How to maximize the talents of your (newly) physically distanced team

As our workplaces become less centralized in a traditional office building and more localized to our homes, you may find your team is now spread out and that you are suddenly responsible for managing a team of people that you...

National Day of Conversation provides anti-sexual harassment tools for fundraisers and nonprofit organizations

Over the last three years, the #MeToo movement has gained momentum, with  gender-based violence increasingly discussed and addressed as unacceptable. This includes the charitable and nonprofit sector. The second annual National Day of Conversation (NDOC) about the sexual harassment of fundraisers...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Looking forward with Bruce MacDonald

As we say goodbye to 2020, now is the perfect time to reflect on the year that was and look ahead to how we might choose to shape our sector in 2021. We're pleased to welcome Bruce MacDonald, President and...

Project Design: A brief how-to guide for nonprofits and charities

Project design is often understood as synonymous with proposal development. However, a well-designed project goes far beyond the requirements of the average proposal. While organizations invest significant amounts of time and resources into proposal writing, there are often large gaps...

Collecting Courage: ‘Reads like an exposé’ of Canada’s nonprofit sector

Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love, edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, Gail K. Picco Books, Civil Sector Press, November 24, 2020, 227 pp., $39.99 CAD/$29.99 USD Canada’s charitable sector consists of over 170,000 charities...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Failing forward with Nikki Bell

We all want to do a good job. Especially in the nonprofit sector, sometimes there’s immense pressure to do an outstanding job because we need to answer to the community we serve. But trying to do a good job does...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): Why this matters in volunteer management leadership

The majority of nonprofit organizations serve clients from vulnerable, marginalized communities. These people are more likely to be racialized clients who experience complex challenges and issues related to racism, poverty, mental health, the criminal justice system, and domestic violence.  ...

Quality questions = quality leadership

Do you ask yourself questions? Not, "Where did I put my keys?" kinds of questions. But questions about how you are leading? Do you ask yourself what you can do better, differently, or continue doing in a new way? We...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Dismantling white supremacy in the nonprofit sector with Hawa Mire

How can we have a real conversation about systemic racism and white supremacy, especially at our workplace with power dynamics involved? On today’s podcast, Hawa Mire, strategy and equity consultant and community organizer, walks us through how we might build...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: That dreaded question about sustainability with Kylie Hutchinson

How are you going to make this program sustainable after we stop funding you? Most people who have written a grant have been asked that question, and guess what, most people just improvise the answer. There’s a lot to unpack...