Although most people’s eyes glaze over at the sound of the word governance, thinking it’s purely about the structure and rules of an organization and its by-laws, the sharp reality is that governance can make or break your organization. How...
Here’s a statistic many of you may not be aware of: nearly 17 million Canadians have done volunteer work during their lives. Stated differently: about 59% of Canadians aged 15 and older, have volunteered. That’s a lot of volunteering by...
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)...
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...
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...
Surely, we tell ourselves, surely everyone who works in the charitable sector must be...charitable. We read frightening statistics about Canadian workplaces: nearly half of Canadians report having experienced one or more acts of workplace harassment at least once a week...
Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I'm interviewing Marc...
Recently, the federal government held a 10-week public consultation on the rules governing how charities engage in public policy. To ensure it was done collaboratively, Imagine Canada — with a mission of strengthening and supporting the charitable sector — put...
In the Liberal government’s 2015 mandate letter to the Ministry of Revenue after the elections, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemed to acknowledge a need for more dialogue and better interaction with the nation’s charitable sector. The letter, addressed to Minister...
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...
