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_attends_US_DSICVF/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/ABV_attends_US_DSICVF/ Sarah O’Connor recently attended a forum on International Corporate Volunteering, hosted by the US State Department in Washington. As IBM celebrates it’s fifth year of running its Corporate Services Corps, it was heralded as the leader in the field. As a key partner of IBM to deliver the CSC, ABV plays ... 2013-05-29T01:54:03+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_csr_in_action/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_csr_in_action/ ABV's long-standing partnership with IBM to implement their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program has just wrapped up a three-week Smarter Cities Challenge in Christchurch, New Zealand.  A team of six IBM executives travelled from four different countries to work with the City of Christchurch on ... 2013-05-29T00:55:25+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_in_the_news/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/abv_in_the_news/ ABV volunteers are profiled in the media, highlighting how their expertise as consultants, small business owners and executives has enabled them to use their talents to transfer their skills to the businesses and communities ABV supports. To read more follow the links to media articles: 28 Feb 2013, Sydney Morning ... 2013-03-24T23:55:32+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/IBM_CSR_Award/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/IBM_CSR_Award/ In December 2012, IBM won the 2012 Australian Human Resource Institute Ian Kiernan Award for Corporate Social Responsibility for their Corporate Services Corps program. ABV congratulates IBM for developing such an innovative model of engaged philanthropy which recognises the need for broader partnerships between ... 2012-11-22T02:46:30+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/focus_on_the_solomon_islands/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/focus_on_the_solomon_islands/ Australian Business Volunteers (ABV) currently operates in 18 countries, including Australia, throughout the Asia Pacific region. We are always exploring opportunities to expand our global impact through new corporate partnerships and we have the capacity to work wherever our services are.  This month we ... 2012-09-14T04:13:10+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/a_month_in_medan1/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/a_month_in_medan1/ For the usual reasons - last luggage off the plane; questions for foreigners with working visas - my husband and I were the last passengers to emerge from the customs hall.  Besides the gaggle of hopeful touts and taxi drivers, only two other people stood by the door.   The younger one dubiously ... 2012-07-20T02:27:27+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/Australian_Business_Volunteers_welcomes_new_CEO_and_chair/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/Australian_Business_Volunteers_welcomes_new_CEO_and_chair/ A changing of the guard at ABV has placed Chair, Sarah O’Connor in the CEO seat left vacant by Michael Lynch last month, with Deputy Chair, Jonathan Pinshaw elected to the position of Chair of the ABV Board. With over 8000 international volunteer assignments in 18 countries around the globe placed ... 2012-07-09T13:05:20+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 ... 2012-04-30T22:52:35+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 business...” email ... 2012-04-15T11:56:48+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 ... 2011-12-18T04:47:42+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 ... 2011-07-07T00:55:34+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 ... 2011-04-12T00:40:37+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