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Enjoy the glitz, glamour and opulence of THE COTTON CLUB on 20 August 2011 and help raise funds used to teach Deaf and/or hearing impaired children to listen and speak.
Brisbane’s Hear and Say which began in 1992, is now one of the leading Paediatric Auditory-Verbal and cochlear implant centres in the world. With branches also on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Cairns, Toowoomba and an outreach program for rural and remote children, 400 young children are presently being served by this revolutionary new service. The aim is for each one of them to achieve normal-range speech and language by the time they turn 6. 100% of the children who graduated from the Hear and Say early intervention Auditory-Verbal Therapy program in 2010 are now in mainstream education. At a cost of $10,000 pa to finance each child’s journey to the world of sound, The Cotton Club has been formed with a view to raising $90,000 this year. That’s sufficient money to finance nine children through the Hear and Say program – Come along and help make this big difference It’s going to be great night. .. On the mike as MC will be funny man Peter Rowsthorn (aka Brettie from Kath and Kim). You’ll enjoy the trendiest in cabaret performances from Studio ID, fine dining, a live and silent auction – and you can cavort the night away to the cool, uptempo Latin Mafia Band. … and it’s all for a really fabulous cause.
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Help Hit Homelessness For a Six
Everyone is encouraged to come along to this limited-overs game and help
Spiritus raise awareness of homelessness – the challenges faced by the
homeless, and those at risk, and the vital support delivered by Spiritus and
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The Windsor Think TankEach month, a selection of Windsor clients from both nonprofit and
commercial business come together – generally at the Brisbane Polo Club - to
thrash out some of the most challenging aspects confronting them in the
drive to achieve best practice in their HR applications.
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Light the Night on October 7
Businesses, corporations and clubs are also encouraged to register a team
and show their support.
Light the Night helps raise awareness of the Leukaemia Foundation and the
work it does supporting people with blood cancers and their families, as
well as the vital medical research it funds.
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‘Lots of commonality in a free and open environment ...’That was the consensus of opinion on the value of the regular luncheons
for nonprofit CEO’s that are hosted at the Brisbane Polo Club by the Windsor
Group.
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Take a Breath of Fresh Air with Youth Enterprise Trust
Youth Enterprise Trust (YET) is an independent, charitable organisation which helps motivate and empower young people in need to discover their self worth. This independent charity provides leadership, vocational and preventative youth programs and is based at Tamborine on a property called ‘Woodstock.’
The YET Woodstock Bush Fair is a free entry event to the community providing entertainment for the whole family. You will delight at the variety of activities including camel rides, a rock-climbing wall, face painting, circus skills, an animal nursery and much more. Have a look the at the official event page for more information.
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Windsor hosts US luminaries at Polo Club LuncheonOn Thursday, 29 July Windsor hosted another of its popular Brisbane Polo
Club luncheons for Chief Executives of nonprofit organisations operating in
South East Queensland.
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Ryan’s Dry July a complete success.If you’ve been watching this website, you will know that
twenties-something, rugby player and Windsor Consultant Ryan Short pledged
to abstain from alcohol for all of July 2010.
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Windsor CEO a picture of fashion.For the second year running Windsor Chief Executive Dylys Bertelsen has been named Winner of the eagerly-contested Fashions on the Field contest at the Montrose Access Racing Day fundraiser. As long time sponsors of fundraising events at MontroseAccess, Dylys and Windsor colleague Lori Sexton were host to four tables of invited guests at the weekend event. “It was such a lovely day,’ Dylys said ‘The races were terrific; there
was lots of fun and great atmosphere. Montrose Access Race Day
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Support MND research conducted at
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| “In the 12 months after being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), my wife’s walk became a shuffle, her hands started to close and her whole body altered. Her body just wouldn’t do as she asked. Before long she was wheelchair-bound, forced to use a light-writer to communicate and I had to become a full-time carer. She passed away just 19 months after diagnosis.”Paul, husband of an MND sufferer treated at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. (Paul and wife Linda pictured) |
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MND is a debilitating condition which can affect anybody at any age. It
is a disease where the patient’s brain remains active but stops
communicating with the body – effectively leaving the patient trapped in own
their body. There is currently no cure for MND – it cannot be stopped or
slowed down. Money is needed to undertake research to determine reliable
markers of the disease progression and ultimately a cure.
Support MND research conducted at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital.
Purchase tickets for our unique fundraising dinner:
A Royal Doodle Do
Friday 27 August 2010 |
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Or make a donation to the RBWH Foundation by calling 3636 7588 or click here.
Will YOU sponsor Ryan as he pledges a DRY July?
