There are three parts to the Colloquium.
Part 1. Current Research Issues Concerning Nonprofit Board Chairs
Tuesday 4th December 2007
Time: 10:00am to 4:30pm
Location: The Gibson room, Z1064, Z Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane
A workshop for researchers and academics about current research issues concerning nonprofit board chairs. Attendance on application due to limited numbers.
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For those unable to attend our seminars or events in person, streamed audio and video of these seminars as well as papers, PowerPoint presentations and notes are available by clicking on titles below.
| Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Developing Your Board- Project Overview | Dr Gavin Nicholson, Senior Lecturer, QUT |
| Rickety Stool or Comfy Arm Chair-Board Chairs and Good Practice | The Venerable Dr Chris Jones, CEO, Anglicare |
| Sharing the Chair with God | Dr Maureen Cleary, CEO, Governance & Management Pty Ltd |
| What Board Chairs Really Do | Alan Hough, CPNS Doctoral Student |
| Introductory of afternoon session | Myles Mcgregor-Lowndes, CPNS Director |
| What Do Charity Chairs and Board Members Think About Annual Reporting? | Dr Ted Flack, CPNS Alumni |
| Leadership Challenges for Nonprofit Sport Board Chairs | Dr Russell Hoye, La Trobe University |
| The Nonprofit Chair - Burning Research Questions | Panel of Academics and Chairs |
Part 2: Panel Discussion. What Do Chairs Do? and Nonprofit Chair Workshops
Wednesday 5th December 2007
Time: 8:00am - 2:40pm
Location: The Gibson room, Z1064, Z Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane
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Panel Discussion: What Do Chairs Do?
| Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Introductory of morning session | Myles McGregor-Lowndes, CPNS Director |
| What CEOs Think Chairs Do | Anton Kardash |
| What Chairs Think Chairs Do | Heather Watson, Chair of UnitingCare |
| What the Governance Team Thinks Chairs Do | Dr Gavin Nicholson, Senior Lecturer, QUT |
| What Chairs Actually Do | Alan Hough, CPNS Doctoral Student |
| Questions for the Panel | All of the above |
Nonprofit Chair Workshops
| Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Warren Tapp, Managing Director of Director Australia |
| Managing Your Talent | Elizabeth Jameson, Principal of Board Matters Pty Ltd |
| Board Relationships | Maureen Cleary, Governance and Management Pty Ltd |
| External Relationships | David Fishel, Director of Positive Solutions |
| CEO Relationship | Alan Hough, CPNS Doctoral Student |
| Meeting Procedures | Matthew Turnour, Partner, Neumann & Turnour Lawyers |
| Workshop summaries and close | Summaries of all the workshop presentations |
Part 3. Lunch in the Boardroom - a Chair in a Pickle
Wednesday 5th December 2007
Time: 1:00pm - 2:40pm
Lunch: Z Block Foyer, Level 4, Z Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane
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| Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Book Launch of QUT author Kerry O'Halloran's 'Charity Law and Social Inclusion: An international study' | Senator Ursula Stephens, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector |
| Panel: Things I Wish I’d known as a New Chair | Speakers:Dr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Dr Cherrell Hirst AO, Ian Donaldson AM, Emeritus Prof Dennis Gibson AO, Bruce Bonyhady, Gerard Pender AO and Jennifer Robertson |
| Presentation of the inaugural J B Reid Distinguished Chair Award to Gerard Pender | John B. Reid |
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