This survey is part of The Goldie Company’s initiative to sponsor primary research to further understand and share effective fundraising strategies for Canada’s charitable and nonprofit community.  The philosophy behind this approach is that by receiving input from as many organizations as possible, we can generate and share valuable information and insights to benefit our organizations and the people we work to assist. We encourage you to take part in this project and to forward the survey link to your colleagues. 

www.collis-reed.com/goldie

Rob Sherrington and Steve Douglas have joined together there knowledge and industry experience , 38 years combined , to build a NEW and EXCITING recognition and architectural signage solutions company. The organizations and people with whom they have aligned themselves are touted as the best in their respective industry.
Steve Douglas
Sherrington Douglas Associates Inc.
338 Reynolds Street, Unit #2
Oakville ON L6J 3L8
C 416-919-7469  T 905-337-7446  F 905-337-7448

steve@sherringtondouglas.com

In 2009, the only constant was change. After such uncertainty, The Goldie Company is asking senior executives in non-profit organizations across the country to share their predictions, hopes and fears for 2010.

All organizations that participate will receive a report on the overall findings.

We encourage you to take part in this project by filling out the easy to complete online survey, which can be accessed via the following link:

www.collis-reed.com/outlook2010

We thank you in advance for your participation and look forward to sharing the results with you.

Matt Damon promoting his OneXOne Foundation provides an interesting example of a major gift ask. Check out this clip… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQZXnVrtpM

I would like to extend congratulations to Maureen O’Leary and her staff for receiving the Luc Vanneste Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario! The Luc Vanneste Award recognizes the Area Office staff and volunteer team that works together to best:

· Meet the Area Office revenue goals and grow core programs of Jump, BB, P2P, Fit and Hoops;

· Build strong volunteer teams;

· Demonstrate innovation and

· Enhance the Foundation’s profile and awareness in the community.

A few highlights of their successes this year include:

· Exceeded their overall revenue goal with a 15% increase over F08. Exceeded revenue goals in BB, P2P/HM, Fit and grew Jump by 6%

· Strong leadership volunteer support including a Heart Month committee that makes recruitment calls, organizes orientation sessions and wrap up events and leads media and awareness activities

· Had a 27% increase in P2P leadership volunteers

· Developed strong partnership with local company (AIC) who do 15000 P2P telerecruitment calls, contact Walk participants and sponsor the event and host BB event day.

Great work Maureen!

I came across an interesting article that lays out a winnning formula for using Social Media to promote your organization. It goes some thing like this: 

 Goals + Urgency + Communications =  Giving

Check out the article here…
http://http://flip.onphilanthropy.com/online/2009/08/using-the-social-media-snowball-formula.html