Featuring Paul Born: Paul will reflect on collaborative leadership, community engagement and collective impact. Paul is the President and cofounder of the Tamarack Institute which since 2001 has provided leadership in Canada on issues of citizen engagement, collaborative leadership and community innovation. Prior to Tamarack, Paul was the Executive Director and co-founder of the Community Opportunities Development Association one of Canada’s leading community economic development organizations that was recognized by the United Nations as one of the top 40 projects in the world. Paul was elected into the world’s largest network of social innovators, as a Senior Ashoka Fellow in 2013. Read more >>
The Rural Ontario Institute invites you to learn from a number of local and international ‘gurus’ of rural community development as they reflect on years of practice and emerging trends in community-led local development work. The Guru Sessions bring five thought leaders from Canada and around the world will share wisdom on the state of community development practice – where its been, where its going, emerging trends and perhaps some worrisome issues CD practitioners should be wary of.
Don will reflect on aboriginal/remote community development. Don Richardson has over 25 years experience as a skilled facilitator capable of building agreements between project proponents, community/non-governmental organizations, government agencies and Aboriginal communities. He fosters constructive engagement to create “shared value” between communities and infrastructure / resource extraction projects and operations. He has extensive global experience with environmental assessments, communications, socio-economics and enhancing community well-being. >> Read more
The Rural Ontario Institute invites you to learn from a number of local and international ‘gurus’ of rural community development as they reflect on years of practice and emerging trends in community-led local development work. The Guru Sessions bring five thought leaders from Canada and around the world will share wisdom on the state of community development practice – where its been, where its going, emerging trends and perhaps some worrisome issues CD practitioners should be wary of.
Peter will reflect on community building, local economic development and youth empowerment. Peter Kenyon is the founder and current director of the Bank of I.D.E.A.S.. The Bank is an international community and economic development consultancy based in Kalamunda, Western Australia. Since its creation in 1989, the Bank of I.D.E.A.S. has worked with over 1600 communities throughout Australia and overseas seeking to facilitate fresh and creative ways that stimulate community and local economic renewal. Bank of I.D.E.A.S. has undertaken assignments in 58 countries.
The Rural Ontario Institute invites you to learn from a number of local and international ‘gurus’ of rural community development as they reflect on years of practice and emerging trends in community-led local development work. The Guru Sessions bring five thought leaders from Canada and around the world will share wisdom on the state of community development practice – where its been, where its going, emerging trends and perhaps some worrisome issues CD practitioners should be wary of.
November 13 11 a.m. - 12 noon PST / 2 - 3 p.m. EST
Business models for sustainability and scale are made, not born. Nonprofits develop strategic plans, but often leave the business model out. This session will outline what a business model is, how it fits into a strategic planning process and why building a strong business model is vital to building a higher impact, sustainable nonprofit. Speakers will share examples of different approaches to business models and some of the challenges nonprofits face in developing them.
This session will be presented by:
Alexa Cortes Culwell, founder and managing director, Philanthropy Futures; visiting practitioner, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Antony Bugg-Levine, chief executive officer, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Janet Gless, president, New Teacher Center
Alexa Cortes Culwell is the founder and managing director of Philanthropy Futures, a strategic advisory firm that works alongside leaders to chart the course for creating positive social change. The firm develops vision, strategic direction, and business models, energized by effective meeting design and facilitation, as well as leadership coaching to support implementation. Cortes Culwell also serves as a visiting practitioner at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. For nearly two decades, Cortes Culwell served as a foundation chief executive officer guiding philanthropic investments focused on building capacity and scale, first at the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation and then at the Stupski Foundation. She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in nonprofit management from the University of San Francisco.
Antony Bugg-Levine is chief executive officer of Nonprofit Finance Fund, a national nonprofit and financial intermediary that unlocks the potential of mission-driven organizations through tailored investment, strategic advice, and transformational ideas. In this role, he oversees more than $225 million of investment capital and a national consulting practice, and works with a range of philanthropic, private sector, and government partners to develop and implement innovative approaches to financing social change. He is the coauthor of the newly released Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference. A former consultant with McKinsey & Co., he also teaches at Columbia Business School.
Janet Gless is president of New Teacher Center, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers and school leaders. A cofounder of NTC, Gless has overseen the organization's business growth and program dissemination, which result in direct impact on the instructional practice of 23,000+ new teachers each year. Her contributions include curriculum design, professional development and delivery, capacity-building, business modeling, and strategic planning. Before colaunching New Teacher Center in 1998, Gless worked as an academic coordinator at the University of California, Santa Cruz; as a visiting educator administering a statewide mentoring initiative at the California Department of Education; and as an induction program coordinator, staff developer, and high school foreign language and ESL teacher in an urban district in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This event part of the Core Components for Driving Greater Impact webinar series moderated by Alexa Cortes Culwell
Successful nonprofit leaders focus their time and energy on three core components that are vital to creating greater impact in their communities—components that are sometimes overlooked or hastily constructed because their value isn't fully understood. In this webinar series, participants will learn more about the importance and purpose of these core components: a compelling theory of change, strong performance metrics, and a sustainable business model—as well as the leadership and cultural dispositions required to bring them to life.
This series will benefit anyone who wants a better understanding of the frameworks and strategies that help nonprofits become more performance-based and outcome-driven. All three sessions in this series will be moderated by Alexa Cortes Culwell. The last twenty minutes of each webinar will feature live questions from the audience.
