http://www.abv.org.au Australian Business Volunteers News en info@abv.org.au Copyright 2010 2010-12-13T21:36:54+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_makes_indigenous_impact_in_far_north_queensland/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_makes_indigenous_impact_in_far_north_queensland/ Local Indigenous organisations, Girudala Community Cooperative Society Ltd in Bowen, and the Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation in Ayr, are experiencing an increase in performance efficiency due to the involvement of Australian Business Volunteers (ABV), Optus and Townsville Indigenous Coordination ... 2012-04-30T22:52:08+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_assist_rainbow_bakery_achieve_record_sales_in_tonga/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_assist_rainbow_bakery_achieve_record_sales_in_tonga/ “‘Just an update on Rainbow Bakery... after 19 years of operating we have made a sales record on Christmas day with sales of over T$6000!  The knowledge that (Australian volunteer) Martin Warnes has left behind has been used wisely and thanks to you all for the support in our ... 2012-04-15T11:56:26+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_deputy_ceo_wins_endeavour_executive_award/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_deputy_ceo_wins_endeavour_executive_award/  ABV, Deputy CEO (Services) Beth Sywulsky, has been selected as one of only 122 special selected individuals to receive a 2012 Endeavour Executive Award.   The Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government's internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for ... 2011-12-22T23:08:23+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/ABV_Partnership_Team_Visit_Africa_UAE_and_Europe_/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/ABV_Partnership_Team_Visit_Africa_UAE_and_Europe_/ ABV is building a solid reputation as a provider of excellent corporate social responsibility programs, training tomorrow’s leaders and creating win-win partnerships with organisations in developing and emerging countries as well as at home, working in indigenous communities.  With high profile ... 2011-12-18T04:47:58+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/aid_review_highlights_importance_of_volunteers_and_business/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/aid_review_highlights_importance_of_volunteers_and_business/ The Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness has shown the importance of volunteers in the development sector.  The report states: 'Australia should integrate business engagement activities into existing AusAID programs, with a focus on leveraging business engagement as a form of aid. For example, the volunteer ... 2011-07-11T03:56:31+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/report_on_africa_from_federal_government_recommends_abv/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/report_on_africa_from_federal_government_recommends_abv/ ABV is recommended as an important NGO within the Federal Government's 'Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with the Countries of Africa'.  Specifically, recommendation six says:  'AusAID should increase funding for the Australian Business Volunteers program so that it can expand coverage to African ... 2011-07-07T01:15:40+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_and_ibm_partnership_grows/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_and_ibm_partnership_grows/ The partnership between IBM and ABV continues to expand with work in more geographic regions and different levels of involvement.  IBM's Corporate Service Corp (CSC) is still sending groups of IBM staff to developing countries to enhance both the community's growth and IBM's reputation through meaningful ... 2011-07-07T00:55:33+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/avid_is_launched/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/avid_is_launched/ The new Federal Government volunteer sending program – AVID – was launch by Foreign Minister Rudd at Parliament House.  AVID (Australian Volunteers for International Development) consists of three major partners, Australian Volunteers International (AVI), the Australian Red Cross and a consortium ... 2011-06-16T05:50:09+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/healing/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/healing/ Sierra James was a student at Columbia University in 2004 when she decided to look for conflict. “I wanted something in the middle, not Afghanistan or Iraq. I didn’t want a crazy place but I did want to study how people recovered from conflict,” Sierra said. Sierra chose Timor Leste and moved to ... 2011-04-12T00:40:42+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/profile_of_a_good_corporate_citizen/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/profile_of_a_good_corporate_citizen/ ARN recently ran a series of features on corporate social responsibility (online version can be read here) in its print magazine. We spoke to a number of ‘good’ businesses in the process of putting those features together, and in the interest of giving more detail about the philanthropic work of these ... 2010-12-13T21:36:54+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/AGM_2010/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/AGM_2010/ Monday 15 November – The ABV Annual General Meeting was held today in the Canberra office. The meeting was attended by 12 individuals representing incoming and outgoing Non-Executive Directors, as well as Board secretary and CEO Michael Lynch. Formalities included David Bailey retaining his position as ... 2010-11-14T23:04:31+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/pm_visits_abv_client/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/pm_visits_abv_client/ Long term ABV client, KOTO, were honoured by a visit from the Hon Julia Gillard PM, to their Van Mieu restaurant in Vietnam on Sunday 31 October, 2010. “We’re all honoured that the Prime Minister chose to come to KOTO during her short stay in Hanoi and we were privileged to meet her,” said Jimmy ... 2010-11-10T03:24:07+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/economist/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/economist/ IBM reinvents volunteering The ECONOMIST |Oct 28th 2010 | NEW YORK “IT WAS like going back to graduate-student days. We all had nicknames and were hanging out together,” says Guruduth Banavar, a senior executive at IBM. He recently spent time volunteering in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as part of a ... 2010-11-08T22:12:02+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/bawa_heroes/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/bawa_heroes/ ABV volunteer, Eileen Wronski recently the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) where she provided veterinarian training to local staff. The following interview was conducted by BAWA and first published at http://www.bawabali.com/us/bawa-heroes.html. BAWA would like to say a big thank you and farewell to ... 2010-10-01T00:45:26+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/CSR/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/CSR/ Learning from the practitioners The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement is drawing considerably more interest from the world’s leading corporations. Many of these corporations are showing that international corporate volunteering (ICV) is an effective way to move beyond the old philanthropic model, ... 2010-06-10T04:36:39+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/pedss_appointment/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/pedss_appointment/ The Provision of Experts for Development of the Securities Sector (PEDSS) project involves ABV volunteers providing advice to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia with respect to reviewing and drafting securities regulations. This work is in preparation for the launch of Cambodia’s first stock ... 2010-03-18T04:00:57+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/building_leaders/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/building_leaders/ To help prepare promising leaders for the future, top companies are forcing their employees to take on new (global) risks. By Geoff Colvin, Fortune Magazine For John Tolva, IBM's Chicago-based director of citizenship and technology, the value of his four-week assignment to Ghana last year really hit him during a ... 2010-02-02T04:05:17+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/altruism_recognised/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/altruism_recognised/ Mr. David Moore OAM and ABV CEO Mr. Michael Lynch proudly presented volunteers Suzanna Edwards & Peter Stanbury with the 2009 ABV Altruism Award. The Altruism Award recognises the efforts of the Volunteer who has best embodied the core value of altruism during the past 12 months. Suzanna & Peter ... 2009-11-10T18:20:31+00:00