It's easy to bring your eco-values to work every morning, just follow our top five tips. Post them today, get your coworkers involved and see how much of a difference you can make. Commute smarter Walk or cycle to work....
Housing, treating and supporting people with addictions, Calgary's Fresh Start Recovery is committed to recovering lives and providing concrete solutions to long-standing issues. Executive Director Stacey Peterson explains the organization's straightforward yet far-reaching mission and why, when it comes down...
I was in the lounge at an airport a few months ago and heard a voice that I recognized. On the phone with their office, one of my clients was in a three-way call with two employees. Everyone within earshot...
Toyota, Tiger Woods and the Roman Catholic Church got us all thinking and talking about crisis in recent years. Public relations analysts everywhere are ready to comment across the media on how such crises are handled. The stakes are high...
Alice Housing provides safe second-stage housing and supportive counselling for women and children leaving domestic violence. Established in 1983 and located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, it's the largest second-stage housing organization east of Quebec, offering 19 safe housing units and...
For the vast majority of Canada's 85,000+ charities, the work they do is often unheralded, workmanlike and of interest only to the stakeholders impacted by their cause. The organization keeps its head down, does the best it can on whatever...
Since 1984, Sarnia Lambton Rebound has provided more than 13,000 young people at-risk with the skills needed to promote a positive response to self, others and community. The continued success of their programs has led to them being awarded the...
In an earlier article on The Characteristics of Executive Leadership, I outlined what employees in the nonprofit sector do. But what do nonprofit organizations do? First, two observations: Observation one is that many nonprofit organizations feel they are unique. Board...
In the Spring of 2002, Caroline MacGillivray was working at a temp job to pay the bills when her cell phone rang with some exciting news. As the founder of Beauty Night Society, a nonprofit that that provides makeovers, life...
This month's Charity Village® Sustainability Series article is the fourth in a series that cover the practical aspects of embedding sustainability within your charity. You can view last month's article here. As we move from the general logic of setting...
