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Past Events
4 Feb
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Diversity & Inclusion at Every Level
Edinburgh
30 Jan
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
22 Jan
ACOSVO Skills for Mentoring Workshop
Edinburgh
21 Jan
ACOSVO Active Leadership: New Year Walk
Stirling
14 Jan
Cross Border Network: Shifting Political Landscape
Edinburgh
3 Dec
Chair's Network: Scotland's Governance Code - One Year On
Glasgow
3 Dec
Leader Learning: Understanding Safeguarding Issues: Culture, Policies & Procedures
Glasgow
28 Nov
Creating Sparks: Stimulating Energy In Your Board, Your Team & Your Self
Online
21 Nov
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Career transitions: changing the mix
Edinburgh
19 Nov
Leadership Breakfast: Are You Living Your Leadership?
Edinburgh
14 Nov
Scottish Leaders Dinner: A Tale of Two Boards: Utilising Cross Sector Learning
Edinburgh
14 Nov
Bridging the Gap: Becoming an ACOSVO Interim Executive
Edinburgh
12 Nov
Challenges & Opportunities of Leading a Cross Border Charity
Edinburgh
4 Nov
A Recipe for Success: Trustees' Week Conference
Edinburgh
29 Oct
ACOSVO 2019 Annual Conference: 'The Leadership Journey'
Edinburgh
8 Oct
Chair's Network: Trustee Recruitment
Edinburgh
7 Oct
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Leaders Create Leaders
Edinburgh
1 Oct
Scottish Leaders Dinner: The Heart of Scotland’s Future: A Flourishing Voluntary Sector
Aberdeen
24 Sep
Travelling Chief Executive: Edinburgh
Edinburgh
19 Sep
Income Generation from a Scottish Perspective
Edinburgh
15 Sep
ACOSVO Active Leadership: Cycle
Glasgow
3 Sep
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
29 Aug
Leadership Conversations
Edinburgh
20 Aug
Chair's Network: Being an Effective Chair
Glasgow
15 Aug
Active Leadership: Cycle
Glasgow
27 Jun
IOD Scotland & ACOSVO - Members Connectivity Drinks Reception
Edinburgh
11 Jun
ACOSVO Interim Executive Reflections
Edinburgh
6 Jun
Chair's Network: Chair & Chief - A Force for Good
Edinburgh
4 Jun
Scottish Leaders Dinner: Share price, Scrutiny & Sheepdogs: People power across all sectors
Edinburgh
28 May
Travelling Chief Executive: Dundee
Dundee
23 May
Crisis & Business Continuity Management: What is it & Why Do We Bother?
Glasgow
21 May
ACOSVO Active Leadership: Walk
Edinburgh
25 Apr
ACOSVO Active Leadership: Kayak
Glasgow
4 Apr
Women Leaders' Network: Authenticity: Life & Leadership
Edinburgh
2 Apr
Chair's Network: Board & Staff Communication
Glasgow
28 Mar
ACOSVO Alumni: A Network for Former Third Sector Chief Officers
Glasgow
26 Mar
Members Day & Networking Drinks Reception 2019
Edinburgh
21 Mar
Travelling Chief Exec: Borders
Borders
19 Mar
Challenges & Opportunities of Leading a Cross Border Charity
Glasgow
5 Mar
Chair's Network: Full 2019 Programme
Edinburgh & Glasgow
5 Mar
Chair's Network: Making a Lasting Difference
Edinburgh
1 Mar
Scottish Leaders Dinner: The Heart of Scotland’s Future: A Flourishing Voluntary Sector
Aberdeen
26 Feb
Scottish Leaders Dinner: Funding for Local Community Impact
Glasgow
14 Feb
Travelling Chief Exec: Aberdeen
Aberdeen
12 Feb
Techniques, Tools, Tips and Templates - Strategic Planning for Chief Officers
Edinburgh
5 Feb
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
29 Jan
Bridging the Gap: Becoming an ACOSVO Interim Executive
Edinburgh
24 Jan
'The Mentoring Effect' - Celebrating Mentoring Conference
Edinburgh
24 Jan
Leader Learning: Top Five Finance Issues Third Sector Leaders Need to Know (and how to solve them)
Edinburgh
15 Jan
ACOSVO & RS Macdonald: Leadership Network
Stirling
29 Nov
Scottish Leaders Dinner: Local Government, Communities & the Third Sector
