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… 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 award [...]

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Risk management. How much attention do you give it? I remember after the Canberra Bushfires, there wasn’t one home that I visited shortly after that where the insurance policy wasn’t out on the table. Of course there is more to Risk Management than having an insurance policy but how often do we Assess, Evaluate, Manage [...]

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Our Community has announced the winners of the Westpac Community Treasurer’s Award.
Congratulations to the 2009 winners from over 260 nominations recognising the hard work of Community Treasurers from all over Australia for the inaugural Awards program. Nominations were received for treasurers from a broad range of Not for Profit organisations from Rural Fire Brigades to [...]

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Have been flat out for 4 months to meet our self imposed deadline of getting the new version of our software to the treasurers starting the new year. As a result, have dropped off the radar in terms of networking online and offline. Life will settle into more of a routine now so have started [...]

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There is a great post over at Pigs will Fly highlighting the benefits of corporate volunteering by staff from big banks. It is true that there are often more rewards than we realise when we help others, particularly if we have the opportunity to use our skills to do it.
What situations have you found rewards where [...]

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Zoe from InnerCompass has highlighted a great video about keeping on going till you’ve got nothing left. It is a great reminder that we can sometimes give up on a project too early when if we’d stuck it out, the breakthrough was just ahead. This can be the case in a community organisation or in [...]

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Last week I mentioned my formula for an accountability meeting. A mentor (or perhaps even a coach) is also very helpful for growing your business. Fortunately, I recently met up with a local business person whom I’ve known for a while and held in high regard. She has agreed to be my mentor on a [...]

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Are you accountable to anyone in your business day? If you work for yourself, on your own, chances are you are accountable to only you. Don’t know about you, but that arrangement can become a bit dodgy as I can justify all sorts of things. Recently, whilst attending a workshop with Zoe Routh from Inner [...]

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