In this podcast we’ll be speaking with Leanne Butterworth, founder of the social enterprise ‘Lose Your Mind, Find Your Heart’ – a virtual reality training package that seeks to enhance empathy toward mental health.

Watch the live feed from the 2019 FIA/ACPNS Alumni Anniversary Breakfast. Special guests include Caitriona Fay, Cameron Prout and Meredith Dwyer.

In this podcast we’ll be speaking with Victoria Lister. Victoria is a nonprofit mentor, consultant, facilitator and creative entrepreneur. She is also the principal and founder of Nonprofit Assist, a consultancy and advisory service for nonprofit organisations.

In this podcast, we’ll be speaking with Kylie Kingston. Kylie is a George Alexander Foundation scholarship recipient and has just completed a Master of Accountancy at QUT. Her research investigated accountability to beneficiaries within non-profit organizations. She’s also been accepted into the PhD program at QUT for 2019 to extend her research.

In this podcast we'll be speaking with Cat Fay. Cat is the acting general manager at Perpetual, where she oversees around 1000 charitable trusts and endowments, as well as more than $3bn in community funds.

In this podcast, we speak to Peter Treseder. Peter is the CEO of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation. He also has over 20 years of management experience with the Commonwealth Bank Australia. In recognition of his contributions, he has received two Order of Australia medals.

In this podcast, we speak to Daniel Lalor. Daniel started his fundraising career with the Royal Children’s Hospital. In 2012, he led a multi-million dollar sponsorship program for CauseForce in Australia, before becoming Director of the Ride to Conquer Cancer event series. Daniel now leads the Fundraising and Events team at MS Queensland. He's also recently launched a virtual reality company producing charity specific content, called Bonsai VR.

In this podcast, we speak to Eduardo Camardelli. Eduardo works for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which is combatting these three diseases in 140 countries. He is a financial specialist. The work he does behind the scenes ultimately helps impact and save lives.

Wendy Scaife and Ben Cox give a webinar for QLD Community Foundation Philanthropy Week.

Footage from QUT’s launch of “Regulating Charities: The Inside Story”, a new book edited by Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Bob Wyatt.

Associate Professor Oonagh Breen from University College Dublin launches a new book edited by Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Bob Wyatt titled "Regulating Charities: The Inside Story".

This webinar, held on 5 May 2017, includes presentations from Giving Australia researchers, Professor Jo Barraket and Dr Christopher Baker from the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology with inputs from ACPNS at QUT, DSS and the Partnership. It includes key data on: key messages from grantmakers and philanthropists about giving today and in the future, how giving is happening and why and to what, and what grantmakers and philanthropists are saying about the...

In this podcast, we speak to Kylee Bates, the CEO of Ardoch Youth Foundation, a children’s charity which provides educational support to children in disadvantaged communities. Kylee has a diversity of experience across the government, not-for-profit and commercial sectors, centred always in the human services sphere where she's been driven by a desire to effect change.

In this podcast, we speak to Dr Ruth Knight, the director of Zark Consultancy and a graduate of ACPNS. Ruth is a passionate change agent, experienced CEO and management consultant. Ruth discusses how her studies at QUT shaped her career path and her contributions to the non-profit sector.

Attendees heard from an expert panel which included Murray Baird, Assistant Commissioner, General Counsel of the ACNC; Suhanya Mendes, Legal Counsel, ACNC; Andrew Lind, Director of Corney and Lind Lawyers, Qld Law Society Deputy Chair, Not-for-profits Law Committee member; and Chaired by Prof Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Founding Director of ACPNS.

A couple of highlights from the seminar by Professor Diana Leat, Ian Potter Foundation ACPNS Visiting Scholar 2013.

Speakers include: Prof. Myles McGregor Lowndes, Jennifer Robertson, Dr Wendy Scaife, Dr Craig Furneaux, Tim Longwill, Paola Rossi and Helen Styles covering the following topics: the latest on tax and regulatory reform, fundraising, ethics, philanthropy, management and social enterprise.

The expert panel included fundraising legend, Everald Compton who has been an international fundraising consultant for 50 years, managing over 1000 campaigns in 26 nations including campaigns for Gough Whitlam, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Bob Hawke, John Howard and Helen Susman of South Africa; Dr David Kennedy who is the founder of igiveonepercent.org and the former Director of The Atlantic Philanthropy's Australian Philanthropic Program; Linda Lavarch, a former Labor Party Member and the first...

Standardised accounting guidelines developed at QUT in Brisbane have been handed over to the national charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

Mitchell Witherington is a seasoned fundraiser specialising in medium to large community organisations. His expertise lies in prospect development, annual fundraising, event fundraising and more notably major gift fundraising.

Mitchell Witherington is a seasoned fundraiser specialising in medium to large community organisations. His expertise lies in prospect development, annual fundraising, event fundraising and more notably major gift fundraising.

Dr Michael Schluter, Chief Executive of the Relationships Foundation, speaks about the issue of Measuring Relationships in the Not-for-Profit Sector, including why and how this can be accomplished.

Dr Michael Schluter, Chief Executive of the Relationships Foundation, speaks about the issue of Measuring Relationships in the Not-for-Profit Sector, including why and how this can be accomplished.

Wendy is also the Executive Director of Australia's CEO Challenge, a charity that works to prevent domestic violence by creating partnerships between businesses and women's refuges, and educating people in the workplace to recognise and respond to the signs of domestic violence. Wendy is going to be speaking to us about the amazing experiences she had during her studies in France last year. Have a listen as Wendy recounts her time there and tells us about the things she ...