Noon - 1:30pm EST

First SEC Speaker Series of 2014

Presenters:

• Andrea Cohen Barrack, CEO of the Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Bryan Smale, Director of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing housed in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo
• Robin Cory, Colbeck Strategic Advisors

This talk, speakers intend to explore deeper conversation about "Investing for Impact." The discussion will explore:

• Investing for Impact depends on the ability to demonstrate impact.
• The need for a clear and coherent Theory of Change.
• How the change that the Ontario Trillium Foundation is working toward is anchored in a clear way to measure impact.

Talk description

Andrea Cohen Barrack, CEO of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, will discuss her vision for Canada’s largest granting foundation. OTF’s strategy of “Investing for Impact” depends on the ability to demonstrate impact. She will be joined by Robin Cory, of Colbeck Strategic Advisors, who will speak about the need for a clear and coherent Theory of Change. Bryan Smale, of the University of Waterloo, will discuss the Canadian Index of Wellbeing – and how the change that OTF is working towards is anchored in a clear way to measure impact.

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