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CPNS-QUT Nonprofit Podcast

QUT CPNS Nonprofit Podcast

This podcast series discusses key nonprofit issues of the day including recent research, legislation and policy.

Programs (10-20 minutes in length). In 2008, programs are posted monthly on the first business day of each month.


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Program Posting Date Right click to download   Topic
26 04 August 2008 Broadband version 9.49MB
Dialup version 3.49MB
Add to iTunes The next generation: values in the workplace and defining charities in Australia and the UK

Dr Harry Zaphir discusses the values of a new generation of workers, otherwise known as ‘Bright Young Things. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes discusses a recent legal case between the ATO and the Victorian Women Lawyers Association, as well as recent reports on charities from the UK.
25 01 July 2008 Broadband version 11.89MB
Dialup version 4.24MB
Add to iTunes New Government Inquiries/How we feel about how charities spend money, and do we trust them?

Professor Adrian Sargeant discusses public trust and confidence in nonprofit organisations and Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes discusses recent government activity that may impact on nonprofits.
24 2 June 2008 Broadband version 8.13MB
Dialup version 2.97MB
Add to iTunes Philanthropy and Civil Society: A European Perspective

Julianna Koksarova discusses civil society in Eastern Europe and Dr Diana Leat discusses a recent report on strategic philanthropy.
23 7 May 2008 Broadband version 12.4MB
Dialup version 4.44MB
Add to iTunes Students, Philanthropy and Overseas Aid - doing it their own way

Achi Kushnir, Jenny Woodburn and Paul O'Callaghan discuss the new trend of direct philanthropy. Myles McGregor-Lowndes discusses the latest gift statistics from the ATO.
22 4 April 2008 Broadband version 7.92MB
Dialup version 2.82MB
Add to iTunes New Research: Survey of Fundraising and Alumni Relations 2007 (SOFAR 2007) & Good Times and Philanthropy: Giving by Australia's Affluent

Daniel McDiarmid, Kym Madden and Wendy Scaife discuss findings from two recent released CPNS research studies.
21 7 March 2008 Broadband version 12.3MB
Dialup version 4.41MB
Add to iTunes Social Responsibility in the Australian Banking Industry; Prescribed Private Funds

Jennifer Bartlett discusses her research and Myles McGregor-Lowndes analyses the latest figures for PPFs.
20 5 December 2007 Broadband version 17.4MB
Dialup version 6.23MB
Add to iTunes Charity Law, Nonprofit Standard Chart of Accounts & Book Review

Updates on the Word Investment court case, the legal definition of charity, the nonprofit standard chart of accounts, book review on investment strategies.

19 1 November 2007 Broadband version 22MB
Dialup version 7.8MB
Add to iTunes Updates in Nonprofit Research, Finance and Law

Recent research about formal partnerships or compacts between government and NP sector; cautions about investing in collateralised debt obligations; and defining constitutional corporations.

18 2 October 2007 Broadband version 11MB
Dialup version 4MB
Add to iTunes 1st Anniversary Edition

Happy Anniversary CPNS Podcast

17A 14 September 2007 Broadband version 1.5MB
Dialup version 547kB
Add to iTunes Call for Contributions to our 1st Anniversary Podcast

Here is your chance to leave an audio message to be part of our Anniversary Podcast

17 3 September 2007 Broadband version 16MB
Dialup version 5.7MB
Add to iTunes 2 Cases and A Report

Commissioner Susan Pascoe speaks on Not-For-Profit Regulation Inquiry, plus Tim Longwill talks to us on the Sestili v Triton underwriting insurance case and Heather Watson will talk to us about Sim Aust v Simaid case

16 2 August 2007 Broadband version 19.1 MB
Dialup version 6.8 MB
Add to iTunes The Role of Annual Reports in a System of Accountability for Public Fundraising Charities

Presenters: 
Ted Flack, CPNS Doctoral Student
Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director of The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies

15 3 July 2007 Broadband version 6.3 MB
Dialup version 2.3 MB
Add to iTunes Bits and Pieces

Presenters: 
Kylee Bates, former Deputy CEO Volunteering Australia and CPNS Alumni
Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director, Nonprofit Academic Centers Council

14 1 June 2007 Broadband version 9.7 MB
Dialup version 3.5 MB
Add to iTunes Getting Philanthropy"...a precursor to giving?
Plus: Interview with Exec Dir of Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC)

Concerns that business people express regarding philanthropy and implications for the nonprofit sector. Plus: What is the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council and what do they do in terms of the nonprofit sector?

