The IPOOG model supports event planning and nonprofit management. It structures time tracking time and prioritizing tasks. This is an interim report on using the time tracking aspect of the tool over the past three months. Future improvements will be based on peer feedback.
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The VMS Landscape
A NAIT Student Team spent a few months researching and compiling a list of volunteer management software. This post provides interactive access to this research.
Continue readingDragons and Protected Areas – April 4, 12-13h
A University of Alberta (U of A) student project team will be going head-to-head with community leaders to explain and pitch the Volunteer Steward smartphone Application.
Continue readingConsultant Cage Fight
I find myself running three student projects; I am treating each one as if the students were small consulting companies on contract. ‘Consultant’ is a term I am also hoping to de-mystify through a virtual session on February 29 between the three projects and individuals who (have) called themselves ‘consultant’.
Continue readingFactoid Bingo – Details, Details, Details
In a previous blog, Factoid Bingo was introduced. Think of this blog as sort of an annex. It records details that bog the main blog down. Poke around and use the details noting that it is written primarily as a memory jog for myself.

Factoid Bingo
Factoid Bingo helps a large(ish) group of people introduce themselves to each other. Best played in person, the game shares an interesting fact about a person via a randomized list of Factoids. In the game, each player tries fill the card by finding the owner of the respective facts. Prizes are given for blackouts, lines and to the introverts in the group.
Continue readingWhat Got You Here, Won’t Get you There
I saw Marshall Goldsmith speak more than ten years ago. Unfortunately, I gave away the copy of the book I received and did not replace it until recently. Too bad, I could have used his advice over the past decade!

Four Assets for Families
Families find themselves in a Financial Literacy program to deal with a money emergency or (preferably) to prevent such an emergency. Ideally, the family learns about better money management – but do they learn what role money should play in their lives?

2×2 Goals
What does Albert Einstein [1], a gold medal-winning Olympic Athlete, the lottery, and Afroman’s hit song ‘Because I Got High‘ have in common? They can be mapped to the 2×2 Goal matrix and help financial literacy course participants better understand how to set and attain their goals.

SAMI Financial Literacy Goals
Most people have heard of the marshmallow test. Ask a young child if they want one marshmallow now or two in a short while. The test was designed and originally delivered in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, it showed a correlation between a young child’s ability to delay gratification and their future success [1].
