Kia ora All,
This update has free resource links and updates on events coming up including one this Friday for Incorporated Societies!
Facilitated this discussion and the audio is up now as episode 409 of Seeds Podcast – this was on the State of the Community Sector report (which is here) with a panel of Sector leaders:
- Murray Edridge – City Missioner, Wellington City Mission
- Michelle Kitney – CEO, Volunteering New Zealand
- Jewelz Petley – Tangata Whenua Co-Chair, HuiE!
The State of the Sector Report is highly anticipated by several Government Ministries and organisations. We are all keenly aware of the value of research, anecdotes, and especially statistics in advocating for a better Aotearoa/New Zealand. Community Networks Aotearoa is the umbrella organisation for local, regional and national Community Networks in Aotearoa | New Zealand.
Coming up on Friday is a session for Incorporated Societies
Will be contributing to this free online event coming up next week on 18 October. Sign ups are here.
We will get to hear from several experts about Incorporated Societies and what changes mean from a variety of perspectives, including legal (me) but also:
– Katie Bruce of Hui E! Community Aotearoa
– Michelle Kitney of Volunteering New Zealand | Tūao Aotearoa,
– Alex Stainer and Michelle Lombaard from the External Reporting Board
– Jay Casey from Inland Revenue NZ
It was a real joy to korero and listen to the 5 guests for the Institute of Directors in New Zealand season 3 Board Matters Podcast and all episodes are now out. You can find it in all podcast apps and also over here. If you are in governance or want to be, or are curious about leadership in a board setting why not have a listen – they count for CPD points as well…
Our theme was “creating safe spaces in the boardroom” and I learned so much from these guests, thank you and a summary of their wisdom is:
– Bella Takiari-Brame 🌄 – Finding trust in yourself: When an approach isn’t working at the board table, everyone should feel entitled to speak up, done with respect.
– Eugene Berryman-Kamp 🌳 – Operating as a high performing board: What does it take to lay a foundation where people can ‘call out behaviour’ that doesn’t meet the needs of an organisation?
– Gavin Fernandez ⛰️ – Trust your gut instincts: If you find yourself second-guessing at a board meeting, chances are you won’t be alone. Gavin explains why being comfortable enough to share your concerns with other board members will enrich discussion and, importantly, help to navigate risk.
– Maria King 🌻 – Stepping towards your purpose: Knowing yourself is to also understand others. But operating as a group and having your views heard might be challenging when there are strong personalities at play in the boardroom.
– Antony Vriens 🌊 – In a culture of inclusion, people will feel safe to respectfully challenge the views of others, share their own views and enter into constructive debate
Have you heard some of the 410 podcast episodes on Seeds as well? You can find out a lot on that project at www.theseeds.nz For example, episode 408 was a chat with journalist Vincent Heeringa – and 407 was his interview of me for his “This Climate Business” podcast!
His description of our chat said this: “You might know Steven Moe as a lawyer for Christchurch based Parry Field, specialising in charities and the impact sector; or as the chair of Community Finance – an investor in community housing; or as the host of Seeds, a longstanding weekly podcast; or as the author of The Apple Tree, or as a mentor for Christchurch incubator Ministry of Awesome or a quietly spoken father and friend. However you know him, Steven’s seems to crop up everywhere there are sustainable causes or purpose-led businesses. Vincent chats to a quiet revolutionary at work.”
