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 […]
Fort McMurray BootCamp grads head off to build better organizations
Twenty people from eight agencies graduated April 9 from Capacity Canada’s first Board Governance BootCamp outside of Ontario, and there was no mad rush for the door when the event wrapped up. In the 30 minutes of coat-gathering and conversation that followed, participants laid down plans to keep the momentum going. “I know about three […]
Fitness tip for charitable sector: lose the servers
Not-for-profits in the charitable sector may have a health problem: too much iron in their diet. In terms of tech, iron refers to the metal boxes, wires, circuits and associated clutter that make up on-site systems for storing and processing information. Somebody’s got to look after that — usually an in-house or contracted information-technology […]
Governance content on Capacity app fills up idle moments
To pass time in a waiting room or checkout line, Alison Boyd does what many people do these days. She uses her smartphone to sift through email and see what’s happening on social media. Lately, she’s had one other welcome diversion — Capacity Canada’s board-governance training app built on the Axonify e-learning platform. “You’ve looked […]
There is a lot more to being a leader than holding the title
By Jo-Anne Gibson, Capacity Canada executive in residence Leadership — we hear this word all the time. “They are a great leader” “People need to develop their leadership skills.” “We need someone with leadership qualities.” What does this really mean? There are many perspectives of what leadership is, and what traits make […]
Smart social entrepreneurs ask questions (and never stop)
Brad Dove expects to run his own business some day. But he wants success to be defined by something greater than a line of numbers on a ledger. It has to include making a positive difference in the lives of others, people he may never meet. “There is a different mindset than punching numbers, there […]
Capacity Canada – Pre-Budget Consultation Briefing
February 3, 2016 Ms. Laura Albanese Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance c/o Budget Secretariat Frost Building North, 3rd floor 95 Grosvenor Street Toronto, ON M7A 1Z1 Dear Ms. Albanese, Thank you for the opportunity to attend and submit a briefing for your pre-budget consultation in Kitchener. Capacity Canada is a national registered charity […]
Talking about Social Prosperity
Last week Capacity Canada was in Fort McMurray at the invitation of FuseSocial to meet on various topics of common interest and to plan for the year ahead. We also attended the Open House at FuseSocial. Using a “passport” attendees were able to move through the space learning first hand about the range of programs being offered including: training, […]
