How we work
Social Impact Advisors works with social benefit organizations* across Canada, who are looking to clarify their impact and develop a strategy for meaningful change. We tailor our work to fit your needs, timeline, and budget. Together we help your team build practical actionable plans, measure your achievements, and implement your strategies.
*primarily charities, foundations, nonprofits, and cross-sector collaboratives or Collectives
Coaching
We coach you through a strategic process, ensuring your wisdom and ideas are centred toward strengthening your ability to have tough, meaningful team discussions to diagnose key issues and build shared ownership of solutions.
Consulting
We won’t hand you a solution, but will collaborate with you in gathering data, developing options, sharing examples from your sector and beyond, and documenting solutions supported by all of your stakeholders.
Facilitating
We bring a structured and interactive approach, ensuring all voices are heard and sessions are productive. We design for engagement, focused on impact, whether in virtual or in-person sessions.
Capacity Building
Because we don’t just hand you a solution, we teach concepts and share knowledge to guide you through each part of the process, building your capacity to do the work at hand, and beyond.
What we do
We deliver 5 key products, individually and in various combinations, that can be applied at the organizational level, as well as at a project level, or for cross-sector groups of organizations. We leverage our experience with hundreds of organizations, sharing examples while guiding and coaching your team to greater clarity and alignment.
Impact Clarity
We get your team aligned on a clear statement of the meaningful difference you are going to make, and excited to take it on.
Theory of Change
We work with your team to create a clear 1-page graphic of what you must do to achieve your intended impact.
Validation & Engagement
Our process will leave your team confident in their refined and validated plan, ready to move to action with buy-in from key stakeholders.
Change Management & Action Planning
We get your team aligned on the implications of your Theory of Change and ensure they are reflected in a clear action plan.
Measurement & Evaluation
We help your team identify a clear plan for capturing key metrics to support learning and report progress against your impact.
What our clients say
The SIA team expertly guided us through the tough questions, ultimately leading to clarity of purpose and identification of the actions that will make the biggest difference. They demonstrated flexibility, adapting to the unique aspects of our organization and circumstances. They truly care about your success and walk the planning path with you. Read more
Let’s connect.
We’d love to hear from you! Reach out so we can talk about your situation and how we might help.