Be sure to honour our fallen heroes this Remembrance Day by wearing a poppy and thanking the Veterans in our lives.
3 Ways To Get Your Board Members Involved In Fundraising On Giving Tuesday
Funder Profiles #7: The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Sometimes A Change Of Scenery Is Just What The Doctor Ordered
FUNDRAISING DOs & DON'Ts #12
Acknowledging The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
For the the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we recommend a few ways that non-Indigenous people can acknowledge the grave injustices committed against First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities, understand the complex systemic challenges they continue to face, and work towards building a brighter shared future.
Funder Profiles #6: New Horizons For Seniors
HAPPY LABOUR DAY 2024!
Artificial Intelligence: Friend Or Foe?
HAPPY CANADA DAY 2024!!!
More Half-Year Resolutions That Will Improve Your Fundraising
Last year at this time we presented a few resolutions that one could adopt for the remaining six months of 2023 that would strengthen their charity’s fundraising efforts. Today we’re pleased to share with you another series of half-year resolutions that are certain will improve your fund development practices:
Begin Preparing For Your First Thanking Season Years In Advance
Happy Mother's Day 2024!!
FUNDRAISING DOs & DON’Ts #11
FUNDRAISING DOs & DON’Ts #10
Do People Who Complain About Charity “Overhead” Truly Understand It?
Conversations with friends and colleagues who firmly believe that charity overhead should be as low as possible can be awkward and exhausting. Yet they can also be viewed as opportunities to advance the public’s understanding of how operating expense items directly affect the impact of an organization’s programs.
Too Shy To Say “Thank You”? Just Include It In Regular Conversation
Do you feel awkward or uncomfortable thanking donors on behalf of your organization for their support? Simply include a “thank you” in conversations that you are already planning to have with donors. Here are three (3) types of conversations with donors where this tactic can be effectively employed.
FUNDRAISING DOs & DON'Ts #9
In this installation of “FUNDRAISING DOs & DON’Ts”, we explore the relative importance of a pair of metrics that we tend to monitor when executing funding campaigns. One is an extraordinarily common variable that perhaps gets tracked too closely, while the other unequivocally demands more of our attention.