Performance metrics form the backbone for outcome-focused organizations. Well-developed metrics help drive organizational alignment around everything from a nonprofit’s performance review system, to financial and program reports, to evaluation programs. And strong leadership and cultures help ensure that performance metrics are used to drive impact and not impede it. This session will explore how nonprofits can put together the right sets of metrics, at the right level, in order to track their progress and improve their impact. Case examples will be shared.
This session will feature:
Alexa Cortes Culwell, founder and managing director, Philanthropy Futures; visiting practitioner, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Tiffany Cooper Gueye, president, BELL, Building Educated Leaders for Life
Melanie Moore, managing partner, Family Independence Initiative
Alexa Cortes Culwell is the founder and managing director of Philanthropy Futures, a strategic advisory firm that works alongside leaders to chart the course for creating positive social change. The firm develops vision, strategic direction, and business models, energized by effective meeting design and facilitation, as well as leadership coaching to support implementation. Cortes Culwell also serves as a visiting practitioner at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. For nearly two decades, Cortes Culwell served as a foundation chief executive officer guiding philanthropic investments focused on building capacity and scale, first at the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation and then at the Stupski Foundation. She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in nonprofit management from the University of San Francisco.
Tiffany Cooper Gueye is the chief executive officer of BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life), a national nonprofit organization, working to improve performance in high-poverty schools through the provision of rigorous summer and after school learning experiences to at-risk students. Cooper Gueye started her career at BELL in 1998 and has served in a variety of roles, including program manager, director of evaluation, and chief operating officer. Since Cooper Gueye became CEO in 2008, BELL has grown to serve over 15,000 students in 19 communities and its evidence base has informed local and federal policy efforts aimed at increasing the role of expanded learning programs for at-risk students. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a doctorate in educational research, evaluation, and measurement, both from Boston College.
Melanie Moore is the managing partner at Family Independence Initiative, which leverages the power of information to support economic and social mobility in America in low-income families and communities. Bringing more than twenty years of experience as a professional evaluator and social sector researcher, she has advised a range of nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies on strategies to maximize their impact, particularly within the areas of individual development and community change. Prior to joining FII, Moore spent eight years running See Change, an impact assessment firm she founded. Moore holds a doctorate in human development from Stanford University's School of Education, and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Yale University.
This event part of the Core Components for Driving Greater Impact webinar series moderated by Alexa Cortes Culwell
Successful nonprofit leaders focus their time and energy on three core components that are vital to creating greater impact in their communities—components that are sometimes overlooked or hastily constructed because their value isn't fully understood. In this webinar series, participants will learn more about the importance and purpose of these core components: a compelling theory of change, strong performance metrics, and a sustainable business model—as well as the leadership and cultural dispositions required to bring them to life.
This series will benefit anyone who wants a better understanding of the frameworks and strategies that help nonprofits become more performance-based and outcome-driven. All three sessions in this series will be moderated by Alexa Cortes Culwell. The last twenty minutes of each webinar will feature live questions from the audience.
Wondering what social enterprise really looks like? What it takes to succeed? What impacts social enterprises can have?
A small rural municipality and a small city board of education both see running a social enterprise as an effective strategy to fulfil part of their mandate. This session discussed the many ways social enterprise and local government can benefit each other.
Presenters
Jason Smith, Manager of Fusion Youth Activity and TechnologyCentre described how and why the municipality of Ingersoll decided to develop, own and run this social enterprise that has successfully engaged and trained local youth for over 10 years. Jump to full bio >>
Paul Finkelstein, shared the story of the Screaming Avocado Cafe, how it connects youth to local food and how it benefits the students, school, and community.Jump to full bio >>
Presenter Biographies
Jason Smith has been working with youth on both the front lines and at the management level since graduating from Fanshawe College in 2001. Recently he completed his Municipal Administration Program through AMCTO with plans to complete his Chief Municipal Officer designation in 2015.
Jason balances his time between his responsibilities of running a successful marketing company he founded in 2005, while working full time managing the Fusion Youth Centre since September 2006 with the Town of Ingersoll Parks and Recreation Department.
Jason brings over 14 years’ experience working in the private and public sector, as well as 6 years experience in the non-profit sector as anexecutive director of a youth organization. He brings his passion for community development, drive for success, and dedication to change to everything he does. Jason sits on several local and provincial boards including being the President of the Oxford Small Business Support Centre (CFDC), Chair of the Woodstock and Area Community Health Centre, and a member of the County of Oxford Sustainability Committee to name a few.
His entrepreneurial spirit, experience, dedication and the incredibly talented staff team has helped move the Fusion Youth Centre concept into the international limelight it enjoys today. Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids (6, 9 and 11yrs old), family vacation and camping.
Paul Finkelstein is a Stratford high school foods teacher, $4 chef, writer for Best Health Mag, and host of a show called Fink that was once on TV. Paul is also a father of three who values family, freedom, and above all adventure and creativity in his kitchen classroom and the Screaming Avocado Canteen that feeds student prepared fare to the 200 customers that line up daily. The Screaming Avocado is supported by the 3000 square feet of the organic Seeds of Change garden in the school courtyard and a vibrant greenhouse run by students. Over the past few years Paul’s students have been on food travels to Japan, NYC, Italy, Cuba, and coast to coast to coast in Canada.
Paul is a graduate of Queen’s University and the Stratford Chef’s School and was recognized for his creative and energetic approach to teaching with both the Prime Ministers and Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. His motto is "Food As a Tool for Change."
Related Sessions
Session 1: Developing Multiple Enterprises - An Effective Growth Strategy, November 13
Session 2: Shared Space - for Co-workers, for Communities, November 18
Session 3: Municipal Support of Social Enterprises - Innovative Local Governments, November 25
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