Please see the ADAPE Australasia LinkedIn Group for discussions and news, here http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3692079&mostPopular=&trk=tyah. ADAPE (Association of Development and Alumni Professionals in Education) Australasia is the peak organisation representing and specifically catering for advancement professionals in the education sector. ADAPE's primary focus is to advocate for, represent and support our advancement professionals, through: Professional Development ADAPE members have access to high quality, well priced professional development seminars and conferences. Non members are open to attend these events. Networking and Mentoring ADAPE members can call on the individual and collective expertise of other members through the on-line bulletin board. Through networking and mentoring opportunities plus the on-line bulletin board, members have access the years of individual and collective experience. Sharing strategies and information is a vital tool in advancing our members' capacity to reach best practice in their profession. Advocacy ADAPE actively promotes educational advancement and aims to raise the professional recognition of those involved in the sector as well as to increase the awareness of the public of the value of fundraising to educational institutions.