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Welcome to our fifth episode of the Good Will Hutners Autumn Series: The NGO of the Future.

This series is presented with sponsorship from Alinea Whitelum. Learn more about their work here alineawhitelum.com

In this episode, hosts Paul Ronalds and Rachel Mason Nunn speak with Pia Carona and David Spriggs on the digital revolution facing NGOs, and the challenge of adapting to a digitalised world.

Pia Carona works at Boston Consulting Group in Africa and is a core member of the firms social impact practice. Prior to joining BCG she worked for a private bank in Geneva, and with Save the Children in Southern Africa. David Spriggs is the CEO of the Australian NGO Infoxchange and Chair of the Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance.

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The GWH Team

LINKS

https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2021/05/the-digital-clock-is-ticking-for-ngos/

Welcome to our fourth episode of the Good Will Hunters Autumn Series: The NGO of the Future.

This series is presented with sponsorship from Alinea Whitelum. Learn more about their work here alineawhitelum.com

In this episode, hosts Paul Ronalds and Rachel Mason Nunn speak with Kevin Starr and Mark Reading on the innovation challenge facing NGOs, and how the NGO of the Future must be much better at taking successful innovations to scale.

Kevin Starr is CEO of the Mulago Foundation, and has taught hundreds of social entrepreneurs and other leaders how to approach impact at scale, and there’s nothing he likes better. Mark Reading is Head of Foundation at Atlassian, where he is the bridge between the Australian technology success-story that is Atlassian, and the charities they choose to support through their Pledge-1% model.

Relevant Links:

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/nowhere_to_grow

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The GWH Team

Welcome to our third episode of the Good Will Hunters Autumn Series: The Future of the NGO.

This series is presented with sponsorship from Alinea Whitelum. Learn more about their work here alineawhitelum.com

In this episode, hosts Rachel Mason Nunn and Paul Ronalds speak with Leonie Valentine and Sarah Davies on the future of NGO fundraising.

Leonie Valentine is Managing Director, Google Melbourne and Government, joining Google in 2014 as APAC Director of Customer Experience. Leonie has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations. Sarah Davies is CEO of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, and prior to this role was CEO of Philanthropy Australia, the national peak body for philanthropy in Australia.

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The GWH Team

LINKS

https://www.philanthropy.org.au/stories-moving-the-wealth-from-the-cities-to-the-regions/

Welcome to our second episode of the Good Will Hunters Autumn Series: The Future of the NGO.

This series is presented with sponsorship from Alinea-Whitelum. Learn more about their work here alineawhitelum.com

In this episode, hosts Rachel Mason Nunn and Paul Ronalds speak with Audette Exel and Jo Barraket on the evolution of NGO business models.

Jo Barraket is a University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University. She is one of Australia’s leading researchers of social enterprise and social economy. Audette Exel is the Founder of the Adara Group and CEO of its Australian Financial Services Businesses, Adara Advisors.

Relevant links:

https://www.csi.edu.au

https://www.adaragroup.org

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The GWH Team

Welcome to our first episode of the Good Will Hunters Autumn Series: The Future of the NGO.

This series is presented with generous sponsorship from Alinea-Whitelum. Learn more about their work here https://alineawhitelum.com

In this episode, hosts Rachel Mason Nunn and Paul Ronalds speak with Anabel Cruz and Andrew Leigh MP on increasing restrictions on civil society. In particular, we ask how do NGOs continue to advocate in an increasingly antagonistic political environment?

Anabel Cruz is the Founder Director of the Communication and Development Institute (ICD) of Uruguay, a civil society organisation with more than 26 years of experience in strengthening civil society and citizen participation. Anabel was also Chair of the Board of CIVICUS. Andrew Leigh is the Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury and Charities, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to this, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University.

Relevant Links:

https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2021/democracy-under-siege

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/18/21112012/liberals-conservatives-american-politics-eitan-hersh

https://civilvoices.com.au/

https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2017/12/advocacy-threat-nfps-engage-self-silencing/

The episode is presented with support from Alinea-Whitelum.

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The GWH Team

Welcome to Good Will Hunters' Autumn Series.

The time has come for NGOs to radically transform.

Major global shifts are underway. Civic space is shrinking and the fundamental tenets of democracy – open, transparent and accountable governance – are under threat. There is growing political antagonism towards advocacy and activism, and increasing restraints face NGOs that seek to hold governments to account. For NGOs, traditional sources of funding are drying up while demand for their services and stakeholder expectations are growing, driving up costs.

