Over the past several months, nonprofits and charities across Canada have been working hard to adapt to the new COVID realities. Organizations have experienced impacts to every aspect of their work, including hiring staff and recruiting volunteers. At the same...
This article was originally published on CareerWise – “Your source for career development news and views.” We are time-crunched and over-scheduled, with demands from our work and personal lives that can make us feel overwhelmed. Who hasn’t looked at their to-do list...
This article was originally published in the TPG Pulse for Associations and is reprinted with permission. The full article and others can be found on The Portage Group’s COVID 19 resource page. With the millions of Canadians now sidelined and eager...
It seems like on all fronts we are currently engaged in deep unlearning and learning. Whether it’s around anti-racism or new technologies, the world is a changing place and learning has become more routine than ever. Right now, while our...
Having become a parent, I now understand how hard it is for parents to let go of their babies. When my boys are not with me, I worry about them all the time. But I’m also learning that controlling them...
They come from all walks of life and different parts of the world. They carry with them a rich tapestry of personal experiences and they all pursue the same goal: to improve the lives of the people in their community,...
I’ve seen it dozens of times as a career advisor. At some point, after the handshake, work experience list, and presentation of skills, the truth finally pours out: “I need to do something more meaningful. Something with purpose.” So often,...
How we do our work is just as important as what we do. But we don’t talk about this enough at work. We get so busy. But are we productive? I’m so excited to talk to my friend Rachel Bearbower...
This is the first article of 3-part series. The world of fundraising is changing and with it, fundraisers’ skill sets need to change, too. For the last decade, most nonprofits received their funding through grants, major donors, galas and peer-to-peer...
Do you ever get that nagging feeling that your voice is not heard or that it’s drowned out? Currently, with everything being communicated online, it’s so easy to feel that what you have to say is going to get buried...
