Better Boards Australasia is again hosting its highly regarded Annual Conference featuring leading international and national speakers. The conference theme is “Game Changing Moves….Governing for Maximum Impact” and will be held on 29-31 July 2016 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The conference features a dedicated CEO’s day on Friday 29 July 2016 with sessions enhancing CEO thinking and exchange of experiences through round table forum participation with leading NFP professionals. The main conference on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July is directed to Board Members, CEOs and Senior Executives of NFPs over a broad range of topics. Click here to learn more about the Better Boards Conference, topics and speakers.

Also, you can register for the Better Boards free newsletter on their website by clicking here. The newsletter contains interesting, thought provoking and practical articles from leading advisors in the NFP sector.

Recent newsletters have covered the following topics (by way of example):-

• Tech in the Boardroom: Beyond the Board Portal

• Handling Complexity in Decision Making

• Why Miscommunication Happens Among Directors

The Better Boards website contains fact sheets (click here) with introductory comment on items such as the following:

• What is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR)?

• What is the difference between a non-profit organisation and a charity?

We consider this to be the premier NFP conference in Australia and on past performance recommend it highly. The writer has been a frequent speaker at the conference on tax related topics affecting NFP’s.

Date Published: 6 June 2016