The pandemic continues to throw new challenges at us every day. These can be personal, like working from home and maintaining our mental health, and they can be organizational, throwing even the best-run nonprofits into chaos. Leaders are left scrambling to deal with challenges never experienced, like how to manage a remote work force effectively and still meet service delivery goals. Sustainability...
Many nonprofit leaders steer away from business language when talking about how we manage and lead our organizations. We do it to combat the tendency of government and private-sector advisors to assure us that the application of a business solution...
This past year many people worked very hard to figure out how to do things online that they were used to doing in person. In particular, organizations who were very familiar with holding face-to-face workshops scrambled to quickly gain access...
Project design is often understood as synonymous with proposal development. However, a well-designed project goes far beyond the requirements of the average proposal. While organizations invest significant amounts of time and resources into proposal writing, there are often large gaps...
The nonprofit sector is under tremendous stress due to Covid-19. In March 2020, Imagine Canada projected “the economic downturn associated with COVID-19 will cause charities to lose $9.5 billion and layoff more than 117,000 employees...” Similar to other sectors of Canadian...
In the wake of recent and unprecedented events related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian nonprofits and charities are under more pressure than ever to provide valuable services while operating under incredibly challenging circumstances. At the same time, it is heartening...
The Mosaic Institute is a think-and-do tank that brings together people, communities, and nations to advance pluralism and reduce conflict. We operate through people-to-people engagement to create common ground by building mutual empathy and understanding. We believe that Canada's diversity...
Greenway-Chaplin Community Centre (GCCC) is a neighbourhood-based organization that provides programs for children and youth and facilitates community events and volunteer opportunities for neighbours to meet, connect and get to know each other. For over 30 years, GCCC has been empowering strong...
Do you remember that icky feeling back in school, when you were assigned a piece of homework that you didn't see the point in doing, but had to do it anyway? Well, I bet that’s the same feeling you get...
You’re at home again. Working. From. Home. Again. While there’s nothing that this article can do to break the monotony of your four walls or make your kids leave you alone long enough to take a deep breath, we can...
