by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
Tomorrow night, Wednesday 30 July, is the first in Sydney PEN’s 2008 series Three Writers, featuring Christopher Kremmer talking about greed. I will be hosting the evening in my capacity as President of Sydney PEN. Light refreshments and even parking is...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 10, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
As of a few hours ago I am the newly elected President of Sydney PEN. I am honoured to hold this position and hope I can do justice to my colleagues on the incoming Management Committee (who will be listed on the organisation’s website in the next day or two),...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 22, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
Wearing my grant-seeker’s cap, I am researching potential funders for a large-scale nonprofit initiative on behalf of a client. During my efforts today I was struck by how many well-intentioned grant-makers offer vague descriptions of the sorts of organisations...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 15, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
Next week in Sydney I’m presenting to two member groups of Australia’s peak body of grantmakers, Philanthropy Australia. On Monday I’m talking with representatives from corporate foundations, while on Tuesday I will be meeting a group of private...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 16, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
Apparently planned donors don’t die: “their wills mature”. I wrote down this gem during one of my classes at NYU’s summer intensive in philanthropy and fundraising. I have to say, it’s proving a challenge to get into midtown every morning...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 19, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’ve been busy with professional development in the last week or so, attending a few seminars at the Foundation Centre here in New York. They run many courses each month on proposal writing, budgeting, research and so on. I’m doing all these courses in...