A non-profit resolution for 2015: Raise your online profile
As the only full-time employee with the Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council, Tana Nash — you would think — has no room in her day to fuss with the organization’s online presence. Not so. In fact, she will tell you it is time well spent. “If you’re trying to get your organization known, it’s one of […]
Grant strengthens partnership between Manulife and Capacity Canada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grant strengthens partnership between Manulife and Capacity Canada WATERLOO REGION, January 7, 2015: A renewed and expanded partnership with Manulife means Capacity Canada can offer its expertise in governance to more non-profits in Waterloo Region and now also in Toronto. “None of the work we do to help non-profit boards excel would be […]
Grant from Lyle S. Hallman Foundation helps Capacity Canada stay focused on non-profit improvement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grant from Lyle S. Hallman Foundation helps Capacity Canada stay focused on non-profit improvement WATERLOO REGION, ON — December 8, 2014: Capacity Canada has received a $400,000 grant over two years from the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation. “The foundation believes, as we do, that well-governed, innovative community groups change lives for the […]
We request your help
Dear Friends, In just about any town, on just about any night of the week, you’ll find people meeting about sports associations, hospitals, social causes, matters of faith….The list is wonderfully long and varied. A simple show of hands can build a shelter for the homeless or launch a Christmas toy […]
Governance boot camp starts with words of wisdom from seasoned director
It might be easier to list the boards Robert (Bob) Astley hasn’t joined. Now retired, the former CEO of Clarica Life Insurance Co. (now Sun Life Financial Canada) remains an active member of boards, ranging from the directors overseeing BMO Financial Group to the ones — members of his family — looking after the Astley Family […]
Joining a board: It's a job, not a pastime
Don McCreesh has the highest respect for people who join the committees and boards that run community groups. They’re good, solid citizens, he says. “The learning I got as a camp counsellor was that you leave your campsite a better place than it was when you arrived,” McCreesh said after giving a workshop at the […]
CreateAthon in Waterloo Region: Bleary eyes, bright ideas
Deadlines. Team meetings. Ideas that work, others that don’t. Such is life in the marketing world. Third-year students in Conestoga College’s graphic-design program got a taste of it Oct. 23. “This fast-paced experience really ignites the creative process,’’ Matt Piotrowski said four hours into a round-the-clock branding blitz known as CreateAthon “The things we are designing will […]
Capacity introduces MatchBoard to new candidates
MatchBoard, the program that connects Manulife employees with roles on the boards of local charitable non-profits, is recruiting again in Waterloo Region. About 70 matches involving area non-profits have been made since the program began in 2012. Capacity Canada runs MatchBoard in Toronto and Waterloo Region under a partnership with Manulife. It outlined the program […]
CreateAthon design blitz Oct. 23 helps seven Waterloo Region agencies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WATERLOO REGION, Oct. 16, 2014: Put a bunch of talented graphic-design students in a room, throw in some pizza, and 24 hours later, seven charitable agencies walk away with a free package of fresh ideas for branding and marketing improvements. CreateAthons occur around the world Oct. 23, and this is the successful format […]
Visitors from MaRS: Studio Y Fellows check out social innovation in Waterloo Region
If they arrived not knowing what to expect, they left with plenty of food for thought. Twenty-five young men and women, the second cohort of the MaRS Studio Y program in Toronto, visited Waterloo Region Oct. 8 as guests of Capacity Canada. Drawn from backgrounds as wide-ranging as mathematics, film-making, music, commerce and physics, they have at […]
