Ideas to help you deliver your mission

It’s a sad reality: employee turnover in the nonprofit sector in Quebec is quite significant. This situation is all the more difficult since the change of personnel is costly and we know that each dollar raised is important in fulfilling the organization’s mission. What could explain this human resource challenge? Salary Indeed, the philanthropic sector…

Younger generations will inevitably make up our future donor pools. It will therefore be essential for nonprofit organizations to put different strategies in place that are adapted to the reality of these generations. This approach is how you will convince them to get involved with your cause. Here are some interesting facts about generations X,…

The content found on the websites of nonprofit organizations is often similar. It contains the basics, such as a mission statement, services as well as contact information. Some websites have additional details depending on what’s essential for the organization’s visitors. But have you considered these 5 must-haves? Don’t wait to incorporate them if you haven’t…

You don’t have enough time in a day to accomplish everything? Jobs keep piling up on your desk, you haven’t completed half the work and the day’s already over? You’re being asked to do more and more, but with fewer resources? You’re constantly putting out fires and never have the opportunity for long-term planning? If…

National Philanthropy Day, which began in 1986, is held on November 15 each year and serves to recognize and honour all philanthropists in Canada. It is also an opportunity to highlight the nonprofit sector, an extremely important one for its contribution to communities, but also in terms of the revenue it generates and the impressive…

Do you know what GivingTuesday is? This global generosity movement, which generated 21.7 billion impressions on Twitter last year, originated in the United States in 2012 and was initiated by the United Nations Foundation and several other charities. The campaign is now present in 150 countries around the world. In Canada, two organizations (CanaHelps and…

We all try to do little things for the environment in our day-to-day lives and for our nonprofit organizations. But what about when it comes to fundraising activities? Could we do more? To help your fundraising activity become an eco-friendly success, Espace idées is sharing tips from the “Aide-mémoire pour l’organisation d’un événement écoresponsable d’envergure”…

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou, American poet, writer, actress and activist Storytelling is a communication technique that is becoming increasingly common in philanthropy. Developed in the 1990s in the US, storytelling is the art of…

For the good of the nonprofit organization, employees and board members must work hand-in-hand to achieve the financial and operational goals they set out for themselves. Not to mention for the sake of its service users and volunteers as well! But the organization needs to be very clear in terms of its expectations and requirements…

Asurvey conducted by the Muttart Fondation in 2013 found that “nearly three quarters of Canadians believed that charities spend too much on salaries and administration.” Perhaps those surveyed would simply like to see zero expenditures and for all funds raised by organizations to be invested directly on programs. But is this truly realistic? We don’t…