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Over the course of the year, the Board of Directors must engage in a variety of important conversations and make critical decisions about the organization.
A board calendar is a helpful tool for ensuring that these conversations and decisions happen at the appropriate time: for example, preparing and approving the year-end financial statements in advance of the annual general meeting.
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Annotated agendas highlight the preparation required to ensure an engaging and productive meeting. For each agenda item, there is a note that explains the reading or preparation required, whether it is a decision, discussion, or information item, and then captures the concrete actions and follow-ups for that item.
The preparation required to put together the annotated agenda is valuable because it forces the chair or Executive Director to make good choices about what to spend time discussing, and to inform the board of what the intended outcome for each agenda items.
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Vantage Point exists to support people moving not-for-profit organizations forward - Executive Directors, board members, senior leaders, managers, staff, and volunteers.
In this document you will find a categorized and hyperlinked list of our workshops, podcasts, blog posts, and ready-to-use documents. The documents include guides, templates, and worksheets. Our resources will provide you with tools and tactics to immediately lift your organization's capacity.
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The economic and financial resources made available by the federal and provincial governments in response to COVID-19. Not-for-profit organizations can access this as employers and share with all employees and workers.
Please note that information is constantly changing and thus, while care and effort is made to keep this resource page updated, the information can become outdated quickly.
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Vantage Point published The Abundant Not-for-Profit in 2013. Co-authors Colleen Kelly, our Executive Director at the time, and Lynda Gerty, former Engagement Manager, provide key insights to the abundant mindset Vantage Point has found integral to prospering as a not-for-profit organization. We believe abundance is a culture of confidence and possibility, infused with a belief that openness to new ideas and diverse resources will enable organizations to achieve transformational change. Abundant not-for-profits challenge the scarcity mindset and have a fundamental belief in endless potential; they are confident that anything is possible with what is at hand, whether ideas, talent, money, or other resources.
Disclaimer: We would like to acknowledge the colonial language used in some parts of the text, as well as some gender exclusionary language. We value appropriate and due recognition of the peoples upon whose land we are settlers. Additionally, we are a space inclusive to all genders and recognize the importance of using gender-inclusive language through the use of singular "they/them" pronouns. Lastly, we are mindful the concept of “abundance” may be a privilege which is not accessible to all. It is important to recognize if we have the privilege to enhance the capacity of our work through the concept of abundance-thinking, it is up to us to use this learning to uplift others.
