New ways to keep up our end of the policy conversation
New challenges breed new policy approaches. Many voluntary organizations have active policy advocacy agendas and devote important resources to this role, promoting the issues and
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Funder collaboratives: Trend or tool?
When the economic downturn of 2008/2009 began to tighten access to resources and to constrain the grants made by funders, attention turned to collaboration as
Tides Canada Initiatives Society: Charitable Venture Organizations: A New Infrastructure Model For Canadian Registered Charities
Introduction In 2008, the Tides Canada Initiatives Society (tci) began a project to consider a mod—el support structure for charitable activities that is variously and
Reflections On Starlings, Collaboratives, And The Nature Of The Nonprofit Sector
The voluntary nonprofit sector is a collection of highly varied organizations that create a landscape of care across Canada. Most often the sector is understood
Context And Background To Tides Canada Initiatives/Novita Interpares
Uncommon solutions for the common good “We are in challenging times for nonprofits… We need the organizational structures that will allow everyone to be more
Book Reviews
Uncharitable: How Restraints On Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential by Dan Pallotta Medford, Mass: Tufts University Press isbn: 978-1-58465-723-1 in recent years, there has been increasing
Developing a social media strategy
What if I told you only 185,000 out of 200 million Facebook members worldwide have ever given money to a charity through Facebook? You might
Social Media: Lessons From The “Front Lines”—One Engo’s Foray Into The Brave New World Of Social Media
The organization I work for, the Canadian parks and wilderness society (CPAWS), is facing the same challenges as many other NGO’s these days—our tradition—al donor