Is having a passion for the cause the key to success? The lessons we can learn as non profits
Read MoreThe point of a strategic plan isn’t to create a piece of paper ; it's about creating clarity and momentum for your organisation. The only future you can predict with any certainty is the future you make yourselves.
Read MoreIt’s in the Stars - what will nonprofits look like in 30 years? Social Trend Spotter’s Suzanne Smith summarises the most mentioned ideas, predictions and aspirations for the years ahead
Read MoreClimate change is one of the most pressing global challenges facing our planet today. Not-for-profit organisations play a critical role in addressing climate change as they are uniquely positioned to mobilise resources and drive change at the local (and global) level.
Read MoreBeing a leader is so much more than just keeping track of tasks and assigning duties. It's about setting the tone and direction for your team and encouraging others to work together towards a shared goal. That's why having strong and clear leadership intentions is so vital.
The biggest price to be paid if this new charities Bill is passed is its opportunity cost – the lost opportunity for a real modernisation of charities
Read MoreWhat defines a good leader is knowing when to move on…the problems that arise when an organisation needs to grow or move on from the start-up phase to the second generation of leadership
The new Incorporated Societies Act 2022 is much more prescriptive, and as a result significantly ratchets up compliance requirements, reduces flexibility and will have big implications for the operating rules of approaching 25,000 non-profits, which get their legal identity as Incorporated Societies.
Read MoreThere is concern that the recent review of the Charities Act offers little in the way of support for both charities and the communities they support and instead leans towards increased regulation.
Read MoreOur recent webinar session highlighted the raft of changes Incorporated Societies will need to get used to. Here’s what we consider to be the top ten most significant ones to impact your organisation.
Read MoreAly McNicol offers up five tips to ban the yawn and make sure the training workshops you’re running are beyond boring.
Read MoreLEAD’s Sandy Thompson explores the way capacity building has changed over time - that is, the way organisation’s can enhance their own actions and processes to amplify their impact even more.
Read MoreIf your organisation is one of the 24,000 in New Zealand which operate as an Incorporated Society you need to know about a major law change which could have implications. It's coming... ready or not!
Read MoreLEAD’s Sandy Thompson sets a challenge for all not for profit organisations to put the future of the planet as part of your strategic mission. Our environment and conservation allies in the field can’t do it alone.
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