If you ever worked in private practice or consulting, you know the joys of tracking time. Even if you never had such employment, knowing where the minutes went can help you better plan and may help non-profits.
Continue reading2024 Birkie Business Model
The Birkie Business Model supports event planning, content control, risk and volunteer management for the Canadian Birkebeiner Society. The IPOOG model outlines the organization’s input, process, output, outcome, and governance; tying together various planning tools for annual revisions and current relevance.
Continue readingNon-Profit Flavours
Nonprofits can be categorized into three main types: operational, event-focused, and episodic. Operational offer continuous services. Event-focused organize specific events. Episodic provides intermittent services. These categories help determine governance, planning, volunteer, and funding needs.
Continue readingThe 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 readingVMS, CPAs, and Volunteers – May 28, 2024
Notes from the May 28, 2024 CPA Ambassador conference on Volunteer Management Systems.
Continue readingWho Volunteers to Go to a VMS Webinar?
Information about those who registered for the May 28, 2024 CPA Ambassador conference on Vendor Management Systems.
Continue readingQuestioning VMS’s
What are the questions a non-profit may (should) have when thinking about how to manage its volunteers? The following is a list of questions, and answers, in support for the May 28 CPA Conference on Volunteer Management Systems.
Continue readingSystematically Herding Cats and Volunteers on May 28, 2024
When does a volunteer management system make sense to a non-profit organization? This lunch-time Webinar will provide a survey of VMS systems and features.
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’.
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