Covid-19 has given renewed urgency to the localisation agenda – its no longer a choice, but an operational necessity. New technologies are creating incredible opportunities to increase impact and improve efficiency but also throwing up a raft of new challenges. Our people remain the single most important element of our success but the war for the best talent is heating up. And the workplace of the 21st century is going to look completely different to that of the 20th century.

More people are displaced than ever before. Gender, racial and income inequalities are not just a “developing country” problem but are global challenges facing even the wealthiest countries. Poverty is more urban, and concentrated in some of the fastest growing economies on Earth. And the climate crisis requires us to think radically differently about development.

So what does all this mean? It means NGOs need to transform - and fast - in order to be relevant, sustainable and impactful. And its never been more important to have a thriving civil society. Covid-19 has taken health systems to the brink, disrupted education, destroyed livelihoods and increased instability. We need robust, creative NGOs ready and able to face these challenges.

I’m your host, Paul Ronalds, Group CEO of Save the Children Australia. Along with my co-host Rachel Mason Nunn, we’ll be talking to leading global thinkers on the challenges facing NGOs and what it will take to create the NGO of the future. Join us this Autumn, along with our series partner Alinea-Whitelum, as we confront the existential challenges facing NGOs, and get inspired by the opportunities to transform our organisations to have greater impact than ever before.

Stay tuned to Good Will Media social media pages for launch dates.

In the GWH Summer Series, ACFID’s Bridi Rice takes you inside the Canberra foreign policy community to ask one key question: what does increased poverty mean for Australian international affairs?

In the last of this six-part series, Bridi Rice will be speaking with Serena Sasingian on local leadership and Australian/Papua New Guinean roots.

Serena Sasingian is a lawyer by profession and co-founder of The Voice Inc., a leading youth development organisation she co-founded whilst attending the University of Papua New Guinea. Currently, Serena is CEO of Digicel Foundation, and prior to this, Head of Gender and Leadership Programs with the Oil Search Foundation. Before joining the Foundation, she worked as a senior Policy Lawyer with the Department of Justice and Attorney General where she was in charge of the implementation of domestic violence legislation and the Governments Action Plan to address Sorcery and Witchcraft related violence.

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In the GWH Summer Series, ACFID’s Bridi Rice takes you inside the Canberra foreign policy community to ask one key question: what does increased poverty mean for Australian international affairs?

In the fifth of this six-part series, Bridi will be chatting with James Gilling about all things localisation, empowering local voices, and the future of Australian development.

James is Head of the Humanitarian, NGOs and Partnerships Division at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, working to plan, oversee and implement Australia’s $500m commitment to meeting growing global humanitarian needs, as well as manage key partnerships with international and domestic NGOs. With over 30 years’ experience working in international development, James has worked as an economist with Oxford Policy Management, managed DFID’s Natural Resources office in Nigeria and was a researcher with the UK’s Natural Resources Institute. James brings the Department’s expertise at its best.

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In the GWH Summer Series, ACFID’s Bridi Rice takes you inside the Canberra foreign policy community to ask one key question: what does increased poverty mean for Australian international affairs?

Welcome to Episode 04 of Good Will Hunters’ Summer Series, brought to you by Good Will Media. Today, in the fourth of this six-part series, our host Bridi Rice chats to Melissa Conley Tyler about how researchers and civil society influence foreign policy – and what barriers they face.

Melissa is Research Fellow in the Asia Institute of The University of Melbourne, transferring from her role as Director of Diplomacy at Asialink. She came to the University after serving as National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) for 13 years.

In today’s episode, Melissa makes the case for why think tanks and other civil society organisations are critical in bridging the gap between research and policy in international affairs.

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In the GWH Summer Series, ACFID’s Bridi Rice takes you inside the Canberra foreign policy community to ask one key question: what does increased poverty mean for Australian international affairs?

Welcome to Episode 03 of Good Will Hunters’ Summer Series, brought to you by Good Will Media. Today, in the third of this six-part series, our host Bridi Rice chats to Josie Pagani about how New Zealand walks the talk on development, foreign policy, and working with our Pacific family.

Josie is a communications consultant and political commentator, taking over the Director role at the Council for International Development in June 2016. She has a high-level understanding and experience in the aid and development sector, with her career including working as the communications manager for NZAID, and also for OECD DAC in Paris. Since returning to Wellington from Paris in 2007 Josie has managed a public affairs consultancy with a number of clients both in New Zealand and abroad.

Josie offers an honest insight into the importance of cultural connection and integration, and calls for urgent amplification of Pacific voices to move the development sector towards a relationship of equals.

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