Non-profit Resources

Information Systems

• Why Your Non-profit Needs a Strategic IT Plan
• Your Complete Guide to Google for Nonprofits

Knowledge Management

• Organizational Systems Checklist
• Policy Development Overview
• Sample Policies and Role Descriptions

Communications

• Webinar from TechSoup: Using social media and other tools to build community engagement
• Building a Strong Nonprofit Brand
• Creating a Communications Plan
• How to Create a Media Kit

Membership

• Engaging and Retaining Members
• Recruiting New Members

Partnerships/collaborations

• Positive Collaborations (Webinar)

• College of the Rockies
• Selkirk College
• Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance
• Government of Alberta: Non-Profit Resources

• Get Cyber Safe
• Information Security Awareness
• Security Awareness Training | KnowBe4
• TechSoup

Approvals/Monitoring

• Guide and Template for Fiscal Policies and Procedures

Bookkeeping

• A Beginner’s Guide to Bookkeeping Basics

Budgeting

• Toolkit to Finding the True Cost of Programs

• Beginners Guide to Fundraising
• Fundraising Management and Policies
• Naming Opportunities for Capital

Advisory Council

• Advisory Council Roles
• Recruiting Advisory Board

Board Committees

• Committee Terms of Reference
• Deciding Who Should Serve on Which Committee
• Roles and Responsibilities of Committee Members

Board Composition

• Building a Diverse Board

Board Roles

• Developing Board Job Descriptions

Audit/Oversight

• Creating a Board Members Manual
• Becoming a More Effective Board

Board Meetings

• Board Meeting Agenda Format and Template

Process

• Consensus Decision-Making

Strategic Governance

• Governance Guides

• The Grant Writing Handbook

Diversity and Inclusion

• Toolkit for Diversity and Inclusion Practitioners

Executive Directors

• Hiring and Performance Appraisal of the ED
• Executive Evaluation
• Performance Management for Executive Directors

Guidelines

• Labour Code Guidelines

Policy and Planning

• HR Knowledge Base

Volunteers

• Best Practices of Working with Volunteers
• Free Online Volunteer Sign-up Sheets
• Volunteer Management Handbook

Conflict of Interest

• How to Assess Conflict of Interest

Key Policy

• Complaints Under the Human Rights Tribunal

Risk Management

• Legal Compliance Self Assessment for BC Non-Profits
• Pro bono legal help for non-profits in BC
• Insurance and Liability for Charities and Nonprofits
• Risk Management Basics

Filing/Status

• Rules of Speaking Up: Registrar of Lobbyists BC & the CRAt
• How to Apply to be a Registered Charity
• 5 Ways to Lose Charity Status

Mission and Vision

• Lofty Visions, Down-to-Earth Plans

Program Monitoring & Evaluation

• Building Effective Evaluation

Strategic Planning

• Implementing Your Strategic Plan
• Nonprofit Strategic Planning
• Small Nonprofit Podcast: Managing Change
• Strategic Planning Toolkit

• BC Societies Act
• Law for Nonprofits
• Societies Act FAQs

• The tech you need to get started working remotely
• Non-profit remote working tools
• From virtual burnout to feeling energized online
• Technology Donations Program through TechSoup Canada
• Access a free version of MS Teams