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The Organizer is a bi-weekly newsletter for nonprofit workers and anyone else trying to create equitable, sustainable communities. We know that time is precious when you are focused on an important cause, so we bundle the information in a friendly package you can scan in a few minutes.

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Dreaming of a better world is easy.
Bringing it to life is hard.
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Recent Articles

Before you write that next impact report, read this

September 2, 2025

Tired of creating endless impact reports for your nonprofit’s different audiences? That “whack-a-mole” feeling means you’re on the right track.

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Can AI teach us about training humans?

August 11, 2025

What would happen if we showed the same level of enthusiasm for training people as we’re showing for training AI? You can test for yourself.

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What I learned from the Walkerton Tragedy and how those lesson can help you today

May 12, 2025

The same forces that led to the Walkerton Tragedy are swirling around us again. Lessons from that tragedy can help protect us today.

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Loneliness and your community: what every charity should know

March 17, 2025

An ever-shrinking number of people with a whole lot of wealth are shaping our world. Foundations and philanthropists haven’t quite reached oligarch levels, but the charitable world is seeing the same concentration of influence as business, tech, entertainment, and media. Big money isn’t necessarily bad for good causes; large gifts can help organizations who happen […]

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Three forces affecting nonprofits in 2025 (and how to respond to change)

February 24, 2025

The first time I recognized a “threat” to the nonprofit where I worked, I was sitting in a pub in Toronto’s financial district. I’d gone for drinks with some donors to talk about environmental projects we might work on in the future.  As our pints of beer sweated onto coasters on top of the wooden […]

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How (and why) to re-think your organization’s relationship with social media

February 9, 2025

Social media is shaping every facet of nonprofit work. It’s messy, confusing, and it’s only going to get worse.

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Helping you do more

Our mission with The Organizer is to answer a question that has been bothering you and give you a tool to act immediately. Why not start your week feeling focused and energized?

Every edition of The Organizer starts with an insight to help you navigate the challenges of social impact work.

Then, we include a link to a digital tool that will help you do the thing we describe in the article. We include tools created by the Entremission team, as well as tools created by some of the best-known technology companies on the planet (Google, Apple, Microsoft). These tools are almost always free and you can start using them immediately.

Two gifts in every edition

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Our promise

The Organizer focuses on common questions from nonprofit life. You’ll see questions you’ve been asking yourself for months and questions you asked at the start of your career. You may even see questions you never thought to ask.

You can expect to see big picture questions like “How do I stay motivated?” and “How do I find funding?”

You can also expect to see nitty-gritty detail questions like “How do I keep track of all my organization’s social media accounts?” and “How do I make a meeting agenda?”

We draw inspiration from the major themes of nonprofit and charity work — leadership, fundraising, management, communications, impact, and personal growth. We cover a range of topics because we know most people in the nonprofit world wear a lot of different hats.

It's not easy to find the right tools and build the right systems to bring your mission to life. At the same time, "how" you reach your goals matters. Equity and sustainability are in the “how”. Change is in the “how”. Art is in the “how”. How matters.

This is why we created The Organizer: so that good work doesn’t have to be so hard.

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