Looking for Lucy: former student keen to thank mentor
‘My name is Lisa, and I was a mentee in the ABCN GOALS program in 2014. I would like to reconnect with my mentor to thank her again for all her valuable advice back in...
Meet Billy, First Nations student and 2021 ABCN Foundation scholar
ABCN Foundation scholarship winner Billy is a proud Wonnarua Nation young man from the Hunter Valley in NSW. In his successful application for a three-year Accelerate scholarship, the Aboriginal student, now Brisbane-based, talked bravely about the discrimination he has faced all his life, citing the...
Allegra Spender resignation: Statement from ABCN Board
The Australian Business and Community Network’s CEO Allegra Spender is resigning to run as an independent candidate in the next Federal election. The Board wishes to thank Allegra for her outstanding leadership over the past...
ABCN Foundation Announces 41 New Scholarship Awards
Media Release: ABCN Foundation announces a record number of 41 Australian students who will receive life-changing mentoring and financial scholarship in 2022.
‘Let’s talk about money’: mentoring boosts bravado
Confidence in talking about the sensitive subject of money is a key objective of a new financial capability module that ABCN is starting to integrate in its innovative mentoring programs. It was in the middle...
First Nations students kick GOALS in pilot program
A project to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to consider a wide range of careers and pursue their goals uses a bespoke approach to create buzz. In a classroom at Northlakes High School on the NSW Central Coast earlier...
Amp up your facial expressions when mentoring online was one of the many suggestions ABCN mentors heard at our first-ever Mentoring Masterclass. Listening and storytelling are crucial elements of great mentoring, and doing it online...