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3 Feb 2010
Bringing the Ivy League to Calgary’s Nonprofit Sector
Professional development is vital to the success of any organization, but many charities and nonprofits forgo it due to cost and time, especially during an economic slump. As organizations struggle to find ways to meet the increasing needs of clients and cope with reductions in funding levels, investment in employee training is seen as a luxury they can ill afford. But as professional development expenditures are reduced, organizations are faced with a situation where they are in essence mortgaging their future ability in order to meet present service demands. What makes the situation...
CCVO News
- 21 Jan 2010 Sector Must Prepare for Provincial Funding Cuts The Government of Alberta is releasing its 2010-11 budget on February 9. Comments made by...
- 15 Jan 2010 Calgary’s 2009-2014 Social and Economic Outlook For the next five years, Calgary’s nonprofit and voluntary sector can expect a lot of changes as a...
- 16 Dec 2009 CCVO Economic Survey Attracts Media Attention CCVO’s November release of Stretched to the Limit: An Economic Impact Survey received tremendous...
- 30 Nov 2009 CCVO Releases Results of Sector Economic Impact Survey The results of the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organization's third 'Impact of the Economic...
- 18 Nov 2009 CCVO Policy Series Event Delivers Advice on Government Relations Last week CCVO presented Paul McLoughlin and his workshop "Provincial Government from the Inside...
- 4 Nov 2009 Excellence in Grantmaking Conference a Great Success CCVO is committed to ensuring that funding, grantmaking and philanthropic practice best reflects...
Policy News
- 4 Feb 2010 Provincial Budget Next Week Reminder: The Alberta Government will be releasing its 2010-2011 provincial budget on Tuesday,...
- 20 Jan 2010 Dialogue with Culture and Community Spirit Minister of Culture and Community Spirit Lindsay Blackett has been holding invitation-only meetings...
- 21 Jan 2010 HOMES Database Available Until August The Hull Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation System (HOMES) database will remain available until...
- 16 Dec 2009 Canada Revenue Agency Clarifies Volunteer Expense Policy The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has released a policy commentary on out-of-pocket expenses to...
- 16 Dec 2009 New Changes to Police Checks through Private Security Firms As of December 8, there has been a change to third party security firms’ ability to perform police...
- 16 Dec 2009 Premier Ed Stelmach Responds to Online Questions from Albertans Albertans asked, and Premier Stelmach responded. Video clips of the Premier answering questions...
- 4 Nov 2009 PIPA will continue to apply only to a limited number of nonprofits Bill 54, the Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, was introduced in the legislature on...
Workforce News
- 3 Feb 2010 Bringing the Ivy League to Calgary’s Nonprofit Sector Professional development is vital to the success of any organization, but many charities and...
- 4 Nov 2009 Alberta Workforce Council provides Forum for Workforce Initiatives Information Sharing The Alberta Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Workforce Council has developed the Workforce...
- 4 Nov 2009 U of C Social Work Students Available for Practicums MSW and BSW students are currently looking for placements involving direct educational supervision...
Awards and Grants
- 4 Feb 2010 Subsidy for Low-Cost Recreation Space If your organization offers recreational, sports, arts and/or cultural activities to children and...
- 4 Feb 2010 Government Funding for Summer Students The Government of Canada provides funding for summer students to organizations across the country "...
- 21 Jan 2010 Apply for Volunteer Week Funding in Alberta Celebrate National Volunteer Week with Volunteer Alberta's Enhancement Funding, which is intended...
- 21 Jan 2010 Nominate an Outstanding Learner or Educator Calgary Learns is now accepting nominations for Life of Learning Awards. Consider this opportunity...
- 21 Jan 2010 Canadian Government Pledges to Match Donations for Haiti Relief Efforts Interested in donating to the relief efforts underway for survivors of the January 12 earthquake in...
- 6 Jan 2010 SVP Calgary Calls for Grant Applications Social Venture Partners Calgary has selected its focus for its 2010 grant cycle as non-profit...
- 16 Dec 2009 Fellowship for Nonprofit Leaders Available The Carold Institute is calling for applications for the 2010 Alan Thomas Fellowship to Promote...
- 2 Dec 2009 Nominate a Volunteer for the Leadership Awards Volunteer Calgary has opened nominations for its annual Leadership Awards. These awards recognize...
Professional Development
- 4 Feb 2010 Covey "7 Habits for Highly Effective People" Leadership Training Suncor Energy Inc. and the Suncor Energy Foundation (SEF) is providing senior leaders in the...
- 4 Feb 2010 Guiding Good Governance for Cultural Nonprofits February 19, Carriage House Inn, Calgary Guiding Good Governance: A Symposium offers an intensive,...
- 4 Feb 2010 Is Social Media Marketing for You? Thursday, February 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CentrePoint is hosting a full-day seminar to help...
- 4 Feb 2010 Female Nonprofit Leaders Eligible for Free Program April 25-30, 2010, Toronto One free seat in the Judy Project is being offered to women who work in...
- 4 Feb 2010 Governance - Who is Responsible? Workshop on Board Governance Tuesday, February 9, 7-9 p.m. Federation of Calgary Communities Board...
