A gala fundraiser was recently written up in the newspapers as having offended thousands worldwide. The theme and the event inclusions - decor, entertainment etc. - of this particular event were viewed as being disrespectful to a specific religion and...
Introduction A colleague and I stayed up into the wee hours of the morning to complete a proposal a few months ago. We had to deliver it the next day by 10:00am in a city three hours away. Having missed...
Social venture partner groups, or SVPs, are a fresh face on the Canadian philanthropy landscape. Often unnoticed by the public, social venture partners are trying to reshape the way Canadians address social needs. A combination of innovators and forward-thinkers, SVPs...
Our projected costs for printing our event's program and other items went spiraling out of control with unexpected "rush charges" and courier charges. What can we do to avoid this next time? As you begin to plan your event and...
Long before the Internet introduced us to spam and those annoying web pop-ups, businesses were using the telephone to deliver their message to consumers...whether they liked it or not. Last year, the federal government decided it was finally time to...
I'm looking for guidelines on how much to charge sponsors for a new and/or growing fundraising event. How much is exposure worth? Many successful fundraisers have found that it is best to offer sponsors a range of participation levels and...
We are considering moving our gala fundraising event from the hotel where we traditionally hold it to a convention centre. Are there major differences between the two facilities that we should be aware of? There are definitely major differences between...
At the back of an old renovated fire hall in downtown Toronto, Darnelle Cain is working on a print job for Scotia Capital - and a future in graphic communications. Cain, 29, is a participant of the Phoenix Printshop, a...
The reality game show Survivor may have just wrapped up for another season, but for most nonprofit organizations, survival is a reality they face everyday. This is particularly true within the social services sector, where government cutbacks and restructured funding...
Dr. Lester Salamon, author, professor and director of the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies was the keynote speaker at Imagine Canada's Symposium "Learning from the World: Canada's Charitable & Nonprofit Sector through...
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