Impact Conversations is a show about change makers getting things done. Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors talk to NGO leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and environmental innovators about their goals and how they're reaching them.
Impact Conversations
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Impact Conversations is a show about change makers getting things done. Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors talk to NGO leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and environmental innovators about their goals and how they're reaching them.
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September 29, 2022
Constant Strategic Innovation at the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI at CSI.
<div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">In this conversation with Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, or CSI, we hear about the effect of COVID on their core social purpose coworking space and significant strategic changes happening at CSI. We see the value of CSi (and other nonprofits) owning real estate, unpack SI Canada’s new role, learn about their leadership on an Impact Dashboard with a Common Approach, and a pilot social enterprise in Muskoka for healing, connection and learning for impact leaders…and much more.</span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Resources</span><span data-ccp-props= "{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Tonya Surman :</span> <a href= "https://socialinnovation.org/team/tonya-surman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://socialinnovation.org/team/tonya-surman/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Centre for Social Innovation (CSI):</span> <a href="https://socialinnovation.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://socialinnovation.org/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada):</span> <a href="https://sicanada.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://sicanada.org/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">CSI Community Living Room, Regent Park:</span> <a href= "https://socialinnovation.org/space/locations/community-living-room/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://socialinnovation.org/space/locations/community-living-room/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">TechSoup Canada :</span> <a href= "https://socialinnovation.org/about/techsoup-canada/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://socialinnovation.org/about/techsoup-canada/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN):</span> <a href="https://theonn.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://theonn.ca/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB):</span> <a href="https://vancitycommunityinvestmentbank.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://vancitycommunityinvestmentbank.ca/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Climate Ventures :</span> <a href= "https://climateventures.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://climateventures.org/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Tapestry Community Capital:</span> <a href="https://tapestrycapital.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://tapestrycapital.ca/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Wasan Island:</span> <a href= "http://www.wasan-island.de/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">http://www.wasan-island.de/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Breuninger Foundation:</span> <a href="http://www.breuninger-stiftung.de/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">http://www.breuninger-stiftung.de/en/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Community Foundations of Canada (CFC):</span> <a href="https://communityfoundations.ca/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://communityfoundations.ca/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">McConnell Foundation:</span> <a href= "https://mcconnellfoundation.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://mcconnellfoundation.ca</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Common Approach:</span> <a href= "https://www.commonapproach.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://www.commonapproach.org/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Adopting Common Measures with the Common Approach:</span> <a href= "https://socialinnovation.org/offering/adopting-common-measures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://socialinnovation.org/offering/adopting-common-measures/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Impact Dashboard:</span> <a href= "https://impactdashboard.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://impactdashboard.org/</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for listening to Impact Conversations with Lynn Fergusson & Sally Fazal</p> <p>.</p> <p><strong>Find out more about our work at Social Impact Advisors:</strong> <a href= "https://socialimpactadvisors.ca"><strong>https://socialimpactadvisors.ca</strong></a></p>
September 1, 2022
Evolving Social Impact Planning in Uncertain Times
<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">How the world has changed! There are a lot of new challenges and opportunities these days as organizations look to clarify their purpose, strategy, and evaluation of their work</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">to create social impact</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">in these uncertain times</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">. </span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">The work is more complex and challenging than it was say three years ago, the stakes are higher</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">,</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">and success is less certain. </span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">In this podcast,</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">Andrew Taylor, Co-Founder of Taylor Newberry Consulting and Lynn</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">Fergusson, Partner at Social Impact Advisors let you in on some insights from the kind of conversations they often</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">have to</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW52677450 BCX4">better understand the sector and how to support it.</span></p> <p> </p> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span style= "text-decoration: underline;">Resources </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Andrew Taylor: </span> <a href= "https://taylornewberry.ca/our-team/andrew-taylor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://taylornewberry.ca/our-team/andrew-taylor/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Taylor Newberry Consulting:</span> <a href="https://taylornewberry.ca/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://taylornewberry.ca</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">TNC and Centre for Evaluation Innovation :</span> <a href= "https://taylornewberry.ca/what-it-takes-to-learn-during-crises-reflections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://taylornewberry.ca/what-it-takes-to-learn-during-crises-reflections/</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">McMaster research – Nonprofit resilience in context of COVID-19:</span> <a href= "https://resilience.degroote.mcmaster.ca/home/non-profit-resilience-in-the-context-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">https://resilience.degroote.mcmaster.ca/home/non-profit-resilience-in-the-context-of-covid-19/</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for listening to Impact Conversations with Lynn Fergusson & Sally Fazal</p> <p>.</p> <p><strong>Find out more about our work at Social Impact Advisors:</strong> <a href= "https://socialimpactadvisors.ca"><strong>https://socialimpactadvisors.ca</strong></a></p>
August 18, 2022
Loosening the Reins on Funding to Enable Impact: The General Operating Support pilot
<div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Laura Manning, Executive Director at the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation (LSHF) shares the journey and lessons learned from a bold Canadian pilot started in 2018, granting significant additional, unrestricted General Operating Support (GOS) to known grantees. We hear about the time it takes to get boards comfortable with this approach and what’s behind that. We also hear how Laura and the Foundation see advocating for this approach as part of their work, to help shift the sector. Now issuing more than 70% of the Foundation’s grants in unrestricted General Operating Support, LSHF provides insights and a framework in a Canadian context, and encouragement to Canadian funders to take a closer look at unrestricted giving as a way to enable impact.</span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Resources</span><span data-ccp-props= "{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Lyle S. Hallman Foundation:</span> <a href="http://www.lshallmanfdn.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">http://www.lshallmanfdn.org</span></a><span data-contrast= "none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">General Operating Support pilot reports:</span> <a href= "http://www.lshallmanfdn.org/Pilot-Projects.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">http://www.lshallmanfdn.org/Pilot-Projects.htm</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Laura Manning on LinkedIn:</span> <span data-ccp-props="{}"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-manning-3b052718/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-manning-3b052718/</a></span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Ford Foundation Unrestricted Giving:</span> <span data-ccp-props="{}"><a href= "https://www.fordfoundation.org">https://www.fordfoundation.org</a></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for listening to Impact Conversations with Lynn Fergusson & Sally Fazal</p> <p>.</p> <p><strong>Find out more about our work at Social Impact Advisors:</strong> <a href= "https://socialimpactadvisors.ca"><strong>https://socialimpactadvisors.ca</strong></a></p>
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