October 30, 2012
Union Centre Auditorium (275 Broadway)  
9:00am – 4:30pm

Presentations and Workshops:

Contact:

Amy McGowan – CUHC Outreach/Training Coordinator  
Ph: 204.940.5539   or   amcgowan@cuhc.mb.ca

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Financial management tips and insights from Walter Hossli, Executive Director of Momentum, founding member of CCEDNet and one of the most experienced CED leaders in Canada. 

BACKGROUND

For the past 20 years, Walter Hossli has been the driving force behind the Calgary CED organization Momentum.  Momentum serves about 4,000 low-income Calgarians annually in 20 programs including, trades training, micro loans for business start-up, professional immigrants’ accreditation, financial literacy and matched savings programs. 

But it wasn’t always this way.  In 1991, Momentum had a budget of just over $300,000 and was caught in the project funding treadmill common to many CED groups.  By learning to cost properly, diversifying funding sources, building surpluses and reserves and creating a strong organizational culture, Momentum’s annual revenues grew to over $5.2 million in 2010, with reserve funds of over $1.6 million.

In this session, Walter shares the lessons he’s learned over the last 20 years and tips on how strong financial management can catalyze organizational passion, performance and independence – and ultimately better results for communities. 

SPEAKER

• Walter Hossli, Momentum
  Walter has been Executive Director of Momentum since it was founded in 1991.  Under his leadership, Momentum has won the Community Achievement Award from the City of Calgary, been recognized by the Tides Canada Foundation, by Charity Intelligence as one of the most effective organizations in Calgary and named one of Alberta's top 50 employers. Walter is a founding board member of CCEDNet, and he helped establish Vibrant Communities Calgary, an organization dedicated to fighting poverty.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Financial Management of CED Organizations by Walter Hossli, on Canadian Centre for Community Renewal
   
• An Executive Director’s Guide to Financial Leadership by Kate Barr and Jeanne Bell, on Nonprofit Quarterly
   
• How Much Should a Canadian Charity Spend on Overhead?  By Mark Blumberg, Blumberg Segal LLP. 
   
• The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle by Ann Goggins Gregory and Don Howard, on Stanford Social Innovation Review.
   
• The Operating Surplus: What’s Right for Your Organization? By Sandi Humphrey, on Canadian Society of Association Executives
   
• For more about Walter’s vision of community see, his talk at TEDx Calgary
   
• Get to know Momentum with their last Annual Report

Public policy matters to all of us, to all of our work, and to our communities and everyone in them. Policy is a statement of values and priorities. Given that fact, it is helpful to understand what policy actually is and how we can work together through effective practices to achieve policy change that will support our goals of building stronger and fairer local economies, reducing poverty and homelessness, and creating more sustainable communities. This interactive session will also look at the member‐led model of the Canadian CED Network – Manitoba and how it has achieved success in advancing policy priorities over the last few years.

Issues:
What does policy really mean, what are the processes involved, why does it matter to me, my work or communities and how can I/we influence policy changes?

On September 19th, Brendan Reimer, the Regional Coordinator for Canadian Community Economic Development Network based in Winnipeg will present an overview on the issue of policy. Brendan is part of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada, CCEDNet’s National Policy Council, and has spent nearly 10 years working to advance member policy priorities locally. Brendan is an educator, mobilizer, and advocate for governments to create policies that will enable communities to take action on building stronger and fairer local economies, reduce poverty and homelessness, and create more sustainable communities.

FREE WORKSHOP
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. (CST) Venue: Louis Riel Room, Brandon University
For more information or register outreach@brandonu.ca | 204-571-8585 or kbernas@ccednet-rcdec.ca
RSVP by September 13, 2012

Audience: All CCEDNET members, Local and Provincial Policy Analyst, Economic Development Practitioners, Local Leaders, Decision Makers, School Boards, Non Profit Organisations, etc.