A.D.A Advisory
When I give food to the poor they call me a saint, when I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
— Dom Hélda Camara
A.D.A was founded by Andrea De Almeida, as a social impact advice and collaboration practice. We exist to transform the way business, government, nonprofits and philanthropy collaborate and operate, to ultimately create more social impact for people and planet.
We think deeply about systems that hold social challenges in place.
It was revolting. As I sat there each morning, I faced off with a laminated poster of a Brazilian archbishop, Dom Hélda Cȃmara. Emanating papal rizz, he blessed me with the above quote. No complaining about breakfast then… (insert teenage eye roll). And try as I might to run away and become a ruthless capitalist, between my family values and breakfasts with the archbishop, the dye was cast.
Growing up in 1990s Australia, I had the breakfast delight of weet-bix with skim milk.
Our services
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A.D.A provides expert facilitation for individual teams, organisations and complex partnerships in the areas of governance, strategy, planning, program design, evaluation, social impact, social innovation and increasing effectiveness.
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A.D.A provides a range of strategy, policy, program design, collaboration, movement building and evaluation advice to business, governments, philanthropy and non-profits - all with the aim of increasing social impact and sustainability outcomes.
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A.D.A is building a Social Innovation and Impact Lab: the aim is to create an inspiring space to help seasoned practitioners imagine better futures for our communities, business, governments and the planet - somewhere to design and test new and innovative solutions and somewhere to help existing high-impact initiatives get unstuck. It will combine eastern and western models to create cross sector collaborations...watch this space!
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A.D.A provides coaching for social impact professionals who are in their early careers.
‘I Wish I’d Known’ coaching is based on what Andrea wished she could have learnt and known in her early career. It blends her lived experience, technical expertise and a range of reflection, emotional regulation and mindfulness practices. Available for individuals and groups .
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Andrea De Almeida is a sought after panellist, speaker and moderator on topics that include creating social impact, social innovation, changing entrenched systems, using business a force for good, purpose-driven organisations, B Corps, venture philanthropy, building personal resilience in impact-driven workplaces and working with corporate Australia to build employment pathways and workforce diversity.
She was recently asked to speak at Cop28 Dubai on creating social impact from a sustainable cities perspective.
Her media and speaking engagements have included: ABC Regional Radio, MAP, StartSpace, Purpose Conference, PauseFest, Festival21 and Goodwill Hunter Podcast and she has also spoken at numerous social sector conferences.
Andrea has also been asked to write for The Age, Pro Bono News, Dumbo Feather, Virgin Business Magazine, Social Ventures Australia and Mindfood Magazine.
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