If a member thoroughly disrupts an annual general meeting (AGM), can they be removed or prevented from attending in future? Usually, AGMs are open to everyone although only members, or certain classes of members, have a vote. And members are...
When the Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre first opened in the city's west end nearly thirty years ago, the modest space — a former liquor store — adequately served those who came for meals. As the organization grew...
The situation: you want a new website; or you think an app would be useful; or perhaps you want to beef up your organization's e-commerce. It might be time to hire an Information Technology (IT) consultant. Here's the bad news:...
Back in October 2011, CharityVillage® covered the early pilot launch of Imagine Canada's new Standards Programs, designed to be a guide to good governance and operating policies and practices and intended to complement standards that many organizations already have in...
Since we value honesty, but donors and funders don't want to support administration costs, how can we ethically define and report on administration costs? It is extremely unfortunate that some nonprofits perpetuate the misleading idea that it is possible to...
In the nonprofit community there is a new leadership avenue to be explored – one that has been used to great advantage by for-profit organizations. At times when the chief staff executive position suddenly becomes vacant and the issues before...
With the holidays behind us and a new year before us, chances are you're coming back to work and will have a few (or more) meetings on your calendar: committee meetings to further policy work, team meetings to check that...
Call it teamwork. Collaboration. Synergy. Whatever term you wish to use, there's a lot of it going on between sector organizations and government. Over the last few years it has become apparent to both people working in nonprofits and civil...
Nearly 500 nonprofit leaders did something a little out of the ordinary last week: they gathered together to take action on some of the biggest challenges facing the sector. From all across the country they convened for the National Summit...
Conflict is well defined by the Chinese proverb that says there are three truths: your truth, my truth, and the truth. Conflict can play out with co-workers, in boardrooms, among volunteers, at annual meetings with members, and in working relationships...
