Events
Trends in Social Innovation
Social Innovation – everyone’s talking about it but what does it really mean? Join Tonya Surman, Executive Director of the Centre for Social Innovation, on this half-day journey exploring key concepts and emerging trends in the ever-changing world of social innovation.
Get a handle on…
- Social Innovation – key concepts & definitions that frame the sector
- Market Transformation – social enterprise, social finance, & more
- Web Inspired Collaboration – the new models for how we work
- Localism – happiness, authenticity, & the power of place
We’ll also explore what these trends mean for our work and the four frameworks that define the social innovation space – Complexity & Emergence Theory, Panarchy, Integral Theory, & the Social Innovation Process.
Registration includes workshop materials and refreshments.
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012, 9:30-12:30pm
Cost: $75 (Includes HST) ONN/ROI/CCRC Members receive a 25% discount
Location: CSI Spadina, 215 Spadina Ave, Alterna Room (4th Floor)
Community Bonds
Two years ago, we had the outlandish idea that we could raise $2 Million toward the purchase and renovation of a 36,000 ft2 building, jam pack that space with world-changing people and projects, all while providing our investors with a triple-bottom-line return – in the span of a whirlwind 8 months. Well, we did it! And now we want to help others do the same.
Join Tonya Surman, Executive Director of the Centre for Social Innovation, on this half-day investigation of what we did, how we did it, and how you can too. Gain insight into your organization’s financing challenges, determine whether community bonds are the right fit for you, learn how to launch your own community bond offering, and, of course, how to turn your supporters into investors. All attendees will receive a copy of the Do-It-Yourself Guide to Community Bonds.
Date: Friday, May 11, 9:30-12:30pm
Cost: $75+HST (ONN/CSI Members receive a 25% discount)
Includes light breakfast and resources
Location: CSI Spadina, 215 Spadina Ave, Alterna Room (4th Floor)
Innovative Collaborations
Is there a way to design value-driven collaborations? We think so! Join Tonya Surman, Executive Director of the Centre for Social Innovation and co-creator of the Constellation Model for this full-day exploration of the design elements of successful collaborations. We’ll focus specifically on the Constellation Governance Model, Shared Spaces for Social Innovation, online networks and how core features of each of these models can be incorporated into the projects of each workshop participant.
Date: Friday, June 8, 9:30-5:00pm
Cost: $150+HST (ONN/CSI Members receive a 25% discount)
Includes breakfast, lunch and resources
Presenter: Tonya Surman is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI); a social enterprise with a mission to catalyze social innovation in shared workspaces. CSI recently opened is second location at Bloor and Bathurst in downtown Toronto; a 35,000 sq ft building that houses over 400 individuals with a social mission.
Location: CSI Spadina, 215 Spadina Ave, Alterna Room (4th Floor)
ONN Webinar: Understanding the New Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (Bill 65)
ONN is holding webinars to help you better understand the basic features of the ONCA, and how it will affect your organization, both with and without our proposed amendments. You will be provided with a sufficient overview to begin transition planning.
Hosted by ONN Policy Advisor, Lynn Eakin, this webinar is best suited for Executive Directors, Board Presidents, Treasurers and Secretaries, but all are welcome to join. Spaces will be limited.
Dates
- January 24, 12-1:30pm (Closed)
- February 13, 12-1:30pm (Closed)
- March 12, 12-1:30pm (Closed)
- March 28, 5:30-7pm (Closed)
- April 5, 12-1:30pm (Closed)
- April 24, 12-1:30pm (Open)
- May 24, 12-1:30pm (Open)
Cost
- General – $60
- ONN Supporters – $30 (Have you become an ONN Supporter? Join today)
*Please note: you will need internet access and a phone line to participate in this webinar. All attendees will be e-mailed instructions on joining the webinar.
Network Builders: Designing the Right Structures and Processes to Make it Work
Offered by the Ontario Volunteer Centre’s Network in partnership with ONN and sponsored by Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Presenter: Linda Mollenhauer, Mollenhauer Consulting.
Target audiences:
1.Nonprofit organizations who are: a)currently in a network or collaboration and are wanting to ensure they have taken the appropriate steps to build their structure and processes; and, b) exploring or just establishing a network or collaboration and want to take the right steps forward.
2. Funders, intermediaries and capacity builders: funders, including foundations, corporations, governments, United Ways, intermediaries and capacity builders, who are supporting networks/collaborations and want to learn about the key decisions points which non-profit organizations face.
Description:
With today’s complexity of issues and the pressure to work smarter, not harder, non-profit organizations are increasingly building networks or collaborations as a way to weave together and create capacities that get better leverage and results. But the key challenge for many network and collaboration builders is to ensure they are designing a network that will work effectively. Typical organizational structures and processes don’t work the same way for networks.
This webinar will help non-profit Board, management or staff members or funders and capacity builders to understand the critical choices and decisions required to put the right structure and processes in place. It will be of interested to those who are just establishing a network or collaboration and want to understand the building blocks or those who already have an established one, but want to ensure it’s built on solid foundations. You will learn about the important steps of finding unifying purpose, identifying members, choosing the organizational and governance structure and getting the work done. As well, you’ll have the opportunity to share your own experiences and hear from others. Spaces will be limited.
Date: March 30, 2012, 12-1:30pm (Eastern) Cost: Free. Click here for presentation slides from March 30.
Date: April 25, 2012, 12-1:30pm (Eastern) Cost: Free. Click here for presentation slides from April 25
Enabling Nonprofits Ontario: Accessible Customer Service Webinar Series
Part 1 – The AODA: Unpacking the Issues
Recorded September 12, 2011 | Watch the webcast here for free
Description
The Ontario government has announced the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) with the goal of making Ontario more accessible to people with disabilities. Did you know that approximately 1.85 million people in Ontario live with disabilities, which is roughly 15.5% of the population? As our population ages, that number will only increase. While many perceive disabilities to be permanent, that is not always the case. In fact, almost everyone will suffer from a disability at some point in his or her life, due to aging, arthritis, loss of vision or hearing, or due to common accidents such as broken legs or arms.
The ONN views the AODA as essential, a timely piece of legislation with far-reaching consequences. The Act effectively removes and prevents barriers for people with disabilities in every aspect of their lives. The Ontario government’s goal is for an accessible Ontario by 2025, with the public sector having to comply since January 1, 2010, and the private sector (with one or more employees) having to comply by January 1, 2012.
Join Constance Exley of the Ontario Nonprofit Network, as she guides you through the AODA requirements, giving suggestions on how your organization can incorporate the standards. While Constance will touch on policy-making, feedback and training models for your organizations, these latter topics will also be the focus of later webinars on Policy and Training. Constance will also give one webinar dedicated entirely to answering common and specific questions related to the Act and its implementation.
Speaker Bio
Constance Exley is the Project Manager for EnAbling Nonprofits Ontario (ENO), a project of the ONN. ENO is a province-wide education initiative to support nonprofits with their customer service obligations under the AODA. Constance has more than 20 years experience in the nonprofit sector and her work has taken her across Canada and around the world. As the ONN’s first Network Director in 2007, Constance was integral to building the organization from the ground up. Last fall, she took on the responsibility for the coordination of ENO, ONN’s largest ever education initiative. In addition to heading ENO, Constance also works with other nonprofits to improve workspace flow and design by analyzing office functionality and staff performance.