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...
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...
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...
The process of hiring and onboarding new employees is an important and costly one for any organization, and finding someone who is a great fit for your organization is always the goal. Increasingly, nonprofit (and for-profit) organizations are including questions...
The first part of this series gives definition to training and development. While these terms are often used interchangeably, the two are actually distinct in purpose. Training builds capacity to perform the current job, while development builds capacity for a...
All we need to do is to find the right candidate. This is a common refrain we hear from nonprofit leaders seeking candidates for their management and advancement roles. However, they're only partly correct. Yes, finding the right person for...
When I say "dynamic nonprofit leader", I bet your mind instantly goes to someone in particular. Someone who has a certain charisma, who gets the job done, is a force to be reckoned with and usually is an inspiration to...
It’s no secret that a great employee is worth his or her weight in gold. Unlike a lump of precious metal, however, great employees are not always content to stay where they are. This is costly in terms of lost...
Jennifer Nozawa, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Utah, recalls how about a decade ago an undergraduate professor told her almost exclusively female public relations class, “Look, when you get out into the professional world, deals are...
Anyone who knows anything about the nonprofit sector knows that nonprofits attract passionate, committed, caring people – but that those people must operate on a shoestring budget, where needs perpetually exceed resources. This “nonprofit starvation cycle” is described by the...