This month the Windsor Recruitment charity drive begins at home.
Well, more accurately in our office where the topic of young people drinking
(too much) has been a hot topic ever since footy got back into training.
Our Consultant Ryan Short
is a young man who works hard and plays hard.
Through the week, he’s a star performer on the Windsor team. But come the
weekend, and it’s off to play and party as a valued member of the Sunnybank
Rugby Union Club.
Good clean fun. But booze is booze – and the Windsor women worry.
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So, imagine the joy this Monday morning. Even better, the Footy Club has agreed to donate this month’s
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Late News!
What a role model. The hot news is that five of Ryan’s mates are
following his lead and also giving up alcohol for one month!
This could be the start of something wonderful.
Windsor recruits Chief Executive for DMO
The recently appointed regional tourism board for the Sunshine
Coast (see below) has now announced the appointment of Mr Michael
Denton as the organisation’s new Chief Executive.
Mr Denton – previously CEO of the Queensland Events Corporation and
Leader of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Bid Directorate –
is charged with taking the Sunshine Coast tourism into a new era.
Read
the official press release (.pdf)
Windsor recruits Board of Governance for Sunshine Coast DMO
One of Windsor's most exciting projects came to culmination recently when the Sunshine Coast Council gathered to welcome the Board of Governance for its new tourism entity the Destination Management Organisation (DMO)
Windsor Recruitment's Favoured Fundraiser
of the Month (June)
Throughout Queensland, MontroseAccess treats over 600 children and young adults with physically disabling conditions of varying severity. These are many and varied and include both congenital conditions and acquired injuries.
With a number of support groups assisting young people with specific conditions, Montrose attentively structures its amenity so as not to duplicate services already offered. Rather, it provides important free support to children and families who might otherwise be unable to get help.
This means that Montrose Access works with a significant number of children with extremely rare conditions where the availability of assistance would otherwise be extremely limited or even non-existent.
Find out more about MontroseAccess by reading some of these personal stories.
And here they are, the long awaited results of...
Windsor
Nonprofit Survey #3
Designed to capture information about nonprofit employee
satisfaction and performance in Queensland nonprofit organisations, it was
sponsored by Windsor Recruitment and conducted by Dr Cameron Newton, Emma
Pelling, and Michael Hennessy of QUT’s Faculty of Business.
A total of 348 employees from 22 nonprofit organisations responded to the
employee survey. In addition, 99 volunteers from eight different nonprofit
organisations took part in the volunteer survey.
Participants were drawn from organisations in a wide range of activities
including disability, community services, animal welfare, member associations,
and foundations.
To view the summaries, reports and presentations please click here.
Have a look at these articles relating to the nonprofit surveys.
Windsor Recruitment's Favoured Fundraiser
of the Month (May)
Established in Queensland 80 years ago this month, PresCare is a Ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland.
That makes it one of the longest established compassionate community care providers in the state. Today, technologically progressive, PresCare offers excellence in all aspects of its services.
Operating between Mackay and the Gold Coast and with over 700 dedicated staff, PresCare delivers a diverse range of services and supports thousands of the aged who are either living out their lives at home and also in 6 comfortable, well supported, accredited residential aged care locations.
PresCare also operates one of Queensland’s largest Day Therapy and Allied Health Centres conveniently located on the South-West side of Brisbane.
As a preferred employer, PresCare has the vision of establishing a network of suburban hubs of care for the retired and elderly…with a wide range of services in each hub. These services include opportunities for independent living through to community and residential care and support.
Interesting in knowing more?
Go to www.prescare.org.au.
Windsor Recruitment's Favoured Fundraiser
of the Month (April)
Help Cerebral Palsy League being hope, joy and opportunity to the lives of more than 3100 children and adults with physical disability across Queensland.
Art for Art's Sake - Brisbane 10 - 21 May 2010 |
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Over 150 works of art from leading and emerging artists will be showcased and available for sale in the foyer of the prestigious Waterfront Place Building for the duration of the exhibition. Enquiries to Damien Topp 07 3358 8093.
100% of proceeds from the exhibition and auction will go to CPL programs that are currently unfunded.
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Gala Charity Auction and Cocktail Reception Wednesday 19 May 2010 from 6:30pm |
$45 per ticket including hors d’oeuvres and drinks package.
Art for Art’s Sake is an annual art exhibition which supports the work of the Cerebral Palsy League (CPL), Queensland’s largest disability services provider. Please click here to book your tickets online. Bookings are essential as tickets will not be available at the door, and RSVPs must be received by 12 May 2010. For more information please email dtopp@cplqld.org.au or phone 1800 819 086.