Glasgow
29 Nov
Path to Impact Conference
Glasgow
27 Nov
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: 'The Accidental Leader'
Edinburgh
15 Nov
The Importance of Young Trusteeship in Scotland
Edinburgh
12 Nov
The Heroes' Journey: Trustees' Week Conference
Glasgow
1 Nov
ACOSVO 2018 Annual Conference: 'Rebel With A Cause'
Glasgow
23 Oct
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Growth, Resilience and Tricky Issues: Navigating Your Charity's Future'
Edinburgh
11 Oct
The Lasting Difference: Impact Measurement and Exit Strategies
Glasgow
9 Oct
Good Governance: Board Review, Learning and Development
Edinburgh
27 Sep
Glasgow Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'A New Innovative Way To Sustain Charity Finances'
Glasgow
25 Sep
Loud-hailing for Leaders: Why Compelling Communication Needs to Start at the Top
Glasgow
25 Sep
Bridging the Gap: Becoming an ACOSVO Interim Executive
Edinburgh
20 Sep
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'The Regulator's Journey’
Aberdeen
20 Sep
Leader Learning: Risky Business - Navigating Strategic Risk, Are You Ready If Something Goes Wrong?
Glasgow
13 Sep
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
11 Sep
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Challenges and opportunities for leading third sector organisations – a Swedish perspective'
Gogarburn
4 Sep
The Lasting Difference: Income Generation
Edinburgh
28 Aug
Being a Chair: Ensuring Robust Relationships
Glasgow
21 Aug
ACOSVO Active Leadership: Cycle
Glasgow
28 Jun
Punk Leadership Dinner - All The Old Punks!
Edinburgh
26 Jun
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: 'I jumped, I fell, I hit the ground, but here I am alive...'
Glasgow
19 Jun
ACOSVO Chairs' Network: Summer Reception
Edinburgh
19 Jun
Bridging the Gap: Becoming an ACOSVO Interim Executive
Edinburgh
24 May
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Entrepreneurial Olympics - Why Scotland needs to go for Gold’
Glasgow
22 May
ACOSVO Alumni: A Network for Former Third Sector Chief Officers
Glasgow
15 May
Finding Your Spark: Re-Energise Yourself and Your Workforce
Edinburgh
3 May
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Leadership in an International NGO: the Mixed Joys'
Edinburgh
1 May
Transforming Leadership Programme: Third Sector Leadership Course for Personal & Organisational Growth, Resilience & Capacity
Edinburgh
26 Apr
The Lasting Difference: Involvement, Innovation and Improvement
Glasgow
19 Apr
Leader Learning: Handling Under Performance, Positive Management & Difficult Conversations
Edinburgh
17 Apr
Good Governance: Virtuous vs Vicious Dynamics
Edinburgh
29 Mar
Glasgow Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Herding Cats? Leading Volunteers in the 21st Century'
Glasgow
29 Mar
Path to Impact Learning Exchange (Glasgow)
Glasgow
27 Mar
Path to Impact Learning Exchange (Edinburgh)
Edinburgh
20 Mar
Members Day & Networking Drinks Reception
Edinburgh
15 Mar
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Scotland’s Third Sector: An Outsiders Perspective’
Aberdeen
13 Mar
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Brave Women
Edinburgh
1 Mar
Loud-hailing for Leaders: Why Compelling Communication Needs to Start at the Top
Glasgow
27 Feb
Embracing Change & Thriving in Uncertainty
Edinburgh
20 Feb
Being a Chair: Understanding the Role and Making Sense of Expectations
Edinburgh
1 Feb
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'The Heart of Change'
Edinburgh
30 Jan
ACOSVO Chairs' Network: Launch and Networking Reception
Edinburgh
25 Jan
Leader Learning: Data Protection - Essentials for Third Sector Leaders!
