Volunteer Victoria

I can’t believe that it has already been a year since we first ventured into the blogosphere!

And what an amazing year it has been! We have connected and shared with so many incredible people – learning and growing together, one baby step at a time.

We really had no idea what to expect, but knew that we wanted another way to engage our community more directly. To hear what you have to say, and how we can continue to support our sector and one another.

What we are learning is that, like anything worthwhile, it takes time, perserverance and …

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The charitable sector has recently come under fire again for its fundraising practices. This time from CBC. The focus of their reporting is third party fundraisers and the cost of fundraising. The news coverage has highlighted the high ratio of fundraising costs to returns for some charities.
 
Approximately 200 charities were identified as spending more than 50% of the funds raised on external fundraisers.
 
The number of charities who have fundraising costs greater than 50% of revenues is actually about .3 percent of the total number of charities, (214 out of approximately 85,000 registered charities).
 
The statement from Imagine Canada, issued yesterday, provides …

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Volunteer Victoria recently held a very well attended (and received) WordPress workshop with Paul Holmes. This is just one of several successful social media workshops we have offered over the past several months in support of our members and sector. We welcome and thank Gillian Rowan, first-time blogger and workshop participant, for agreeing to share her learnings with us.  We would love to hear from you too! Share a tip or reflection of your own. 

It was with great hesitation that I first became involved with social media.  I had the same concerns that you often hear – I didn’t have the time, couldn’t think of …

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