Proxy Bidding available
If you are not able attend the gala charity auction and cocktail reception but would like to participate in the auction please advise of your intention and we will issue a catalogue and proxy bidding form.
Latest Windsor Nonprofit Research Results
Windsor Survey of Nonprofit Satisfaction and Performance - Employees 2010
Windsor Survey of Nonprofit Satisfaction and Performance - Volunteers 2010
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Results were released today of this ground breaking study at a special breakfast at Victoria Park Golf Club, for almost 50 senior executives from nonprofit organisations around Queensland. Dr Cameron Newton, Senior Lecturer from the QUT School of Management and Project Director and Senior Research Fellow for this series of surveys presented the summary of results from this third study in the series. This was followed by successive, interactive quick time focus groups on five 'problem areas' identified by the research. This gave decision makers from different nonprofits a chance to discuss how these new insights affected their organisations and to what level. Interestingly, even in discussion sessions lasting ten minutes on average, the first small 'green shoots' of potential solutions had already appeared before attendees headed back to work. Welcoming her guests, Windsor Chief Executive Dylys Bertelsen, who commissioned these studies, said: 'In identifying issues that have never really been investigated before… our Windsor surveys are becoming a force to be reckoned with … and one that will benefit nonprofits in quite a powerful way' Several CEO's of prominent nonprofits were right up front in their agreement, agreeing that: 'this research is extremely valuable in that it validates all of the anecdotal evidence we have. Dr Newton will be processing information gained through the interactive sessions at the Windsor Survey Launch Breakfast for inclusion in a final report that he will publish within the week. Expect it to be posted to this website on or about 23 April.
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It's how we run the race that counts
A New Year Message from Windsor Recruitment
As those of us whose companies - and jobs - have somehow survived 2009 stagger towards the finish line, we're told that we are now officially in 'the recovery phase'.
Already, we’re being encouraged to jump back on board the bandwagon and relentlessly ride out on the same principle we rode in on - only faster! Seems like madness.
But for some people, the events of 2008-09 brought other lessons in life. Among those has been the realization that finishing this race for survival with your values, honor and integrity intact is a glittering prize in itself.
In line with that truth, you may care to ponder this true story from educator Nick Dunstan as you plan your professional and personal directions for 2010.
It was March 1956 just prior to the Melbourne Olympics.
Thousands were packed into the stands where they hoped to witness Australian champion runner John Landy and one-mile world-record holder again break the previously elusive four-minute-mile and set another benchmark performance.
Huge expectation preceded the event, with all of the pressure and focus on Landy. Entering the third lap of four, the field was beginning to pick up the pace—a world record pace.
However, hope was extinguished when Ron Clarke was accidentally tripped by the pack and fell. As Landy leapt over him, his spike caught Clarke and injured him.
It was a moment witnessed by well-known Australian Dr Gordon Moyes, who recalls it as if it ‘happened yesterday.’
Harry Gordon, a journalist for Melbourne’s Sun, also found the moment incredible and wrote on the day of Landy’s courageous action, saying:
‘Yours was the classic sporting gesture.
It was a senseless piece of chivalry, but
it will be remembered as one of the finest actions in the history of
sport. In a nutshell, you sacrificed your chance of a world record to go
to the aid of a fallen rival.
And in pulling up, trotting back to Ron
Clarke, muttering ‘Sorry’ and deciding to chase the field you achieved
much more than any world record.’
For those unfamiliar with the events of the day, Landy, upon helping Clarke to his feet, then ran down the field who were some 30 metres ahead and won the race, just six seconds outside his world record.
Gives you pause for thought, doesn’t it?
Go well into 2010.
We wish you and your family a year of health, fine friendships and abundant dreams.
Dylys Bertelsen and the team at Windsor
This month, Windsor celebrates
10 years of excellence in business
Yes – it’s our 10 year anniversary.
Ten wonderful years since the now-famous ‘royal treatment’ came into
being at the first Windsor Recruitment premises in Adelaide Street,
Brisbane CBD.
And we’d like to say a big, heartfelt THANKYOU
to everyone who has helped our success happen!
THANKYOU…
Thanks to all of you fabulous people who have worked so hard and professionally in Windsor’s own teams and to our many associates
colleagues mentors and friends.
Thank you to our Windsor Temps who have flown the flag in the marketplace so well and for so long. And thank you too to all those generous souls who have supported Windsor’s many fundraising and community support initiatives over the years.
We’d also like to express our real appreciation to some truly amazing suppliers who have been with us right from Day One and to the brilliant experts who provide us with invaluable advice on legal, financial, design, advertising and IT matters.