Edinburgh
23 Jan
The Lasting Difference: Understanding Sustainability
Edinburgh
23 Jan
The Lasting Difference: Sustaining Organisations, Projects and Impact - Masterclasses: FULL programme
Edinburgh & Glasgow
18 Jan
Tayside Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Leadership & the Funding Environment
Perth
16 Jan
ACOSVO Active Leadership: New Year Walk
Edinburgh
28 Nov
Borders Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Making Connections and Building Communities'
West Linton
21 Nov
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch: Perspectives on Collaboration
Edinburgh
20 Nov
Funding for the Future Conference
Glasgow
16 Nov
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Funded to Funder – Reflections from the Other Side’
Glasgow
15 Nov
Trustees' Week Conference: Edinburgh
Edinburgh
13 Nov
Trustees' Week Conference: Inverness
Inverness
31 Oct
ACOSVO 2017 Annual Conference: 'Leadership: It's a Kind of Magic'
Edinburgh
24 Oct
Good Governance: Working Together - Collaboration with Partners
Edinburgh
12 Oct
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Leading in a Changing Environment’
Aberdeen
5 Oct
Pragmatic Leadership: Taking your Organisation from Good to Great 'Structural Functionality'
Edinburgh
21 Sep
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Third Sector Engagement in a Devolution Context’
Edinburgh
19 Sep
Solutions for Tomorrow While Still Delivering Today
Edinburgh
12 Sep
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
5 Sep
Pragmatic Leadership: Taking your Organisation from Good to Great 'Individual & Board Performance'
Glasgow
31 Aug
Good Governance: Enabling Change and Decision-Making
Edinburgh
29 Aug
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Evening Reception
Glasgow
25 Aug
Chuffed.org Crowdfunding Workshop with ACOSVO
Edinburgh
24 Aug
Chuffed.org & ACOSVO Crowdfunding Workshop
Edinburgh
22 Aug
North East Regional Network Leaders Lunch: Leading Collaboration in a Climate of Cuts, Competition & Change
Aberdeen
28 Jul
ACOSVO Active Leadership: Cycle
Edinburgh
21 Jul
ACOSVO Active Leadership: Walk
Edinburgh
27 Jun
Finding Alignment: Personal Purpose & Professional Vision
Glasgow
22 Jun
ACOSVO Alumni: A Network for Former 3rd Sector Chief Officers
Edinburgh
20 Jun
Leadership Conversations
Edinburgh
8 Jun
Digital Transformation for Third Sector Leaders
Edinburgh
6 Jun
Forth Valley Regional Network Leaders Lunch 'Breaking Down Leadership Boundaries & Building Collaborations'
Stirling
30 May
A Lasting Difference: 'Sustaining Organisations, Projects and Impact'
Edinburgh
18 May
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: 'Confidence & Communication'
Edinburgh
16 May
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Charities and Commercialism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
Glasgow
10 May
Third Sector Leaders & Funders Parliamentary Reception
Edinburgh
9 May
Tayside Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Leadership & Peer Support'
Dundee
2 May
Highlands & Islands Regional Network Leaders Lunch: Creative Collaboration
Inverness
27 Apr
Good Governance: Board Self-Assessment, Learning and Development
Edinburgh
25 Apr
Pragmatic Leadership: Taking your Organisation from Good to Great 'Creating an Organisational Culture of Excellence'
Edinburgh
20 Apr
Borders Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'When to Lead, When to Follow & When to Work Together'
Galashiels
30 Mar
Scottish Leaders Dinner: ‘Funding Conundrums’
Aberdeen
21 Mar
Members Day & Networking Drinks Reception
Edinburgh
9 Mar
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Maximising Partnership Opportunities'
Edinburgh
2 Mar
Good Governance: Leadership, Roles and Relationships
Edinburgh
2 Mar
Good Governance Series: FULL programme
Edinburgh
14 Feb
Pragmatic Leadership: Taking your Organisation from Good to Great 'Turning Impact into Future Performance'
Glasgow
14 Feb
Pragmatic Leadership: Taking your Organisation from Good to Great - Masterclasses: FULL programme
Edinburgh & Glasgow
7 Feb
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Resilience & Change
Edinburgh
2 Feb
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'The Future’s Bright, The Future’s Digital’
Edinburgh
31 Jan
Developing an Engaging People Strategy
Glasgow
19 Jan
Glasgow Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Purposeful Partnerships'
Glasgow
6 Dec
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Government, Third Sector Engagement and Public Services Reform'
Glasgow
1 Dec
Great Leadership for Senior Managers
Edinburgh
22 Nov
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Creating Ambition - Moving from Good to Great'
Edinburgh
17 Nov
The Mastery of Leadership 'Bringing Everything Together'
Glasgow
15 Nov
Leadership Exchange Event
Edinburgh
8 Nov
Virtuous vs Vicious Dynamics: Exploring what Helps and what Hinders Good Governance
Edinburgh
8 Nov
Leadership Exchange Event
East Kilbride
7 Nov
Trustee's Week: Inform, Inspire, Support, Celebrate
Dunfermline
1 Nov
ACOSVO 2016 Annual Conference: 'Are we Human? Or are we Leader?
