Building quality into the project

The first step in ensuring a quality project is knowing exactly what you are to deliver. You need to clearly define and communicate the project scope with all project stakeholders. What are you going to create?

Operating a charity internationally

For charities with international causes, there are rules and procedures to follow. Adam explains what Canadian charities must have in place before they can operate overseas and what they can and can’t do once they are there.

Governance Q&A: Is it ethical to hire children of staff?

The pros and cons to consider when hiring children of staff as summer students.

Identifying Canada’s future leaders: The Top 20 Under 20 Award

What were you doing when you were a teenager? Founding a nonprofit organization? Heading up two successful business ventures? Discovering an effective and natural alternative to immunosuppressive drugs? Me neither! Yet, these are just some of the extraordinary activities that this year’s Top 20 Under 20 award recipients are up to.

Meetings: A necessary evil

Key guidelines to improve your next meeting.

Understanding directors’ liability issues

Adam explains what directors are actually liable for, what happens to a director who is found liable, and what protections organizations can put in place for their directors.

All Abroad! The ins and outs of operating internationally

Many people and organizations that learned to “do good” in Canada now want to help causes overseas. Though the impetus is pure and the intentions are good, there is some information one must know before trying to raise funds for charitable causes beyond the Great White North.

Governance Q&A: Compensation for executives and senior management

How finance committees determine compensations and what to do when conflict of interest arises.

Making the decision to outsource non-core services

It can make sense to outsource essential but ‘non-core’ business processes, such as human resources, bookkeeping and accounting, as well as entire staff functions such as Controller or CFO.

Understanding the disbursement quota

Adam discusses the rules of thumb for the disbursement quota, what happens when there is a disbursement quota shortfall, and how to deal with generated income.