Find Out What Nonprofit Boards Look Like In Canada! Have You Completed Your NFP Pulse Survey on Board Structure Yet?

How do Canadian nonprofit boards recruit and retain board members? How big are they? Do they use a skills matrix? What governance model do they use?  These are just a few of the questions we are looking to gain insight into in this month's NFP Pulse on Canadian Nonprofit Board Structure.

Please take 7 minutes right now to participate by clicking on the link below.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE SURVEY

For more information on the NFP Pulse, click here.  Or, if you'd like to download free copies of our reports on previous editions of the NFP Pulse, click here!

Survey closes on Wednesday! Please provide your input!

What Do Boards Look Like in Canadian Nonprofits? Participate in NFP Survey on Board Structure and Find Out!

Effective boards are critical to the success of nonprofit organizations. In many cases, an effective board can spell the difference between an organization that is operational and one that is truly outstanding.  This edition of the Not-for-Profit Pulse seeks to paint a picture of nonprofit boards in Canada. 

Please take 7 minutes right now to participate in this valuable initiative. Your input will be analyzed along with the results of other not-for-profit professionals with the subsequent analysis shared back with the not-for-profit community on the ARC blog. Access your link to the survey below and please complete no later than Wednesday August 17:

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE SURVEY

Your responses will be kept strictly confidential and, as thanks for your input, you will receive a complimentary PDF copy of the highlight report following our analysis of the results.

So that you can see for yourself how valuable an initiative this is, please accept with our compliments access to the following recent editions of the NFP Pulse highlight reports by clicking here:

• 2^nd Annual NFP Pulse on Social Media (July 2011)
• NFP Pulse on Revenue Streams (January 2011)
• NFP Pulse on Member Recruitment and Retention (September 2010)
• NFP Pulse on Volunteerism (June 2010)
• NFP Pulse on the Generation Gap (February 2010)
• NFP Pulse on Social Media (December 2009)

Thank you for your participation in this important project!

 Photo: PinkMoose on Flickr

Looking into the Future...Creating a Compelling Vision for your Nonprofit

Quick: What is the vision for your nonprofit organization? Do you know it by heart or did you cheat just now by peeking at the vision statement that is invariably pasted into the ‘about us’ section of your organization website?

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ASSOCIATION RESOURCE CENTRE AND DONALD GOLOB CONSULTING FORM ALLIANCE TO BETTER SERVE WESTERN CANADA’S NFP COMMUNITY

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – September 7, 2010. The Association Resource Centre (ARC) and Donald Golob Consulting are pleased to announce they have formed an alliance. The purpose of this new relationship is to mobilize the specialized expertise of these two firms to provide Western Canada’s not-for-profit community with a broader range of complimentary consulting services targeted specifically to their needs.

 “We feel very strongly at ARC that a good, actionable NFP strategy must be driven by excellent research, be that member needs, industry or benchmarking,” commented Geoff Thacker, Managing Partner of ARC. “Being able to pair our research expertise on the West Coast with Donald’s extensive not-for-profit facilitation, strategic planning, and organizational development experience is really exciting.”

“Planning and management by data rather than intuition is an important component of every successful NPO, and I am pleased to be allied with ARC in this area.  The value of having good data cannot be understated,” adds Donald Golob, the Principal of Donald Golob Consulting.  “I’m also pleased to be able to make my expertise available to ARC’s clients as well.”

About the Association Resource Centre

The Association Resource Centre (ARC) is a Canadian consulting firm that provides research, strategic planning and governance services to the not-for-profit sector.  With offices in Ottawa and Victoria, ARC serves not-for-profit organizations across North America representing a broad range of industries with clients that range from municipal to international in scope (www.associationconsultants.com).

About Donald Golob Consulting

Donald Golob Consulting specializes in providing facilitation, strategic planning, and organizational development services for societies, charities, and other not-for profit organizations.  He has worked with dozens of NPOs from all parts of the sector, of all sizes, on a wide range of projects from strategic planning to implementation, to reorganizations (www.donaldgolobconsulting.ca). 

For Further Information, please contact:

Carol-Anne Moutinho | Senior Consultant
Association Resource Centre Inc.
110-174 Wilson Street, Suite 347
Victoria, BC  V9A 7N7 Canada
Phone: (250) 479-7449 | Toll Free: (888) 479-7449 | Fax: (250) 380-2232
Email: carolanne@associationconsultants.com | Web: www.associationconsultants.com
The ARC Blog & Resource Centre for NFP's:  www.resources4associations.com

Donald Golob, Principal
Donald Golob Consulting
2522 Kilmarnock Crescent
North Vancouver, BC V7J 2Z5
Phone: (604) 980-3442
Email: donald@donaldgolobconsulting.ca | Web: www.donaldgolobconsulting.ca

Are you Going to CSAE? Swing by The ARC Booth for Your Results from the Canadian Social Media Pulse Study

I'm packing my bags and getting geared up for the CSAE Conference in Toronto this week - are you going to be there?  If so, please drop by our booth (#618) on Thursday to say hello!

Not only will we be releasing the results of the Association Resource Centre's Inaugural Canadian Social Media Pulse Study, but we have some great draws and giveaways as well!  Plus, this is a great opportunity to talk to us in person if strategic planning or research is on your association's horizon.

And for those of you who participated in last week's social media survey...thank you for your input!  We can't wait to share the results with you!  Participants can pick up their copy of the results in person at our booth on Thursday.  Not attending?  No problem! You can expect to see the results in your inbox after the show.

Hope to see you there - its going to be a great show!