CharityVillage Connects

In this episode, we focus on the devastating impact COVID shutdowns and restrictions had on fundraising, how nonprofits pivoted and embraced new digital tools to transform their fundraising models in record speed. Join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, to hear crucial advice from some of Canada’s top experts to rebuild, diversify and strengthen your fundraising strategies and do some crystal ball gazing to see what key innovations are like to remain as the sector emerges from the pandemic and into a new normal.

Show Notes

In this episode, we focus on the devastating impact COVID shutdowns and restrictions had on fundraising, how nonprofits pivoted and embraced new digital tools to transform their fundraising models in record speed. Join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, to hear crucial advice from some of Canada’s top experts to rebuild, diversify and strengthen your fundraising strategies and do some crystal ball gazing to see what key innovations are like to remain as the sector emerges from the pandemic and into a new normal.

Meet Our Guests

·         Marina Glogovac, President & CEO of CanadaHelps 
·         Ruth MacKenzie, President & CEO of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP) 
·         Wen-Chih O’Connell, Executive Director of PayPal Giving Fund Canada
·         Daryl Hatton, Founder & CEO of FundRazr

About Your Host
Mary Barroll is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.

Additional Resources from this Episode
We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:

·         CharityVillage Crowdfunding
·         PayPal Giving Fund and the Give at Checkout Toolkit
·         CanadaHelps and the 2021 Giving Report
·         Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP) and the Will Power Campaign

Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.

About CharityVillage
CharityVillage® is a career resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations across Canada.

What is CharityVillage Connects ?

Welcome to CharityVillage Connects – a series that highlights topics vital to the nonprofit sector in Canada. CharityVillage is a resource to over 170,000 charitable and nonprofit organizations in Canada. This series, hosted by President Mary Barroll, will provide in-depth conversations with experts in the nonprofit sector. We’ll examine diversity, equity and inclusion, innovations in fundraising, the gap in female representation in leadership and many other subjects crucial to the growth and development of charities throughout Canada.