Date, Time & Location
Thursday, 10 December 2020
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Alabaster Room
Victoria Park
Herston, QLD, 4006
 
This venue has a COVID-19 safety plan.
 
 
Pricing
Member
$55.00
Staff of Organisational Member $65.00
Non-Member $75.00
 

About the Event: 2020 Dave Rose Oration and End of Year Celebration
 
Join us at Victoria Park to sparkle and celebrate being a fundraiser!

With a drink on arrival, Nigel Harris will deliver the Dave Rose Oration, reflecting on a year of change and his learnings over his almost 40-year career as one of Australia’s most pre-eminent fundraising professionals.
 
We’ll also announce the winners of the Queensland State Awards and the Queensland finalists of all other categories for the FIA Awards for Excellence in Fundraising, with the unique opportunity to see a sample of this year’s video submissions. Stay on to celebrate and network with delicious canapes with your fellow Queensland fundraisers. It will be a night to remember and the perfect end to an unprecedented year!

Don’t miss your chance to sparkle! Register today and secure your spot.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Speaker
Nigel Harris MBA CFRE FFIA GAICD
Managing Director
Nigel Harris & Associates
Nigel Harris is an established and highly regarded not-for-profit sector leader specialising in philanthropy and fundraising. With an outstanding track record in organisational growth and development, Nigel has crafted a unique range of experiences and insights in governance, executive leadership and applied fundraising practice.
 
Nigel is Managing Director of Nigel Harris & Associates, an advisory and consulting practice specialising in philanthropy and fundraising leadership. He is also Founding Partner of Giving Architects Australia, a fundraising campaign and impact investment consultancy.
In a career spanning almost 40 years, Nigel has held executive leadership roles in not-for-profit organisations for all that time, most notably serving as Chief Executive Officer of Mater Foundation (Queensland) for 24 years. Under Nigel’s leadership, Mater Foundation’s annual fundraising revenue grew from $2m to $70m, raising over $750m over that period and establishing the Foundation as one of Australia’s largest health charities and a major funder of medical research and clinical services.
 
Holding an MBA majoring in fundraising as well as qualifications in Public Relations and Marketing, Nigel is also a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). In 2012 he was recognised as the Arthur Venn Australian Fundraising Professional of the Year and has also been recognised through other not-for-profit management awards.
 
Nigel has played a significant leadership role within Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) over the past 35 years, serving as Board Chair on two separate occasions and stewarding practice credentialing, professional development and self-regulation initiatives. He has also held several international voluntary appointments within the philanthropic and fundraising sector.
 
Currently a director and Deputy Chair of Act for Kids, Nigel also serves on the Board of the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy and previously served on the Community Council for Australia and CFRE Boards. He is a Fellow of Fundraising Institute Australia, the Institute of Managers and Leaders and the CEO Institute. He is also a Past President of the Rotary Club of Albany Creek and has been active in community and sporting organisations for over 40 years.
 
As one of Australia’s first ‘first career’ fundraising professionals, Nigel has been immersed in the evolution of fundraising as a profession in Australia over the past four decades and he continues to be a significant influencer and innovator in the sector, nationally and internationally. Today, he is a sought-after presenter, writer, educator and mentor, specialising in executive leadership, governance, and organisational and professional development.
 
 
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