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Endeavour’s work featured on Charity Village September 9th, 2014
Written by Banu Raghuraman This month Endeavour is featured in Charity Village‘s monthly newsletter, the Village Vibes, for its successful six-month pilot project with partner AstraZeneca. Over a six-month period, Endeavour and eight AstraZeneca volunteers provided consulting services to create a strategic plan for the Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs. Check out the article […]
Change is constant August 26th, 2014
Written by Banu Raghuraman (@banudesigns) The opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of Endeavour. We are always striving to become better at what we do. With NFPs, there are more challenge with limitations on funds and manpower. How do we overcome the limitations and improve? We caught […]
Four Things I learned while Consulting for Non-Profits August 2nd, 2014
Written by Prachy Mohan, Director of Marketing and Communication The opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of Endeavour. At Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits, volunteer consultants mostly come from for-profit organizations, myself included. While there is value in bringing skills and expertise from the for-profit industry, it […]
Change Management Training Session July 28th, 2014
Written by Leah Tussman, Co-Director of Training and Development On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits (Endeavour) held a training session for its consultants and engagement managers participating in its 14th round of engagements. Before each round Endeavour provides an orientation session and two training sessions to support consultants and engagement managers. […]
Why business and community leaders need to get ready for pro bono: Insights from Endeavour’s Scope-A-Thon July 21st, 2014
“Endeavour’s Scope-A-Thon has been an excellent opportunity to reflect on some tools and strategies to focus our leadership on sustainable funding models.” – Monica Varga, Urban Alliance on Race Relations By Andrea Wong, Co-Founder & President, Endeavour For years, businesses have been sending teams of highly skilled employees to paint walls, plant trees and serve […]
Practicing What We Preach July 9th, 2014
Written by Banu Raghuraman, Director of Marketing & Communications (@banudesigns) Last weekend, the executive and board members met with a team of consultants to work on addressing some of Endeavour’s challenges and opportunities to inform the development of a new strategic plan. As with any other young non-profit organization, there is always room for improvement. […]
Endeavour facilitated interactive workshop for the University of Toronto June 15th, 2014
Written by Lucie Drabinova, Vice President of Consulting, Endeavour Endeavour was invited to facilitate an interactive workshop for undergraduate and graduate students as a part of the ‘Third annual student-organized International Development Conference (IDC)’, hosted at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus on February 8th and 9th 2014. The theme of this year’s conference was: […]