At this month’s Tea and Buns, Ruth chatted with Mark Berridge on the topic of Uncertainty. Mark had an accident and suffered a severe spinal cord injury. This unexpected and life-changing moment interrupted a successful corporate career and he had to deal with the uncertainty of not knowing whether he would walk, run or work again.…
The QUTeX Social Impact Evaluation Principles and Practices course is now open for registrations! The course aims to provide a broad overview of key skills relating to evaluation and impact measurement whilst equipping participants with the skills to foster a learning culture, where evaluation is used to prove and improve the impact of programs and services.…
Join us on Wednesday, 18 August at 12pm for Antonius Sumarwan’s PhD Final Seminar on “How does Credit Unions’ Accountability Affect their Performance and Mission Achievement – Multiple-case Studies of Credit Unions in Indonesia.” This research investigates factors influencing accountability practices and their effects, specifically on performance and mission achievement. Developing a skeletal inputs-processes-outputs enriched by…
Ancillary Funds are trust funds that act as intermediaries between donors and beneficiary organisations that can receive tax deductible donations. Ancillary in this sense means ‘supporting’, and it is important to note that ancillary funds may not undertake projects or deliver services themselves, but instead exist to fund the work of other organisations. There are two…
On the 9th of July, our subject prize winners, prize sponsors, alumni, friends and family joined together, both in-person and online, to celebrate and congratulate those students that achieved outstanding academic results in their 2020 subjects. It was a wonderful night celebrating, and it was a great opportunity to be together from around Australia with students…
29 July | What tools can you implement in your everyday life to stay resilient in 2021? During the pandemic there have been lots of conversations about the importance of staying physically and mentally healthy and resilient. But now it’s time to check in and ask each other – how are we going? Are we still…
Thank you to Stevie Cox at QUT Entrepreneurship for this post. The Entrepreneurship team, through QUT Foundry, work with visionary individuals who are seeking to achieve their entrepreneurial goals of creating businesses and social enterprises. Find out more If I asked your thoughts on the largest of the issues surrounding homelessness, what immediately comes to mind?…
Join JCI Brisbane and ACPNS on Monday 21st June from 6:00pm – 8:00pm in Brisbane where a panel of experts will discuss what social enterprise really is, and whether or not all businesses are capable and responsible for creating positive social impact further to the defined model of creating jobs. This session will feature an experienced…
Great article on valuing evaluation in public philanthropic foundations! Thank you PhiLab for posting this blog, authored by ACPNS researchers, Dr Alexandra Williamson and Kylie Kingston. This article offers insight into how evaluation is understood by senior leaders of public philanthropic foundations, providing findings that may assist philanthropic leaders in enhancing their organisational practices into the…
Congrats to our very own Dr Alexandra Williamson for winning Best Reviewer for the Academy of Management, Public & Non-profit Division (AOM) 2021 Conference – one of 10 winners globally! This award is sponsored by the Public Management Research Association’s (PMRA) journals, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART) and Perspectives on Public Management…