This organization adopted evaluation (And the world didn’t fall apart)

Kris Cummings knows the feeling, how the very word seems to knot the stomach. But evaluation is like the first cold swim of cottage season: it gets better after you take a deep breath and plunge in. “When evaluation is interpreted to mean, ‘Prove you’re doing something perfectly,’ it gets twisted into an exercise in […]

Capacity bids good-bye to a remarkable supporter of strong communities

Thomas (Tupper) Cawsey, a champion of well-run organizations and a great supporter of Capacity Canada, died Aug. 17. “Tupper was a role model for all of us who had the opportunity — and pleasure — to work with him,” said Steve Farlow, chair of Capacity Canada, and a colleague of Cawsey’s at Wilfrid Laurier University. “Many times […]