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Why Should Not for Profits Enter the Premier’s Sustainability Awards?

Contributor, Tuesday, 23rd May 2017 -  New research commissioned by Sustainability Victoria shows that over 90 per cent of Victorians want government, business and industry to be involved in environmental projects …

Australia’s First Hackathon for Homelessness

Rachel McFadden, Thursday, 18th May 2017 -  Social innovators, creatives, business people, community workers and techs will join forces in June to tackle homelessness in Australia’s first Homelessness Hackathon. The weekend-long…

Social Impact Bonds – Risks and Unintended Effects

Daniel Edmiston, Tuesday, 16th May 2017 -  Drawing on the findings of a recent UK study exploring Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), UK academic Dr Daniel Edmiston suggests SIBs have a number of unique risks and unintended effects…

Call Out for Innovators to Find Digital Solutions to Global Youth Crisis

Rachel McFadden, Thursday, 11th May 2017 -  World Vision, together with Optus, are inviting innovators to develop digital solutions to the global youth job crisis with the successful applicant receiving a $20,000 grant. …

Printing A Solution to the World’s Biggest Problems

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 11th May 2017 -  “You are only limited by your imagination,” says Dr Mazher Mohammed, a research fellow at Deakin University’s School of Engineering, who is heading up a team working to use 3D printing…

Not for Profits Leading in Technology Innovation

Wendy Williams, Monday, 8th May 2017 -  The team behind the world’s first video game for social and emotional learning has been hailed the not-for-profit technology innovator of the year. Holyoake, a Western Australian…

Business Needs to Contribute, Not Simply Give Back

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th April 2017 -  There are ways other than just giving to give back, writes co-founder and managing director of The Growth Project Larry Fingleson. The not-for-profit and charity sector is well documented…

Innovation in Unemployment: Are We Setting Ourselves Up for Failure?

Kevin Robbie, Friday, 10th February 2017 -  To truly foster innovation in unemployment we must understand what works already and ensure all three barriers underlying the issue are addressed, writes United Way Australia CEO…

Rethinking Business Models With Purpose – Conference

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 -  Returning to Sydney for the second year in a row, the Purpose 2016 conference, taking place on the 5 and 6 December, is the place for purpose-driven businesses. Sally Hill, co-founder…

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Has your NFP been Sabotaged by the ‘May’ Team?

Richard Meredith, Tuesday, 25th October 2016 -  If change and innovation are important, not just for survival but for success and profitability it is up to each of us to be conscious of the need to give the “can team” a chance before …

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