Speakers include: Prof. Myles McGregor Lowndes, Jennifer Robertson, Dr Wendy Scaife, Dr Craig Furneaux, Tim Longwill, Paola Rossi and Helen Styles covering the following topics: the latest on tax and regulatory reform, fundraising, ethics, philanthropy, management and social enterprise.

The expert panel included fundraising legend, Everald Compton who has been an international fundraising consultant for 50 years, managing over 1000 campaigns in 26 nations including campaigns for Gough Whitlam, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Bob Hawke, John Howard and Helen Susman of South Africa; Dr David Kennedy who is the founder of igiveonepercent.org and the former Director of The Atlantic Philanthropy's Australian Philanthropic Program; Linda Lavarch, a former Labor Party Member and the first woman Attorney-General in Queensland: and Prof Michael Macklin who established the Australian Democrats in Queensland and, after winning a Senate seat, served consecutively as Whip, Deputy Leader and Leader of the party in the Senate.

The expert panel included fundraising legend, Everald Compton who has been an international fundraising consultant for 50 years, managing over 1000 campaigns in 26 nations including campaigns for Gough Whitlam, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Bob Hawke, John Howard and Helen Susman of South Africa; Dr David Kennedy who is the founder of igiveonepercent.org and the former Director of The Atlantic Philanthropy's Australian Philanthropic Program; Linda Lavarch, a former Labor Party Member and the first woman Attorney-General in Queensland: and Prof Michael Macklin who established the Australian Democrats in Queensland and, after winning a Senate seat, served consecutively as Whip, Deputy Leader and Leader of the party in the Senate.

Standardised accounting guidelines developed at QUT in Brisbane have been handed over to the national charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

Standardised accounting guidelines developed at QUT in Brisbane have been handed over to the national charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

Mitchell Witherington is a seasoned fundraiser specialising in medium to large community organisations. His expertise lies in prospect development, annual fundraising, event fundraising and more notably major gift fundraising.

Mitchell Witherington is a seasoned fundraiser specialising in medium to large community organisations. His expertise lies in prospect development, annual fundraising, event fundraising and more notably major gift fundraising.

Dr Michael Schluter, Chief Executive of the Relationships Foundation, speaks about the issue of Measuring Relationships in the Not-for-Profit Sector, including why and how this can be accomplished.

Dr Michael Schluter, Chief Executive of the Relationships Foundation, speaks about the issue of Measuring Relationships in the Not-for-Profit Sector, including why and how this can be accomplished.

Wendy is also the Executive Director of Australia's CEO Challenge, a charity that works to prevent domestic violence by creating partnerships between businesses and women's refuges, and educating people in the workplace to recognise and respond to the signs of domestic violence. Wendy is going to be speaking to us about the amazing experiences she had during her studies in France last year. Have a listen as Wendy recounts her time there and tells us about the things she learnt while abroad.