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Our posts will make you think, question the status quo, keep an eye out for trends, and invite you to improve yourself – it’s all here.
Storytelling Workshop Series
Phil is excited to offer a special workshop series for not-for-profit organizations, foundations, NGOs and charities. If you’re doing good in this world, we want to help you do it even better! In this three part series, you’ll learn: what story catches media attention...
What Happened at the B Corp Leadership Conference?
Last month, our team attended the BLD Ontario Conference (B Corp Leadership Development) at the beautiful Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. The day was stacked with influential keynote speakers and panel discussions, breakout sessions and workshops, mingling and...
Strategic Planning is Dead. Here are two new ways to face the future
When we read this article by William Vanderbloemen, we knew we had to share it with our audience. William was gracious enough to give us permission to republish his article here on our blog and we invite you to share it widely in your networks. At my company,...
No More Spaghetti Nights?
When you compare different fundraising strategies, fundraising events have always been among the most vulnerable to trends, fashions, and demographic factors. What kinds of fundraising events work best and how can you maximize their impact? A...
The 11 Pillars of Fundraising Wisdom
Here are a few tips from Ken Burnett on fundraising that we want all charities to keep in mind. Print it out and stick it on the office fridge! Never forget that people give to people, not organizations, plans, strategies, or proposals. Blindingly...
National Volunteer Week 2018!
Phil is proud to support National Volunteer Week 2018, April 15-21, with the theme "I do it, you do it, let’s join our voluntary efforts!" led by the Fédération des centres d’action bénévole du Québec (FCABQ). "In a rapidly evolving world, volunteer work is also...
Grant writing honest responses
We loved this article so much, we reached out to the author and asked for permission to share it with our readers. Enjoy! [There’s an] imbalance of power between funders and nonprofits, which leads to a lot of no-good, very bad things such as the lack of honest...
Summer Bootcamp for Executives
What's keeping you up at night? This is an exclusive opportunity for leaders to work one-on-one with our experts to help you do good, even better.Positive and supportive: our sessions are fun, motivating and extremely effective. No more dull, long winded consultant...
Artistri Sud Social Entrepreneur of the Year Winner!
We are delighted to announce that our Founder and Creative Director, Kim, has been awarded by Artistri Sud as Social Entrepreneur of the Year! Big congratulations to her and to all of the powerful businesswomen leading change in our community who received a...
B’ing part of the B Corp movement
An international community of over 2,400 B Corps (to date) are redefining success in business beyond the bottom line.It’s growing globally, and across every industry. And Phil is proud to be part of this movement. Here at Phil, we make social impact our business....