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Workshop - Your Charity in a Complex World — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:47pm
Being Good at Doing Good: Safeguarding Yourself and Your Charity in a Complex World Hosted by the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP), a project funded by the Canada Revenue Agency February 22 & 23, 2010 Toronto Board of Trade, 100 King Street West Every year, hundreds of thousands of people rely on the good that... more


Workshop - Volunteer Toronto — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:40pm
Volunteer Toronto is proud to announce a new Professional Development and Networking Breakfast Series for Executive Directors. February 23rd Partnering with your Board for Optimum Effectiveness with Alex Gill Location: 344 Bloor St. West, Suite 404 Cost: $30 to Register Partnering with your Board for Optimum... more


No Subject — Anonymous, Sat Feb 6 7:18pm
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO presents workshop ---- FEBRUARY 19th: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS with Kunle Akingbola, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO/TORONTO REHAB Non-profits cannot replace humans with investment in physical capital. Coupled with the pressure to be efficient and... more


Workshops - Upcoming ones from Social Economy Centre — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:34pm
The following are other scheduled workshops planned by the Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto. April 14: Community Foundations/Innovative Foundations April 30: Fundraising in Non-profits and Community Organizations (full day) May 19: Green Energy Act May 21: Managing Change in Community Organizations (full... more


Workshop - Social Capital Financing — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:30pm
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO presents..... UPCOMING LUNCHBOX SPEAKERS' SERIES & WEBCAST (free – no registration required) March Speakers' Panel: Social Capital Financing When: Wednesday, March 24th, 2010, noon – 1:30 pm Where: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252... more


Workshop - Entrepreneurship in Worker Cooperatives — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:26pm
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO presents..... UPCOMING LUNCHBOX SPEAKERS' SERIES & WEBCAST (free – no registration required) February Speakers' Panel: Entrepreneurship in Worker Co-operatives When: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010, noon – 1:30 pm Where: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,... more


Strategic Planning workshop for non-profits — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:21pm
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO presents a workshop on March 26th: STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR NON-PROFITS, CO-OPERATIVES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS with JANE GARTHSON, GARTHSON LEADERSHIP CENTRE If you are the champion of strategic planning in your organization – or are stuck with the task – this... more


Charity Filing with Canada Revenue Agency — Barbara McLachlan, Sat Feb 6 7:14pm
Building Capacity Among Small & Rural Charities Resources & Tools to Improve Reporting to the Canada Revenue Agency Free Two Hour Teleconference brought to you by the Charities File: On Board Topics Include: Safeguarding an organization’s charitable status is essential for people who are passionate about their causes... more


'New 311 Toronto services launched online' — googlenews, Tue Feb 2 12:28pm
City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following: ========================================== News Release February 2, 2010 New 311 Toronto services launched online Today, with the launch of the new online self-service feature, residents now have the option of placing many service requests themselves through... more


'Turning Employment Ontario into One-Stop System' — googlenews, Thu Jan 21 2:15pm
http://www.news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2010/01/helping-people-find-work.html January 20, 2010 3:00 PM McGuinty Government Turning Employment Ontario Into One-Stop System Employment Ontario is beginning changes that will allow Ontarians to find the employment and training programs they need in one location. Over the next... more


Haiti relief info — John, Findhelp, Wed Jan 20 5:27pm
Hello, FYI, we've gathered the following basic information people might be asking for regarding Haitian relief efforts (e.g. the Salvation Army family tracing offices throughout Ontario). This has been posted on 211Ontario.ca. Please feel free to copy and paste any or all the info for other uses. John Services related ... more


Direct funding for adolescent treatment? — John, Findhelp, Mon Jan 4 4:42pm
Hello all, We've been approached for a list of services across Ontario that will provide funding directly to parents for "residential treatment for adolescents". I haven't been able to find even one on a quick database skim (with Taxonomy=Financial Assistance). Does anyone know of such a service anywhere in Ontario?... more


David Caulfield — Lesley Russell, Inform Hamilton, Sun Dec 13 3:02pm
Hello colleagues .. I am sad to let you know that our former colleague David Caulfield has died on Friday, December 11. David had been in fragile health for quite some time and many of you will be aware that he had been living in a long term care facility in Dundas for the past couple of years. David was a stalwart of ... more
  • David — Barbara McLachlan, Tue Dec 15 7:42am
    • David — Susan McDougall-Gagnon-Gingras, Tue Dec 15 2:31pm
  • David — Karen Hadden, Mon Dec 14 11:32am
  • David's obituary ... — Lesley Russell, Inform Hamilton, Mon Dec 14 10:50am
    • David — Rosanna Thoms, Mon Dec 14 11:50am
  • David Caulfield — Brian Bell, Mon Dec 14 10:13am
    • David — Edward - Winnipeg, Mon Dec 14 10:25am


'Residents taking advantage of 211' [Lindsay] — googlenews, Thu Dec 10 12:32pm
http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2210179 Residents taking advantage of 211 Posted By Dave Flaherty, Lindsay Post Reporter Posted 2 days ago LINDSAY - A multitude of information regarding local services and community agencies is three numbers away this holiday season. It's been a little more than two months... more


'Ottawa's '211 service celebrates 1 year anniversary' — googlenews, Tue Nov 24 11:00am
http://www.emcottawaeast.ca/20091120/news/Ottawa's+211+service+celebrates+one+year+anniversary Ottawa's 211 service celebrates one year anniversary Posted Nov 20, 2009 By Desmond Devoy EMC News - While it may have trouble being heard amongst the din of the myriad of other, more well known, triple digit numbers,... more


Call for I&R Certified Specialists — Lori Beech, Wed Nov 11 2:46pm
CALL FOR I&R CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS - Have you been an I&R Specialist or in the I&R sector for more than a few years and interested in training others? - Do you have experience with giving presentations or facilitating groups? Findhelp Information Services is pleased to announce….. With the support of Citizenship and... more


'H1N1 info available at 211' [L.A. County] — googlenews, Mon Nov 9 11:53am
An ABC News special, including video: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/health&id=7103159


Re-scheduling of Naming Standard web conference — Barb obo Style Guide Implementation Team, Thu Nov 5 11:54am
The Naming Standard web conference for Nov 19th has been re-scheduled to Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 at 2 pm. E-mail notices have been sent to registered participants and the IO membership. URL to register or re-register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/269827521 URL also on IO website, under Conferences and Events... more


'Helpmate prepares for life without town help' — googlenews, Mon Nov 2 11:54am
http://www.theliberal.com/News/Richmond%20Hill/article/98536 Helpmate prepares for life without town help Richmond Hill October 29, 2009 09:00 AM BY ADAM MC LEAN The new year will bring a new challenge to Richmond Hill community information and volunteer bureau Helpmate Richmond Hill. After yet another failed attempt... more


Difficult times for our colleagues at Helpmate, York Region — Lesley, Inform Hamilton, Wed Oct 28 11:39am
Hello friends .. I thought you would be interested in (and likely concerned) by these two news stories about our colleagues at Helpmate. Local municipal funding ... a very significant part of their operation budget has been discontinued. http://www.theliberal.com/News/Thornhill/article/98195 - story Oct 22-09... more


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