World (sometimes called Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich can Save the World). They have been touring Australia recently, presenting to an invitation only crowd of high … Continue reading
Putting your money where my mouth is
I was reading my twitter feed and feeling concerned about the earthquakes in Christchurch and the enormity of what is happening in Libya and wondering about our capacity to be ghoulish voyeurs in times of crisis and feel helpless, overwhelmed … Continue reading
Compete to work for a charity of your choice
Just thought I would throw this in as it has only a very short window for applications. The Vodaphone World of Difference competition encourages social/philanthropic entrepreneurs to make a video about why they want to support a particular not for … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, philanthropy, prizes, social action, volunteering
Tagged social change, social studio, vodaphone world of difference
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Community Foundations
A follow on to the post about Family Foundations. Community Foundations are usually set up for the benefit of a particular community, generally based on geography – for example the Melbourne Community Foundation, the Sydney Community Foundation, the Queensland Community … Continue reading
