The 2008 Taking Care of Business Conference was a great success, with over 150 non-profit representatives attending in Melbourne and Sydney. Here's what some of the attendees said about their experience:

'I learnt something from all the sessions – great speakers who all knew their topics well.'

Christine Sanger, CEO, The Personnel Group

'As a business start up, I found the material produced to be really supportive of the day to day challenges faced by not for profits. It allowed for the development of a framework around my business and our strategy. Thank you for the opportunity.'

Jack Manning Bancroft, CEO, AIME

'Great program and I look forward to future training.'

Brendan Wood, Fundraising and Publicity Manager, Hopestreet – Urban Compassion

Presentations

 Click here to view speaker presentations from the conference

Pictures 

 Click here to view pictures from the conference

Congratulations

Huge congratulations to the winners of our Feedback Form Competition:  

 In Melbourne, Lyn White who is the Fundraising Coordinator of the Lord Mayors Charitable Fund 
 In Sydney, Jillian McDowell who is the CEO of Acacia Ridge Community Centre.  

By completing their feedback forms, Lyn and Jillian entered the prize draw and each won two places at SVA’s week of workshops, winning a total prize package worth $4,800.

Appreciation

SVA thanks the many supporters who helped contribute to this success. We are especially grateful to our conference supporters the AMP Foundation and Matrix on Board.

We also want to thank our many experienced workshop facilitators, who volunteered their time to share their industry knowledge. Presenters included:

 Lyn Ralph, Joint Managing Director, Cameron Ralph
 Christine, Edwards, Chief Executive, Myer Foundation
 Liz Gillies, Consultant, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
 Georgia Symmons, National Manager, Telstra Foundation
 David Knowles, Head of Philanthropic Services, Perpetual
 Lenore Plummer, Philanthropy Manager, Trust Company Limited
 Julie White, Head, Macquarie Group Foundation
 Morri Young, Director, Matrix on Board
 Nerida Nettlebeck, Director, Matrix on Board
 Caroline Crosse, Executive Director, Social Firms Australia
 John Rowe, Chief Executive, Lead On
 Samantha Togni, Manager, Northern Territory, Organisation Development, Matrix on Board
 Michael Traill, Chief Executive, SVA
 Lisa Cotton, Director, Social Investment, SVA
 Alice MacDougall, Special Counsel, Freehills
 Regina Hill, Regina Hill Effective Consulting Pty Ltd
 Simon Cant, Innovation Consultant
 Christopher Thorn, Executive Director, Philanthropic Services, Goldman Sachs JBWere
 Dr Ingrid Burkett, Community Education and Innovations Coordinator, Foresters ANA Mutual Society
 Karen Boalch, Senior Manager, Communications, Macquarie Group Foundation
 Alison Monroe, Director, SageCo
 Jayne Meyer Tucker, National Director, Good Beginnings Australia Ltd
 Liz Gale, General Manager, Strategy & Business Development, St Vincents & Mater Health Service

If you missed the conference - or just want to learn more about SVA's organisational tools - you can do so by attending our workshops for non-profit organisations.