Podcasts

Management, not leadership

In this podcast Jon Huggett shines a light on back management, not just leadership, as critical to scaling nonprofits and running scale NGOs. He wonders if the current focus on "social entrepreneurs" has created a cult of "heroic leaders" at the top of their hierarchies, rather than effective managers who can support their heroic front-line workers.

This podcast was recorded in October 2009. Length: 9.09 minutes.

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Raising capital in tough times
In this podcast Jon looks around the world to see how nonprofits raise capital in tough times.

This podcast was recorded in October 2009. Length: 5.55 minutes.

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The pub test, the radio test, the granny test
In this podcast Jon invites you, or your organisation, to take the pub test, the radio test, and the granny test. If you cannot pass these tests, your organisation may find it hard to raise money.

This podcast was recorded in October 2009. Length: 7.06 minutes.

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In this podcast, Associate Professor Gianni Zappala is interviewed about the first of a series of papers on Conscious Business.

This podcast was recorded in May 2009. Length: 9.20 minutes.

View Gianni's paper 'Spirituality is the new Black'.

In this podcast, Tim Zak provides a brief overview of the sessions covered in the Social Entrepreneurs & Enterprise course which included how to prepare for a social enterprise to the stage of launching a successful social enterprise. Tim Zak is Executive Director of Carnegie-Mellon University's Heinz College campus in Adelaide, Australia and Co-Director of the College's Institute for Social Innovation.

This podcast was recorded in May 2009. Length: 4.53 minutes.

Kevin Robbie

In this podcast Kevin Robbie gives an overview of his course on impact mapping and SROI as a tool for measuring the impact of an organisation and identifying need for, effecting and communicating change. Kevin Robbie has over 15 years senior management experience in the third sector in the UK.

This podcast was recorded in May 2009. Length: 1.38 minutes.

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Peter Shergold

1.  The distinctiveness of nonprofit enterprise
In this podcast Peter Shergold identifies seven distinctive features of nonprofit enterprise. He argues that the private and nonprofit sector have much to learn from each others' challenges.

This podcast was recorded in April 2009. Length: 14.27 minutes.

2.  The importance of capacity building in the nonprofit sector
In this podcast Peter Shergold discusses why nonprofit enterprises need to strengthen their organisational capacity. Dr Shergold is the Macquarie Group Foundation Professor at the Centre for Social Impact.

This podcast was recorded in April 2009. Length: 9.57 minutes.

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3.  After the GFC: the future of CSR
In this podcast Peter Shergold assesses what the global financial crisis tells us about the character of corporate social responsibility. He contemplates whether, and in what form, CSR will survive. Dr Shergold is the Macquarie Group Foundation Professor at the Centre for Social Impact.

This podcast was recorded in April 2009. Length: 11.06 minutes.

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4.  Challenges for nonprofit contracted to deliver government services
In this podcast Peter Shergold reflects on the success of nonprofit organisations in winning contracts to deliver government programs. He identifies six key challenges that winning tenderers face. Dr Shergold is the Macquarie Group Foundation Professor at the Centre for Social Impact.

This podcast was recorded in April 2009. Length: 11.56 minutes.

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In this podcast Dr Debbie Haski-Leventhal outlines the myriad of ways in which governments can support volunteers and organisations that rely on them, improving volunteerability, recruitability and accessibility.

This podcast was recorded in April 2009. Length: 5.46 minutes.

Mark Lyons

In this first podcast of a series addressing myths in the third sector, Prof Mark Lyons argues that the current view of many in the public and third sector that  governments are regularly outsourcing services through competitive tendering is merely a misrepresentation of the traditional system of government subsidisation for nonprofits.

This podcast was recorded in April 2009. Length: 8.28 minutes.

Peter Hero

In this podcast Peter Hero introduces the topic of transient philanthropy, as well as the effect of the global financial crisis on philanthropic activity and how not-for-profits can remain effective in the current economic environment. Peter Hero is a Senior Fellow at The Center for Social Innovation at Stanford Graduate Business School.

This podcast was recorded in March 2009. Length: 1.48 minutes.

This podcast was recorded in March 2009. Length: 4.17 minutes.

In this podcast Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens talks about a workshop hosted by CSI on the development of a national compact in an Australian context. Senator Stephens is the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector and Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion.

This podcast was recorded in January 2009. Length: 3.29 minutes.

Göran Roos

In this podcast, Prof Göran Roos introduces the topic of measuring the return on social investment and the relationship this has to stakeholder identification and prioritisation. Prof Roos is Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School in the UK.

This podcast was recorded in November 2008. Length: 5.58 minutes.

Paul 't Hart

In this podcast, Prof Paul 't Hart briefly introduces the subjects of collaboration and government-nonprofit relations. He discusses the use of role play to help bring mutual understanding between two very different sectors. Paul 't Hart (PhD Leiden, 1990) arrived at ANU in December 2005. Prior to that, he was research professor of Public Administration at the Utrecht School of Governance (where he maintains a part-time appointment).

This podcast was recorded in November 2008. Length: 5.24 minutes.

Charles Leadbeater

In this podcast Charles Leadbeater reflects on radically new approaches to public innovation that move beyond the ‘industrial public sector' of the past. He speaks about regarding the recipients of programs as principals able to promote their own solutions to social problems and the centralising of relationships to improving outcomes. Charles Leadbeater is a leading authority on innovation and collaborative creativity who has worked as a senior advisor to government and business.

This podcast was recorded in September 2008. Length: 10.37 minutes.

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In this podcast Prof Geoff Mulgan muses on the complex relationship between governments and civil society. He considers how to open up public services and the potential danger of scale and looks at more flexible and responsive approaches to working with local community organisations as a means of promoting social innovation. Prof Mulgan is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL and Melbourne University and a visiting fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.

This podcast was recorded in September 2008. Length: 3.47 minutes. 

Steven Rathgeb Smith

In this podcast Prof Steven Rathgeb-Smith talks of the challenges presented to governments, public services and not-for-profit organisations by the contracting out of public programs. His summary of the American experience is highly relevant to Australia. Professor Smith is Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, Seattle and the faculty director of the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy.

This podcast was recorded in September 2008. Length: 8.02 minutes.