The importance of (not) being (too) earnest: Bringing play into the workplace

People who work in the nonprofit sector experience the underlying pressure of the issues they fight to solve: if we don’t do our work, there could be a child who doesn’t eat, a dog that is euthanized, a cure that...

Improve the psychological health of your workplace: It’s the right thing to do

Want to learn more about how to promote good mental health at your workplace? We partnered with the author, Julia Kaisla from the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division, for a free webinar  - watch the full recording here. Since...

Raise your leadership confidence by establishing these three daily habits

Walking into a boardroom and averting your eyes as your stomach clenches is a horrible feeling. When you are worried about what you need to say and how you will say it, you begin to agonize. The doubt creeps in....

Proposed tax changes could be catnip for big donors

The last federal budget had some big news for the charity sector in the form of a proposed rule change about donating the proceeds of shares and real estate. Unfortunately, this rule change has been severely under-reported on. This is...

Not your mother’s sector: How young changemakers are shaking up the nonprofit world

Over the last few years, a number of people in the nonprofit sector have started to question how the sector has always operated, wondering if things could be done differently. Some are even trying entirely new approaches to typical nonprofit...

Three dimensions of success for mission-driven organizations

‘Innovate or die’ is a truism for any nonprofit, service agency, or social enterprise because the challenges we’re addressing are highly complex and unstable. But...how? It’s much easier to say how we want things to be than it is to...

Building better boards: Strengthening fiduciary and risk oversight

Increasingly boards of directors for charities are expected to strengthen their governance practices, including their fiduciary and risk oversight. Driving this demand for stronger governance is research that finds that governance failures are at the root of many problems in...

Elections 2015: Outcomes for Canada’s charitable sector

On October 19, 2015 Canadians will go to the polls to elect their 42nd parliament. Campaigning got underway in early August and will last a total of 11 weeks. By the time votes are cast all the major party leaders...

New post-secondary programs offer unique opportunities to nonprofit professionals

Over the last few years, a number of academic programs specifically focused on the nonprofit sector have been popping up across the country. This fall, the first four-year undergraduate degree program in nonprofit management will be launched at Brescia University...