News and media
Keep up to date with the latest news and feedback from our events at the Centre.
Beer, bed nets and more: what business can do for global development
It’s 11 years since the world’s governments pledged to halve poverty by 2015. As that deadline looms, there’s growing recognition that business needs to be part of that. On 31 August, MBS and B4MD host the Three Sectors, One Vision symposium on “harnessing the latent socioeconomic power of business”. Read more...
APSILC Professor receives ARC Grant to study link between management practices and health outcomes in Queensland hospitals
A research project between Melbourne Business School (MBS) and the Australian School of Business (ASB incorporating AGSM) is investigating links between human resource management (HRM) practices and hospital outcomes in Queensland hospitals. Read more....
Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare CEO Event
The Asia-Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre co-hosted a seminar with the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Inc. on 12 November 2010. Read more...
Public Galleries of Victoria - Thought Leadership Seminar
The Asia-Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre (APSILC) co-hosted a Thought Leadership Seminar with the Public Galleries Association of Victoria on 12 November 2010. Read more...
Community Cultural Development Leadership Program
Professor Ian Williamson, Helen Macpherson Smith Chair of Leadership for Social Impact, recently participated in the Community Cultural Development Leadership Program held at Mt Eliza on 29-31 October 2010. This initiative was supported by the Australian Council for the Arts, as part of the Community Partnerships program. Read more...
Dr Manley Begay Jr Lunch
The Asia-Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre was delighted to host a lunch welcoming Dr Manley A Begay to the Melbourne Business School on 10 November 2010. Read more...
APSILC becomes a foundation sponsor of Kinaway
MBS Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre becomes a foundation sponsor of Kinaway - Victoria’s Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce, formed to support Aboriginal businesses and improve social outcomes for the Aboriginal community within Victoria. Read more...
MBS targets world's best practice in Social Impact
Eighteen months ago, Melbourne Business School created a new innovation in corporate social responsibility by establishing its Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre. Things have moved quickly since then. Read more...
Vision Australia partnership
Melbourne Business School in partnership with Vision Australia, has taken an innovative approach in the teaching of management to MBA students. Read more...
Dardi' Victorian Aboriginal Business Excellence Awards - May 2010
The Dardi' Awards recognise the many successes of Victorian Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs and were presented at a Conference Gala Dinner on Monday 24th May. Victorian Minister for Small Business Joe Helper was on hand to recognise the winning businesses for their innovation and leadership. Read more....
Left to right: Dr Ian Williamson, Melissa Clare (award winner) Jan Begg and Vicki Allen (representatives for the EMBA Class of 2003), Joe Helper, Victorian Minister for Small Business
"Sustainable Mining: Unearthing Human
Rights Challenges and Opportunities" - April 2010
On April 8th, The Melbourne Business School Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre in conjunction with Oxfam Australia hosted a first-of-a-kind symposium titled "Sustainable Mining: Unearthing Human Rights Challenges and Opportunities." Symposium participants included representatives from large, medium and small Australian mining companies, finance organisations, law firms, professional service organisations, government departments and academia. Read more...
Melbourne University Entrepreneurs' Challenge (MUEC)
Social Entrepreneurship Award - April 2010
In 2010 MUEC also presented, for the first time in its 11-year history, a Social Entrepreneurship stream with the purpose of marrying entrepreneurial thinking and social impact and supporting the growth social enterprises. The Social Entrepreneurship stream included an exclusive Social Entrepreneurship Prize and speaker series. Read more...
Professor Jennifer George on behalf of MBS and the Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre presents cheque to Kim Sokolnicki, Founder & CEO, Equoal
MBS hosts entrepreneur maker - Feb 2010
Melbourne Business School's Centre of Leadership for Social Impact hosted an entrepreneur-maker from the U.S. in February. The Professor from a business school in New Jersey, known by the unusual name of Dr. dt ogilvie, uses her business school resources to produce millennia generation entrepreneurs. Read more...