In acknowledging the wonderful efforts and energies of the tens of thousands of remarkable Windsor applicants and successful candidates we’ve been able to serve in that time, we’d like to re-iterate our wishes for your continuing good fortune.
And of course no tribute would be complete without sincere thanks to the lovely clients who have made it all possible. Each of you has played a very special part in the making of our Windsor history. And we want you to know how deeply appreciative and grateful we are for the support you’ve shown us.
Please enjoy your newsletter and be along for the ride as we set off on the second stage of our journey.
The Windsor Team
Windsor Recruitment Fundraising
Sponsor the Windsor team for the Australian Lung Foundation’s
Corporate River Run 27 November, 2009
I am trying to raise as much money as I can for this great cause. Because when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters!
Please click on this link to find out all about it. Then, dig deep to sponsor me. It only takes a few seconds.
Spread the word and send to as many people as possible.
Thank you very much.
You can visit my fundraising page at
http://www.everydayhero.com.au/windsor_recruitment
Dylys Bertelsen
CEO Windsor Recruitment
The Windsor Nonprofit Survey #3 for 2009 has now closed
Nonprofit Survey #3, entitled Nonprofit Employee & Volunteer Satisfaction: Drivers of Performance and Success which closed on 23 October, completes the 2009 research project.
All of the aggregated data are now with Senior Lecturer Dr Cameron Newton and his research team at the QUT Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies. We are anticipating that the results from this third and final questionnaire will be made available to participants and the wider nonprofit community towards the end of November.
Thank you to everyone who gave so generously of their time and knowledge to help make this survey (and those conducted throughout the year) so very successful.
Windsor Recruitment 'Temp of the Month'
for September 2009 is Krystle Mules!
Congratulations to Krystle and her employers at Tarong Energy.
September Temp of the Month Krystle Mules is pictured front with team members from Tarong Energy Kathy Gardiner, Jenny Cooke, Heidi Say, Christina Garden, Sharyn Schooth.
Krystle Mules has been a Windsor Temp since 12/05/08 when she began both part-time and relief work on frontline reception at Tarong Energy
Regularly working one day fortnightly as receptionist, Krystle also undertakes holiday/sick days for the regular receptionist and administration work as required. Great back-up for the company, this also works well with Krystle’s university studies.
Interestingly, Krystle was actually nominated as ‘Temp of the Month’ by two different team members at Tarong.
One said: ‘I find Krystle very capable and extremely reliable. She is always polite and handles all manner of enquiries that arise whilst working at Reception in a quiet and efficient manner. She is always well presented and I know when she has worked at Reception I (will) find everything in perfect order’.
Her second nominee said: ‘Krystle is always, always, always smiling, helpful, professional and polite - even when she was with us during her uni exam period - amazing. If only every temp was more like Krystle’.
Windsor Nonprofit Survey No. 3 for 2009
Like more information to help resolve nonprofit employee/volunteer issues?
Have employees & volunteers fill out this Survey & help solve your own dilemma.
One of the overall problems faced by nonprofit managers in Australia is a lack of benchmarks. It’s always been difficult to find clear, contemporary information on the issues that enthuse or upset employees and volunteers working across an immense range of nonprofit activities.
But help is at hand.
Here is a benchmarking survey commissioned by Windsor Recruitment that will provide specifically-Australian data to improve that situation.
This study: Nonprofit Employee & Volunteer Satisfaction – Drivers of Performance and Success is the third and final Windsor survey for 2008-09. It is designed and administered by researchers at QUT, under the direction of Dr Cameron Newton, Senior Lecturer at the Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies,
We’ve already studied nonprofit operations from managerial and HR viewpoints; now this survey addresses a number of day-to-day issues from the unique perspectives of employees and volunteers.
By completing these anonymous, on-line Questionnaires, people working in your nonprofit organisation can contribute invaluable feedback to add to the aggregated bank of responses.
The resulting databank will help you become better informed and therefore better able to meet their needs.
It’s a win-win situation.
But in order to help you, we first must ask for your help.
We need you to help by:
- enthusiastically promoting staff participation.
- explaining that this survey is completely anonymous and risk free.
- telling everyone why it’s such a good thing to do.
Naturally, it’s a given that you’ll offer employees and volunteers the time and web access necessary to complete the Survey which we think will take about 15-20 minutes.
There are separate entry points to the Questionnaire for paid and non paid workers.
Employee Survey: http://survey.qut.edu.au/survey/168257/1176/
Volunteer Survey: http://survey.qut.edu.au/survey/168259/5d68/
The cut off point for responses to Windsor Nonprofit Survey #3: Nonprofit Employee & Volunteer Satisfaction – Drivers of Performance and Success will be 9th October 2009.
