Join the Emerging Leaders Network Online Community

By Beth Cougler Blom

Earlier this week we announced our creation of an Emerging Leaders Network for younger nonprofit professionals in the Greater Victoria area.  We are now pleased to let the nonprofit sector know that the new online community for this network is ready.

If you’re wondering whether the Emerging Leaders Network is right for you or someone within your organization, please read through the following Frequently Asked Questions to find out more.  Any individuals who see themselves as an emerging leader as described below are welcome to join …

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May 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Emerging Leaders Network, Latest News | 3 comments

Announcing a new Emerging Leaders Network in Victoria

By Beth Cougler Blom

Volunteer Victoria has recently received funding to develop and manage an Emerging Leaders Network for younger nonprofit professionals in Greater Victoria.  This exciting new initiative, created by and for the “next generation” of nonprofit leaders, will offer them opportunities to participate in leadership-focused networking and professional development events and will engage them in mentoring relationships with current nonprofit leaders.

Volunteer Victoria has been co-leading a network for Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations for many years, but there has never been a networking group available to younger emerging leaders in the sector.  Many late 20 to early 40-somethings are already being recruited into middle …

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May 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Emerging Leaders Network, Latest News | 7 comments

Fundraising in Challenging Economic Times

By Beth Cougler Blom

“What’s happening isn’t going to get better – that’s what we all believe. It might even get worse.”

Those were the cautionary words of fundraising expert Judy Lightwater when she gave the workshop, “Fundraising in Challenging Economic Times”, to a group of Volunteer Victoria’s member agencies this past March. She was talking about the state of our economy and the significant impact it has had on the ability of nonprofit agencies to seek out and receive funding from external sources. “You have to be even more concise than you used to be,” Lightwater advised, referring to the way agencies write …

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May 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Workshops | 5 comments

Investing in Emerging Non-profit Leaders

By Volunteer Victoria

 This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter.  Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. We welcome your feedback and suggestions.

As most of us already know, there will be a significant exodus of long term non-profit leaders over the next 2-5 years as the Boomers move toward retirement. This is true, not only of our community, but also throughout North America.

So how prepared are we for the next generation of leaders to take the helm? Well, according to recent studies, forums and on-line discussions – not …

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February 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Latest News | Leave a comment

How do you define project success?

By Beth Cougler Blom

I’d like to welcome Charles Troger, PMP from Treehouse Consulting as today’s guest blogger.  He’ll be teaching our upcoming workshop, scheduled for Feb 25, 2010, on “Managing for Success: Project Management for the Non-Profit Sector.”  In this post Charles talks about the crucial elements of time, cost and quality that will help you define the success of your projects. 

In the world of project management, a “project” is considered to be a temporary endeavour that can be anything from creating this year’s annual report to planning and implementing a new program.  When …

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January 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Workshops | 3 comments
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