Posts tagged adaptive capacity
Are We Up to the Challenge? Responding to and Recovering from the Pandemic
Are We Up to the Challenge? Responding to and Recovering from the Pandemic

In the absence of a vaccine to help defeat COVID-19, we’re compelled to rely on the only available antidote: trust. In this blog post, CCVO President & CEO David Mitchell discusses the strength of civil society in Alberta and encouraging examples of resourcefulness and resilience in the nonprofit sector during trying times.

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ccvo blog, community recoveryGuest Userccvoalberta nonprofit, alberta nonprofits, nonprofit policy, COVID-19 Alberta, COVID-19, nonprofit merger, adaptive capacity, canada nonprofits, alberta charities, canada charities, Premier's Council on Charities and Civil SocietyComment
Reflections on the 2019 Connections Conference
Reflections on the 2019 Connections Conference

When CCVO asked if the Suncor Energy Foundation would like to share reflections from attending this year’s Connections Conference, I offered to try and squeeze a day’s worth of learning into just a few paragraphs. It’s a tough task, because the CCVO conference tends to be full of “sparkling moments” that take participants and their thinking far beyond the conference perks I half-jokingly mentioned above. I think we’ve probably all been to conferences where the calibre of presentations, table discussions, and networking did not meet our needs or expectations – but this is not one of those conferences.

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Megan DornstauderCCVO Connections, CCVO Connections Conference, Suncor Energy Foundation, Connections Conference 2019, adaptive capacityComment