1) Imagine Canada launched its new Standards Program on May 8. Designed to strengthen public confidence in the charitable and nonprofit sector, the program is one of the first-of-its-kind globally at a national level. Visit the Standards Program site for more information on the Standards and how to get involved.
2) Thank you to the speakers and participants of Imagine Canada's Nov 8th Toronto risk conference.
- Here is our risk conference website if you registered and still need to print English or French powerpoints: www.riskconferenceimaginecanada.ca
- The conference was videotaped and will be available for sale in early March 2012.
3) Helpful advice: click and read (Articles)
- Burnout: Signs & Strategies (Charity Village December 2011)
- Are you "Content Fried" - 7 Steps to Help (Beth's Blog)
- Analysis Paralysis - the Problem with Perfection (Harvard Business Review)
- Facebook, Nonprofits and Youth Programs: Safety & Privacy Issues (Beth's Blog)
- 4 Ways to Remove a Board Member (Blue Avocado)
- Human Resources: 20 Questions for Nonprofit Boardmembers to Ask (Chartered Accountants of Canada)
- Helpful Basic Guide to Bookkeeping for Nonprofits (Ontario)
- Terrific Advice on several Key Risk Areas: Our Own 8 Risk Management Experts (see Left side bar)
4) Helpful perspective: click and watch (Videos)
- "How Great Leaders Inspire Change" (Simon Sinek) - Under 20 minutes
- Understanding "Urgency" - Leadership guru John Maxwell has daily one minute videos you can receive
- Using Data in Fresh Way - Our world over last 200 years plus Using Ikea Boxes plus more from Hans Rosling, Sweden
- Social Media is a Revolution we need to heed (YouTube)
5) View training online at your convenience ... our 2010 and 2011 risk conferences and many of our webinars over the past 2 years by purchasing a low-cost license ($49 for many nonprofits) for one year to our site:
6) We'd like to visit you! We've held hundreds of training events or consultations for over 8000 nonprofit leaders in 66 Canadian towns. Ask us how you can host a risk management or governance workshop for small and mid-sized nonprofits in your community (or just for your nopnrofit or charity). Here’s what we’re hearing. For details on risk or governance assessments for your organization, training sessions and our fees, please contact the Centre's Director, David Hartley.
7) Recently we announced our latest sponsor, Carters. We are grateful for our two other corporate sponsors for our work with nonprofits across Canada. Our main funder remains the Government of Ontario.
- The Co-operators has a terrific, uniquely beneficial insurance program built specifially for Canadian nonprofits & charities: Community Guard
- The Chartered Accountants of Canada have excellent resources for Canadian nonprofit leaders: click here.
- Continued thanks to Ontario (Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration), our funder and critical partner in this project.