SVA Quarterly

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SVA Quarterly podcasts share insights about effective practice in the social sector in Australia. Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a not-for-profit organisation that works through innovation and collaboration to alleviate disadvantage so that all people and communities in Australia can thrive.  socialventures.org.au #non-profit

  1. We need to talk about class

    07/21/2025

    We need to talk about class

    Lisa Fowkes unearths insights that suggest we should be talking about class and economic mobility in Australian workplaces. The reasons are not just because family background shouldn’t dictate our fortunes, but because of the economic benefits of more inclusive practices. Read the full article here: https://www.socialventures.org.au/our-impact/we-need-to-talk-about-class/

    16 min
  2. Questions to ask when considering a not-for-profit merger

    06/11/2025

    Questions to ask when considering a not-for-profit merger

    SVA's specialists in mergers, Irmke Bonte and Divya Roy, explore whether you should consider a not-for-profit merger with four questions that boards and leadership should ask themselves. These questions reflect the focus on impact: understanding how you make impact and how your impact could be increased. Read the article https://www.socialventures.org.au/our-impact/the-four-questions-to-ask-when-considering-a-merger/

    23 min
  3. Making integration stick: investing in the 'glue'

    04/08/2025

    Making integration stick: investing in the 'glue'

    Stephanie Chiang outlines how making integration efforts effective in the long term requires investment in people, infrastructure and systems. This invisible work, called the 'glue' is fundamental to successful outcomes. Read the article: https://www.socialventures.org.au/our-impact/making-integration-stick-investing-in-the-glue/

    9 min
  4. Passionate changemaker shares highlights from The Connection

    03/03/2025

    Passionate changemaker shares highlights from The Connection

    Sue Cridge, founding director of The Connection, an SVA incubated venture developing educational leadership capacity, shares what drives her, how The Connection started and some of the moving highlights from its 10-year journey. She also speaks of its potential now it has transferred to The Smith Family. To read her article about The Connection's journey, go to: https://www.socialventures.org.au/our-impact/the-connection-building-leadership-capacity-in-education/

    17 min
  5. Powering up the impact investing market

    06/19/2024

    Powering up the impact investing market

    Tom Hall, Global Head of social impact and philanthropy at UBS talks with SVA’s CEO Suzie Riddell about how to catalyse the impact investing market, sharing stories from the global market and opportunities in Australia. See www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/powering-up-the-impact-investing-market/

    50 min
  6. What does it take to create impact at scale?

    12/11/2023

    What does it take to create impact at scale?

    At SVA’s summit into impact at scale, three leaders in social change in Australia and the UK shared their insights into what it takes to create impact at scale? The speakers are: - Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, UK National Health Service Confederation  - Kristy Muir, Chief Executive Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation  - Cindy Reese Mitchell, Program Director for Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship, Good Return. Their responses covered a range of experience from dealing with large systemic changes in UK’s National Health Service, through place-based community projects across Australia, to working with an Indigenous women’s entrepreneurship program in the Kimberleys which provides takeaways for people working with First Nations people. For a summary article, see www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/what-does-it-take-to-create-large-scale-impact/

    46 min
  7. Five questions to consider when scaling for impact

    11/07/2023

    Five questions to consider when scaling for impact

    Dr Neela Saldanha, Executive Director, Yale Research Initiative on Innovation & Scale (Y-RISE), visited Australia on the invitation of SVA to give the keynote address at our summit on impact at scale. She explained why successful pilots often don’t achieve the same results ‘at scale’ and provided questions to consider when expanding a change program. View the slides referred to in the podcast: https://www.socialventures.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dr-Neela-Saldanha-keynote-slides.pdf For summary article: https://www.socialventures.org.au/our-impact/five-questions-to-consider-when-scaling-for-impact/

    35 min
  8. Outcomes contracting trailblazer shares knowledge before passing the baton

    03/29/2023

    Outcomes contracting trailblazer shares knowledge before passing the baton

    Elyse Sainty, director in the Impact Investing team at Social Ventures Australia, spoke with Patrick Flynn, director of public affairs at SVA, as she’s about to pass on the baton after 10 years leading SVA’s work in social impact bonds (SIBs) and outcomes contracts. https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/outcomes-contracting-trailblazer-shares-knowledge-before-passing-the-baton/

    1h 2m
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SVA Quarterly podcasts share insights about effective practice in the social sector in Australia. Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a not-for-profit organisation that works through innovation and collaboration to alleviate disadvantage so that all people and communities in Australia can thrive.  socialventures.org.au #non-profit

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  • Creator
    Social Ventures Australia
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Clean
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    SVA Quarterly