Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) World Conference
Highlights of my attendance at the three-day 31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) World Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2008.
The Conference theme: International Entrepreneurship – promoting excellence in education, research and practice.
Conference Tracks:
Papers were…
Jean’s definition of Service Delivery
A nonprofit organisation offers or provides a range of programs, services, publications, activities, events, initiatives or benefits to one or more targeted audiences.
The Board, together with the CEO, negotiates contractual and funding agreements containing particular and specific terms and conditions to be complied with and outcomes to be achieved. The Board is accountable to the membership base to adopt the ‘best possible practices’ of governance, management and operation in order to ensure and provide the ‘best possible experience’ for service-users.
Jean Roberts Governance Framework
The emphasis in the © Jean Roberts Governance Framework (JRGF) is not just the Board – it is the total organisation, the legal entity as a whole.
The JRGF grew from my 3-year action-research project to assess the training and…
Jean’s Library of Issue Papers
There are 44 Issue Papers in this library – each one defines and introduces the topic, explores the importance and relevance of the topic, and offers a checklist for your consideration.
These are useful – either as individual, clearly identified worksheets, or as selected titles to address one or more frequent or recurring activity at either governance, management or operational levels of activity.
Tags: AGM, alliance, board, business, checklist, community, constitution, corporate, evaluation, framework, governance, implementation, indicator, information, management, marketing, Non-profit, nonprofit, orientation, performance, project, projects, quality, risk, service, sme, stakeholder, structure, submission, success, target, tender
Committee-itis – a light-hearted look at the pitfalls and pleasures of sitting on a committee
Committee-itis – a light-hearted look at the pitfalls and pleasures of sitting on a committee
Despite the best intentions of its members, a committee can easily fall victim to the dreaded committee-itis virus.
This illness can invade the body of a committee – or the body of a member of a committee. This book examines a wide range of committees – including kindergartens, schools, youth groups, body corporates, workplaces, communities, community organisations.
Committee-itis de-mystifies committee dynamics and procedures, offers diagnoses and examines a range of remedies and survival strategies. It then moves on to explain various infection-avoidance techniques.
Committee Members’ Handbook
Committee Members’ Handbook
A ‘how-to’ and ‘how-not-to’ for those who join the community of a club, association, council or other nonprofit organisation
This book is a guide to the role and responsibilities of the voluntary committee or board in delivering services to members, service-users and the wider community. It looks at why anyone would accept a voluntary management position – particularly at a time when money is hard to find and community needs are escalating.
Competitive Tendering – how to write a competitive tender
Competitive Tendering
From the 1970s and onwards – including many tools for nonprofit organisations to assist with forward planning
How to write a competitive tender
Tendering begins with a healthy appreciation of the concept and practice of outsourcing.
A successful tender is one that not only wins the job, but also ensures that the project offered in the tender is followed through to a successful conclusion.
Tendering is a core business activity and growth strategy. It should be a natural follow-on from your strategic and business plans.
The Left and Right Brain Business
The Left and Right Brain Business
Linking organisational effectiveness with individual job satisfaction
It’s easy to be confused by other people’s behaviour. It’s just as easy to be confused by your own. We can all look back across a number of years and recall particular occasions and relationships where we wish things had worked out differently or better. Or we can wonder why, at other times, everything seemed to go so well, almost without any effort on our part.
Riding the Waves of Community Development in Australia
Riding the Waves of Community Development in Australia
From the 1970s and onwards – including many tools for nonprofit organisations to assist with forward planning
Community-based organisations are now providers of contracted service providers rather than groups of like-minded people offering services or assistance to people with a need, interest or aspiration. Legislative frameworks for service standards and accreditation have become highly sophisticated, leading to an increasing requirement for continuous quality improvement – in many cases through external audits.
Managing Governance in Nonprofit Organisations in Australia
Managing Governance in Nonprofit Organisations in Australia
Managing Governance in Nonprofit Organisations in Australia – includes a CD ROM with more than 500 pages of practical checklists and tools and all 44 of Jean’s Library of Issue Papers
This book and CD introduces the © Jean Roberts Governance Framework, 29 Building Blocks and 44 Units, developed by the author through 30 years of active involvement with the Australian nonprofit sector. Each Building Block is a critical success factor which, if not functioning or operating to the desired level of quality, effectiveness and performance, may place an organisation at risk.