Edinburgh
27 Oct
Focus on the Future: Conversation with the Regulators
Edinburgh
25 Oct
Challenges of the Cross Border Charity
Edinburgh
18 Oct
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Women & Ambition
Edinburgh
13 Oct
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'Funding for the Future'
Edinburgh
6 Oct
Demystifying the Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
4 Oct
Forth Valley Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Conflict – Prevention and Management'
Stirling
22 Sep
The Mastery of Leadership 'Interpersonal effectiveness at all levels'
Edinburgh
20 Sep
Leadership Exchange Event
Dundee
13 Sep
Trustee and Board Development: Recruitment, Selection, Induction and Training
Edinburgh
13 Sep
Tayside Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Giving & Receiving the Right Support from your Chair'
Dundee
6 Sep
Highlands & Islands Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility – Working with the Private Sector'
Inverness
1 Sep
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
25 Aug
Keeping Your Business Safe, Secure and Resilient
Glasgow
23 Jun
Personal Branding…. Exploring the Leader Within
Edinburgh
21 Jun
North East Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Partnership Working – Rhetoric or Reality?'
Aberdeen
16 Jun
Ensuring Success through Your People and Preventing People Problems
Edinburgh
14 Jun
Importance of Building Strong Relationships Between Senior Managers and Chief Officers
Edinburgh
9 Jun
ACOSVO Women Leaders' Network: Launch and Networking Lunch
Edinburgh
17 May
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'Partner & Provider – Getting the Balance Right'
Aberdeen
12 May
Leadership Conversations
Edinburgh
10 May
Glasgow Regional Network Leaders Lunch 'Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility - Working with the Private Sector'
Glasgow
26 Apr
Leadership Exchange Event
Giffnock
21 Apr
Scottish Leaders Dinner: 'The context of working in Scotland as part of the wider UK Government'
Edinburgh
14 Apr
The Mastery of Leadership 'Getting the best out of your organisation'
Glasgow
12 Apr
Governance Roles and Relationships: Expectations and Practice
Edinburgh
12 Apr
Future of Charity Fundraising Regulation in Scotland: Have Your Say
Edinburgh
22 Mar
Leadership Excellence: Why Do We Trust and Like Certain Leaders?
Edinburgh
15 Mar
South West Regional Network Leaders Lunch 'Driving Change Through Community Empowerment'
Prestwick
10 Mar
Members' Day
Edinburgh
8 Mar
Governance as Leadership: Framing the Work of the Board
Edinburgh
8 Mar
Good Governance Masterclass Series: FULL programme
Edinburgh
25 Feb
BOOST: Positive Leadership Unplugged
Glasgow
23 Feb
Forth Valley Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Impact measurement – the Chief Officers’ role'
Alloa
9 Feb
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'Are Charity Sector Leaders Credible in Eyes of the Public/Private Sector?'
