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Topics of interest beyond the issues addressed in our weekly
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Volunteer tax credits: Do or die
An investment in volunteerism makes good economic sense
The role of technology in charitable giving
How important is professional accreditation to you in your work (e.g. CFRE, CAE, ABC)?
Is an increase in the number of nonprofit organizations good for the sector?
Who should pay for professional development?
Working for 'the boss from hell'
Staff or board members who are also clients of the organization they serve
Being asked an illegal or inappropriate question during a job interview
Returning a gift if the donor commits a crime
Federal government passes bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Mentoring young nonprofit professionals
Charging the public for social services
The value of volunteer time
A Human Resources Council for the nonprofit sector
Accepting pro bono services
Effect of tsunami giving on other fundraising initiatives
Corporate responsibility to help solve social problems
Government response to tsunami disaster
Using e-mail to solicit for funds
Frequency of workplace meetings
The concept of work in the voluntary sector
Unionization in the nonprofit sector
Government and nonprofit funding for athletes
Performing duties outside your job description
Evolution of United Way-Centraide in Canada
Alleviating poverty through community economic development
Greatest need in the voluntary sector
Service club membership
Rising insurance premiums for nonprofits
Donations of time vs. donations of money
Celebrating International Volunteer Day
Federal sponsorship of cultural and sporting events
Participation in fundraising walks
The Future of Online Fundraising
Market basket poverty measures
Fundraising in
Canada vs. the United States
Professional
fundraising in public schools
The guidelines
for charities and related businesses
The Canadian
Federation of Voluntary Sector Networks
Advocacy spending
limits
Engaging youth
in philanthropy
Revising advocacy
rules for charities
The national
drop in volunteering rates
Direct mail premium
effectiveness
Decisions around
starting to take online donations
Revising income
estimates during an economic downturn
Federal election
issues of importance to the sector
The impact of
minimum wage increases on charities
The gender gap
in Canadian fundraising salaries
Do "click-to-give"
sites make it too easy to donate?
The impact of
gas prices of volunteers
The NHL hockey
bailout
Recruiting busy volunteers
Using charity
meters to raise money and discourage panhandling
The implications
of venture philanthropy
Are Canadian
charities and nonprofits becoming too dependent on revenues from charitable
gaming and gaming grants from provincial foundations and agencies?
What impact will
the Supreme Court decision on vicarious liability have on the activities
of charitable organizations?
Shoul d the Low
Income Cutoffs (LICO) be replaced with a Market-Basket Measure to define
who's poor in Canada?
Nonprofits and
for-profits competing for social service contracts
Where should
charities draw the line for accepting or rejecting gifts?
Sheldon Kennedy
accepting payment for his charity skate
Forgiving third
world debt in a jubilee at the turn of the millennium
Our immunity
to the atrocities we see in the media
Gender imbalance
in staff and volunteer positions with charities and nonprofits
The Y2K problem
(Millennium Bug)
Whether compassion
has become a kind of performance art
Whether we're
likely to see a wave of dissolutions and mergers in the charitable sector
due to the funding squeeze
Whether seats
on the boards of nonprofit organizations should be "sold", given the
potential for conflicts of interest and unhealthy influence over policy
Whether provincial
governments should override expressed local preferences, setting up
charity casinos, etc. in communities where the voters and/or their elected
representatives have said they are unwelcome?
Whether tying
corporate philanthropy to corporate strategy means that corporations
are setting the social agenda with our tax dollars, through the charitable
tax deduction
Whether Internet
access for employees is, on balance, a time-saver or a time waster
Whether more
disclosure and accountability are needed from charities, and who should
handle the release of such information
Whether communities
that reject VLTs or other forms of gaming should enjoy programs supported
by gaming revenue.
Walter Stewart's
comments about the inefficiency of charities, in his book The
Charity Game .
Quest ions you
should ask before joining a nonprofit board
Public apathy
about the Paralympics
Video Lottery
Terminals
Using charities
as part of the delivery system for Workfare
Paying percentage
commissions to fundraisers
Nonprofit organizations
operating commercial business ventures
Public sector
salaries of $100,000 and over
Compensation of
telemarketing firms for fundraising work
The likelihood
that increased corporate and individual philanthropy will offset government
support of charities
Offering to pay
volunteers
Deficit-cutting
by federal and provincial governments
Baby boomers'
inclination to support charitable causes
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