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 Message from Peter Shergold
The CSI team is back in full swing and looking forward to a busy and productive 2010. This year, we are focused on building on the success of 2009 through four key areas:
• offering a comprehensive program of teaching
• building our third sector knowledge base and sharing this with you
• stimulating public debate and action
• establishing international links and local collaborations and partnerships.
I would like to thank everyone who took the time to provide their views in our recent survey. We received almost 600 responses, and now have some incredibly valuable insights that will ensure we continue to deliver to your needs. We will provide findings in next month's newsletter. In the meantime this shorter, punchier newsletter is one of our first responses to your feedback!
In February we released the results of the Managing for Recovery survey. The good news is that although economic conditions have been tough for charitable organisations, they have not done as badly as anticipated six months ago, and there is now a mood of cautious optimism returning. Corporate support has held up relatively well. Charities are shifting focus from cost cutting to revenue raising.
Read the full report, which was conducted in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Fundraising Institute Australia.
Peter Shergold,
Macquarie Group Foundation Professor
Recent CSI Highlights
 Graduate Certificate in Social Impact commences
The Graduate Certificate in Social Impact commences this semester at UNSW, Melbourne Business School and Swinburne University of Technology. To date, 50 scholarships will be offered over the next five years. Read more.
 'Yakety Yakking' about social enterprise with Audette Exel
Audette Exel, ISIS Group co-founder and CEO of ISIS Asia Pacific spoke about her transition from banking and finance to setting up a social enterprise which supports women and children in poverty in Nepal and Uganda. Read more.
 Jonty Olliff-Cooper visits Australia
The Head of the Progressive Conservativism Project Jonty Olliff-Cooper was brought to Australia by CSI in February to speak at a number of events including the CSI/CISCO Australia & New Zealand Public Sector Summit. Jonty talked about issues of engaging citizens in policy formulation and the need for new ways to deliver government services. Read more.
Coming Up at CSI
 Muhammad Yunus talks on Abolishing Poverty – March 8 & 9
We are delighted that Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus will talk at public event on 'Abolishing Poverty - The Human Rights Priority', next Monday March 8 in Sydney and Tuesday March 9 in Melbourne. Professor Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, fuelled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. Grameen Bank has lifted millions out of poverty by disbursing $6.6bn in millions of tiny loans to the poor. This concept of microcredit is now a mainstream strand in dealing with poverty. Limited places still available. RSVP for Sydney event. Read more about Melbourne event.
 Decision making for third sector executives course – March 24, Sydney
Do you want to learn how to improve decision making in your organisation? Presented by Jon Huggett, this course will show you how your teams can make better decisions more efficiently and how this can improve the culture of your organisation. Scholarships are available. Read more.
 Social Return on Investment course – March 24, Sydney
With the increasing interest in measuring social value creation, we are offering an introductory course In Social Return on Investment (SROI). SROI is an approach to understanding and managing the impacts of a project, organisation or policy. Read more.
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