Stories help your donors understand how they can make a meaningful difference in other people’s lives. Nonprofit accounting expert Bill Kennedy says stories can be just as effective at helping your board, volunteers, staff and donors understand the difference that money makes in your charity’s operations.
Leadership coach Mark Murphy says meetings are like gas - they expand to fill whatever space you give them. Here's a simple tip that will add purpose to all your meetings as well as making them shorter.
Under new accounting principles proposed by the Accounting Standards Board, charities will no longer be able to defer contributions until they are spent. And charities with a large number of autonomous locations, such as churches and national charities with regional chapters, would have to consolidate their financial statements. Bill Kennedy examines the implications and urges you to share your concerns.
Depending on your charity’s operations, it may be prudent to transfer its assets into a separate corporation to protect them and limit liability in case of a lawsuit. Mark S. Anshan explains.
The increase in use of mobile devices means that mobile fundraising can no longer be ignored. And crowdfunding has emerged as a new form of the familiar “peer-to-peer” fundraising approach. Michael Johnston explains how these two trends can help you reach each generation of Canadian donors.
Stories help your donors understand how they can make a meaningful difference in other people’s lives. Nonprofit accounting expert Bill Kennedy says stories can be just as effective at helping your board, volunteers, staff and donors understand the difference that money makes in your charity’s operations.
