Australia’s charity sector has significantly increased its advertising investment over the past year, as organisations compete for attention, donations and support from Australians who continue to place a high value on social responsibility. New Nielsen Ad Intel data shows advertising spend across Australia’s charity sector reached $278 million between July 2025 and June 2026, up from $247.3 million during the previous…

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Perth specialist GP and medical educator Dr Ramya Raman has been elected the next President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, securing an outright majority in a national ballot of eligible members. Dr Raman was declared President-elect after voting closed at midday on Friday, 21 August 2026, and will formally take over from current RACGP President Dr Michael Wright at the College’s Annual General…

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OnBoard has released Is Your Board Ready for AI?, a free five-minute assessment that scores a board across…

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Trust is one of the most important assets any association has. Members trust associations to provide guidance, represent their interests, and help navigate an increasingly complex environment. Cyber security risks, privacy obligations, artificial intelligence, and growing expectations around governance are no longer technology issues alone. They influence reputation, confidence, and ultimately trust.

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For associations, the annual conference is often the most important event on the calendar. It is where members connect, sponsors invest, industry leaders gather and organisational reputation is on display. With so much at stake, it’s no surprise that reliability consistently ranks as the most valued quality in an event supplier. Unlike larger organisations with extensive internal resources, many associations…

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When organisations think about failed technology projects, they often blame the software vendor. From my experience, though, it is rarely the technology that is to blame. More than twenty years ago, I worked on my first major IT project for a government department. Two years later, we went live on time and on budget. By the usual measures, it looked like a successful project. But to meet that schedule, major…

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Choosing a conference destination isn't only about finding a room big enough for delegates. Associations are weighing delegate experience, sponsorship potential, and a venue with future-ready technology that can help them tell their story and bring their overall vision to life. It's a demanding brief, and increasingly, associations are finding the answer at

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Many associations start their technology search with a feature list: more insightful reporting, easier renewals, and better events management. However, technology bought without a clear view of organisational strategy rarely delivers what it promised. The Association Management System (AMS) works, but it doesn't move your association forward, because there wasn’t a clear plan of what moving ‘forward’ actually looks like. Associations…

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The 2026 Board Effectiveness Survey, released by OnBoard, asked 531 governance professionals across six industries how AI has entered their board process. In the past six months, 92% of directors used AI for board work, up from 69% a year earlier. Only 6% sit on a board with an enforced policy covering that use. For association and not-for-profit boards the gap tends to be wider. Directors are often member-elected volunteers…

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Our Cat Herder has released version history for minutes, so a board secretary can open or restore an earlier wording of a meeting's minutes without keeping copies outside the portal. Minutes are rarely written once. They are drafted during the meeting, tidied up afterwards, refined…

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Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB), in partnership with Meet Geelong & The Bellarine and Associations Forum, recently hosted a famil…

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