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Tag Archives: melbourne
Changing guard at Buckingham Palace
A vacancy for an executive officer for a community foundation is not unusual, but two at the same time? There are some changes afoot in a couple of community foundations in Melbourne. But perhaps the more interesting questions raised by this coincidence … Continue reading
A busy week in philanthropy events
This week is shaping up to be a busy one for philanthropy events in Melbourne. First off there is the Brotherhood of St Laurence Sambell Oration Dinner at the Sofitel on Wednesday night featuring guest speaker, Jennifer Westacott, the CEO … Continue reading
Ethics in Philanthropy Debate
The second annual Ethics in Philanthropy Debate, presented by the Australian Communities Foundation in conjunction with the Melbourne Writers Festival was held this evening at BMW Edge at Federation Square in Melbourne. Hosted by Peter Mares and recorded for later … 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
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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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new CASE training opportunity – October 2011
The CASE Asia-Pacific Institute in Educational Fundraising will be held at the The Melbourne Business School Executive Education Campus at Mt Eliza from 3 – 7 October. Registrations are now open with an early bird fee (by 30 April) of … Continue reading
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Tagged advancement, conference, development, melbourne
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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
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
Australian Grantmakers Conference
another conference notice for next year. The Australian Institute of Grants Management (which I had not heard of before) is running a conference called Best Practice in Grants Management in Melbourne on 25 February – hmmm this clashes with the … Continue reading
FIA Conference Feb 2011
The Fundraising Institute of Australia has put out its program for its conference to be held in Melbourne from Feb 24 – 27 in 2011. Here’s a link so you can see the speakers and topics which are divided into … 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
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