Ceres Services

Business planning and facilitation 
• Producing business plans
• Running strategic planning days with relevant stakeholders

Revenue Raising 
Fundraising 
• Philanthropic, grants and foundation
• Corporate
• Individual
• Fundraising events
• Fundraising Strategies
• Digital campaigns

Tactical revenue raising 
Marketing 
• Evaluation of current marketing and tracking processes
• Preparation of marketing plans – strategic and operational
• Review of existing plans
• Copy writing
• Measurement of success of campaigns
• Brand management
Publicity 
• Media relations
E-marketing/SMS 
• Evaluation of current digital systems, software, hardware
• Preparation of digital marketing plans including viral marketing campaigns
• Copy writing
• Review of existing plans
• Privacy, spamming
• Content downloads eg podcasts, MP3
• E-commerce
• Measurement of success of campaigns

Membership 
• Evaluation of benefits to members
• Assessing cost/ value to organization
• Marketing/customer service to members

Corporate Governance 
Finance 
• Systems audit
• Balance sheet analysis
• Reporting processes
• GST
Governance – legislation 
• ASIC/Office of Fair Trading compliance
• Organisational structure, eg members, voting rights, meeting requirements
• DCITA; relevant state body legislation re fundraising
• ATO
• Super
• Workers comp
• Insurance

Funding bodies relationship 
• Review of grant applications
• Acquittals
• Financial reporting assistance - ongoing Customer service 

Evaluation of current systems and processes
Review and recommendations
• Reviewing potential revenue sources 
Evaluation of current business
• Identification of potential revenue generating opportunities
• Recommendations
• Implementation plans
• Evaluation

Saving money 
• Supplier relationships 
• Review of contracts and value of current suppliers
• Research and recommendation of alternative better value suppliers

Reviewing operations 
• Reviewing existing operations
• Recommending improvements to processes – leading to efficiencies and cost savings

Human resources 
• Board governance 
• Fiduciary duty of board members
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Succession planning
• Staff/board relationship
Staff training and professional development  
• Evaluation of skills levels within organization
• Recommendation of essential professional development/ desirable
• Sourcing training – internal or external
Volunteer/intern management and recruitment 
• Advice on volunteer policy
• Insurance
• Where to find appropriate volunteers
• Cost/benefit of management of volunteers

Mentorship 
• Informal sounding board
• Sourcing external mentor (as part of full package)

Networking 
• Strategic networking for specific outcomes
• Long term possibilities
• Developing partnerships

AbaF/ ArtSupport/ other professional orgs 
• Bridging relationship

Other 
General Manager Locums 
• All duties undertaken by a GM when the current GM is either on leave or is being recruited.

Contact details:

 Joanne Kee                  0414 973 095                  jkee@ceressolutions.com.au