October 26, 2022
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August 11, 2021Fundraising at its essence is storytelling. Connecting with donors means showing them how their donation can change the world through the lens of your nonprofit. It requires patience, incredible emotional intelligence and a great story.
November 11, 2021Earlier this year, Statistics Canada released the results of a survey exploring the diversity of charity and nonprofit boards in Canada. The results confirmed what many in the sector already know – that those who identify as immigrants, persons of colour, LGBTQ2+ individuals, persons with a disability, and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit are vastly underrepresented on nonprofit and charity boards of directors. In this panel discussion we discuss the implications of these findings and what organizations can do to build a more diverse and equitable sector, starting with their boards.
January 26, 2022Can you imagine an organization said to support Black people with no or just one Black person on the board? It’s like a panel discussing women’s rights with no women (which also happens). It makes no sense. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair,” is a famous quote by Shirley Chisholm I often hear in advocacy groups. I still believe it’s sound advice, but it also doesn’t capture how hard it can be for some people to carry around their chair everywhere, all the time. And it takes the pressure off the others at the table — they don’t have to change a thing. They are comfortably sitting in their chairs and don’t even have to acknowledge your chair is different or how much effort it took for you to bring it to the table. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair”
