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Choose from one of the latest books that have been released to assist community organisations.

Simple secrets of successful community groups VOLUME 1: over 400 tips on running a successful community group.
Simple secrets of successful community groups VOLUME 2: another 400 tips on running a successful community group.
Complete Schools Fundraising Handbook - How to make the most money ever for your school, pre-school or kindergarten
Making Meetings Work - Conquering the challenges and getting great results
Complete Community Fundraising Handbook: How to make the most money ever for your community organisation
Effective Letters: 50 of the Best Model Letters to Help Community Organisations Fundraise, Connect, Lobby, Organise & Influence
Just Passions: The Personal is Political

Finding the Best People -  The essential steps to recruiting a great Chief Executive / Coordinator for your community group

How to Slash your Insurance Claims - The essential steps to identifying and managing risk
Ethical Solutions - The essential guide to implementing an ethics program in your community group

Transforming Community Committees and Boards -  From Hell to Heaven

Surviving and Thriving as a Safe Effective Board Member - The essential facts you need to  know before, during and after joining a community Board

The Top 50 Grants in Australia 2008 - Winning more money for your community group and school (separate versions for each state/territory)
Winning Grants Funding in Australia - The Step by Step Guide
How To: Find Money Fast - 50 Ways to Raise up to $5000




Simple secrets of successful community groups VOLUME 1: over 400 tips on running a more effective community group.
 

Looking for the simple secrets to make your community organisation more effective and efficient? This book contains well over 400 separate tips and handy hints to assist community groups in the 21st century. The common-sense tips are contained in 50 practical columns written by Dr Rhonda Galbally AO,  and cover topics such as expanding funding and revenue streams, value-adding to maximise your special events, attracting, motivating and keeping volunteers, dealing with the media and marketing your organisation and establishing an effective corporate memory. It is an excellent resource for groups of all sizes.

 

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Simple secrets of successful community groups VOLUME 2: another 400 tips on running a more effective community group.
 

Looking for more simple secrets to make your community organisation more effective and efficient? This book contains well over 400 additional tips and handy hints to assist community groups in the 21st century. The common-sense tips are contained in 50 practical columns written by Dr Rhonda Galbally AO,  and cover topics such as keeping the volunteer army happy, finding the perfect venue for your event, communicating a clear message, going in search of in-kind support for your group and much more.

 

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Complete Schools Fundraising Handbook - How to make the most money ever for your school, pre-school or kindergarten
 

The Complete Schools Fundraising Handbook takes readers through the Six Pillars of Raising Funds - donations; grants; community-business partnerships; alumni; special events; and earned income - showing how each and every one of them can be used to bring in valuable funds.

 

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Making Meetings Work - Conquering the challenges and getting great results
 

If the Board can be considered the mind of a community group, the meetings are the heart. This is where all major decisions are made and the Board comes together as a group to steer the organisation towards its mission.

Making Meetings Work is your guide to overcoming the challenges and complexities that arise in meetings and make them more effective and productive.

 

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Complete Community Fundraising Handbook: How to make the most money ever for your community organisation
 

The Complete Community Fundraising Handbook offers advice aimed at improving your community organisation's fundraising efforts and will allow you to take control of your fundraising activities. Learn practical strategies, tools and next steps to gain more money for your community organisation.

 

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Effective Letters: 50 of the Best Model Letters to Help Community Organisations Fundraise, Connect, Lobby, Organise & Influence
 

Letter writing is an important instrument for a community organisation to have in its toolbox. With this book, that tool becomes sharper and multifaceted. Effective Letters provides 50 templates and a multitude of ideas that will assist you to improve your letter writing skills, marketing, and data storage and use. It provides tips on personalising your correspondence, increasing its impact and effectiveness. This is a 'must have' resource for any community group.