Windsor Smart Hour Training - Off at Gallop
Facilitated by the Principal of Elite PA’s, Tanya Battel, Windsor’s first fabulous, absolutely free SmartHour Training session went off without a hitch on Tuesday 15 September. But then, what else but smooth, superior service would you expect at the legendary Brisbane Polo Club?
Among those who were there to enjoy a Club breakfast and to learn all they could about managing time and deadlines in a busy work environment were Windsor CEO Dylys Bertelsen, Kristen Funnell and Rebekah Pollard, also from Windsor and representatives from a group of client companies.
Participants included: Tamara Ryan – Australian Publishing Association, Sandra Horsfall – St Vincent de Paul, Rebecca Kok – Queensland Aged and Disability Advocacy Inc., Stephanie Angus – HLB Mann Judd, Kate Cobb – Linkwater, Jenny Ashton – Indigenous Business Australia and Lisa Freckelton from Evans and Peck
The next Windsor Smart Hour breakfast session
will be held on 13 October 2009 from 7 am.
The topic is First Impressions and this Polo Club breakfast training
will be facilitated by an expert panel of three mentors.
In case you don’t remember the details, here they are again…
- Windsor’s Smart Hour breakfast training is FREE for junior & senior office staff.
- the venue is the Governors Room at the Brisbane Polo Club
- each SmartHour session takes approximately 60 minutes
- brekky is provided.
- arrival time is 7am with sessions starting promptly at 7.15 am.
- your staff member will return to work – energised and motivated –by about 8.30am.
- there’s room for just for 10 participants each session
- your company is invited to nominate one individual (per session).
There are now only 5 SPOTS LEFT FOR THIS SESSION.
Book now by ringing Windsor Recruitment on 3211 0001.
Windsor Recruitment
Temp of the Month August
Unni Kesavan (National Manager, Credit and Portfolio Management), Jenny Ashton, Kellie Hind (Assistant Manager, Credit and Portfolio Management), and Rebekah Pollard (Windsor Recruitment Consultant).
Congratulations to Windsor Temp of the Month
Jenny Ashton (pictured)
and to her employers
Indigenous Business Australia
Windsor CEO Lunch
Each month, Windsor CEO Dylys Bertelsen invites a handful of colleagues from the nonprofit sector to join her for lunch at the Brisbane Polo Cub.
These relaxed and informal lunchtime sessions give the CEO’s who attend, a chance to sit down, socialize and talk with peers about issues that - while they may vary from business to business - are often unique to the community sector.
Executives who regularly attend the Polo Club CEO Luncheons tell us they gain far more from this convivial two-hour session than they ‘ever do’ from more formal seminars they’re obliged to attend.
The Windsor August CEO lunch was held at the Brisbane Polo Club on 6th August. Here Nigel Harris Executive Director, Mater Foundation and Jo Barraket Associate Professor from QUT - Centre for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Studies enjoy the chance to discuss experiences in common from their work in the nonprofit sector.
Royal Flying Doctor Service, Chief Executive Officer Nino DiMarco, Windsor Senior Consultant Fiona Hackett, Montrose Access, Chief Executive Officer Darrel Bourke, PresCare Chief Executive Officer, Ray Tuttle and Archdiocesan Development Fund General Manager, Andrew Musial at the Windsor CEO lunch at Brisbane Polo Club, August 6.
Windsor Survey of Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organisations 2009
This survey comprises Stage 2 in a benchmarking project that aims to capture vital information about a variety of issues impacting nonprofit organisations and their managers in Australia. Consequently, the same set of questions that were answered a year ago, have been re-addressed in this latest study that aggregates anonymous responses from 63 participants.
Primarily, our respondents were fulltime CEO’s operating in the health and community care areas. Mostly male, aged between 40 and 59, approximately half of the respondents are tertiary qualified, with over 50% having worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 10 years.
Measured against the 2007/08 survey, the most recent results revealed some interesting trends.
Study the complete report prepared by the research team at the Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology, under the leadership of Senior Lecturer, Dr Cameron Newton.
Windsor SmartHour Breakfast Training
It’s FREE.
It takes only about an hour a month.
It’s at the Brisbane Polo Club.
And it can really benefit your junior & senior office staff.
Windsor SmartHour Breakfast Training is an initiative that’s overflowing with positives. Apart from the fact that it’s FREE AND TOTALLY OBLIGATION-FREE, it really is a win-win situation.
High-value and remarkably simple, it works like his:
Each month, Windsor will organise two SmartHour breakfasts which take place on different days, One is for junior admin staff/receptionists: and the other roundtable breakfast is for more senior operatives.
