Philanthropy Weekly No Images? Click here Issue #207 | 16 October 2019 The inaugural Collective Giving Australia SummitThe inaugural Collective Giving Australia Summit will take place in Sydney on Tuesday 19 Nov 2019, to bring together leaders and members of collective giving groups from around the country, to share successes, discuss how to enhance impact and workshop challenges. NEWSROOMWhat leadership looks like beyond our cities and suburbs “From a leadership perspective in remote, regional and rural Australia, the first point of reference for us is to stop talking about ourselves in deficit. That doesn’t mean ignoring what’s going on but not to start conversations that talk about that we lag behind the rest of Australia and we’re so far behind’’, says Matt Linnegar CEO of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Live funding in Adelaide It's great to see The Funding Network hosting its first-ever 'TFN Live' event in Adelaide on Thursday 14 November. In partnership with the Don Dunstan Foundation, the event will focus on supporting people at-risk of or on their journey out of homelessness. Radical generosity and the art of the possible Audette Exel AO and the Adara Group have been working with remote communities in Nepal since 1998 to support localised solutions to the challenges people they face there. This work is the subject of the new documentary Big Mountains, Big Dreams, which was developed due to what Exel describes as a "radical act of generosity" by filmmaker Robert Zuill. THOUGHT LEADERSHIPNovember thought leadership event with Abigail Scott Paul Don't miss our November thought leadership roadshow, where you will get the chance to hear from Abigail Scott Paul, from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK), on how to re-frame perceptions of marginalised groups in order to affect change. In events in Adelaide, Sydney & Melbourne from 27-29 November, Abigail will share insights on how to mobilise communities and institutions to help eliminate poverty, alongside a panel of local sector leaders in each state. RESOURCESwinburne University's 'Society 4.0' Forum Swinburne University defines 'Society 4.0' as the societal implications of living with, adapting to, and securing wellbeing in, the digital economy. The Society 4.0 Forum is a one day event that explores how we best respond to the challenges of the digital economy in the future. JOB VACANCIESFinance Manager (part time) Melbourne VIC | The Jack Brockhoff Foundation Development Manager QLD | Griffith University Administration Officer (part time) Melbourne VIC | The Jack Brockhoff Foundation IN THE NEWSRSPCA admits to underpaying NSW staff by $123k 7news | 15 Oct 2019 Something to share? |