- 21 Jan 2010 Nonprofit Research Forum Explores Ethical Issues Mount Royal University, Room Y324 January 22, 12:30-3 p.m., pre-registration is not required The...
- 21 Jan 2010 Being Good at Doing Good: Safeguarding Yourself and Your Charity in a Complex World February 22 & 23, 2010, in TorontoThis groundbreaking conference will explore good governance...
- 21 Jan 2010 THE HR plus EDGE HR PLUS EDGE is a training program designed to help nonprofit agencies address human resource...
- 6 Jan 2010 Capacity Builders offers new CRA courses in January On January 11 and 15th, CLIP will be offering a total of six webinars on charity compliance, ethics...
- 6 Jan 2010 Canadian Social Economy Hub Telelearning Session 17: Municipal Government Supports for the Social Economy Friday, January 15th 2010, 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern time) What role does the...
New Resources
- 4 Feb 2010 Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) Resources A new web page titled "Non-profit organizations" has been created on the PIPA website. Here you can...
- 4 Feb 2010 The Charities File: On Board Free Information Sessions Safeguarding an organization's charitable status is essential. To learn more about annual reporting...
- 4 Feb 2010 Imagine Canada Launches Charity Tax Tools Website This free information website is another resource for Canadian charities to ensure they have the...
- 21 Jan 2010 Keeping Workers Engaged Read an interesting article about employee engagement in the January issue of EMPLOYER Labour...
- 21 Jan 2010 Charity Connector Website Now Available! Wish you had experienced colleagues at hand? There's a community of non-profit and voluntary sector...
- 21 Jan 2010 Risk Management Strategies and Tactics Volunteer Alberta has introduced a new online tool on risk management. Find out more about how you...
- 6 Jan 2010 Charity Village Podcast on Legal Requirements Are you prepared to meet all your legal requirements in 2010? Find out the top three things you...
- 6 Jan 2010 Affordable homeownership study- Sector staff and volunteers invited The City of Calgary is looking for Focus Group participants to take part in a discussion about...
- 6 Jan 2010 Share & contribute to Alberta’s nonprofit wealth of knowledge starting January 8th Brought to you by Charity Central Essentials and funded in part by the Canada Revenue Agency,...
- 16 Dec 2009 Charity Tax Tools: essential information for Canada's charities Imagine Canada’s Charity Tax Tools website will be available to preview in beta mode shortly....
- 2 Dec 2009 Win a Half-day of Free Computer Training Bright Ideas is offering charities and nonprofits the chance to win a free half-day of IT help...
- 2 Dec 2009 The Financial Accountability Handbook The Federation of Calgary Communities' Financial Accountability Handbook is for community...
- 18 Nov 2009 Imagine Canada Releases Stretch Tax Credit Q&A Imagine Canada has released further information about their Stretch Tax Credit proposal, including...
Sector Research
- 4 Feb 2010 Putting a Dollar Value on Volunteerism Volunteer Canada is conducting a survey designed to understand what members, friends, and...
- 4 Feb 2010 Finance Personnel Asked to Complete Survey The Survey of Western Economic Expectations solicits views on economic issues from over 2000...
- 21 Jan 2010 Calgary State of the Economy Report Released Calgary Economic Development has released their State of the Economy economic review report. The...
- 21 Jan 2010 Canada's Nonprofit Sector: Big, growing, important Michael Shapcott's article for the Wellesley Institute looks recent Statistics Canada data on...
- 21 Jan 2010 Save our Culture of Giving Strategic action is required if Canada's culture of giving is to survive the next generation, says...
- 6 Jan 2010 US Study- Giving Circles good for philanthropy According to a new US study, giving circles, in which individuals come together to combine...
- 6 Jan 2010 Calgary State of the Economy Report Released Calgary Economic Development has released their State of the Economy economic review report for...
- 6 Jan 2010 Charities and Minutes – How Much is Enough? While Revenue Canada requires charities to keep minutes for meetings of the executive and of the...
- 6 Jan 2010 Canadians plan to be more generous in 2010 The dawning of the New Year will bring larger donations and more volunteer hours to Canada's non-...
- 16 Dec 2009 Report Suggests Charities are too Reliant on Large Donations The C.D. Howe Institute’s Lending a Hand: How Federal Tax Policy Could Help Get More Cash to More...
- 16 Dec 2009 Seven Tips for Recession Survival This article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review summarizes the finding of a survey by the...
- 8 Dec 2009 Muttart Survey Seeks Voluntary Sector Views on Government Relations The Muttart Foundation has contracted PLAN:NET to carry out a study on the the issues that most...
Upcoming Events
- 10 Mar 2010 Practice Makes Perfect: Rewards, Returns and Retention... A Community of Practice discussion with Peter Boland about understanding your total compensation...
Latest Nonprofit Jobs
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Development and Community Relations Manager
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Latest Sharing Options
- 17 Jan 10 New and Used Reading Books (Africa Book Project)
- 14 Jan 10 Got a new computer for Christmas? Donate your old computer to someone in need! (Electronic Recycling Association)
- 25 Nov 09 Win 1/2 day free computer training for a Calgary charity (Bright Ideas Personalized Learning Inc.)