To become accredited or not? That is a question on the minds of a number of nonprofit organizations at the moment - and not just the larger ones. What is accreditation? The accreditation process acknowledges that your organization has successfully...
I am distressed by the increasing number of breathless senior staff leaders that I meet. The breathless leader moves quickly, with fidgety movements, speaking hurriedly and breathing rapidly and shallowly. While this may sound like the onset of a serious...
The election dilemma Wondering what your nonprofit or charity should do – if anything - at election time? With a federal election slated for later this year, many Canadian organizations will have to decide soon whether they will take steps...
According to 2013 Charities Directorate data, ten percent of nonprofits in Canada have only one employee, either part-time or full-time. It may be that this employee was the first person hired when a nonprofit moved from a working board to...
Anyone who has experience in managing nonprofit organizations understands the importance of excellence in strategic planning. Every few years, or at least upon the occurrence of a fundamental change in the organization, it is essential to sit back with the...
This past May, Saskatoon became the first city in Canada to embark on an innovative project between government, investors and a nonprofit organization. As pioneers of the country’s social impact bond, all eyes are now on Saskatchewan’s largest city to...
Vital Signs reports. For many nonprofits, these reports represent the equivalent of skimming through a community-specific Wikipedia page: they’re a fantastic snapshot of a region, and are often quite interesting, but it’s difficult to determine how the information they provide...
NOTE: This article is written with an Ontario perspective and is reprinted with permission. View the original post on the Turner Consulting Group website. An alarming idea has recently been circulating in the Canadian human resources circles and beyond: when...
Measuring impact. If you’re a small or medium-sized nonprofit, these two words often come off as intimidating. Scary, even. Only large nonprofits have the resources – both financial and human – to effectively and thoroughly measure the difference they make,...
Is your organization ready to move into the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) age? As most nonprofits are likely aware, one of the strictest anti-spam legislative environments in the world is set to come into force on July 1 of this...
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