Hello! We want to share our recent developments with you, the leaders and stakeholders of organizations engaged in social and environmental impact. Please read on to find out about: Our new podcast: Impact Recent activities Staff changes An important Innoweave update Upcoming events Spreading the word: Introducing the "Impact" podcast Our coaching and consulting work [...]
We are proud to announce the launch of our brand new podcast, Impact Conversations. Impact Conversations is a show about change makers getting things done. Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors talk to NGO leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and environmental innovators about their goals and how they’re reaching them. The first two [...]
Hello! Where does the time go? Unbelievably, the summer is almost here. We wanted to get a quick update out before everyone scatters to the sunshine. B Corp Leadership Development Day Social Impact Advisors is celebrating 1 year as a certified B Corp! We’re excited to be presenting at the Ontario B Corp Leadership Development [...]
2018 has been busy so far and we're delighted to be kicking off a number of new projects in strategic planning, facilitation, collective impact, and Innoweave's Impact and Strategic Clarity module. In the coming months, we will be updating this space more often to share what we're learning. We are grateful to all the community [...]
Innoweave is running a free series of workshops across Canada this fall. The link is for the Toronto and York region event on October 2, but please check here for events across the country. Impact Accelerators get leaders thinking about the impact their organizations are making in the world and unpack processes and tools to [...]
This is a beautiful and helpful resource, from the McConnell Foundation, reflecting on lessons (un)learned in the past year of philanthropy. With some great examples, the piece shares the foundation's experiences with 'small and large efforts to challenge the deeply held beliefs that stand in the way of a better world.' We highly recommend it. [...]
Successful collective action requires clarity and trust. Organizations that are clear about the impact they are trying to have themselves are much better at collaborating with others. An ability to demonstrate competence, reliability and honesty are foundational to earning trust from others. Trust Defined Trust is a big concept. Even defining it is hard. In [...]
Social Impact Advisors has been working on our launch and B Corp certification since March this year with the help of an amazing young man. Evgeny Bezlyudnyy came to us through AIESEC at the University of Toronto. He is finishing his undergraduate degree at Akademika Anokhina in Moscow and will be starting his Masters degree [...]
A day long training workshop with Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors (www.socialimpactadvisors.ca), an organization which works with not-for-profit organizations, foundations and companies to define and focus on the social impact they aim to achieve, and develop the strategies and actions to make it happen. The goal for the day will be [...]
I look forward to the day when more of us will answer the question "How are you?" with something besides "Busy." So many not-for-profits are operating on a shoestring and their leaders are so busy keeping the lights on and putting out fires there is no time left over to think. Without some strategic clarity [...]