Conscious Service and Self-Connection: Beyond awareness and into embodiment

This is the second article in a series on Conscious Service. Read the first, third, fourth, and fifth articles here. “That’s just the way I am.” Maybe you’ve heard this statement from others or have uttered the words yourself. Somehow,...

Better Meetings with Rebecca Sutherns

We’ve all been in meetings wondering... “why am I here?” In fact, I imagine that’s what you’re thinking during most meetings. Or, “when will this be over so I can get back to my real work!?” Whether it’s going on...

Rethinking equity: The changing role of funders in philanthropy

Philanthropic organizations have long been working to address social inequality in Canada, focusing on issues like poverty, illiteracy, hunger, and homelessness. But today, they are grappling with another critical notion: equity. “I don’t think inequality will ever vanish, but equity...

Challenging our thinking about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

This is the first in a series of articles on this topic. Read the second, third, and fourth articles here. I was fourteen years old when I heard one of the most profound statements on diversity dialogues in the Canadian...

Nonprofit Accounting with Omar Visram

Hands up if you have a full-time bookkeeper!  Ha ha - joking! Most small nonprofits we work with don’t have a full-time, professionally trained bookkeeper. You’re not alone. In this episode, we’re chatting with Omar Visram, CEO of Enkel Backoffice...

Seven tips to avoid a nonprofit accounting nightmare

In the nonprofit sector, we are tasked with wearing multiple hats and finding ways of doing more with less. This means that we are often tapped out when it comes to capacity and our ability to do everything that comes...

How nonprofits can secure their systems – and their data

Want to learn more on this topic? Watch our recorded webinar on this topic. Leaders of nonprofit organizations read the same headlines as their counterparts in the for-profit sector. The data breaches that once were rare now occur with alarming...

It’s more than a job: Conscious Service is energy and vocation

This is the first article in a series. Read the second, third, fourth, and fifth articles. I imagine your call to serve has led to your career in the nonprofit sector. I would also bet that you have been conditioned to...

Digital Transformation: More than meets the eye

Want to learn more about how to make digital transformation affordable and doable at your organization? Watch our recorded webinar on the topic. The Transformers franchise is all about an intergalactic, millennia-long war between the Autobots (the good robots, er,...