Skip to main content
The Actuary: The magazine of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries - return to the homepage Logo of The Actuary website
  • Search
  • Visit The Actuary Magazine on Facebook
  • Visit The Actuary Magazine on LinkedIn
  • Visit @TheActuaryMag on Twitter
Visit the website of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Logo of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Main navigation

  • News
  • Features
    • General Features
    • Interviews
    • Students
    • Opinion
  • Topics
  • Knowledge
    • Business Skills
    • Careers
    • Events
    • Predictions by The Actuary
    • Whitepapers
    • Webinars
    • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • IFoA
    • CEO Comment
    • IFoA News
    • People & Social News
    • President Comment
  • Archive
Quick links:
  • Home
  • The Actuary Issues
  • July 2015
07

Can you hack it?

Open-access content Friday 26th June 2015 — updated 5.13pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

The actuarial services team at National Australia Bank (NAB) recently hosted a ‘Hackathon’ volunteer day to give back to the community.

The actuarial services team at National Australia Bank (NAB) recently hosted a 'Hackathon' volunteer day to give back to the community. The aim was to utilise our analytical skills to solve problems for not-for-profit organisations. We were joined by individuals and representatives from four not-for-profit organisations, including:

Social Ventures Australia: which helps to create better education and employment outcomes for disadvantaged Australians;

Good Beginnings Australia: which provides support for a good beginning for every child;

Lifeline Australia: provides 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services;

Life Changing Experiences Foundation: providing youth support to Australia's most marginalised girls.

We also had on hand a science researcher studying the population of koalas in a rural area.

The problems were mostly solved utilising our spreadsheet and data skills. For example, we helped the organisations make better use of Excel and databases; provided different ways of adjusting koala population statistics; analysed funding arrangements from different not-for-profit programmes; collected data to analyse the success of a programme helping teenage girls; and analysed past fundraising campaigns using cost-benefit analysis.

The day was a great success and we are very pleased to see that our skills were of benefit for some really great causes. 

The Hackathon day was made available through NAB's skilled volunteering programme offered to all employees and is a great example of how big organisations and professional people can participate and contribute to the community.

This article appeared in our July 2015 issue of The Actuary.
Click here to view this issue
Filed in:
07

You might also like...

Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Linked in
  • Mail
  • Print

Latest Jobs

Senior Underwriting Risk Manager

London (Central)
£85K-£95K + Benefits
Reference
124386

Reserving Manager (Contract)

London (Central)
£1200 - £1400 per day
Reference
124385

Life Actuary - Contract - IFRS 17 Financial Impact

England, London / England, Bristol / North Yorkshire, England
£900 - £1150 per day
Reference
124384
See all jobs »
 
 

Today's top reads

 
 

Sign up to our newsletter

News, jobs and updates

Sign up

Subscribe to The Actuary

Receive the print edition straight to your door

Subscribe
Spread-iPad-slantB-june.png

Topics

  • Data Science
  • Investment
  • Risk & ERM
  • Pensions
  • Environment
  • Soft skills
  • General Insurance
  • Regulation Standards
  • Health care
  • Technology
  • Reinsurance
  • Global
  • Life insurance
​
FOLLOW US
The Actuary on LinkedIn
@TheActuaryMag on Twitter
Facebook: The Actuary Magazine
CONTACT US
The Actuary
Tel: (+44) 020 7880 6200
​

IFoA

About IFoA
Become an actuary
IFoA Events
About membership

Information

Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Cookie Policy
Think Green

Get in touch

Contact us
Advertise with us
Subscribe to The Actuary Magazine
Contribute

The Actuary Jobs

Actuarial job search
Pensions jobs
General insurance jobs
Solvency II jobs

© 2022 The Actuary. The Actuary is published on behalf of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries by Redactive Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any part is not allowed without written permission.

Redactive Media Group Ltd, 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