Summer treats: staff picks 2019
Once again, SVA staff provide a bevy of reading, viewing and listening recommendations for your summer break. We hope you’ll be inspired, informed, moved, uplifted or all of the above.
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Sharing insights from SVA’s work and across the social sector to prompt learning and discussion about effective practice.
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The cost of dying
How do you address the costly business of funerals for those that can’t afford them? SVA and a host of unlikely partners might just have nailed it with an initiative tackling both funeral costs and the way people save.
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‘Bulletproof problem solving’: could it work in the social sector?
SVA CEO, Suzie Riddell talks to Rob McLean, Director Emeritus of McKinsey and Company, about problem solving and how the seven step process from his co-authored book can be applied to complex social issues. +Podcast
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How can evaluation better recognise Indigenous self-determination?
The right of Indigenous peoples to self-determination has significant implications for evaluating policies and programs that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. +Audio
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How ‘help seekers’ are informing Lifeline’s digital service innovation
The story of how Lifeline Australia brought the beneficiaries’ voice and experience into developing a text-based, crisis support service.
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Where to next for SDA?
How can improvements to the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) landscape be made to deliver high quality housing options for people with disability? +Audio
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