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Nonprofit Recruitment for Organizational Success
Original broadcast date: Wednesday, April 23, 2013 Summary: This webinar, presented by HR...
HUMAN RESOURCES Q&A: WHAT’S IN A BRAND?
How is your organization’s brand incorporated into your HR policy?
Career Q&A: Does networking have to be done in person?
Don't have time for face-to-face networking? These tips will help you effectively network without a huge time commitment.
Why it’s hard to find a job and what you can do about it
Finding it hard to get a job? Follow these tips to ratchet up your job search.
An umbrella for the east coast
Find out how the recently launched Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia plans to further the work of nonprofits in that province.
The relationship between your work and your mental health
Is your workplace making you ill? New research suggests close ties between workplace stresses and poor mental health.
Taking an active role in designing your teams can lead to extraordinary results.
Marketing Volunteers: Orientation Package
Use this orientation package to introduce your marketing volunteer consultant to the nonprofit sector.
Teamwork: Collaboration or catastrophe?
Is the current emphasis on teams taking away from the value of individual work?
Unsure of how to handle job advertisements that ask for salary expectations? Read on!
Marketing Volunteers: How to develop a volunteer relationship with a for-profit marketer
Once you’ve successfully recruited a professional marketing volunteer, follow these tips to foster a good relationship.
Would your grant request approach make the grade?
Follow these tips to hit the right notes in your next grant presentation.
Act II: An update on the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
Is your organization ready for the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act?
With her final column for CharityVillage, Jane Garthson offers advice and resources to help with your governance and ethics decisions.
Marketing Volunteers: How to recruit and manage
Follow these tips to successfully recruit and manage a professional marketing volunteer.
Imagining the future: An update on Imagine Canada’s Standards Program
This interview with Imagine Canada President and CEO Marcel Lauzière explores the success of the recently launched Standards Program.
Beyond the Buzzwords: Social and Mobile Strategies
Original broadcast date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Summary: Claire Kerr, Director of...
How to build a remarkable web strategy for your cause
Take your online strategy to the next level with a remarkable campaign.
Marketing Volunteers: Who we are and what we do
Considering hiring a volunteer marketing consultant? Read this article first.
Beyond the dollar: How non-financial incentives help retain staff
Creative incentives – like Ice Cream Fridays – can be key in fostering better staff engagement.
How talent (not money) will transform your organization
It’s time to redefine volunteerism.
Nonprofit Hiring Tools: Sample Interview Questions
Use these sample interview questions to better assess job candidates.
Hidden Heroes: Why it’s time to focus on your everyday donors
If you’re not focusing on your organization’s hidden heroes, you could be missing out on a chance to take your fundraising efforts to the next level.
Return of NHL ushers sigh of relief from Canadian charities
How did the recent NHL lockout affect charities who rely heavily on their partnerships with Canadian hockey teams?
A "best fit grid" can not only help you determine if you are a good fit for an advertised position but also help you write a targeted cover letter.
It’s time to Tumble into the newest social media phenomenon
Not on Tumblr? Your nonprofit might be missing out on engaging youth.
Is it ethical for an executive director to appoint his wife, also the vice chair of the board, to fill in during an extended absence?
Planning for a payroll: Hiring your first paid employee
Transitioning from all-volunteer to paid staff isn’t necessarily as easy as it might appear.
Unpacking backpacktivism: When good intentions aren’t enough
Does voluntourism do more harm than good?
When is excellence not excellent?
Is it time to remove “excellence” from our vocabulary?
Community building on the coasts: BC and Nova Scotia introduce new social venture legislation
BC and Nova Scotia have both enacted new legislation encouraging social enterprise.
“Won’t somebody please think of the children?” How – and why – nonprofits can engage the youngest volunteers
Is your organization ready to welcome young volunteers?
Playing for keeps: Recruiting and retaining volunteer staff in volunteer-run organizations
Keep your all-volunteer organization running smoothly with these tips.
Poke, pin and tag: Using social media to engage volunteers
Mobilize your volunteer base on social media with these tips.
Volunteer screening: More than just a police records check
A criminal record check is only one step in the volunteer screening process.
The Big Mistake: What to do when you’ve completely messed up at work
You’ve just made a big mistake – one with consequences. What do you do now?
Stepping off the ladder: Can alternative organizational structures change the career trajectory of young professionals?
Shared platforms allow nonprofit leaders to manage new initiatives without becoming executive directors.
So you want to host a youth conference: How to make your next event truly engaging
If you think you’ll attract youth to your next event with the promise of free pizza – think again.
Deconstructing Philanthropy: Writing – the least important, most important thing
Kori Brus from Good Works shares what he believes are the three most important things to get right when writing fundraising copy.
Feel like it's been forever since you started job searching? Follow these tips to stay positive and persistent.
What’s the most ethical way to volunteer when you have limited time to offer?
Looking back, looking forward
A review of changes to the policy landscape in 2012 and what’s to come in 2013 for charities and nonprofits across Canada.
Are you cut out to be an executive director?
Is the position of executive director appealing to young nonprofit professionals?
The power of protest: Are persuasive demonstrations an efficient way to further your social cause?
Are persuasive demonstrations and protests an efficient way to further your cause?
Career Q&A: Making the switch to nonprofit
Looking for your nonprofit dream job? Follow these tips to leave the corporate sector behind.
Yes Virginia, there is an Upside: New foundation aims to fund the charitable sector through stocks
A new foundation offering stock options to charities could spell financial windfall for many organizations over the coming years.
Do you speak nonprofit? A primer on sector buzzwords and jargon
Leveraging funds. Capacity-building. Community-driven action. These are just a few of today’s nonprofit buzzwords.
The Abundant Not-for-profit
Original broadcast date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Summary: Lynda Gerty,...
Governance Q&A: Governance considerations in social enterprises
If your organization wants to start a social enterprise, do you need to fill your board of directors with business people?
