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This month, Windsor celebrates 10 years of excellence in business |
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WINDSOR NONPROFIT SURVEY NO.3 FOR 2009 Like more information to help resolve nonprofit Have employees & volunteers fill out this Survey 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. 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. We need you to help by:
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. 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.
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Making golf payWindsor’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. 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 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’.
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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. 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.
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Windsor stalwarts tackle Riverwalk 2008Held 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 |
 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.
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Here’s lookin’ at ya, Kid 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.
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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
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:
Managers who responded to the survey were fairly evenly matched by gender.
It appeared that a wide range of benefits was available to managers in their nonprofit roles.
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:
Reasons given by managers who had left the nonprofit industry during the prior year were:
Overall, nonprofit managers reported quite high levels of satisfaction with their job and their entitlements. Least satisfaction was associated with:
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. |
