By Liz Davies, Chief Executive, SociaLink/Tūhono Pāpori You may have attended a webinar, along with about 800 others, in late November hosted by Hui E!, to which Minister Nicola Willis presented about social investment. I won’t go through the whole webinar, as a...
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Strategies to Improve Financial Sustainability
By Liz Davies, Chief Executive, SociaLink/Tūhono Pāpori SociaLink held a workshop in late November for organisations interested in effectively positioning their organisation to navigate changes in funding. We talked about the recent social sector research,...
Key Takeaways from the Community Governance Aotearoa (CGA) Conference – Rotorua – 12 November 2024
By Liz Davies, Chief Executive, SociaLink/Tūhono Pāpori It was great to be joined by Soi Pearson, one of SociaLink’s Co-Chairs, and Christa George, SociaLink’s Organisational Advisor. Rose Hiha-Agnew, CEO of CGA CGA surveyed the community sector...
Key Takeaways from CNA Collective Currents Conference – 24 & 25 October 2024
By Liz Davies, Chief Executive, SociaLink/Tūhono Pāpori It was great to see Margaret Scrimgeour and Chris Johnston from CoLab in Te Puke, and Nicky Austin from Katikati Community Centre at the conference. These were my main great takeaways from the conference;...
Mentoring to help not-for-profits
SociaLink is offering mentoring opportunities for not-for-profit organisations in the Western Bay to help them grow staff capabilities. SociaLink Mentoring Coordinator Christa George is keen to hear from anyone with leadership experience who can work with people such...
Board Intern Programme 2022
Tauranga City Council and its council-controlled organisations (CCOs) are pleased to announce its inaugural Board Intern programme. This programme aims to increase diversity on our CCO boards and to provide a pipeline of prospective board members. The potential...
Ransomware
Keeping ransomware out The basics of avoiding ransomware, and securing your systems. Easy basic things that anyone can do to keep your systems safe. A webinar - 55 minutes playtime. Play now. with Brendon Gray of AdviseIT
Learning About Governance
A new series of four videos has been created by the Centre for Social Impact, that aims to help those who are new to the Chair role and to prepare people who may aspire to take on the position. These videos are part of the National Action Plan for Community...
Not for Profit Governance Forum with Institute of Directors, Bay of Plenty Branch
Do you have a trustee on your board interested in developing their governance understanding and commitment to best governance practice? A new series of quarterly luncheon forums have been established by Institute of Directors to support trustees and directors in their...
Funding Forum 2021
If you attended the Funding Forum on Thursday 4th March, then here are the slides and additional information. Please dont forget to fill out the evaluation survey here. You could be the lucky winner, if you are the 1st, 20th or 40th respondent. Bay Trust - Sam Cummins...
Does Pay Equity Exist?
In our experience, most Not for Profit (NFP) organisations would agree that they strive to develop remuneration systems that are: Fair and equitable Defensible Transparent (some more than others) Affordable Achieving this in good times is a challenge and when the...
Stop expecting nonprofits to merge. It’s annoying
An interesting point of view from the Nonprofit AF written by Vu Le, the former Executive Director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering...