FREE WEBINAR 7:45-9:00am AEST | Friday 27 November (Don’t forget to add an hour if you’re joining from NSW or VIC) REGISTER It is the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Productivity Commission’s comprehensive report about the Not-for-profit Sector. The report contained a raft of recommendations to reform the sector and its relationship with government and…
Online Forum | Defining Social Enterprise: Explaining and Embracing, Diversity
Join QUT’s Centre for Future Enterprise’s E-Future Enterprise Online Forum | 11am AEST, 6th November Defining Social Enterprise: Explaining and Embracing, Diversity presented by Dr Craig Furneaux from ACPNS Have an interest in social enterprise? This forum is for you! Social enterprises are a type of organisation that is very hard to define. Most definitions of…
ACPNS Quarterly Case Notes Summary | Latest now available
The 2020 third quarter case notes summary is now available for download. Researchers at ACPNS scan Australia and the world constantly for legal cases that involve important issues concerning charities, nonprofit organisations, philanthropy, gifts and bequests. Our Quarterly Case Note Summaries capture key legal cases in an easy-to-digest format for lawyers, accountants and managers involved in…
RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE | How NPOs & government can work better together
This is your rare opportunity to hear from those in the know about how nonprofits and government can work better together to deliver critical public services. This webinar, held on 12 Oct 2020, includes insights from people with deep governmental connection and inside experience. Access the recording The relationship between government and the nonprofit sector is…
WEBINAR RECORDINGS | The stats are out – How ‘giving’ are we, Australia?
Each year Australian taxpayers donate billions of dollars – and each year researchers at ACPNS analyse the ATO gift data. The 2017-18 ATO gift deduction data is now available for analysis. What are the learnings for your organisation’s strategy? WEBINAR MINI SERIES – RECORDINGS NOW AVAILABLE Webinar 1 | 29 Sep Gift Deductions https://youtu.be/h3X9-NWb9a0 Webinar 2…
Tea & Buns Community of Practice | COVID-19 and Behaviour Change, 29 Oct
COVID-19 and Behaviour Change Thursday 29 Oct | 9:00-10:00am AEST Can’t attend in real time? You should still register; all registrants will receive a copy of the recording. At October’s Tea & Buns, Professor Ross Gordon from QUT will be having a conversation with us about how COVID-19 is very much a behavioural issue at heart. He…
Missed last month’s Tea & Buns on Journey Mapping?
Never fear, you can catch the recording today! Journey mapping is a powerful tool to analyse and understand how people experience and interact with organisations, programs, services, and systems. For this reason many nonprofit organisations are using it to gain feedback from their beneficiaries, innovate and measure impact. Dr Ruth Knight from ACPNS explained what a…
New social enterprise undergrad unit starting in 2021!
Get excited changemakers! For the first time ever at QUT, a social enterprise unit will be available to undergrad students! Real world social and environmental issues are increasingly addressed through business means in an emerging form of hybrid organisation – the social enterprise. Traditionally, the government and charity sectors sought to meet community needs, however resource…
Australian giving takes a step up in 2017-18
Individual Australians significantly increased their giving in the 2017-18 financial year, with a total of $3.75 billion donated – nearly an eight per cent increase, or $265 million, on the previous year. The yearly report produced by ACPNS takes a deep dive into the Australian Taxation Office statistics on tax-deductible giving in 2017-18. A key finding…
Journey mapping for nonprofits – Recording now available!
September’s Tea & Buns recording is now available. At this free online Community of Practice, listeners joined a conversation about Journey mapping for nonprofits – What it is and why nonprofit leaders need to know about it. Journey mapping is a powerful tool to analyse and understand how people experience and interact with organisations, programs, services, and…