13 2 May 2007 Broadband version 13.8 MB
Dialup version 4.95 MB
Add to iTunes See the Change - Volunteering
National Volunteers Week 14 - 20 May
Volunteering Queensland CEO, Diane Morgan, on New Models for Voluntary Action; Leonie Bryen on how volunteers are changing and what organisations can do to incorporate episodic volunteers. Update on Australian tax deductible giving statistics for 2004-2005 by Myles McGregor-Lowndes.
12 2 April 2007 Broadband version 6.1MB
Dialup version 2.2MB
Add to iTunes Veterans Organisations and Their Growth: Why are there so many?
11 1 March 2007 Broadband version 4.9MB
Dialup version 1.70MB
Add to iTunes Nonprofit Sector: Silos or Melting Pot?
How the sector operates: Dividing itself into silos or subsectors or working together as a whole?
10 1 February 2007

Broadband version 9.10MB
Dialup version 3.25MB

Add to iTunes

Part 1:  Reimbursing the Costs of Volunteering
Volunteering Australia's CEO, Sha Cordingley, speaks to the rising costs of volunteering and the debate surrounding reimbursement of costs.

Part 2:  Bill to Reform Queensland’s Associations Incorporation Act
CPNS Director, Myles McGregor-Lowndes, explains what's in the Bill and how it will affect Qld Incorporated Associations.

9 21 December 2006 Broadband version 6.95 MB
Dialup version 3.47 MB
Add to iTunes Issues in Nonprofit Research
Current issues in nonprofit research agendas, what progress has been made to date in the field and a review of The Non-profit Sector - A Research Handbook.
8 8 December 2006 Broadband version 6.6 MB
Dialup version 3.27 MB
Add to iTunes Too Rich or Too Thin? Philanthropy’s New Fashion
What are the issues raised by big philanthropy, and can philanthropy in total or as a sector ever be too rich?
7 24 November 2006 Broadband version 6.4 MB
Dialup version - 4.5 MB
Add to iTunes Public Policy and Nonprofits - Local and International Issues
6 10 November 2006 Broadband version 12.7 MB
Dialup version - 4.5 MB
Add to iTunes Managing Nonprofit Organisations & the Future of the Nonprofit Sector
Conversation with Australian CEOs Jane Schwager (Nonprofit Australia) and David Thompson (Jobs Australia)
5 10 November 2006 Broadband version 9.5 MB
Dialup version - 3.4 MB
Add to iTunes The Word Investments Limited Case – Implications for Charities carrying on ‘business activities’
Discussion about the Federal Court decision – Word Investments - handed down on 3 November, 2006 about taxation status of a charitable organisation which was a commercial  fundraising enterprise.
4 27 October 2006 Broadband 5.7 MB
Dialup 2.2 MB
Add to iTunes Be More Like Business, More Like Each Other - Pros and Cons for Nonprofits
Pros and cons of nonprofit organisations becoming more like business and more similar to one another.
3 13 October 2006 Broadband 5.7 MB
Dialup 2.2 MB
Add to iTunes What Makes Nonprofit Organisations Special?
Three major aspects about the organisational behaviour of nonprofit organisations which have major implications for management: organisational values, multiple stakeholders, multiple revenue streams.
2 29 September 2006 Broadband 5.7 MB
Dialup 2.2 MB
Add to iTunes Too Many Nonprofits?
Discussing concerns about duplication in the nonprofit sector.
1 15 September 2006 Broadband 5.7 MB
Dialup 2.2 MB
Add to iTunes Charity Status & Exemption: The decision in the Central Bayside case.
Information on new ruling by High Court; the definition of charity for taxation purposes; ATO rulings TR2005/21 and 22; and income tax guide for nonprofits.

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Production Team:  Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Gavin Nicholson, Kristy Hill, Frederic Fery, Matthew De Boer, Philip Halpin.

Production Team


Matthew De Boer
Music by Matthew De Boer

Matthew is a Research Masters student in Creative Industries, QUT, investigating the effects of didjeridu sound on consciousness and healing. He has a multidisciplinary background in world music performance, visual arts, and biology, and currently works with disadvantaged youth in a nonprofit organisation.

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