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....
It was like it was a deep dark secret that no one wanted to talk about. Finally, we found a staffer at a nonprofit who emphasized that everything he/she said had to be highly anonymous. This person admitted, “I like...
On October 22, CharityVillage and Sheena Greer presented a webinar where we explored this topic in more detail. Watch the full recording here. Before you read this, I want you to hold up a mirror and look at what you...
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...
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...
After a long, hard winter in most parts of Canada, many people are counting the days until they are able to get away to the lake, the ocean or even just the balcony to savour the season. But the fact...
Over the last number of years, the traditional boundaries between the private and public sectors have begun to break down — through corporate social responsibility, social enterprises that bridge the two sectors, and business-to-philanthropy initiatives — but there is also...
Want to learn more about how you can better engage your employees through the use of storytelling? Lianne Picot presented a free webinar on Thursday, June 11 - you can watch the full recording here. 54% of employees in Canada and...
In 1980, at the same time that the identity of Luke Skywalker’s father was revealed to the world, the first of what would be called the millennial generation was born. This generation has now grown to adulthood and accounts for...
Today’s talent pool has more choices than ever. From top-paying corporate jobs to cutting-edge startup positions to newly attractive nonprofit opportunities, today’s best applicants are in the lucky position of having a wider variety of options than any jobseekers in...
