Name: Paying what it takes to create impact by Social Ventures Australia
Duration: 17 min 27 s
Description: Research from SVA and CSI found that not-for-profit organisations across Australia are, in general, not funded for the actual cost of what they do. The result is less effective operations and reduced impact. Author of SVA Quarterly article, Sam Thorp explores this tendency and its impact. For more see: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/paying-what-it-takes-to-create-impact/

Elyse Sainty talks with Patrick Bollen about the Newpin family reunification program deployed under the Social Impact Bond (SIB) mechanism in three states and about what SVA has learned.
Read the article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/social-impact-bonds-a-tale-of-three-newpins/

Social impact bonds: a tale of three Newpins

SVA's Doug Hume and Desmond Campbell discuss a Koori-designed program in the Children’s Court of Victoria which is providing a more effective and just response for Koori families. With potential for expansion across Victoria and Australia, it offers a step towards greater self-determination in the child protection system.
See article here:https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/a-step-towards-first-nations-justice-in-child-protection/

A step towards First Nations justice In child protection

Building on the SVA Quarterly article which encourages us to approach grief support as core business, SVA's Emily Adams talks to Dr Kerrie Noonan from the Death Literacy Institute about the concept of disenfranchised grief and grief literacy. They also explore some of the ways that employers and managers can support their staff to grieve.
To read the article: 
https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/the-art-of-supporting-grief-have-we-lost-it/

The art of supporting grief: have we lost it?

We’ve got episode two of our Good Society Series, where we’re unpacking the current systems we live, work and play within, and ask how they can be better for people and planet.

What does it mean for us to thrive within our planetary bounds? What structures are getting in the way of that? Throughout this series, we look at who we want to be as a society & how we can use our heads, hearts and hands to get there.

In this episode, Berry sits down with professor Dan Ariely, one of the world’s leading thinkers in behavioural economics. 

Dan’s a founding member of the Centre for Advanced Hindsight, which does all kinds of fascinating empirical research into human behaviour – particularly when it comes to money, health and the planet – and uses it to tackle complex socio-economic problems.

Dan is particularly interested in irrationality, and how it is present in so much of the everyday decisions we make. He believes that with the right structures and systems in place, we can eliminate some of the opportunity to do things that we know aren’t good for us or the world.

Dan serves as a Professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University and is one of the faculty members on the Small Giants Academy Mastery of Business and Empathy.

Some of his books include Predictably Irrational, Dollars and Sense and the Honest Truth about Dishonesty. You can also read our conversation with him in issue 55 of Dumbo Feather magazine, Creating the Next Economy.

Learn more about Dan’s work over at danariely.com.

The Good Society #2: Dan Ariely

With a growing body of evidence backing the highly supportive Housing First approach, including the recent evaluation of the Aspire SIB, why has it not been funded and adopted more extensively across Australia?
Pat Bollen looks at what the Housing First approach is and why it is successful then explores how these pilots could become standard policy. Based on SVA Quarterly article here: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/housing-first-the-challenges-of-moving-from-pilot-to-policy/

Housing First: the challenges of moving from pilot to policy

Field-building intermediaries play an important role in social sector ecosystems and they need to be supported financially. But what do they do and what kind of funding do they need to sustain their work and impact?
Annabelle Roxon provides this audio of the SVA Quarterly article:
https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/social-sector-intermediaries-what-are-they-and-what-do-they-need/

Social Sector Intermediaries: what are they & what do they need?

Research from SVA and CSI found that not-for-profit organisations across Australia are, in general, not funded for the actual cost of what they do. The result is less effective operations and reduced impact. Author of SVA Quarterly article, Sam Thorp explores this tendency and its impact. For more see: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/paying-what-it-takes-to-create-impact/

Paying what it takes to create impact

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/

Strategy in the social purpose sector: what’s critical?

Increasing numbers of Australians experience severe financial vulnerability and stress. SVA consultant, Louise Campbell describes some emerging trends with the potential to 'move the dial' on financial wellbeing.
Read the article here: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/shifting-battlegrounds-for-financial-wellbeing/

Shifting battlegrounds for financial wellbeing

Part 2 of Elyse Sainty's letter from the frontline of Australia's foray into social impact bonds in which she outlines her ‘thoughts and prayers’ for their future.
Find the full article here: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/social-impact-bonds-a-letter-from-the-frontline-part-2/

Social impact bonds: a letter from the frontline – part 2

Covid-19 has had a massive impact on the social sector, not least in making planning for future service demand extremely challenging. This recording outlines how using scenarios can help to understand the potential impacts on demand given the many uncertainties -- as exemplified in some work that SVA has done in the Victorian child and family services sector. Nancy Tran explains. 
This audio is based on an article by Susie King and Nancy Tran. Find the links mentioned and read the article: https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/scenario-planning-for-times-of-great-uncertainty/

Scenario planning for times of great uncertainty

SVA Quarterly podcasts share insights across the sector to prompt learning and discussion about effective practice in the social sector in Australia. Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a not-for-profit organisation that works with partners to alleviate disadvantage so that all people and communities in Australia can thrive. 
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Paying what it takes to create impact

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