The LAST VeGA is a volunteer lifecycle model. Lucky 7’s in LAST VeGA expands on the model to include how volunteers are managed.
Continue readingA Field Guide to Volunteer Lifecycles
Volunteers and Non-Profit organization members are a rare commodity. They are hard to find, difficult to screen, expensive to replace/retain and then vanish without warning. A lifecycle model may help a small non-profit better manage its volunteer cadre.
Continue readingOHS, SNPs, and HELP! – November 23, 2023 Conference
A conference proposal to help small non-profits (SNP) navigate their obligations under Alberta’s occupational, health, and safety (OHS) legislation.
Continue readingSafety, the Volunteer, and the Accountant
What are the OHS obligations a non-profit has in respect to its volunteers? An overview of the challenges and opportunities.
Continue readingTagging and Bagging on Mount OBI
Users think of an Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Dashboard as a single entity. OBI uses an ‘a la carte’ method in which ‘Objects’ can be assembled and re-used across multiple Dashboard. This Modular approach drives the need for an effective inventory system.

Death of Mount OBI
A blog with a short life span as Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) will be de-supported in 2025. Introduces key concepts used in the Mount OBI blog series.

AGOV Talks About Summiting Mount OBI
Previous blogs introduced the technology and processes to climb the metaphoric Mount OBI. Communications was alluded to but more fully discussed in this blog as well as the various passes AGOV engaged in to reduce its OBI footprint by two-thirds.
Continue readingMeasuring Mount OBI
Three metrics help to assess the value of an OBI-Object: quantitative, qualitative, and the ‘So-What’ question. These are supplemented by the overall ‘game-rules’.
Continue readingPreparing to Climb Mount OBI
In the previous blog, Mount OBI was introduced as well as AGOV. Both are metaphoric. The mountain represents how organizations can accumulate reporting assets.
Continue readingIntroducing Mount OBI
Managing a fleet of ‘reports’ is the bane of any organization. This is the story of how the fictional organization, AGOV, managed to eliminate two-thirds of its inventory prior to an upgrade.
