Managing up at your fundraising job: An interview with Kishshana Palmer

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I’m so happy to...

Minimizing the risk of a data breach: A guide for nonprofit organizations

The risk of a privacy breach is a very real possibility for many organizations, including charities, and the consequences can be severe. The following headlines demonstrate that no organization is exempt. B.C. woman shocked to find private medical information of...

Donors behaving badly: How to navigate a challenging donor relationship

Donors: nonprofit organizations couldn’t function without them. Donors are rightfully thanked and praised for their partnership, their vision, their contributions and even their friendship. As one fundraisers reports, the vast majority of donors are “selfless people who love what we...

How play can improve creativity and trust in the workplace: An interview with Sheena Greer

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so pleased...

The Canada Revenue Agency gets transparent…and pictographic!

Almost no one outside the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) saw it coming. Not industry insiders. Not advocate agencies. Heck, not even the well-connected and respected charity sector giant, Imagine Canada. And yet, there it was, popping up on the Agency’s...

When passion for work goes too far: How to avoid burnout

Every day we want to do the best we can for the people we serve. We jump in and help our coworkers. We step up and take on responsibilities just because things need to get done. We work long hours...

One year later: How Canada’s nonprofit sector continues to support Syrian refugees

Rarely have we seen a picture galvanize people into action as much as the photo of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi. In 2015, this image broke the hearts of people around the world and brought attention to the now five-year-old civil...

The most important training to give yourself this year

Want to learn more about how to boost your confidence? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - watch the recording here!  Many of you will have a list of professional development events that you are scheduled to...

From one millennial to another: Four tips for millennial leaders

My name is Leanne. I’m a lot of things and apparently, at least according to the media, one thing in particular: I’m a millennial. Depending on the source, a millennial is a person who is born after 1980 and before...

When the charitable sector lacks charity: Bullying in the nonprofit workplace

Surely, we tell ourselves, surely everyone who works in the charitable sector must be...charitable. We read frightening statistics about Canadian workplaces: nearly half of Canadians report having experienced one or more acts of workplace harassment at least once a week...