Fundraising Ideas that
Work for Grassroots Groups

Here’s what you will learn in this full-text on-line guidebook:

• solid advice on fundraising and on how to avoid major errors

• sources to help you do additional research if you need to

• techniques adapted with grass-roots groups in mind

• advice from professional fundraisers (and professional fundgivers) who work regularly with grass-roots and social change organizations

Check it out at www.nald.ca/FULLTEXT/heritage/ComPartnE/Fr4gras1.htm

Tips and Tools for Developing and Delivering an Online Workshop – Report on the Online Workshop on Board-Staff Relations Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) planned and delivered this electronic workshop in cooperation with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, using the AlphaPlus conferencing system. It was delivered over a two month period last winter. 75 people participated, taking an average of 8 hours to complete the workshop. All 30 of those who completed the workshop evaluation said that they would take another online workshop!

This report will be very useful for others who want to try delivering training in this way. It is full of tips—for creating a welcoming environment, for effective facilitation, for encouraging discussion, and for technical matters. CLO also produced the course manual for the work-shop in hard copy. There are modules covering board/staff relationships and roles, legal issues for organizations, policy and management, models of board governance, building a shared vision, effective communications, and staff reporting / board monitoring.

For more information on this workshop and the printed materials, contact Community Literacy of Ontario, 80 Bradford Street, Suite 508, Barrie, ON, L4N 6S7. Tel: 7005-733-2312, Fax: 705-733-6197, E-mail: kaattari@bconnex.net, website: www.nald.ca/volman.htm

New Draft Guide on Community Economic Development from Revenue Canada

This guide deals with the evolving field of community economics and has implications for registered charities engaged in business that serves to provide employment or training opportunities. According to the draft, CED is a mix of economic and social purposes. Economic development and commercial activities are undertaken to achieve social goals such as the relief of poverty and the empowerment of the community, while social goals, such as the advancement of education, are undertaken to develop the local economy. Revenue Canada defines a community economic development program as charitable if it deals with the needs of the hard-to-employ or the employment needs of any other group whose members are living below the poverty line.