Advanced Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector

Course Overview
Advanced Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector will run from 21 - 25 September 2009, and is a follow on course from “Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector”. This intensive course will further develop the leadership potential of participants in the sector.

This course will focus on the leader as an individual, including the knowledge, skills and competencies required in the current climate, and on the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Participants will undergo a number of rich and rewarding personal experiences.

Key benefits

• Evaluate Leadership Potential in the context of leadership concepts and practice: Using the Unique UQ Business School Leadership Assessment Frameworks - Professor Victor Callan, international authority on Leadership assessment
  
• Case study of one of Australia's most successful Not for Profit Organisations and the personal journey and challenges faced by the CEO
  
• Case study of one of the world's most renowned leaders who conquered impossible odds to complete a successful mission
  
• Strategic leadership - deep analysis of experience from the business, government, and Not for Profit sectors featuring strategic leadership and planning tools
  
• Board-CEO-senior management dynamics featuring the role of Boards, Board selection and good governance
  
• Forming and maintaining effective partnerships. Practical session from an expert with experience in all sectors
  
• Media relations and leadership including practical media training for all participants
  Executive coaching session focusing on the personal motivation, values, attitudes, and approaches for successful leadership
  
• Meet the Leaders - an opportunity to hear from some of Australia's most successful leaders and learn of their approaches to leadership in a variety of contexts and settings

Who should attend
Past participants of the “Leadership for Not For Profit Sector” and current senior leaders in the Not for Profit sector and partners of these organisations.

Where and when
Central Plaza1, Level 19, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane, 21 - 25 September 2009.
Investment$2,950* Fee includes tuition, course materials, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea each day and a formal dinner on Thursday evening. * Please note, this fee has been discounted, no further discounts apply. Also, GST does not apply to Corporate Education courses.

Further information
Register online or download the Registration Form from the UQBS Corporate Education website: www.business.uq.edu.au/corporate-education

For further information contact UQBS Corporate Education, telephone (07) 3346 7111 or email corped@business.uq.edu.au

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Canberra Business Twitters US$1000 for Breast Cancer

When two businesses provide a funding boost to a volunteer organisation it is worth spruiking about. Well done Kayako for running the competition.

Canberra-based software company Admin Bandit has won US$1,000 on Twitter for Bosom Buddies, a local volunteer group that supports women living with breast cancer.

Director Nerida Gill secured the donation on the popular social networking site by entering a competition run by Kayako, an international provider of online help desk software, which invited entrants to nominate a charity to receive a funding boost.

“A number of friends and family have suffered from breast cancer, so this cause is close to my heart,” Gill says. “Bosom Buddies provides vital aftercare for women who have undergone painful treatment for a disease that is frightening and often makes them question who they are as women.”

As a provider of volunteer treasurer software in community groups and a user of Kayako, Gill is also pleased to have won funding for an organisation staffed by volunteers. “Everyone at Bosom Buddies gives their time and energy simply because they care,” she says. “This kind of selfless giving is the backbone of our communities.”

Bosom Buddies is delighted with the unexpected windfall: “Nerida’s donation is like a rainbow delivering a pot of gold,” says Marilyn Brookes, chair of the organisation’s breast awareness education subcommittee. “We raise all our own funds, which is time-consuming and hard work.”

Brookes says the gift will be used to provide a range of support for those experiencing breast cancer, as well as their families and supporters, including: education materials, 24-hour telephone support, a one-on-one buddy system, hospital visits, and practical surgery aftercare in the form of soft prostheses and cotton shoulder bags to hold post-surgery tubes.

Kayako Chief Operating Officer Ryan M Lederman is also pleased to assist such a strong initiative. “We’re glad Admin Bandit chose to donate their US$1,000 to Bosom Buddies,” he says. “Breast cancer is a very important problem facing the world today.”

Lederman adds that Twitter was the perfect forum for hosting the competition. “Social networking is hot right now,” he says. “We believe in building relationships that last a lifetime and we want people to know they’re our highest priority. Twitter is one of the best ways we know to do that.”