Kia ora all,
There are some upcoming free events I want to share with you and invite you to join which are all described below as well as links to new free resources and videos.
First is on 20 March at 11am with an “online lunch” together at noon – this is a special follow up to the Seeds Impact Conference as I will be joined by Shamubeel Eaqub to consider Impact Investing – its rise and what that means for business, charities and purpose driven organisations. This will also see the release of a legal opinion outlining how I think Trustees have a positive duty to consider the impact of where they invest.
Already 119 people have signed up but being online you can join them and you will also get a copy of the legal opinion. Click here to sign up. We will have the shared “online community lunch” with breakout rooms from 12 to continue talking about the themes.
We also just held an event for startups answering their legal questions which you can click on the image below to watch.
That is also at our Startups Information Hub where there are many articles and guides and videos as well.
The New Zealand Law Society asked us to run a session on Incorporated Societies soon to educate lawyers and others as we are the leading team supporting these entities in NZ. Anyone is welcome to join this – we will be in Wellington to record it but it is all online: https://www.lawyerseducation.co.nz/shop/LiveWebinars2024/24NISW.html
Along that line, our Information Hub for incorporated societies has dozens of articles, videos and 125 FAQs on that topic and we are helping many many groups with their reregistrations. It has been really great to welcome so many new clients with many of them Tier 1 charities (as well as smaller ones) doing great work in our communities! Our ideal client.
This week hosted a session on “chairing meetings well” out in Rolleston for about 50 people for the Selwyn District Council
Recorded it and the video is here now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobviOL8Q3I&t=1s
Click on the image below for a PDF of the top tips shared – including some from Mayor Sam Broughton himself! These resources will be added to our Governance for Charities information page.
We continue to get lots of great feedback on the Charities Healthchecks that was cowritten with about 100 of you last year – there are 6 parts to it and can send if you would like them.
All the videos of the Seeds Impact Conference are up and many are also audio episodes joining the 383 interviews on Seeds Podcast – check them out as you might not have caught them all!
Am really looking forward to a session for Community Governance Aotearoa, which we help with the setup, on the topic of changes for Charities – it is free and will be joined by Andrew from Charities Services and Michelle from Volunteering NZ.
And for you book lovers, have just released “The Apple Tree” – a picture book with deeper meaning underlying it – someone recently bought 50 copies to give away to people attending a course they provide and the University of Canterbury UCE bought 100 to give away as presents to speakers. Also, this interactive site has the music that was composed for the book as well and memories of special people who are like apple trees too so check it out https://theseeds.nz/tree/
For those in Christchurch, watch out for the next Impact Lunch – almost 30 of us gathered on Wednesday to network and collaborate.
Recent LinkedIn posts that may interest:
- On careers and being happy in them – this one got 225+ likes so seemed to resonate!
- Reflecting on startup ecosystem at a visit to Creative HQ birthday bash
- Attending UCE summer showcase
- Hosting Christchurch startup drinks last week
- Legal terms decoded article
Drop me a line with your news and upcoming things and I might share it out for others to know about – and we are always happy to have conversations about legal issues you may be facing – with 80 people in our firm we cover many legal topics ranging from property, disputes to contracts and charities.
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