Innovate for Impact

Oct 27 2024 150 ep. 25 mins 2
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A podcast for leaders in the social sector who want to deliver more impact through innovation. Each week we deliver tips on how you can be more innovative and speak to leaders from across the sector to share best practice.

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Ep #149 - Allison Wainwright: How Family Life use client-centricity and place based approaches to deliver better outcomes

Oct 27 2024 33 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Allison Wainwright, the CEO of Family Life.The discussion explores the innovative, community-centered approaches of Family Life's strategic focus on community listening, designing community-driven solutions, empowering local leaders, and collaborating with other place-based organisations to drive systemic change.Here is a ta

Ep #148 - Matt Barnes: Ways to tell your organisation's story that gets results

Oct 13 2024 23 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Matt Barnes, the Owner of Rogue Creatives and Podcast Host of Creating Good.Matt shares about innovative ways for organisations, especially nonprofits, to effectively tell their story and connect with supporters. Matt shares his strategic storytelling framework and insights on reframing nonprofit storytelling to focus on the

Ep #147 - Alison Covington - How Good360 Australia built an incredible platform through partnerships

Sep 29 2024 24 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Alison Covington, the Founder and Managing Director of Good360 Australia. The organisation has built an innovative platform to match businesses' brand-new unsold goods with charities and individuals in need across the country. The conversation also covers the challenges and logistics involved in creating this system, the imp

Ep #146 - Kate O'Hara - How Food Bank WA are using innovative methods to ensure healthy food is available to all

Sep 15 2024 36 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Kate O'Hara, the CEO of Foodbank WA, a leading food relief organisation in Western Australia. The organisation has implemented creative procurement methods, expanded mobile distribution services, and rebranded its nutrition education program to ensure healthy food is available as a basic human right for all Western Australia

Ep #145 - Michelle Greenwood: How lived experience helped Invisible Illnesses to become an impactful organisation

Sep 01 2024 24 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Michelle Greenwood, the Founder and CEO of Invisible Illnesses, a charity that provides support and services for people living with invisible illnesses. Michelle shares her personal story of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and how that experience led her to create Invisible Illnesses, which has grown to support over 5,000

Ep #144 - Tamara Searant: How Guide Dogs NSW/ACT are using their mission to create better outcomes for the people they support

Aug 18 2024 20 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Tamara Searant from Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, about how their organisation is working towards creating a more accessible and inclusive world by 2030. The organisation is implementing innovative strategies focused on policy, enforcement, and education to address systemic barriers and empower the low vision and blind community.Here

Ep #143 - Lots of people are talking about innovation, but not many are doing it. Here's why

Aug 04 2024 16 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley discuss the common challenges organisations face in trying to innovate, such as lack of resources, risk aversion, and difficulty measuring impact. Dan and Tracey share a "secret" that successful leaders use to create innovative and impactful organisations - focusing on building a collaborative, innovative culture rather than just indiv

Ep #142 - Is it innovation or continuous improvement?

Jul 16 2024 8 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley discuss the difference between innovation and continuous improvement in organisations. The hosts emphasise that the terminology is less important than the focus on making positive changes and improvements that benefit the clients or people being served, whether through solving problems or pursuing new opportunities.Here is a taste of w

Ep #141 - Sharing decision making at all levels of the organisation

Jun 30 2024 14 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley discuss how organisations can share decision-making at different levels, including strategic, program/service, and individual levels, in order to better meet the needs of clients and stakeholders they support through more inclusive and collaborative processes. Practical tips are provided on setting up structures and processes to facili

Ep #140 - Using inbox automation to free staff up for innovation

Jun 16 2024 21 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Jonathan Clegg and Trevor Harris from Coxswain Alliance, about how they help non-profit organisations automate their email inboxes. This allows staff to spend more time on higher value tasks like customer service and innovation instead of manually sorting through high volumes of emails.Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan, Jo