CharityVillage Connects: Fewer Volunteers, Higher Stakes: Can Canada Rebuild a Culture of Giving?

In this episode of CharityVillage Connects, we explore Canada’s growing volunteer challenge and what it will take to rebuild a stronger culture of giving. With demand for charitable services rising while organizations struggle to recruit, retain, and support the volunteers...

Ask Me Anything: Volunteer Engagement for Organizations

Original Broadcast Date: September 17, 2026 Summary: Volunteer engagement is changing, and many organizations are rethinking how they recruit, support, and retain volunteers in a shifting landscape.   In this Ask Me Anything session, Lori Gotlieb responds to your questions about the practical realities...

Employee Volunteering as a Partnership Strategy: A Conversation for Nonprofits

Original Broadcast Date: September 16, 2026 Summary: Join Heather Nelson, Corporate Sponsorship and Partnership Specialist, and Jessica Pang-Parks, Volunteer Engagement Expert, for a conversation about how employee volunteering can become a meaningful part of your corporate partnership strategy. They explore...

Ask me Anything: Make Volunteering Work For You

Original Broadcast Date: September 15, 2026 Summary: Unquestionably, volunteering is a meaningful way to contribute to your community. If you are looking to start volunteering, you might be wondering how to choose the right opportunity and what to expect from a volunteer role. And if you’re currently volunteering, you might be...

The Future of Volunteer Engagement in Canada: Data, Strategy, and What Comes Next

Original Broadcast Date: September 14, 2026 Summary: To launch CharityVillage’s Volunteer Week 2026, we brought together leaders from Volunteer Canada, Charity Insights Canada Project (Carleton University), and Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada (VMPC) for a timely panel discussion on the future of...

Announcing the relaunch and expansion of Volunteer Success

For more than 30 years, CharityVillage has worked alongside Canada’s nonprofit sector, helping organizations find talented people, strengthen their teams, and build their capacity to serve their communities.  Today, we are excited to announce the next step in that work:...

The power of volunteer fairs in the digital age

Since becoming a volunteer strategy consultant in Halifax, I’ve heard many nonprofits and community groups express the same recruitment frustrations and ask similar questions:  how do we reach the people who are both interested in our organization and are ready...

Hands-on with PIP: How Rosterfy’s AI Agent Can Help You Build an Effective Volunteer Program

On October 13, join us for a free product demo to learn how Rosterfy’s AI agent can help you build an effective volunteer program. Artificial Intelligence has quickly evolved from a curious novelty into an essential toolkit for modern work....

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Using AI and automation to reclaim 75% of your week

Original Broadcast Date: April 23, 2026 Summary: Volunteer managers are currently facing a "perfect storm": a rise in service demand, volunteer recruitment challenges, and increasingly complex compliance requirements. For many, the result is burnout. But what if the heaviest parts...

Overlooking operational resilience: Why Canadian nonprofits are “sleepwalking into disaster”

Interested in learning more? We have partnered with Rosterfy to host a free webinar. Register now! The Canadian nonprofit sector is facing a startling paradox. The data suggests there’s massive interest in giving back - in fact, it has never...
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