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Endeavour Volunteer Chooses Non-Profit Sector November 22nd, 2012
Written by Banu Raghuraman The opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of Endeavour. Erica Opoku is an Engagement Manager for Round 11 at Endeavour, and is spending six months leading her consulting team as they provided their client, Epilepsy Ontario, with recommendations on Organizational Design. Erica’s day […]
Non-profit Employment Across Life Stages Part II November 2nd, 2012
Career Changers Written by Banu Raghuraman The opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of Endeavour. The idea of a second career or a career change is not new, as people yearn to try something different and learn something new. However, switching between sectors, especially the move from […]
Non-Profit Employment Across Life Stages October 27th, 2012
Conquering the myths about recent graduates entering the non-profit sector Written by Banu Raghuraman The opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of Endeavour. Career options within the non-profit sector are generally loosely defined and incumbents are expected to efficiently carry out a variety of tasks. Additionally, recent graduates […]
Expert’s Corner: Top 7 Tips for Volunteer Retention’ by Professor Agnes Meinhard September 6th, 2012
written by Banu Raghuraman Top 7 Tips for Volunteer Retention’ by Professor Agnes Meinhard. Professor Meinhard sits on the Endeavour Advisory Committee and she is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Theory in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. Professor Meinhard is the Founding Director of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies […]
Investing in Training for Volunteer Retention September 6th, 2012
written by Banu Raghuraman As the current Co-Director of Training and Development, having worked with Endeavour twice as a consultant and with her background in adult teaching and training, Leah was the perfect candidate to address questions on the connection between training provided by Endeavour and volunteer retention. What do you think is the relationship […]
TechSoup Canada’s Jane Zhang discusses her experience with Endeavour August 29th, 2012
In this video, Jane Zhang, TechSoup Canada’s Executive Director, discusses how Endeavour’s volunteer consulting team helped her charity enter Canada’s non-profit market and why TechSoup Canada continues to use the marketing plan our team crafted for the charity four years ago. Do you have questions about our engagement with TechSoup Canada or other Canadian charities? […]
Our volunteer consultants share how they helped TechSoup Canada with marketing to the non-profit sector August 24th, 2012
Curious about the experience that Endeavour’s volunteer consultants bring to their consulting engagements with Toronto and surrounding area charities? In this video, meet Michelle Li and Chuck Sui, volunteer consultants on a six-month engagement in 2008 with TechSoup Canada, a technology capacity-building charity. The pair discuss how their background and experience contributed to the work […]