that store information on conservation
work-plans and budgets (Miradi) and
the finance system (Great Plains) has
been a major development in improving
organisational efficiency, particularly in
relation to budget development, forecasting
and reporting. It has allowed us to achieve
greater visibility of the connections
between expenditure, the underlying land
management activities and the conservation
outcomes achieved.
improved the reporting capacity of Miradi.
This now allows us to report easily on
the progress that is made on planned
conservation activities and on the trends
in the health of the conservation values on
our reserves. It also gives us greater visibility
of those activities that may need additional
resourcing to be successful, and helps us
set priorities across the reserves to ensure
that those issues that are most critical are
receiving appropriate levels of funding.
developed one of its key knowledge
management systems, the `Bush Wiki'.
This web-based information storage
area, or internal Wikipedia, allows
our staff across the country to share
documents, knowledge and ideas.
This invaluable resource holds the
`how to' information on Bush Heritage
processes and systems and is the
reference point for policies, guidelines
and templates.
visit Charles Darwin Reserve, WA.
Photograph by Bush Heritage
gets help setting
Their average gift to us this
year was 54 per cent higher
than the average donation
reported across other charities."