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Message from Peter Shergold
It is with a great deal of regret that I have to announce that Mark Lyons has been forced to step down from CSI due to continued ill-health. Mark has been our part- time Director of Research for the last year and has made a wonderful contribution to the Centre. His enormous knowledge, long experience and intellectual rigour – and his willingness to share his expertise with all of us at CSI – have proved of enormous benefit. We will miss him greatly and hope that, in the future, Mark will be able to find a role with the Centre once again.
In the meantime, I’m pulling out all the stops to recruit a full-time Director of Research. I hope I’ll be able to let you know the outcome in the next newsletter.
The Graduate Certificate in Social Impact is now available. It will be taught at each of our partner universities beginning in December at UNSW. If you are interested in undertaking the Certificate or, perhaps, in attending one of the individual courses, please visit our website, read the details and select the business school you wish to attend. I don’t think you’ll regret your decision.
Perhaps our most exciting news is that The University of Western Australia last month became CSI’s fourth partner. The opening of CSI at UWA went exceptionally well. It’s great to have Michael Chaney chairing the WA Advisory Council and to have so much enthusiastic commitment from the Dean of the Business School, Tracey Horton. Thanks to the indomitable Elena Douglas for doing so much to bring this partnership to fruition. Read our news of the opening and view my speech at the opening.
Peter Shergold,
Macquarie Group Foundation Professor
www.csi.edu.au
Driving social impact where the sectors meet
We explore this important issue in two of our upcoming executive courses:-
Collaborative Leadership in a Shared Power World, led by Paul ‘t Hart is in Sydney on 9 & 10 November, and we have had a pleasing response. Peter Shergold, Cheryl Kernot, Claire Vickery (Butterfly Foundation) and Kate Carnell (Australian General Practice Network) will participate.
The Changing World of the Social Economy is a seminar on 28 October in Sydney hosted by the law firm Coleman & Greig. Peter Shergold, Cheryl Kernot and Gianni Zappala will present the seminar.
Our final course for this year is Planned Giving and Bequests being conducted in Melbourne on 18 November in conjunction with the Association of Development and Alumni Professionals in Education.
This year CSI ran 15 executive programs in Melbourne and Sydney and we look forward to offering an exciting suite of courses again next year.
Challenge yourself
CSI holds a number of events to encourage debate and discussion about current issues. You can attend or listen to our expanding range of videos or podcasts.
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP will talk about “Mutual Action, Common Purpose: Empowering the Third Sector”, in Sydney on Monday 2 November. This event is in partnership with Vision Australia. You can book into this event by emailing us at csi@unsw.edu.au. David is a British Labour Party politician who has been Education Secretary, Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He has conducted a review of the future role of the community and voluntary sector in the UK. He is involved with a large number of charities and is a regular contributor to the British media.
Jon Huggett is visiting from the US as the John B Reid International Visiting Fellow to the Australian School of Business. He is conducting a wide range of events discussing current challenges for not-for-profits, how to create a sustainable enterprise, and how to create a successful national or international network. Jon is an advisor to chief executives worldwide with 25 years of experience spanning six continents. He was a partner with both The Bridgespan Group and Bain & Company. The text of his John B. Reid Lecture, given on 13 Oct, is available. You can also listen to one of his podcasts or view the video of Jon being interviewed by Peter Shergold.
Rajesh Tandon was brought to Australia from India by CSI and the Chain Reaction Foundation. Rajesh is the President of the Participatory Research Institute of Asia and an internationally acclaimed leader and practitioner of participatory research and development. He discussed social inclusion and participatory democracy with engaged audiences in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney during September. View the video.
Mark Rose presented the second Qantas Foundation Social Impact Lecture and presentd a lunchtime address to our new CSI partners at UWA. Mark is Global CEO of Fauna and Flora International. He spoke about business engaging with environmental sustainability and biodiversity, and provided numerous examples of FFI’s work around the world. His address is available.
Sue Gordon dealt with indigenous issues and the NT intervention in an interview with Peter Thompson, as part of our Yakety Yak series. You can view the interview. Our final interviews in this year’s series will be with Ken Henry and Arthur Sinodinos. Yakety Yak has been a great success and we are delighted the Peter Thompson has agreed to continue it next year. If you would like to attend next year, please let us know by email at csi@unsw.edu.au.
Transparency Awards
As part of CSI’s support for the improvement of transparency and quality of reporting in the not-for- profit sector, we have joined with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia to launch the 2009 PwC Transparency Awards. Applications close on 30 October.
Social Enterprise World Forum research roundtable
CSI conducted a research roundtable for the Social Enterprise World Forum with SEWF co-hosts, Social Ventures Australia and Social Traders on 6 October. Four international presenters spoke about social enterprise related research and those present identified research gaps in Australia and potential international linkages. Read more.
CSI staff
We are delighted that a number of appointments have recently been made.
Kylie Charlton has joined CSI as Social Investment Fellow. She will work on issues and initiatives in social investment and comes to us from Swinburne University of Technology, where she has been the Eloise Waislitz Fellow. She is a founding team member of Unitus Capital, a firm which specialises in arranging capital for microfinance institutions.
Mei-Ling Ho will shortly join the CSI team as our Communications and Marketing Coordinator. Mei- Ling has more than twelve years experience in marketing, communications, and strategy across the corporate and not-for-profit sectors, including senior roles with The Australian Charities Fund, United Way Sydney, Diageo Australia and Nestlé Australia. We are looking forward to introducing Mei-Ling to you and to working with her.
Patrick McClure has joined CSI and the St James Ethics Centre as the Not-for-Profit Sector Fellow. The purpose of the role is to articulate the issues of applied ethics within the not-for-profit and philanthropic sectors. Patrick is recognised as one of Australia’s leading social entrepreneurs. He has been CEO of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (NSW/ACT) and of Mission Australia. You can read his address at the launch.
Andreas Ortmann has joined CSI as a Research Associate. He has recently joined the Australian School of Business as Professor of Experimental and Behavioural Economics. Andreas has contributed significantly to the economic theory of nonprofit organisations. Read more about Andreas.
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