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A Joker's Right of Reply - by Simon Mansell of the Choir of Hope and Inspiration (formerly the Choir of Hard Knocks) |
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Simon Mansell was one of the stars of the ABC TV hit documentary, the Choir of Hard Knocks, which told the story of a community choir that took its down-and-out members from the street to the stage, putting a face to so many heartbreaking stories of disadvantage and exclusion.
A Joker's Right of Reply brings together 15 autobiographical poems composed by Simon in the past 15 years.
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The Board Doctor - Expert Diagnosis for Board & Committee Ills |
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If you're on a board or committee there will be times when you need advice from somebody who has experience in dealing with the wide range of issues that may arise. The Board Doctor provides tips, ideas and solutions from a range of experts.
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Simple secrets of successful community groups VOLUME 1: over 400 tips
on running a more effective community group. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Finding the Best
People - The essential steps to recruiting a great Chief Executive
/ Coordinator for your community group |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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:
- Introduction to grantseeking in Australia
- What funding bodies want and need from community groups
- Finding a relevant grant for your group
- Writing a successful proposal
- Managing the relationship with the funding body
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How to: Find Money Fast 50 Great Ways to Raise
up to $5000 |
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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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How to Stand out from the Crowd: The Complete Marketing & Media Handbook for Community Organisations |
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Are you serious about attracting new members, volunteers, supporters or raising more funding for your community group?
Discover the importance of strategic marketing and brand development as well as how to effectively action daily marketing activities such as direct marketing, working with the media and using technology effectively to achieve organisational strategic goals.
Learn about database management, writing media releases and using email to spread the word about your organisation.
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How to Manage your Grant after Winning it! |
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Whoopee! Your grant application has been successful! The project's funded and you can sit back and relax, right?
Well, not quite. Now the real work begins. You now have to learn how to manage, review and acquit your grant (not to mention run the project).
This guide is designed to take you beyond the adrenalin of finding out that you've won the grant and help walk you through the process that you'll need to undertake from here on in.
The guide includes a bonus CD including all of the templates you will need to successfully manage your grant.
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