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sports-foundation
Julia Keady
18 June 2020

Australian Sports Foundation takes us behind the scenes of leading an organisation through significant change, off the back of natural disasters and COVID-19’s devastating impact on community sport and the subsequent impacts on the organisation’s team.

learnings-from-brave-foundations
Julia Keady
11 June 2020

Brave Foundation has been supporting teams in a virtual and remote way for many years, underpinned by its vision of being the “most connected remote organisation in the world”. In this video from RESET 2020, founder and CEO Bernadette Black shares tips for supporting team and volunteer mental health.

rollercoaster
Linda Garnett
24 March 2020

Australians have reasons to be cautiously optimistic that the COVID-19 lockdown is working, and I’ve heard talk about the economic recovery once restrictions are gradually lifted. Will it be a V-shape, a U-shape or L-shape?

nuggets-of-gold
Linda Garnett
04 May 2020

When Stellar Partnerships hosted a corporate partnership webinar a few weeks ago, we asked corporate partnerships professionals how they were feeling in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Exhausted, anxious, unsure or nervous all featured frequently in the comments.

corporate-parnerships-imagining-the-new-normal
Linda Garnett
01 April 2020

When the COVID-19 lockdown began, people started by mourning the loss of things familiar: the Friday night drinks, Saturdays at the football, lunch with friends. It was the same with professionals working in corporate partnerships, wondering what happened to the predictability of sponsors for the annual fundraising event, the pipeline of corporate volunteers to help run the service or the regular workplace giving income.

reset-swinburne
Julia Keady
04 June 2020

'Thanks to our partner at Pro Bono Australia who ran this article first in our RESET 2020 weekly Column' Whether to actively fundraise or not during this pandemic is a burning issue for many organisations. In the latest video from RESET 2020, Belinda Collins from Swinburne explains how their campaign has ignited a community of support and demonstrated the opportunity available by engaging meaningfully and authentically at this time.

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Julia Keady
28 May 2020

‘Thanks to our partner at Pro Bono Australia who ran this article first in our RESET 2020 weekly Column’ Beyond Blue has not only preserved but also grown new partnerships during the pandemic. RESET 2020’s second live show looks at how they did it and offers advice on how you can preserve corporate partnerships during COVID-19.

guide-dogs-zoom
Julia Keady
21 May 2020

‘Thanks to our partner at Pro Bono Australia who ran this article first in our RESET 2020 weekly Column’.

The RESET 2020 live support and advice shows commenced with our first topic “Events in this new world” featuring subject matter specialists from Benefolk community and a live case study about International Guide Dogs Day being celebrated for the first time via a virtual event.

zoom-meeting
Jodie Willmer
07 May 2020

Governance specialist and changemaker coach Jodie Willmer has been supporting boards and committees for many years to embrace technology, and has some sound advice for those still grappling with the virtual board meeting.

person-writing-on-postits-on-window
Darren Taylor
30 April 2020

Specialist Darren Taylor answers the question that every organisation is now wondering – how to stay relevant and connected in with the communities they serve.

blackboard
Stephen Mally
23 April 2020

Here’s some tips from fundraising specialist Stephen Mally on how your team can still achieve their professional development goals.

redundancy
Michelle Varcoe
21 April 2020

Benefolk recruitment specialists Michelle Varcoe and Jenni D’Orival are working with many organisations who are in transition and change, and provide some great advice here on navigating redundancies.

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