Volunteering Victoria – Research Digest 5
1 - 7 April 2013
1. Research, reports, articles, blogs
Organisation
Australian Philanthropy
Item, source, keywords
Article:
Growing social accounting in Australia
Marcelle Holdaway
Summary
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Australian Philanthropy, Issue 77, 2010
http://www.philanthropy.org.au/publications/journal/77/
Growing-Social-Accounting_Marcelle-Holdaway.pdf
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social accounting
Third Sector Research
Centre (TSRC), UK
Paper: What the public think of the ‘Big Society by
TSRC researchers Rose Lindsey and Sarah Bulloch.
Article reissued by Australian Philanthropy April 2013 with call for
comment.
Holdaway states appropriate planning and consultative tools can
be applied to assist community, social economy and public sectors
with proving and improving their social impact. She suggests 3
steps in social accounting: planning; accounting and the report and
audit.
Refers to the New Guide to Social Accounting and Audit published
by the Social Audit Network (UK) in 2011
http://www.socialauditnetwork.org.uk/getting-started/new-guide-tosocial-accounting-and-audit/
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Interviewed 62 people involved in voluntary work
There is little desire to take on extra voluntary work. The majority
do not believe that their communities have the capacity to take on
sustained responsibility – none were fully confident about their
communities being able to provide for all of their needs.
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Useful article with many ideas and additional links for encouraging
young people to be involved with the work of nfps.
sustainability, organizational vitality, and long-term success are the
key reasons
Presented at the British Sociological Association’s
annual conference in London, 3 April 2013
Big society
Philanthropy Journal, US
Blog item: Harnessing the Power of Youth for Your
Nonprofit
April 2, 2013
http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/resources/manage
mentleadership/harnessing-power-youth-your-nonprofit
young people, not for profit
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Nonprofit tech 2.0
Blog item
Four recent Facebook upgrades that nonprofits need
to know about.
3 April , 2013
http://nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/fourrecent-facebook-upgrades-that-nonprofits-need-toknow-about/
Outlines the recent changes to Facebook and provides suggestions
and illustrations to help non-profits capitalise on the changes.
social media
Nonprofit tech 2.0
Blog item
Seven Responsively Designed Nonprofit Websites to
Study and Learn From
7 April 2013
http://nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/nonprof
itresponsivedesign/
social media
Suggestions for developing non-profit websites for increasingly
ubiquitous mobile devices as well as the traditional desk-top mode.