Nonprofit News from Nathan
May 5, 2003
Contents:
Job Posting: Executive Director,
Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness
Learning Opportunities: London
area
Frequently Asked Questions: Maintaining a
Financial Reserve
New Resources online
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Please help the Unity Project find suitable applicants for the new position
of Executive Director. The Unity Project provides both emergency shelter beds
and transitional housing. It fills a unique niche in the range of local services
by offering a small scale, family-like atmosphere suitable for couples and
individuals for whom other shelters and transitional housing services are not
suitable. Residential services are supported by life-skills training and peer
support.
View, Print or Download Job Description
I’d appreciate it if you would post it or pass it on to anyone you think
might be interested.
The 2003 Ivey Conference
Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 8:00-5:30 at the Hilton Hotel in London.
Registration fee is $299.00 for Alumni / $399.00 for others.
This business-oriented conference includes three presentations and a panel on
Corporate Governance that your board members and executive director might find
interesting. Of course, I believe that corporate boards could learn a lot from
nonprofit governance.
For details,
http://www.iveyconference.ca/conference.html
June 4, 2003 Effective Volunteer Management IS Risk Management
A program of the United Way Volunteer Leadership Development Program in
association with the London and Area Association of Volunteer Administrators.
open to ALL nonprofit and charitable organizations
Wed. June 4, 2003 --- 9:00 am to noon
Community Meeting Room, Loblaws Wonderland Market
2nd floor, 3040 Wonderland Rd. South (at Southdale).
$10.00/person (pay at the door)
Register by June 2 (space is limited)
Register online at
http://garberconsulting.com/register.htm
OR phone Norma: (519) 438-1721 ext 245
Whether your organization is large or small, a number of skills are required
to create and manage a successful volunteer program. Volunteer management
involves knowledge of techniques for interviewing, screening, placement,
recognition and evaluation. Interestingly enough, effective Risk Management
within a Volunteer Program involves components of each of these skill sets. In
this workshop, a panel of Volunteer Management professionals will explore how
each of these skills can be used to protect your clients, your organization,
your staff, and your volunteers. Panel members will include
Michelle Baldwin, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, Thames Valley Children's
Centre
Jennifer Mott, Volunteer Services Assistant, Parkwood Hospital
Rory Patten, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, St. Joseph’s Health Centre
A program of the United Way Volunteer Leadership Development Program in
association with the London and Area Association of Volunteer Administrators
open to ALL nonprofit and charitable organizations
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This is a new feature for Nonprofit News from Nathan. In each issue, I’ll
post a question that is often asked by nonprofit managers and board members.
I’ll create a page on my website and post the answers. Here is the first
question:
Q: Are there any guidelines on how much an organization should have in a
reserve fund?
A: The Better Business Bureau and many United Ways have guidelines or
standards on reserve funds. Unfortunately, they’re all different. They range
from as little as three months operating costs to as much as three years
operating costs. For details, browse to
http://garberconsulting.com/FAQ.htm
Good Links
The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/ provides Preferred Practices and
Pitfalls, Glossaries, Resources, and Web Site Profiles and Links within nine
topic areas. The Guide offers answers to virtually any question about managing
nonprofits by providing hands-on tips, articles and profiled links to lead
nonprofit managers to sources that contain an abundance of information, which
can be applied quickly and directly to their organizations. The nine topic areas
are:
o Fundraising and Financial Sustainability
o Governance
o Staff Development and Organizational Capacity
o Accountability and Evaluation
o Volunteer Management
o Communications and Marketing
o Management and Leadership
o Advocacy
o Technology
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Survey of Fundraisers
The Canadian Policy Research Network has published a summary of the results
of its survey of fundraisers.
http://www.cprn.org/work/files/pzsccf_e.pdf
It contains information on issues such as workplace practices, professional
development, job
satisfaction, job turnover, and views on policy issues. 3,900 fundraisers
responded to the survey in the fall of 2002.
Some highlights:
70% of those surveyed had more than five years of paid experience. Although 58%
said that they have been with their current employer for more than two years,
42% of respondents made plans for a job change in the past year.
Nearly 1,000 fundraisers are working for groups that are new at fundraising.
More than 60% of organizations surveyed had implemented new fundraising
activities, increased the number of paid fundraising staff and invested in new
software or hardware.
69% of all fundraisers are women., most being 40 years of age or older and
working in organizations with less than 10 paid employees. Almost half of the
fundraisers (46%) earn more than $60,000. Only 59% of fundraisers agree that
their job allows them to balance work and family, compared with 75% in the
general labour force.
Forty-two percent agree that boards provide the support needed for fundraisers
to do their job well, and 37% report that their board plays an active role in
fundraising.
About half of the organizations have adopted a fundraising code of ethics or
donor bill of rights.
Fact Sheet On Gambling
Statistics Canada has recently released free fact sheet on gambling.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/indepth/75-001/online/00403/fs-fi_200304_01_a.pdf
Some highlights:
Government profits lotteries, video lottery terminals and casinos reached $6.0
billion in 2002.
The gambling industry employs 42,000 men and women.
Spending on gambling among Ontario residents aged 18 averaged $ 441 per
person compared with $105 per person in 1992. Albertans spent the most,
averaging $604 per person.
Nonprofit News from Nathan is an irregular e-newsletter that I prepare when I
have both time and some genuinely interesting news for managers and board
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Nathan@garberconsulting.com
Nathan Garber
Nathan Garber & Associates
Training and Consulting for the Nonprofit Sector
http://garberconsulting.com
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