At its best, the relationship between frontline staff and fundraisers/communications staff is a beautiful thing, offering the best of both worlds. As Anne Melanson, president, Bloom Nonprofit Consulting Group, says, “Fundraising and communications people have a finger on the pulse...
Leadership is a key ingredient in an organization’s success. Without good leaders, organizations often lack direction, vision, and the inspiration teams need to accomplish their goals. While great leaders are often with companies for years and even decades at a...
It’s a classic saying - “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. Change is such a constant in the nonprofit world, it’s…well…constant. And yet, at the same time, it’s also true that beyond all imposed...
In the last article we talked about digital transformation for charitable organizations. As a recap, digital transformation has three components that interconnect to create a digital ecosystem: systems integration, enterprise solution and user experience. We reviewed suggestions on how to...
A line in the classic film A Princess Bride has the villain beg off watching his assistant work, explaining, “'I’ve got my country's five hundredth anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame...
Digital transformation is a hot topic that many businesses and charities are trying to understand. It’s being talked, written and tweeted about on a regular basis. What does it mean, and how do you do it? For many Canadian businesses,...
For-profit businesses share office buildings all the time — so why not nonprofits? According to the Calgary Foundation, there is so much potential for innovation — and, consequently, the local community — when you share space with other like-minded charitable...
While there are many ways to distinguish between the nonprofit and the for-profit sector, often it only takes walking into an organization’s office to know whether it’s a nonprofit. Here are two stories that illustrate the typical divide: “Everyone seems...
Is it possible to save money and still be efficient when your non-profit abandons its bricks-and-mortar for a virtual office? Absolutely. For a true success story, just look to the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD). Moving to a...
Want to learn more on this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - watch the recording here. All hands on deck Years ago, I volunteered on the board of a large multi-service organization that operated a...