Glasgow
4 Feb
The Essential Guide to Automatic Enrolment and Changes to the SORP
Glasgow
2 Feb
'The Mastery of Leadership' Masterclasses: FULL programme
Edinburgh and Glasgow
2 Feb
The Mastery of Leadership 'Getting the best out of yourself, the leader'
Edinburgh
26 Jan
Masterclass: The Change Series 'Leading Change'
Edinburgh
19 Jan
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch: 'Preventing People Problems'
Edinburgh
11 Dec
Leadership Exchange Event
Inverness
3 Dec
Tayside Regional Network Lunch: 'Having Difficult Conversations'
Dundee
1 Dec
Resilient Leaders, Resilient Organisations, Resilient Teams
Edinburgh
24 Nov
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'Investing in Transformational and Sustainable Change'
Glasgow
24 Nov
Understanding Financial Accounts: Improving Confidence Reporting to Your Board
Edinburgh
19 Nov
North East Regional Network Lunch: 'Everyone Should be a Fundraiser, Even the CO'
Aberdeen
10 Nov
Leadership Exchange Event
Glasgow
9 Nov
Leaders of Membership Organisations
Edinburgh
3 Nov
Evidence Exchange Masterclass
Dunfermline
2 Nov
Trustee's Week Conference: Inform, Inspire, Support, Celebrate
Airdrie
29 Oct
Annual Conference 'Creative Leadership: Innovate! Integrate! Inspire!'
Glasgow
27 Oct
Governance Impact: Exploring Tools and Approaches
Glasgow
22 Oct
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'Third Sector Challenges – a Funder’s Perspective'
Aberdeen
15 Oct
New Directions: A Network for Former 3rd Sector Chief Officers
Glasgow
8 Oct
Borders Regional Network Lunch: Having Your Voice Heard
Galashiels
8 Oct
Masterclass: The Change Series 'Taking People with You'
Glasgow
30 Sep
Leadership Exchange Event
Clackmannanshire
22 Sep
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'Fairer Scotland'
Edinburgh
17 Sep
Polish up your Media Skills
Edinburgh
16 Sep
15 Years of ACOSVO
Edinburgh
15 Sep
New Members' Lunch
Edinburgh
8 Sep
Leading Edge 2015/16
Edinburgh
3 Sep
Governance in Complex Structures: Partnerships and Collaborations
Edinburgh
1 Sep
Edinburgh Regional Network Leaders Lunch
Edinburgh
25 Aug
Glasgow Regional Network Leaders Lunch
Glasgow
19 Aug
Leadership Exchange Event
Perth
9 Jul
New Directions: A Network for Former 3rd Sector Chief Officers
Edinburgh
23 Jun
Governance Relationship: The Chair, Board and the Organisation
Edinburgh
17 Jun
Opportunities and Challenges of Cross Border Working
Edinburgh
16 Jun
Skills for Mentoring
Edinburgh
11 Jun
Leadership for the Third Sector - A Look Over the Leadership Horizon
Edinburgh
4 Jun
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'Social Justice in Scotland'
Edinburgh
2 Jun
Forth Valley Regional Network Lunch 'Driving Change: Growing Business’
Alloa
26 May
The Social CEO: Thinking Strategically about Social Media
Edinburgh
21 May
Highlands and Islands Regional Network Lunch: 'Crucial Conversations'
Inverness
29 Apr
Working Towards a Collaborative Culture
Edinburgh
19 Mar
Working Effectively: Why Good Time Management Isn't About Managing Time
Edinburgh
18 Mar
Leadership Exchange Matching and Awareness Event
Edinburgh
10 Mar
The Facilitative Leader
Glasgow
5 Mar
Masterclass: The Change Series 'Innovation - Taking Meaningful Risks'
Glasgow
3 Mar
North East Regional Network Lunch: 'The Connected CEO: Social Media and Me'
Aberdeen
16 Feb
Dr John Brothers Masterclass – Leadership Solutions for a Changing Sector
Edinburgh
9 Feb
The Essential Guide to Automatic Enrolment
Edinburgh
5 Feb
Scottish Leaders Dinner 'The Enabling State'
Edinburgh
3 Feb
Leadership Exchange Matching and Awareness Event
Selkirk
3 Feb
Borders Regional Network Lunch: 'Distributed Leadership – Leading your Team to Success’
Selkirk
20 Jan
Glasgow Regional Network Lunch: 'Shortcut to Social Media – An Overview of the World of Connecting Socially'
Glasgow