Clients companies are invited to nominate one – only one – individual to take part in each breakfast session.
Held in the Governors Room at the Brisbane Polo Club:
- each SmartHour session takes 60 minutes
- brekky is provided
- arrival time is 7am
- sessions start at 7.15 promptly
- your staff member will return to work – energised and motivated – by about 8.30am
What will they be doing?
Each month, we’ll have expert speakers and mentors, role models and facilitators who will promote discussion, encourage the sharing of ideas and offer hints on how to do a good job better. There’ll also be valuable opportunities to network with peers doing similar jobs in other organisations.
Impressive win-win outcomes
It’s a great way to reward hardworking individuals on your admin staff.
In turn, you’ll be repaid as he/she returns to work with new insights, energy, contacts and enthusiasm.
And yet it all costs you nothing… and of course is completely obligation free.
All you need do is to nominate and encourage one junior and one senior individual from your business to attend one Windsor SmartHour Breakfast session each month.
Same person each month? Different people? It’s up to you. The only rule is one person per business per breakfast per month. If you are faced with multiple choice – you can always book ahead. How easy is that?
If you want to know more, get the schedule or begin booking in your best people, give the WindsorRecruitment a call on 3211 0001 now
The Windsor Recruitment Survey #2
Nonprofit Board Attitudes and Effectiveness
Results are in from this study – the second in its series of three surveys to investigate various aspects of the nonprofit sector - that Windsor is undertaking in conjunction with research teams at QUT School of Business.
Read the Summary of this study that has been prepared by research leader Dr Cameron Newton, Senior Lecturer at the Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology.
If your work involves you in the nonprofit sector and you would like access to the full study, please contact Windsor Recruitment on 07 3211 0211 to arrange for your copy.
Making Golf Pay
Windsor’s Charity Golf Day 2008 came to a happy culmination last week at an informal morning tea held in the Windsor Boardroom. The purpose was to hand over cheques to both co-beneficiaries – Deaf Services Queensland and Red Cross Australia.
Happily on hand, ready to give their cheques a duly warm welcome were the Executive Director Australian Red Cross Greg Goebel, the CEO of Deaf Services Queensland and Deaf Children Australia Damien Lacey and Bobbie Blackson Chairman of DSQ.
In passing over the proceeds, Windsor CEO Dylys Bertelsen said that although everyone involved had great memories of a terrific day at golf, she knew that the real excitement for staff at Windsor came with the ability to make a tangible gift to help people who may not have lived 2008 as favourably as they’d hoped.
The get-together, catered by Lori Sexton who was Events Manager for this year’s Windsor Charity Golf Day was also attended by John Hibbert from Red Cross, Heather Lawnton and Angelo Toscano from DSQ along with Lori and Senior Consultant Varina Taylor from Windsor (who took these lovely photos).
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Windsor CEO Dylys Bertelsen with Damien Lacey, CEO of Deaf Services Queensland and Deaf Children Australia |
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Executive Director Australian Red Cross Greg Goebel receives a fundraising donation from Dylys Bertelsen, CEO Windsor Recruitment. |
Windsor Temps take on new polish
For over 20 years, Career Management consultant Audrey Page has been helping companies and individuals to plan careers and implement positive change.
This week, the company’s Jane Briggs featured as the keynote speaker addressing the Windsor Temp Team professional development evening that was held in the Adelaide Street Boardroom on Monday 21 October.
From all reports, Jane’s lively discussion of the topic ‘Corporate Presentation and Grooming’ captivated the eighteen guests who attended - 17 women and one (very resolute) man.
Shelley Stevenson, who is Windsor’s Section Manager of the Temporary Division, reported that the evening was ‘a wonderful success’.
‘It was quite amazing,’ Shelley said ‘that each person left saying how helpful they’d found Jane’s information on topics such as Complementing your Body Type and Looking Polished. Even those of us who have worked in the corporate world for some time were able to pick up some tips.’
Windsor staff who attended confessed that part of the attraction was the fabulous, mostly home-cooked supper provided by building ‘housemate’ Café La Plaz.
Thanking the Windsor Temp Team Consultants, Finance Director Manouri, HR Manager Frances and Consultant Deborah Emery for their contribution to the session’s success, Shelley said that the next professional development evening for the Temp Team was already in planning and would focus on the topic of ‘Networking’.
The Mater Foundation’s Annual Gala Spring Fashion Parade
Consultants from Windsor flocked to the Mater Hill for the Mater Foundation's annual Gala Spring Fashion Parade last Wednesday 17 September
Benefitting Ovarian Cancer Research at the Mater Medical Research Institute, this is a traditionally bright and brilliant happening that has come to herald the end of the winter for Mater supporters in Brisbane.