 

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Just Passions: The Personal is Political
 

JUST PASSIONS is a frank and fearless account of how every Australian can be inspired to make their own difference. Using ten personal experiences in ten incredibly changing areas including technology, work, family, ageing, disability, women, social capital, lifestyles and charity, Rhonda Galbally tells the stories about her own and other's outspoken advocacy, learning and leadership. With loads of insightful and funny reflections on working, loving and living - from the world stage to the back blocks of local communities - this book challenges you to get involved, speak out - and not be afraid of the consequences.

 

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Finding the Best People -  The essential steps to recruiting a great Chief Executive / Coordinator for your community group
  What happens when your CEO or coordinator leaves? How do you go about finding a new one and - more importantly – one that is suited to your organisation? This book details in practical terms how you can ensure you find the best possible person for your organisation. From determining the type of leader you want through to advertising, interviewing and evaluating your candidates and appointing your CEO, this resource will help you through what is often the most difficult and stressful time for community organisations.

 

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How to Slash your Insurance Claims - The essential steps to identifying and managing risk
  Everyone talks about risk management but how do you actually implement it? This guide, written by the experts from the Australasian Risk Management Centre, takes you step by step through the process of making your organisation a safer place. It details the risk management process and shows you how you can identify the risks facing your group and deal with them. This common-sense book will ensure you provide a safer environment for members, clients, volunteers, friends and the general public.

 

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Ethical Solutions - The essential guide to implementing an ethics program in your community group
  Community organisations are about trying to do the right thing in the community but what about internally? Does your organisation make the right decisions for the right reasons? This book helps to create an ethical framework so that everyone in your organisation knows the ethical guidelines in making decisions. This book covers the reasons why ethics is important within community groups and covers the process through consultation, communication, drafting and evaluation of a code of ethics.

 

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Transforming Community Committees and Boards -  From Hell to Heaven
  Don’t be content to sit on a Board that is not working. Make a difference by working to transform your Board into an effective, energetic and productive team that sets the example for the entire organisation. In this guide you will learn how to improve your Board through targeting, recruiting, knowing your responsibilities and capacities and knowing when it’s time to act. This is a vital and practical tool for any Board or committee member.

 

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Surviving and Thriving as a Safe Effective Board Member - The essential facts you need to  know before, during and after joining a community Board
  What should you do when someone asks you to join the Board of a not-for-profit group? And what do you have to be aware of when you do actually say yes. Find out what your legal responsibilities are and what compliance, governance and performance actually means for the not-for-profit Director. This guide takes you through the questions you should ask before you join, your responsibilities while on the Board and the action you should take when you decide it’s time to leave the Board. This no-nonsense guide also features the insights and tips of some of Australia's most experienced and knowledgeable community Board members.

 

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Top 50 Grants in Australia 2008 - Winning more money for your community group and school: (separate versions for each state/territory)
  A perfect set of guides for all those groups that believe in planning ahead. Structure your grantseeking program over the next year and try and match your upcoming projects with the best funding options. The guides highlights 50 of the best grant programs available to community organisations in each State/Territory as well as providing a valuable 30-point guide to improve your next grant application.

 

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Winning Grants Funding - The Step by Step Guide
  This practical, step-by-step guide will take you through the grant seeking process assisting you to prepare and research a winning funding application.

Winning Grants Funding in Australia - The Step by Step Guide looks at:
  1. Introduction to grantseeking in Australia
  2. What funding bodies want and need from community groups
  3. Finding a relevant grant for your group
  4. Writing a successful proposal
  5. Managing the relationship with the funding body
 

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How to: Find Money Fast 50 Great Ways to Raise up to $5000
  Choose from the top 50 ways to raise up to $5000 quickly!

A guide to help schools, community and non-profit groups come up with innovative ideas to raise money in an increasingly tough market.

Includes plenty of tips and advice to boost your current fundraising initiatives as well as a chapter devoted to helping groups establish a balanced and integrated fundraising strategy and a valuable 101-point special events checklist.

The ideas in this Guide will take the time and worry out of fundraising!

 

 

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