1.4 billion people gave to NGOs last year

Some very interesting facts from Ongood...check them out. A couple of headliners below.

If NGOs were a country, they would have the fifth largest economy in the world! 1.4 billion people gave to the ten million NGOs worldwide last year- an increase from 1.2 billion in 2011.
The 129,000 European public-benefit foundations give more than 53 billion euros annually.
Tellingly, t hree out of four employees in the NGO sector are female, but the majority of leadership positions at NGOs are still predominately held by men.

What a bad manager does

So few people are given management training before being promoted. There seems to be an expectation that being a manager can be learnt on the job. 

Also many managers are promoted on the basis of technical skills and not their people skills.  We need to think differently in the not for profit sector.

Managers need people skills as well as technical skills. 

A lesson in Non Gullibility

The internet should produce smarter people. It concerns me, however, how many people blithely re-post or believe or share ignorant and un true posts. Please print, share and distribute this. And lets all adhere to it!

My New Job

I am very excited to let you know that on October 14, 2015  I will be taking up a new role as Associate National Director of UnitingCare Australia providing day to day internal leadership. I will continue to be based in Canberra.

UnitingCare Australia is the national body for the UnitingCare Network, one of the largest providers of community services in Australia. With over 1,600 sites, the network engages 39,000 employees and over 28,000 volunteers in service delivery to children, young people and families, Indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, the poor and disadvantaged, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and older Australians in urban, rural and remote communities.

Prayers and thoughts welcome.

I am back!

Its time after a hiatus of two and a half years to bring back The Cowling Report.

Look forward to journeying with you again through the world of Not for Profits. I won't be blogging ever day but when I write, my intention will be to focus on the following:

Monday Motivation - stuff to get people working in the not for profit sector moving, connecting and engaging
Tuesday Tech - How can NFPs harness modern tools to reach and engage people
Wednesday World Changers- who is inspiring and challenging us
Thursday-practical info for NFP management
Friday Facts - Facts from around the NFP world

Me at two years of age!