Invariably fascinating and cleverly staged, the 2008 parade was no exception.
As Windsor HR Manager, Fran Harney explained: “The show was opened by an acrobat who gave new meaning to the phrase ‘jumping through hoops’. It really was an incredibly entertaining act and a wonderful opening to the show.”
Fiona Hackett, Executive Consultant – Fundraising added: ‘The Windsor team enjoys supporting this annual event. It’s always fun and provides an opportunity to catch up with clients in a social setting.’
Models - real women of all ages and shapes – showed the beautiful new Spring fashions to full advantage. But the real head turners were the glorious and glamorous hats and headwear. They certainly kept all minds above the waistline so that attendees could indulge in a seriously decadent morning tea of croissants, cheesecakes and chocolates.
Then came the reality check – as the Mater Foundation educated its audience on contemporary research into ovarian cancer. ‘Of course, I enjoyed watching the lovely ladies. But this was informative and focused us on the real purpose of the parade – fundraising for further research to save women’s lives,’ said Windsor Consultant David Golden.
Joining the Windsor complement for the event were Director of Development at the Australian Lung Foundation, Margaret Goody and Kirsty Graham, Director of Development at Youngcare.
Both said they were delighted to forget the office for a couple of hours for some fashion, friends, food and fun and to help bring attention to vital medical research.
‘That’s a winning combination for anyone!’ said Windsor CEO Dylys Bertelsen, whose generous support of the raffles won her two Silent Auction prizes and helped add extra funds to the research effort.
The beautiful bevy from Windsor who attended the Mater Gala last week are from left: (standing) Dani, Fiona, Dylys (in red) Kristen, Mel, Fran (in black and white) Shelley and Vanessa. Seated in front are Wendy (left) and Anne. And that’s David peeking through from the back.
Windsor stalwarts tackle Riverwalk 2008
Held on Sunday 14 September, at Orleigh Park, West End, Riverwalk is a 6km charity walk that was undertaken this year by Kristen, Anne, Steve and Nigel to show Windsor support of this fundraising venture.
Riverwalk is one of Queensland's longest running charity fundraising events that dates back 25 years to 1983. The Discovery Foundation event was originally started by a small group of parents dedicated to raising funds for the organisation, who would then distribute funds to families for specialised therapies and equipment as and when required.
With the support base for individual families growing, regular donors to the organisation began requesting that their donations be allocated specifically to a particular family.
Approval of this action created the first charitable organisation in Australia that guaranteed 100% of monies raised for a brain injured person are dedicated solely to the needs of that person.
Orleigh Park was not the original venue but was chosen as a wheelchair friendly location that would absorb large numbers of participants as the venture grew.
Traditionally, the event has been held on the last Sunday in July. But, with the introduction of Brain Injury Awareness Week in Queensland, the event will now be held annually on the second Sunday in September.
Weary walkers Kristen, Steve and Nigel
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One of the recipients of the Riverwalk fundraiser will be little Dylan, pictured here with Anne from Windsor |
Windsor’s 2008 Temp Team get-together
Held at the Windsor Recruitment Board Room at 232 Adelaide Street, on 8 August this low key get-together provided a good opportunity for Windsor Temps to get together, swap work experiences and meet some new friends.
Consultants from the Temp Desk were there too, along with Deborah and Anne from the Permanent Placement Team and of course Windsor CEO Dylys Bertelsen.
The main purpose of this informal evening was to take the chance to thank temps for their hard work and for being such excellent ambassadors for Windsor. In return, the temps offered feedback and talked about the sorts of information they would find useful in their jobs.
After delicious hot and cold refreshments, it was Lucky Door Prize time – and the beneficiaries of that were Ingrid who carried off a bottle of bubbly and Shirley who won a $50 voucher to spend at Myer.
A great night and good networking opportunity with more of the teambuilding and support that makes the Windsor Temp team such a good prospect for any office professional looking for a viable alternative to a permanent job.
Happy smiling faces at the recent Windsor Temp Team gathering are (L-R) Shirley Krenchilost
Deborah Emery, Lauren Betts, Anne Cameron, Ingrid Postle, Lauren Oppenheimer, Katrina Middlin (can’t see), Susan Williams, Jaime Tiu, Lee Redfern, Rachel Doherty, Katrina Lein and Vanessa Heydon.
Shirley Krenchilost and Ingrid Postle enjoying a flute
or two at Windsor Recruitment last week
Here’s lookin’ at ya, Kid
(with apologies to Humphrey Bogart)
Windsor Recruitment Senior Executive Consultant (Fundraising) Fiona Hackett reportedly stole the show when she whipped up a riveting powerpoint presentation for the Fundraising Institute of Australia’s (FIA) professional breakfast at Brisbane’s Victoria Park Golf Club on 8 July.
