I’m getting married in two days! (Cue the high-pitched squealing.) And as someone who works in the charitable sector, I’ve been thinking a lot about how charity can be incorporated into this special day. Having spent the past seven months planning a wedding, let me...
This post originally appeared on the AFP Greater Toronto Chapter Blog. Nine years into my fundraising career I did it. I decided to specialize. I had been working in a small shop for years doing most of the fundraising. When you work on a smaller team, you learn to do...
What happens when a reporter calls your charity? Does everyone at your organization dive under their desks, hoping that they won’t be asked to speak on television, or give an interview? I know I used to run from calls from reporters. But that was before I really...
It’s no secret that Millennials are seeking meaningful work. In fact, 73 percent say they’re looking for meaningful work at an organization’s with a mission they support and 90 percent want to use their skills for good. And many Millennials say they would give up a...
Millennials: it seems everywhere you look, people can’t stop talking about the generation born between 1980-2000. Seemingly hundreds of thinkpieces and studies on Millennials are released every week: are they more civic-minded than other generations? Or more selfish...
High school students: they’re one of the unique populations with an imperative to volunteer, but who our organizations often struggle to place effectively in volunteer positions. Whether mandated by provincial or school requirements to volunteer, or spurred to do so...
