Archive for February, 2006

$6 million market research – bloody hell!

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A lot of hoo-haa but maybe the marketers were right?

The proof of the pudding is definitely in the eating and the results of Tourism Australia’s new $180 million ad campaign are only just starting to come in.

Obviously with this sort …

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Trading volunteers!

How they do it in the US

You’ve really got to hand it to the Americans…….I have been reading in the Pro Bono Australia e-newsletter how the latest fundraising concept is ‘trading volunteers’ ie agreeing to switch volunteers with another organisation …

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Comm. Games attracting ‘unprecedented’ interest from business community

BUSINESS CLUB AUSTRALIA: MELBOURNE 2006 is the official program designed to help businesses find international opportunities through the Commonwealth Games, 15-26 March 2006. Membership is free and it is attracting unprecedented interest from the domestic and international business community. Since

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How to attract 21st Century volunteers and keep them!

A UK study into volunteering makes some astute recommendations to Not For Profits. As volunteers have more time demands than previously they have become more selective about how and where they donate their time.

Fundraising volunteers are the single largest type …

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Dick Smith deal to preserve historic Recherche Bay, Tasmania

A unique deal between Recherche Bay landowners, David and Rob Vernon, the State Government and entrepreneur, Dick Smith, has been agreed and the land will now ‘never be logged’. Environmental and local groups have been looking for such a solution

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