Third Sector Research Conference 'must-sees' and Summary

2014 Third Sector Research Conference 'must-sees' and a 5 Line Summary - October 2014 Newsletter

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1) Registrations are now open for the Community Research Webinar Summer Series. Each an online, interactive event, where you get to learn at your desk, from those working in the community sector. Places are free of charge.

NCWNZ Women's Voices Project - Making Resilience Visible. The post-quake stories of 150 women and what they tell us about women's resourcefulness in extraordinary and very challenging circumstances.
Tuesday 9th December 2014 11.00am. Register here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-research-webinar-1-ncwnz-womens-voices-project-making-resilience-visible-tickets-1953536079

The State of Our Sector - what's the latest research telling us? Garth Nowland-Foreman provides his take on the state of the Sector and conceptualises 'funder capture'. Tuesday 17th February 2015 11.00am.
Register here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-research-webinar-2-the-state-of-our-sector-whats-the-latest-research-telling-us-tickets-14102489927

'Resilient Leadership Amidst Complexity' a 70-minute web-based interactive seminar presented by Margy-Jean Malcolm, with opportunities for questions. Tuesday 17th March 2015 11.00am.
Register here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-research-webinar-3-resilient-leadership-amidist-complexity-tickets-14102528041

2) The Resilience, Change and the Third Sector conference takes place 18-20 November in Otautahi-Christchurch. Topics will include leadership, change, models for the sector, governance, advocacy, social enterprise and innovation. http://www.thirdsectorresearch2014.com/

3) Community Research is looking for a NGO-savvy Content Developer, for a new website that will help NGO's to show the difference they make. Evaluation, NGO and kaupapa Māori expertise a bonus! Deadline for application 24th November. Contact Marie Farquhar whatworks@communityresearch.org.nz

4) The latest research from the Community Research website:

State of the Sector Survey 2014
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/state-of-the-sector-survey-2014-snapshot/

Civil Society Leadership as Learning
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/civil-society-leadership-as-learning/

Hearing the Voices of Canterbury's Children
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/hearing-the-voices-of-canterburys-children-evaluating-the-place-of-cholmondeley-in-the-overall-canterbury-social-services-environment/

Protecting the Vulnerable: An Independent Review of NZ's laws on trafficking, slavery & exploitation
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/protecting-the-vulnerable-an-independent-review-of-nzs-laws-on-trafficking-slavery-exploitation/

Outcomes and experiences of participants of the Activity Based Experience (ABE) Programme
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/research/outcomes-and-expereinces-of-participants-of-the-activity-based-experience-abe-programme-at-richmond-services-limited-a-mixed-methods-study/

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