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  • New not-for-profit survey released (details)

    A new survey report into the not-for-profit sector has been released by business advice and chartered accounting firm Grant Thornton New Zealand. The 2007-2008 report focuses on topical issues ...
    Date added: 9 July 2008
  • Stakeholder engagement website revamped (details)

    The Good Practice Participate website hosted by the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) has had a major makeover. The new-look site has improved menu structures and navigation, an ...
    Date added: 24 June 2008
  • Measuring Non-Profit Performance (details)

    The USA's Urban Institute and its project partner, The Center for What Works, collaborated from June 2004 through May 2006 to identify a set of common outcomes and outcome indicators or 'common framework' in the measurement of performance for ...
    Date added: 26 February 2007
  • Fighting a mission impossible (details)

    What drives the men and women who run New Zealand's not-for-profit sector?
    Date added: 26 June 2006
  • Grant Thornton 2005 Not for Profit Survey (details)

    A new survey by Grant Thornton of Not for Profit organisations' concerns on key issues was recently published. This builds on a 2003 survey by offering contributors an opportunity to comment and to ...
    Date added: 20 February 2006
  • Many board members unhappy with organisation roles  (details)

    A global survey of board members has revealed many are not happy with their roles in their organisations, according to a recent NZ Herald article. Research and policy director at the Institute of ...
    Date added: 20 September 2005
  • New Māori governance model proposed (details)

    Te Puni Kōkiri is consulting on a proposed new governance model for Māori collectives.
    Date added: 15 November 2004
  • Pride In No Profit (details)

    If the infrastructure and management challenges of Not For Profit and commercial CEOs can be similar, their pay is not, and belief in the work of their organisation is a key motivation for many ...
    Date added: 5 November 2004
  • The Positive Side of Change (details)

    In a recent NZ Herald article, Kevin McCaffrey of IBM Business Consulting looks at some of the issues for organisations facing change.
    Date added: 5 November 2004