Spilling the tea: The secret to successfully covering a parental leave

You’ve just been offered a new fundraising job and it’s a maternity or parental leave contract. It’s natural to feel a bit nervous as you wonder how you’re going to get to know the team and the culture, get up...

Expense Management in Challenging Economic Times

Original Broadcast Date: May 25, 2023. Summary: Are we on the cusp of an economic downturn? Most economists agree that a recession is imminent. This webinar discusses how you can prepare your not-for-profit for uncertain times, and even find opportunities...

How to best prepare your Not-for-Profit for uncertain times?

Are we on the cusp of an economic downturn? Most economists agree that a recession is imminent. This webinar discusses how you can prepare your not-for-profit for uncertain times, and even find opportunities to thrive. Learn about planning, tools, and...

People-pleasers, you shouldn’t have to do it alone: Building a successful career at a nonprofit and planning a family

Is it just me or are a lot of nonprofit professionals people-pleasers that tend to take on too much? Just me? I doubt it. The thing about fundraisers and nonprofit professionals is that we live and breathe our work, we...

Directors’ and Officers’ Liability

Original Broadcast Date: May 18, 2023. Summary: Nonprofit organizations have a board of directors who are responsible for overseeing their business activities. When something goes wrong, board members and other officers may be held personally responsible and their resignation may...

“The leadership did not reflect me”: An Interview with Paulette Senior about leadership in Canada’s nonprofit sector

In our April 2023 CharityVillage Connects podcast episode, we explored how Canadian nonprofit sector leaders are increasingly finding themselves under the microscope. In fact, the sector itself is grappling with issues related to accountability, transparency, and a lack of diversity,...

New, free tools to help Canadian nonprofits hire diverse, early-career talent

CharityVillage, in partnership with CivicAction, is proud to host HireNext, a free, made-in-Canada tool that helps employers better hire and retain diverse, early-career talent. By helping employers better recruit, screen, onboard, and, most importantly, retain young talent, HireNext takes the...

What’s your biggest weakness: Reimagining the traditional interview

This article was previously published by Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia and is reprinted with permission. Think about the makeup of the labour market in the mid-1900s: Would you have been part of the workforce? Would workplaces have been safe for you? Would you have been hired, and...

How can we centre community’s voice in our data collection?

We live in complicated times (perhaps that’s a statement that has always been true). And we share a common intention to collect better data in these complicated times to make better decisions. To be able to do that we must...

4 cost-saving tech tips

The key word here is “cost-saving.” Because very few organizations have a robust technology budget, we want to help you make technology choices that will save you money and keep you focused on your mission. If you’ve been following our...