As our workplaces become less centralized in a traditional office building and more localized to our homes, you may find your team is now spread out and that you are suddenly responsible for managing a team of people that you...
Over the last three years, the #MeToo movement has gained momentum, with gender-based violence increasingly discussed and addressed as unacceptable. This includes the charitable and nonprofit sector. The second annual National Day of Conversation (NDOC) about the sexual harassment of fundraisers...
As we say goodbye to 2020, now is the perfect time to reflect on the year that was and look ahead to how we might choose to shape our sector in 2021. We're pleased to welcome Bruce MacDonald, President and...
Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love, edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, Gail K. Picco Books, Civil Sector Press, November 24, 2020, 227 pp., $39.99 CAD/$29.99 USD Canada’s charitable sector consists of over 170,000 charities...
We all want to do a good job. Especially in the nonprofit sector, sometimes there’s immense pressure to do an outstanding job because we need to answer to the community we serve. But trying to do a good job does...
The majority of nonprofit organizations serve clients from vulnerable, marginalized communities. These people are more likely to be racialized clients who experience complex challenges and issues related to racism, poverty, mental health, the criminal justice system, and domestic violence. ...
Do you ask yourself questions? Not, "Where did I put my keys?" kinds of questions. But questions about how you are leading? Do you ask yourself what you can do better, differently, or continue doing in a new way? We...
How can we have a real conversation about systemic racism and white supremacy, especially at our workplace with power dynamics involved? On today’s podcast, Hawa Mire, strategy and equity consultant and community organizer, walks us through how we might build...
Things are challenging enough with adapting work to the challenges of COVID. Feeling unsafe at work— harassment whether from coworkers or others—simply shouldn’t be added to the mix. It is a violation of human rights. And yet, it is the...
This article originally appeared in the October 2020 issue of Advancing Philanthropy magazine, the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ flagship magazine. The Great Equalizer. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the coronavirus the “great...
