10am to 11am Eastern Time
Are you interested in earning discretionary income?
The Earning Capacity Project will engage up to 30 community service organizations across Ontario to develop their social enterprise capacity. Successful applicants will have a committed team, marketable administrative capacity in areas including IT, HR, marketing, space, and finance, and will be ready for (or already involved in) earned revenue activities related to these service areas. A Project Advisory Committee (PAC), and social enterprise and evaluation consultants will contribute their knowledge and expertise in small business and nonprofit social enterprise development, and help in documenting results.
Register now for this Introductory Webinar
Background
The Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects (ONESTEP) has partnered with Job Skills and the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNET), Ontario for this project running through September 2016. This collaborative will be offering focused resources to assist committed nonprofits in developing earned income via service contracts with other nonprofits and businesses.
Who should attend?
Representatives from diverse community service agencies across Ontario who fit the project applicant profile (see below*) are invited to participate in the webinar. Organizations focused on: employment & training, arts & culture, children & youth, community development, education, environmental, agriculture, health, First Nations organizations, immigrant (settlement) services, recreation, and social service organizations are welcome to register.
*Project Applicants must be willing to put together a committed team, will have marketable administrative capacity such as IT, HR, space, and/or finance, and will be near ready for, or already involved in, earned revenue activities related to these service areas.
Why Attend?
Following the webinar, organizations can apply for additional supports:
- A Readiness Assessment: to assess organizational readiness for enterprising activity
- Enterprise Development Institutes: 1.5-day offsite events, each engaging teams from 6 – 8 committed nonprofits
- Follow-Up Supports: webinars and individualized coaching over six months
- Regional Peer Practitioner Network: practitioners will support each other, and share resources
- Ongoing Learning: with support from an external evaluation consultant
Benefits will include:
- opportunities to capitalize on existing organizational assets
- targeted support and mentoring to advance organizational earning capacity, and
- development of earned income streams via enterprise plans and service contracts with other nonprofits and small businesses.
The supports provided through the Earning Capacity Project are valued at over $3,000 per organization, not including travel assistance to attend the training institutes. For successful applicants there will be a fee of $300 charged for each organizational team (up to 3 people) to offset the costs of institutes.
Application deadline extended until September 11th
