Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations - ECVO

From infancy onward, we are taught the value and correctness of sharing. Partaking in playtime with peers while allotting toys to friends is one of the fundamental lessons in life's early learning stages.

So it's no surprise, then, that over the last few years the concept of office consolidation has been adopted by - and a subject on the lips of - voluntary sector organizations in the context of workspace environment: splitting rents, sharing office supplies, and in the process, reducing all manner of overhead costs associated with running a nonprofit or business of any kind.

Yet while the idea is fiscally sound, there are pros and cons to sharing one's workspace with other organizations. Read more.