It’s not just a place of work. It’s a partnership.
What a week for Sharon Mayne-Devine, a middle manager at Creative Consultants Inc. A customer needed a job done, but the “tops” — her bosses — had high-tailed it for a planning retreat. Front-line staff, meanwhile, felt put-upon and unappreciated. It probably doesn’t help that her company refers to them collectively as “ the bottoms.” “I […]
Define problems, then solve them, Hamilton BootCamp told
Six years. Twenty-four hundred bicycles. At a glance, Bike for Mike, a not-for-profit organization in Hamilton, Ont., appears to help fight poverty by providing bicycles to elementary-school children in low-income households. And that was certainly the ambition when the organization started. Things changed, however, when it began asking critical questions of itself. “What problem […]
Fort McMurray groups chosen for Capacity’s 2016 CreateAthon
Twelve organizations in Fort McMurray, Alta. have been picked as the beneficiaries of this year’s CreateAthon hosted by Capacity Canada and three partners — Alchemy Systems in Guelph, Ont., the School of Media and Design at Conestoga College in Kitchener and FuseSocial in Fort McMurray. The annual event usually provides community groups in Waterloo Region […]
Ten-hut! Capacity’s BootCamp model continues to grow
Capacity Canada’s Board Governance BootCamp heads to Hamilton for the first time this fall. The program, which helps the leaders of charitable non-profits better understand the roles of boards and administrations, has been held annually in Waterloo Region since 2009. With the assistance of local partners, Capacity has been taking the BootCamp to other communities […]
Survey lights the way for recovery in Fort McMurray’s social-profit sector
This blog post recently appeared on Fusesocial.ca, the website of FuseSocial, Capacity Canada’s partner in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The community’s non-profit infrastructure, made up of many groups that provide services to residents, was among the casualties in the wildfire that swept through Fort McMurray in May. The recovery in the sector won’t be quick; but it […]
Local CreateAthon adopts Fort McMurray for 2016
CreateAthon Waterloo-Wellington, an annual graphic-design blitz benefitting local social-profit agencies, is shifting focus this year. To Alberta. The event has rebranded itself as “CreateAthon Waterloo-Wellington for Fort McMurray 2016” to assist groups affected by the Fort McMurray wildfire in May. “We’re going to help these agencies recover by providing them with fresh marketing concepts at […]
Leader for hire: Capacity offers short-term help for long-term gain
Look, it happens. Good leaders leave, sometimes suddenly, after a long, successful tenure. New opportunities, illness, a shift in the alignment of interests between the board and its chief executive — the reasons vary. It just pinches a bit more in the charitable not-for-profit sector. In Canada anyway, these tend to be small-to medium-sized outlets […]
Fort McMurray community leader joins Capacity Canada board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fort McMurray community leader joins Capacity Canada board WATERLOO REGION, Ont. June 15, 2016: Capacity Canada, a non-profit agency that provides training in the charitable sector, has appointed its first board member from outside Ontario. Jeanette Bancarz of Fort McMurray, Alta., joined the Capacity board as of the organization’s annual general meeting […]
Fort McMurray community leader joins Capacity Canada board
Jeanette Bancarz of Fort McMurray, Alta., joined the Capacity board as of the organization’s annual general meeting June 14 in Waterloo Region, Ont. Bancarz is a community branch manager for ATB Financial, responsible for two branches in Fort McMurray. For three years, she has been chair of FuseSocial, an agency that provides a range of […]
Capacity’s BootCamps on governance aren’t just for seasoned organizations
For somebody trying to get a good thing going, the circumstances might have been intimidating. Top leaders of well-established, battle-hardened agencies meeting to talk about hefty issues, such as board governance and risk-management. What could a nascent organization possibly get out of rubbing elbows with company of this calibre? Plenty. “We really saw this as […]
