The Art of Giving

About us

The Art of Giving - designs with meaning
The Art of Giving launched in 2010 with the objective of providing visual solutions that made a difference to business success and cancer research.
We assist individuals and organisations:
Inspire, motivate and recognise desired actions - use to provide colourful visual inspiration or reminders of what’s important to you.
  Inspire Organisational and Leadership excellence - use to communicate, reward, remind and recognise what’s important to your team or business.

Our unique designs have been created to convey visually appealing messages to inspire, motivate, recognise and remind. Our designs our incorporated into a selection of stationery, wall displays and gift items relevant for daily use in a work environment. The ‘ready to go’ selection on the website is for those who would like to order in small quantities directly from our range, however if you do not see what you want or would like to order in quantity, please contact us to discuss customising a solution for you.

Our People
Penny Robson MBA, BComm (Hons).
Director of The Art of Giving and The Robson Group, Penny’s passion is assisting organisations develop practical and meaningful solutions that inspire leaders, motivate employees, and engage customers. Her practical perspective on what’s sensible and possible within a real business environment comes from years of senior management experience – 15 of those within New Zealand. Her Leadership and Management Development experience includes past responsibility for Executive Education programmes at University of British Columbia and Training and Development at New Zealand Post. She has been a lecturer in management and marketing at numerous Universities in Canada and New Zealand, and currently teaches on the Executive MBA Programme at Massey University.

Liane Ashman, New Zealand Artist
Director of The Art of Giving, Liane has over 25 years experience in the Fine Arts and Graphic Design arena in New Zealand, Sydney and London. She specialises in brand design and development and has a passion for oil painting. She was winner of the Park Lane Art Awards in 2007 and has paintings held in private collections in NZ, Australia and the UK.
Liane holds a Diploma of Visual Communication Design from Wellington Polytechnic as well as a Fine Arts Diploma. Her work experience ranges from Art Director for the BBC in London to full time Artist to running her own Graphic Design business for over 10 years. Liane has found creating art to interpret leadership and business concepts both challenging and rewarding.

Janet Bengree, Executive Director
Director of The Art of Giving, Janet brings her many years of practical marketing, customer service, and business-to-business relationship experience to assist businesses find the right gift solutions for their customers. She ensures the products and services supplied by The Art of Giving are relevant and of value to individuals and organisations.

Alexandra McDonald, Customer Relations Manager
A new addition to the Art of Giving, Alex brings her enthusiasm, customer service and purchasing skills to the team. Alex is currently finishing a Diploma in Business and is keen to bring the new area of visual merchandise to mainstream business to simplify strategic communication and inspire leadership thinking and action.

For more information on specifics of Delivery and Returns please see our Terms and Conditions.

Delivery Information
We sell our products within New Zealand and use a courier service to deliver our products. Orders are sent out each day Monday to Friday from our Wellington location.  Please allow 3-5 days for delivery, depending on your location. Please contact us directly to make specific delivery arrangements.

Cost and expected time for delivery:
Wellington $8
North Island $13
South Island $16

Please note Rural Deliveries can take up to 2 - 4 days longer than city deliveries.
If you require items sent overseas or Saturday delivery, please contact us to discuss additional costs involved.

Returns
We want our customers to enjoy their purchases. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please return it in a timely manner for refund or replacement.