Communications Update by Julie Linkletter

Recently APRA Canada upgraded our website with new software and a new membership CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database. The site may look the same to you but these updates will make it easier for APRA Canada volunteers to upload and edit content and will improve how we record members’ contact information and volunteer activities with APRA Canada.

Unfortunately, as we made these changes in our website, some of you may had difficulty accessing the website. I thank you very much for your patience as we worked out these bugs.

Professional Development Opportunities by Liz Rejman

Mark your calendars! Professional Development Opportunities

Conference plans are well underway, but we don't want you to miss out on the APRA-C professional development opportunities throughout the year.

To start the year off, APRA-C will be hosting its first ever tweet-up on Wednesday, March 14 from 12Noon-1pm EST. Connect with colleagues via twitter gaining insight in 144 characters or less.

In addition APRA-C will be hosting educational sessions in May and December.  Watch your inbox for dates and details.

Privacy Breaches and Donors: What you need to know about the Tort of Intrusion upon Seclusion by Shelly Steenhorst-Baker

As researchers, we are often given the role of monitoring privacy compliance of our organizations. Even if you aren’t the “privacy officer”, researchers are often the data leaders of their organization. As such, you need to know about the new legal framework that will be applied to unauthorized and offensive use of your database.

On January 18, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided the case of Jones v. Tsige (2012 ONCA 32). This case has essentially outlined a new tort for Ontario called Intrusion upon Seclusion.

University of Calgary Undertakes Benchmarking Survey: Polls US and Canadian Non-Profits by Susan Loh

It’s a daily uphill battle, and one that is constantly being fought by Prospect Researchers everywhere.  Whilst we scurry to meet urgent daily deadlines, some of the more Important tasks, notably identifying and qualifying new prospects to build a robust pipeline, is oftentimes left on the backburner.  

Editorial by Sharina Janif

Welcome to The Scoop and our new online look @ our new website!

Hello fellow prospect researchers,

We hope all of you find our new website easier to navigate, and reading issues of The Scoop much more enjoyable!  Many thanks to Julie Linkletter for spearheading this endeavour and making it easier to upload documents and peruse the site.

Subscribe to Issue 36 February 2012

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