Are you scrambling to update your by-laws in order to ensure compliance with the new Ontario Not-for-profit Corporations Act, 2010? In this article Joel Secter reminds you to slow down – the new act is not law yet! In addition, there are a lot of other issues to consider for your charity and your board of directors as you work toward compliance.
Are plans in motion for your annual walk-a-thon? Are you rallying participants from last year’s peer-to-peer event in the hope of surpassing your previous fundraising results? Perhaps a segmented communications plan will help? Mike Snusz has already done a lot of work for you. This article outlines top seven segments of participants for your event as well a strategy for keeping them motivated and engaged.
In his final submission in the social enterprise series, David Oyler summarizes the issues a charity needs to be mindful of before they delve deeper into the issue of whether or not to generate revenue through the sale of goods or services.
Are you measuring your charity’s online performance? If not you are not alone. It turns out that 80% of charities are not measuring their online performance. In this article Holly Wagg provides some practically useful key performance indicators so that you can start measuring your online activities immediately.
Are you talking to your donors about their estate plans? Are you thinking about a planned giving program but don’t know where to start? If so, you are not alone. In response to the results of some surprising research conducted by Rebecca Farrell, Fundraising Management student at Humber College, Kimberley MacKenzie offers some suggestions for how you can start to incorporate planned giving into your fundraising programs today.