Thank you to the over 40 people who joined our October Impact Sector Update Call session on Friday the 15th and thanks again to John Morrow for sharing key highlights of the JB Were Cause report and answering so many questions we all had. The video is now up so if you missed it or want to watch again then you can and feel free to tag in others who might appreciate it.
Also, thanks to Andrew Phillips for the Charities Services update and many of you for the comments on what was discussed in the breakout rooms part of the call. For a quick link to the Cause Report check it out here.
We will meet again in December but in between will be sending out a copy of the book of essays, mentioned below in other recent items of interest, when it is released in early November and don’t forget there are a whole bunch of links and info in the email below as well on upcoming things. Last, some of you might enjoy this recent seeds conversation about purpose and many other things with Tim Jones – good for commutes.
Other recent items that may interest (thanks to those who sent things in):
- Charities Services have their AGM coming up – lots of info and how to register is here: https://www.charities.govt.nz/news-and-events/hot-topics/charities-services-annual-meeting-2021/
- This National Action Plan against racism looks like it is worth checking out: https://againstracism.hrc.co.nz/
- The JB Were Cause report was just released last week – have you seen it?: https://jbwere.co.nz/latest-insights/philanthropy/jbwere-nz-cause-report-2021/
- Thanks all of you in Auckland and other lock downed areas, appreciate the efforts being put in. I get second vaccination in a couple days.
- ImpactLab Project Lead: I understand they are currently hiring for a Project Lead in either Auckland or Wellington. “We work to build close relationships with our customers (non-profits, social service providers, and philanthropic funders) to understand their activities and their populations’ needs so we can help people to do good, better.” More here https://lnkd.in/gn3qi4aP
- Am finishing a book of 8 essays to release in November and would love more one-line advance review quotes – can you maybe help by having a look and offering a comment? Info: https://theseeds.nz/laying-foundations-for-reimagining-business-essays
- Arron from Community Foundations spoke last time – since then was an article on the growth of community foundations and strategic community philanthropy – they have seen 33% growth in invested endowments in one year. See it here at https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126163527/the-new-philanthropists-how-everyday-kiwis-are-making-a-difference
- A few notes from Michelle Kitney at Volunteering NZ:
- Fantastic research by Ministry of Pacific Peoples on pacific people’s contribution to communities in Aotearoa: https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/volunteers/recognising-and-celebrating-pacific-unpaid-work-and-volunteering/
- International research on Voluntary Sector leadership and volunteering: https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/community/leadership-for-volunteering-the-covid-19-experience/
- An update on Volunteering New Zealand’s work towards the next State of Volunteering 2022: https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/uncategorized/volunteering-in-aotearoa-2022/
- An update on older adult volunteering: https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/research/older-volunteers-affected-by-covid-19-pandemic/
- Duncan Webb’s private Members’ bill was selected proposing to update Duties of Directors so they can consider more than profit. Worth knowing about, here is an article for Stuff and an interview with Duncan for seeds podcast https://theseeds.nz/on why he is proposing this now.
- Matt Steele from IOD notes:
- The upcoming Duncan Webb event on changes to Director Duties https://www.iod.org.nz/all-events/canterbury-branch-event/directors-duties-acting-in-the-best-interests-of-the-company-2/#
- NFP chairs mentoring programme https://www.iod.org.nz/all-events/national/tuakana-teina-chair-mentoring-programme-launch/#
- Tauranga event coming up https://www.iod.org.nz/all-events/bay-of-plenty-branch-event/for-passion-and-purpose-a-panel-of-presentations/#
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- Recently did a session for Queenstown Startup Lakes on zoom and the video is here – it started focussed on business but we ended up discussing a variety of structures for impact, may interest https://vimeo.com/617518381
Hope that was helpful and if you have missed any of the previous Impact Sector Calls you can find them here: https://www.parryfield.com/aotearoa-impact-sector-updates/
