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Volunteers – They Pay to Get Involved!

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th November 2000 -  The FIA’s recent Focus on Fundraising course, sponsored by Pro Bono Australia, was a buzz with the presentation by Karen Dimmock from the Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers. You’d be forgiven for saying “Which organisation?” But the ATCV has been…

Privacy Legislation Pushes Ahead

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th November 2000 -  Government moves to protect Australian’s personal information moved a step closer last week with the passage of the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 through the House of Representatives

Understanding the Media for Not for Profits

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  Have you ever wondered why some charity-based, or fund raising stories make it onto the evening television news or feature on talk-back radio and why others are tossed aside without a second glance?
Understanding the media and having a relationship…

Planting the Seeds for Change’-Youth Employment

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  When a small group of private sector business executives got together back in1990 they realised there was a huge gap in the system for young people finding jobs. Today their organisation, WorkPlacement, has a lot to celebrate.
WorkPlacement has experienced…

A Network for Not for Profit Board Members

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  If you hold a voluntary position on a Board or Management Committee of a Not for Profit organisation and still have full time commitments elsewhere you may feel just like Morri Young.
He’s has taken up the voluntary role as…

Housekeeping

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  For an update on the anticipated changes to the Privacy Act there is some updated information on the web site at www.law.gov.au/privacy/NPP.html, and at www.privacy.gov.au. We had a huge response to the FIA’s Focus On Fundraising course in Melbourne last…

The Internet Paralympics

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  Webcasting live pictures on the Internet of the Paralympic Games in Sydney has received wide international media coverage.
The Philanthropy News Network says the massive project showcased how technology can serve the disabled community.
The New York-based company WeMedia that…

Online Donations – Early Days to Success!

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  The past six months have seen many large not for profits test the fundraising water with on line donations via their web sites. And most would agree it’s still very early days to success.

Greenpeace Goes Shopping on the Net

Staff Reporter, Monday, 6th November 2000 -  The international environment group Greenpeace has offered all manner of information on its ever-expanding Internet sites and web pages from fundraising tips, lobbying politicians, organising non-violent actions and now a True Food Shopping List.
Greenpeace says it has produced the…

Welfare Agencies Forced to Cut Back – Survey

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  A national survey of frontline community welfare agencies shows that many of them are simply unable to meet the demand for help or are being forced to cut back on the help they provide to low income and disadvantaged Australians.…

The Corporate Citizen Magazine

Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  After three years of dissecting and analysing Corporate Citizenship at Deakin University in Victoria, Mark Glazebrook has produced something on the topic that he says doesn’t already exist: a specialist forum for discussion. Glazebrook has produced the first of what…

Housekeeping

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 23rd October 2000 -  Just a reminder that the FIA Focus on Fundraising workshop in Melbourne on November 1st is filling up fast. It’s a beginner’s course for setting up and developing a donor program. The workshop coordinator is Jeremy Maxwell from the Epilepsy…
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