With years of experience in recruiting and special expertise in nonprofit placements at the senior level, Fiona was well equipped to advise her audience
She offered insights onto the current state of employment levels in the nonprofit arena, talked about the most wanted jobs and the particular skill sets that candidates need to win those wanted jobs.
Then, right at the end of your presentations, Fiona unleashed the Big Ten. Ten tips on how to make the moves that will fast track your way up the ladder in the nonprofit industry.
Anyone who missed that expose and would like to benefit from Fiona’s advice, should ring her for a talk at Windsor Recruitment on 3211 0001.
At the FIA July breakfast: from left, Margaret Scott, Director of Development and Marketing with Epilepsy Queensland, Anne Gribbin, MD Anne Gribbin Consulting and Fiona Hackett, Senior Executive Consultant, Windsor Recruitment.
Almost Famous
Windsor Recruitment’s Executive team leader and nonprofit specialist Karen Pitman was thrilled to attend last week’s Kim Walters Think Pink breast cancer fundraising luncheon.
Karen was there as the special guest of CareerOne’s dynamic online marketing duo Phil Ward and Katie Middleton.
Close to three hundred other Brisbane bizoids turned up to dine at the Sebel Citygate to collectively add a further $20,000 to breast cancer research funding.
Thinking Pink are Karen Pitman, Phil Ward and Katie Middleton.
Windsor launches 1st Nonprofit Survey
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Toasting Windsor's new initiative at the Brisbane Polo Club luncheon last week were Windsor Recruitment CEO Dylys Bertelsen and Guest of Honour and Keynote Speaker Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes OAM, Director of the Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology. |
Windsor Recruitment upheld its own traditions but broke new ground when it released results last week from the first in its planned series of three surveys of the nonprofit industry in Australia that it will undertake in 2008.
Under the direction of Dr Cameron Newton, Senior Research Fellow from the Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology, the draft Surveys of Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organisations was initially trialled with 10 CEO’s who graciously provided feedback to ensure all questions were relevant and appropriate.
Ultimately, 350 of these Windsor Recruitment/QUT questionnaires were circulated online to Managers and CEO’s from nonprofit organisations. From 78 responses received, 81% were from Queensland and 6% from New South Wales.
These derived mainly from organisations involved in the health and community sectors with half the sample employing between 10 and 500 people. Annual turnover fell somewhere between $1 million and $25 million.
Results of this initial Windsor Nonprofit Survey were released at a lunchtime function at the Brisbane Polo Club. Among over 30 guests who attended were representatives from
The Australian Lung Foundation, Ozcare, RFDS, Wesley research, Blue Care, RCH Foundation, Boystown, DSQ and the Mater Foundation among many others.
The major goals of the study were to capture up-to-the-minute information relating to:
- The responsibilities of managers
- The types of activities and sectors engaged
- The employee size of nonprofit organisations
- Issues of turnover and retention
- Entitlements
- HR activities engaged
- Satisfaction
Managers who responded to the survey were fairly evenly matched by gender.
- Over half had worked in the nonprofit sector for10 years or more.
- Most fell within the age range 40- 59.
- Approximately half held a bachelor’s degree
- Around 25% were Masters qualified.
- 8% had been promoted in the previous twelve months
- 15% had changed employers in the previous year
- Nearly 60% of respondents reported working 10-20 hours unpaid overtime per week
- Only 40% got time off in lieu of extra hours worked
It appeared that a wide range of benefits was available to managers in their nonprofit roles.
- The average base salary was $82,695. Benefits included:
- Development courses
- Laptops
- Mobile phones
It’s worthy of note that many of the managers who had changed employers had accepted salaries lower than they had before.
The primary causes that individuals gave for working in the nonprofit industry were:
- A passion for a cause
- To give something back to the community
Reasons given by managers who had left the nonprofit industry during the prior year were:
- the lure of higher pay
- to advance careers
- tempted by the abundant jobs on offer.
Overall, nonprofit managers reported quite high levels of satisfaction with their job and their entitlements.
Least satisfaction was associated with:
- Workload levels
- Salary and benefits
- Career progression
- Recognition
- Study leave provisions.
The next Windsor Recruitment Survey to be held in the second half of 2008 will assess issue related to nonprofit governance. The third and final Windsor Recruitment nonprofit Survey for the year will capture information relating to nonprofit employees and volunteers.
Each survey will be run annually to track issues and performance over time.
