Fundraising isn't a game - or is it? Frankie Chow describes what's already happening in the world of cause-related social gaming. It's worked for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami as well as for some less dramatic causes. With solid research backing his advice, Frankie helps you ask the right questions to see whether it will work for your charity.
A million dollars at stake. Two million online votes. Now it's down to 30 community-based great ideas in the Aviva Community Fund awards competition. So you think you can judge? Check out the finalists, pick your favourites, and see if you agree with the judges' choices to be announced January 25.
Leadership isn't a matter of grand gestures, big gambles or game-changing ideas. Instead, leadership is grounded in the small but important principles that good fundraisers practise every day. Janet Gadeski reviews the ideas of leadership mentor Terry Starbucker.
Fundraising counsel Jose Van Herpt channels The Naked Chef to strip your fundraising down to its bare essentials and build it up by getting back to the basics. It's tough, but essential, to stick to your priorities.
Is the Harper government empowering communities as it seeks to copy Britain's "Big Society" experiment, or simply handing off its rightful responsibilities to the nonprofit sector without helping nonprofits pay for new programs? Sumac Research has ideas to help you get ready.