November 2007: Corporate Partnerships
A New Dawn for Transfield’s Community Engagement
Four years ago global conglomerate Transfield Services had no community partnership strategy; however the company has worked hard to turn things around. Dr. John Prince charts the journey of a corporate in transition. In the beginning .... | more...
How do you Measure Up?
How do you Measure Up? So the partnership’s been struck and it’s time to pop the bubbly. But have you thought about how you will measure the effectiveness of the new relationship? | more...
Creating a Presence and a Future
What could a small software business and a youth development group offer each other? Peter Harris explains how Scouts ACT and CompuCraft Software Solutions formed an award-winning corporate partnership. | more...
Internet powers e-vent fundraising
For the first time in the history of one of Australia’s most famous community fun runs, the City2Surf, participants were encouraged to fundraise online, and everybody was a winner. Paul Wenck reports. | more...
UWA’s model capital campaign
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is well on the way to raising $25 million for a new Business School, and Peter Leunig explains why the university’s efforts exhibit all the hallmarks of a textbook capital campaign. | more...
The inner working of PPFs
The popularity of prescribed private funds continues to swell, but have they affected the giving behaviour of the philanthropists who use them? | more...
Philanthropy as the ‘honest broker’
It is not news that the community sector, governments, corporates and other stakeholders are looking to partnerships to solve social problems. However, the role of philanthropy in this mix is changing, and new paradigms are emerging. | more...
ORYGEN of success in unique funding model
Earlier this year the Colonial Foundation made one of Australia’s largest philanthropic commitments, $17 million over five years to assist with research and clinical treatment of youth mental health issues. But that’s only part of the story. | more...
Start-up success story
Personal tragedy was the impetus for Carolyn Dodds to found and forge a charity that has grown quickly on the back of staging spectacular events and a unique corporate partnership. Natalea Iskra spins a tale of how success was built on “having a go. | more...
Coming to account
Accountability. It’s a word that we hear more and more of in the nonprofit sector, especially in relation to being transparent about different costs, revenues, and the performance of programs and services. | more...
Get emotional!
Does your brand make people break down into tears? Or does it make them feel warm and gooey inside? Does it make them jump for joy? Martin Paul explains. | more...
Fundraising buoyant but no room for complacency
Recent research shows that fundraising revenue continues to rise, but charities can still improve by learning from others. Sean Triner reports. | more...
A life very well lived
One of New Zealand’s fathers of philanthropy, Sir Roy McKenzie, achieved more than most during his extraordinary life, but it was his community spirit that really defined him. Kitty Hilton reports on the passing of a national treasure. | more...
Business as usual after DNC launch
Although there was much fretting by nonprofit organisations when the Do Not Call Register was first mooted, Sue-Anne Wallace reports that it’s mostly a case of all quiet on the communications front since implementation. | more...
Donor profiling
In business it pays to know your customer. In charity it pays to know your donor. Rob Cowperthwaite explains what you need to know about your supporters, how to find it, and what to do with it. | more...
Industry Insider - November 2007
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