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3 ways to navigate an ocean of potential
Huge waves are battering the coast of NSW and surfers are having their best day yet. Seeing someone riding a 12 metre wave at Bondi…
The real reason you’re stuck (it’s not what you think)
The Mars Climate Orbiter was a robot probe created by NASA to study the Martian climate and atmosphere. Full of the latest technology that the…
Rebels with a cause- the value of diversity
Diversity (n): the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something Diversity is a term that’s become politically charged, thanks…
3 tips to negotiate like the FBI
Bargaining with a small child is like negotiating with a terrorist. They pull every trick to manipulate you and get what they want: tears, anger,…
Are corporates friends or foe?
A recent debate in Sydney posed the question: are corporates friends or foe? Of course, you’d expect us to argue passionately for the friends side.…
5 paradoxes of partnerships
I can’t be the only one hooked on MAFS (or trashy towers as it’s known in our house!) judging by their viewer numbers. Wow! There…
3 signs your charity is sabotaging its own success
We like to set ourselves ambitious goals. Put a man on the moon, end poverty, get your teenagers to clean their rooms. We start hopeful…
Imagine the non-profit sector without women
Phil is a database manager. He’s worked at the same charity for over 30 years and loves the cause. Every time a team of productivity…
How authenticity attracts corporate partners
We encourage non-profits to provide solutions to a corporate partner’s problems and how you should solve, not sell. But that’s not the same as reinventing…
How to play to your strengths
I’m reading a biography of the English king Henry V who scored a huge victory over his French opponents at Agincourt. Henry has been a…
The 4 hidden costs of pro-bono partnerships
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, says the old proverb. But that referred to trusting an adversary, not receiving gifts from an ally. Corporate partners are…
4 signs of a toxic culture for partnerships
Thomas Erikson has written a successful series of books about working with difficult people. Surrounded by Idiots, Surrounded by Narcissists, Surrounded by Psychopaths, Surrounded by…