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Latest Articles‘Women on Boards’
‘Women on Boards’ (WOB) is an organisation that works to support women from all over Australia to be selected for board positions across the country. WOB began in 2001 as an informal network of business women, and in 2006 was formally established as a company with...
Partnerships and Collaboration
Creating partnerships and collaborating with other community groups has a wide range of benefits for everyone involved. We get to network with new people which can expose us to new information and opportunities that we might not otherwise have come across. We can work...
Privacy and your community organisation
Regardless of whether your organisation is large or small, our community-based organisations have a responsibility to keep people’s personal information private. Depending on the nature of your group, it may just be contact details such as addresses, phone numbers or...
The importance of Diversity
We’ve probably all heard the old saying: “Two heads are better than one”. But two heads, from diverse backgrounds, are even better still! When we come together with people who are very similar to us, we tend to think in similar ways, have similar life experiences to...
Fiduciary Duty
Any member of any organisation’s governing body – be it boards, committees, councils etc – has a Fiduciary Duty imposed upon them with which they must always comply. But many people either don’t understand what this means for them, or are unsure how to comply with it....
Preparing for your Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting (AGM) season is coming up, so it is timely to revisit the requirements for AGMs for incorporated associations in Victoria. Firstly make sure you follow the requirements of the Victorian Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (the AIR Act) in...
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