SVA Quarterly

SVA’s strategy consultants share their thoughts and observations about developing and implementing strategy in the social sector. To read the full article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/strategy-in-the-social-purpose-sector-whats-critical/

Selection of SVA's staff and board picks to provide a smorgasbord of inspiring, insightful, and affirming reads, listens and viewing for the summer holidays. For the full list: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/summer-treats-staff-and-board-picks-2018/

Listen to Goodstart's CEO, Julia Davison and Chair, Michael Traill explain how Goodstart, one of Australia's largest not-for-profit social enterprises, balances its commercial and social goals. Read the full article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/goodstart-steering-a-social-enterprise-for-impact/

Robert Fitzgerald AM, from the Productivity Commission talks with Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz, SVA Consulting’s Executive Director about competition and contestability in the social sector and how it’s all about providing more consumer choice. Read the article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/competition-its-all-about-the-consumer/

Robert Fitzgerald AM from the Productivity Commission talks to SVA's Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz about how not-for-profit boards need to put clients ahead of their own organisation’s ambitions, whether that’s in the context of mergers, acquisitions and partnerships or other organisational priorities. For more: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/competition-its-all-about-the-consumer/

What is customer-centricity and why is it so important in the disability sector? Author Diana Ferner explains citing examples and explains how the SVA Quarterly article will help disability service providers become customer-centric. For the article, see: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/how-disability-service-providers-can-become-more-customer-centric/

Simon Faivel explains how Social Return on Investment or SROI has evolved over the last 10 years, and how that has shown up globally and locally. For the full article: http://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/sroi-revolution-or-evolution/

Diana Ferner discusses why non-profit organisations should consider a merger with insights on how to go about it and some lessons learned from a recent large-scale merger in the disability sector. For the full article: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/how-to-adopt-an-outcomes-focused-approach-part-1/

Clemmie Baker introduces the step-by-step guide for organisations to set up an outcomes management approach, and explains why it is important, and how to go about it. To read the articles: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/how-to-adopt-an-outcomes-focused-approach-part-1/

Social purpose leaders describe how social impact investing has provided a flexible, mission-aligned and supportive approach to fund their organisation's vision. Rebecca Thomas talks to Lucy O'Flaherty from Glenview Community Services and Jeremy McLeod from Nightingale Housing. Read the full article: http://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/funding-their-vision-social-purpose-organisations-s...

Robyn Mildon, Executive Director of the Centre for Evidence and Implementation, explains what implementation science is and why social services need to take notice? In conversation with Nick Perini from SVA Consulting For edited transcript: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/implementation-science-what-is-it/

Richard Spencer explores the importance of healthy culture in creating an effective for-purpose organisation and what it takes to create and maintain that culture. In conversation with Susan Metcalf, SVA's COO. For edited transcript: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/culture-eats-strategy-social-sector/

Fiona Higgins from Australian Philanthropic Services illuminates the realities of private ancillary funds (PAFs) and what it takes to position your organisation for that serendipitous alignment. For more read: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/accessing-pafs-six-rules-of-engagement/

If the Australian workforce is to be prepared for the future, science technology engineering and mathematics practices must be embedded across the entire curriculum. SVA's Susannah Schoeffel explains why. For the full report, go to: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/why-stem-practices-should-be-taught-across-the-entire-curriculum/

Audio of SVA Quarterly article David Pritchard explains why and how the SVA Fundamentals for Impact were developed. This framework enables organisations to assess whether they are being effective and how they can do better. http://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/sva-fundamentals-for-impact-are-you-doing-good/

Audio of SVA Quarterly article by Dan Code What do successful community leadership programs look like? SVA shares insights from programs it has reviewed. www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/features-of-successful-community-leadership-programs/

SVA's Dan Code discusses why building community leadership capacity is important and some of the shared features across successful programs. www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/features-of-successful-community-leadership-programs/

The OECD's Dr Andreas Schleicher talks with SVA's Matthew Deeble about the ‘21st century skills’ or general capabilities, why they matter and whether they can be measured. www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/hard-measures-soft-skills/

Since transforming from service delivery organisation to catalytic funder, ten20 Foundation has been on a steep learning curve. The SVA Quarterly talks to ten20’s Managing Director, Seri Renkin and Executive Director, Caroline Chernov about ten20’s journey, and what they've learnt about funding collective impact initiatives to bring about systems change. For the article: http://www.socialventures....

Lisa Paul AO PSM, previously secretary in Federal Government departments including variously for education and training, employment and workplace relations, talks with SVA’s COO Susan Metcalf about her approach to dealing with the challenges of leadership, its loneliness and rewards. For article: http://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/leadership-amidst-complexity-and-change/

Four key players behind Australia’s first dedicated non-profit consulting business for the social sector tell the story of launching SVA Consulting. Listen to Michael Traill, then SVA CEO; Rob McLean, then SVA Chair; Greg Hutchinson, former Managing Partner, Bain; and Duncan Peppercorn, who first led SVA Consulting recall how it began. Find out more about SVA Consulting's story here: http://www.so...

After 10 years advising the sector, and with persistent disadvantage an ever-present issue in Australia, SVA Consulting reflects on the strategies and interventions that it has seen deliver the greatest impact. Based on article by Malcolm Garrow, Nick Perini and Olivia Hilton. www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/reducing-disadvantage-insights-from-10-years-sva-consulting/ Podcast by Nick Perin...

Indigenous women’s social enterprise, Marnin Studio and SVA describe what it takes from both ‘venture’ and ‘funder’ to create a collaborative philanthropic partnership – one that is driving mutual objectives and generating shared learnings for both partners. Based on the article by SVA's Shiri Leventhal: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/what-makes-a-collaborative-philanthropic-partnership/

SVA's recommendations to the Federal Government about what steps it could take to help access more private capital for social impact investing to address challenging social issues. By Mark Peacock Read the article: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/how-government-can-grow-social-impact-investing/

Jon Myer describes how SVA Consulting worked with Te Whānau O Waipareira to build an outcomes management culture and strategy to measure what really matters for Māori families in West Auckland. Read the article: www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/how-culture-grows-effective-outcomes/