Critical financial internal controls that could shelter the homeless and feed the hungry

Want to learn more about this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar on March 23. Click here to watch the full recording. $12-$18 billion dollars of free money available for the taking (or holding on to)...

Minimizing the risk of a data breach: A guide for nonprofit organizations

The risk of a privacy breach is a very real possibility for many organizations, including charities, and the consequences can be severe. The following headlines demonstrate that no organization is exempt. B.C. woman shocked to find private medical information of...

The Canada Revenue Agency gets transparent…and pictographic!

Almost no one outside the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) saw it coming. Not industry insiders. Not advocate agencies. Heck, not even the well-connected and respected charity sector giant, Imagine Canada. And yet, there it was, popping up on the Agency’s...

High-context communications in a low-context virtual world

Want to learn more on this subject? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - watch the full recording here. With all the time you spend online, wouldn’t it be nice to communicate more in ways that didn’t...

Dealing with difficult executive directors: Tips for nonprofit boards

Are you an executive director dealing with a difficult board? Read the first article in our two-part series for tips on how to improve the situation! It’s not easy being an executive director of a nonprofit organization. In addition to the...

Dealing with difficult boards: Tips for executive directors

Editor's Note: This is the first article of a two-part series. Click here to read the second article, Dealing with difficult executive directors: Tips for boards. To paraphrase Tolstoy's famous quote about families: all happy boards are alike; each unhappy...

Nearly half of all Canadian employees face workplace sexual harassment: 77% of these victims are women

Interested in learning more about this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - click here to view the full recording. This article was originally published in The Anvil, a Hamilton, Ontario quarterly newspaper, and is reprinted...

Getting started with RFPs: A guide for Canadian nonprofit organizations

So you want to respond to an RFP, perhaps for a great contract being tendered by the federal government. Fantastic! But you’ve never done this before and have no clue where to start. STEP ONE: Understanding bidding on contracts in...

The best board member orientation: How to set your new directors immediately up for success

In recent years, boards of directors and their roles have changed in a variety of ways, but one thing hasn’t: members vote and help direct the future of the organization from the time of their very first board meeting. This...

How to create awesome nonprofit board meetings

Editor's Note: Are your nonprofit meetings unproductive? We partnered with Gord Sheppard for a free webinar on February 25, 2016 that helps you improve all of your meetings. Whether you're a board member, executive director, manager or staff member, you'll...
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