Outstanding leaders in the not-for-profit sector have common characteristics. Certainly they must be aligned with their employer's mission and be a compelling advocate who engages others in that mandate. They must be effective communicators. Leaders engender confidence. What else are...
Is it legal and ethical to take over a dormant Canadian charity? This article considers the questions: "Is it legal and ethical to take over a dormant Canadian charity in order to avoid the long bureaucratic process of application? And...
Occasionally, while doing research on an organization, you may learn that it supports a cause or position you don’t or can’t ethically stand behind. It would therefore be your duty to decline the board position, as it is unlikely that...
It’s no surprise that employees in the nonprofit sector are generally paid less than their contemporaries in the private and public sectors. While we’d like to believe the sector’s employees are equally motivated by salary as they are by the...
Early in May, Imagine Canada released its inaugural Sector Monitor report, a document ostensibly produced to gauge the health of the Canadian voluntary sector in the wake of the world recession. The report makes for an interesting and informative read...
What would be useful for us to know before we initiate a development audit for our organization? Don’t be intimidated by the "A" word! Auditing your development program can be an excellent way of taking a snapshot of your current...
The grant proposal you spent weeks writing has finally paid off, securing much-needed funds for your nonprofit's latest project. Yet even though you have acquired the grant, your obligation to your funders isn't over. Once your organization accepts a funder's...
All organizations face tough decisions. Certainly, the jobs of most leaders revolve around decisions. In a previous Tools issue, we gave you Peter Brinckerhoff's decision-tree from his book, Nonprofit Stewardship: A Better Way to Lead Your Mission-Based Organization. This issue...
More and more I am witnessing the power that leveraging our strengths has in the nonprofit sector. This approach, which identifies what is working well within any given system or organization and builds upon this knowledge, is at the heart...
This is the fifth in a series of six articles that discuss outcome measurement: what it is, how to do it, and most importantly, how it will help your organization. The content of these articles draws heavily on a framework...
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