How To Raise Funds Without Fundraising

Some people find it hard to ask other people for money, even when it’s not for personal gain, but when it comes to not for profit organisations, the responsibility to stay financially viable partially rests on the shoulders of the board.  There are however creative ways to create income without ‘fundraising’. Neil Edgington from Social [...]

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7 Steps to a Successful Community Business Partnership

After winning a Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships I was asked to speak the following year at the awards presentation. Here is a modified version of what I shared. My company Admin Bandit is in its tenth year of a successful partnership with the Canberra Preschool Society (CPS) and we have [...]

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When poor spelling puts lives at risk.

This week a large chemical fire caused chaos in Canberra. In the middle of the night locals were woken by huge explosions and they could see flames rising from the nearby factory building. The problem wasn’t the fire; it was the toxic smoke that was billowing out into the sky. A Sydney Morning Herald report [...]

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Wicked Organisation Targets Women.

  WIC Supports Women in male dominated IT and Communications industry  Admin Bandit, provider of software to support the treasurers of not-for-profit organisations, would like to commend client “WIC – Women in Information and Communications” for the wonderful work they are doing in our community. Women are now making an impact in the Information, Communication [...]

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Tiara’s triumph over all hurdles

  The Tiara Project overcomes financial barriers to turn all girls into princesses. Admin Bandit, provider of software to support the treasurers of not-for-profit organisations, would like to commend client “The Tiara Project” for the wonderful work they are doing in our community. Every young girl dreams of looking like a princess at her school [...]

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Social Media and Your Business.

Everyone is using Twitter or Facebook lately.  In fact these streams of social media are so popular that businesses are setting up their own pages so they can be seen by more customers. Social media is very useful but it also exposes your business to the eyes of the world.  One wrong comment and your [...]

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The Tipping Point

I have recently been reading a book by Malcolm Gladwell, called The Tipping Point.  It is a clever book and one which I recommend that you read. The Tipping Point is all about change, how change happens and how to identify the ‘tipping point’ at which change really occurs.  Gladwell likens the process of change [...]

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Mirror, mirror on the wall…

… who is the WICkedest of them all. This question was asked last month at the annual WIC Winter Dinner.  Three women in the ICT industry were finalists for the auspicious title of WICked Woman of the Year. Much to my shock, I was announced as the most WICked of them all for 2009! This [...]

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Gotta be in it to win it – first prize

It has been an exciting time receiving parcels and as a result rearranging the office (and re-orienting moving from a PC life to a Mac life). Firstly, Kayako – help desk software ran a competition to increase their Twitter followers and Facebook fans. To enter, all that was required was to follow them on Twitter [...]

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Admin Bandit Twitters US$1,000 for Breast Cancer

Winning a prize recently in an international Twitter competition was worthy of a press release, so here it is….. 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 [...]

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