Working For The Mission: Getting Nonprofits To Be The Employers Of Choice
Nonprofit employees matter Truly skilled nonprofit staff, like Olympic athletes, can make their work look easy. Calm in the face of crises, keeping in check
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Canada’s Nonprofit Sector: The People Challenge
Imagine Canada’s National Engagement Strategy document (Imagine Canada, 2011) states that improving conditions to attract and retain paid staff is one of four priorities. Issues
Rethinking volunteerism – should it be a priority?
Peter O’Donnell, president of Healthy Futures Group, recently asked, “Do today’s nonprofits really want volunteers/an engaged community?” (O’Donnell, 2011, para. 1). For a number of
Diaspora Philanthropy And Civic Engagement In Canada: Setting The Stage
In January 2011 The Toronto Star published a story on G. Raymond Chang, a Jamaican-born financier who has recently become a remarkable and inspiring figure
The Case For Community Leadership
Introduction by Kate Mansell This article has a curious history. Some time back, the board of Leadership Victoria was considering the notion that the organization
A Kaleidoscope Of Innovation: Designing Community Impact In The Waterloo Region
Introduction A new era of deep and widespread change across organizational sectors is developing as a result of increased cultural diversity, turbulent global economies, complex
The road to resilience: Working together
This article was provoked by an invitation to speak at the Ontario Nonprofit Network conference in April 2010, inspired by what I heard at that
The Sport Matters Group: “Un-organizing” the future of Canada’s not-for-profit sector
If you go looking for the corporate headquarters of the Sport Matters Group (SMG), you will search in vain. There is no office and no