Recording Library

Capacity Building Webinars

Webinars will cover topics of interest to nonprofit professionals, and will include presentations on public policy, leadership, human resources, and technology - all at no cost. Listen in to learn, and build your capacity in the areas you’d like to know more about in order to be more effective in your job, for your clients and the community.

I Need to Talk To You: The Art of Navigating Difficult Workplace Conversations

Date: October 13, 2022

Let’s get one thing straight off the top. “I need to f*ing talk to you”, is a bad way to start any conversation, let alone one with a co-worker. Unfortunately, too many leaders have started conversations this way.

In this webinar, Ken and Russell share why you should tackle difficult conversations early, take you through the B.E.E.F model and help you understand why you should prepare and practice before difficult conversations. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Branding Shifts for Nonprofits: Three strategies to be seen and heard through online noise

Date: April 29, 2021
Your nonprofit brand is the most important ingredient to attract and connect with the right people to support your organization. The right message that will differentiate you from others, so that people are eager to support you because they understand and trust your organization. This webinar covered the critical three shifts that every nonprofit has to take to master their messages online and pivot their brand and stand out in the digital space. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Identifying and Addressing Systemic Issues in the Workplace

Date: February 25, 2021
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are key concepts that are currently in the spotlight in our work lives, and in the public psyche. Over the years, these concepts gain prominence and popularity depending on the various influences from our environment – including politics and lived experience. In this webinar, Anila Lee Yuen of the Centre for Newcomers discussed how organizations can identify and address systemic issues, and why only creating demographic diversity is not enough to truly ensure equity and inclusion. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

FIVE THINGS NONPROFITS CAN LEARN FROM STARTUP CULTURE

Date: January 28, 2021
Startup culture has resulted in many of the innovations we all experience in our daily lives. While innovation is often linked to technology, most major innovations have more to do with the business model and practices used by the company and the people it serves. In this webinar, David Yiptong of Platform Calgary looked at five takeaways that any organization can learn from startup culture to help move their own organization forward. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

STOP THE CYCLE: HOW TO MANAGE AN UNDERPERFORMING EMPLOYEE

Date: November 10, 2020
Human beings are complicated. Your workplace doesn't have to be. One key area that many organizations struggle with is how to manage underperforming employees. This webinar provided key insights to help you understand how to stop negative employee patterns/cycles, and approach performance issues in a productive and respectful manner. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

From Barely Surviving to Thriving: Tools and Strategies for Tackling Mental Health Pressure Points at Work

Date: October 22, 2020
Boundaries need to be set within nonprofit teams to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue, but this is difficult to do when there’s so much work that needs to be done, and so little time in which to do it. This webinar with Workplace Mental Health Consultant Brandy Payne covered concrete, actionable strategies to address the three most common factors that impact our mental well-being at work. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Policy Change for Mission Impact

Date: September 10, 2020
Public policy programs offer organizations the opportunity to increase their impact without significant organizational growth. In this live webinar, participants joined a conversation with Jeff Loomis, Executive Director at Momentum, about how influencing policy is a strategic and high-leverage approach to advancing your organizational mission. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

government relations for nonprofits 101

Date: June 11, 2020
Effective government relations can help you advance your mission, influence public policy, and increase revenue. From advising government of the ways in which community services can be more efficiently delivered, to sharing the data that can be used in the development of public policy, this webinar was designed to illustrate both the value and significant returns for nonprofits who engage in government relations. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

raising the bar on partnering

Date: May 14, 2020
What does it take to build effective partnerships for lasting impact and meaningful improvements in communities? Can organizations rethink the opportunity to do partnering better, to raise the bar on partnerships? Partnerships can be highly rewarding by providing new and ground-breaking solutions to existing problems, adding value to partners through increased credibility, access to new resources, enhanced skills and wider influence on policy. But partnerships can only achieve these things if we are ambitious and skilled enough. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

strong leadership in times of crisis: How to Lead IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

Date: April 16, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis, like every other, requires strong leadership. The crisis presents both danger and unrelenting change. Leaders must rise to the challenge of dealing with new operational realities, employee concerns, and their own shifting emotions and concerns. Fear, confusion, and uncertainty abound, leaders who succeed and overcome exhibit four core strengths. In this webinar, participants learned practical steps to reinforce each of these strengths. >>WATCH RECORDING<<

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Nonprofit Connections Speaker Series

These gatherings provide attendees with timely information, meaningful discussions, and actionable insights focused on relevant issues to the nonprofit sector – and provide the space for nonprofit professionals and leaders from other sectors to come together to discuss important issues in the community.

The great resignation: Impacts on the nonprofit sector

Date: October 18, 2022
At this Nonprofit Connection, hear how leaders in the nonprofit sector have been responding to The Great Resignation, building engagement and inclusive, diverse, and equitable cultures from a systems lens. Panelists will discuss impacts faced at their organizations, innovative approaches and learnings, and shifts in how they are thinking about the future of work and the sustainability of their organization. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Alberta Budget 2022: An In-Depth Analysis for the Nonprofit Sector

Date: March 22, 2022
This Nonprofit Connections will begin with a walk-through of CCVO’s budget analysis by CCVO Research Manager Kirsten Boda. The following panel discussion, moderated by Karen Ball, CCVO President & CEO, will focus on what Budget 2022 means for the nonprofit sector, and then open to audience Q&A. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<
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making impact through nonprofit advocacy

Date: August 12, 2021
In this session, Esmahan Razavi moderates a panel of some of Calgary's and Canada's leading nonprofit advocates as they discuss their advocacy journeys – what worked, what didn't work, and how they shaped their strategies in response. Get tips on starting grassroots advocacy campaigns, advocating during an election cycle, and how your nonprofit can advocate for the issues that matter most. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

a conversation with mayor nenshi

Date: Thursday, June 24, 2021
Hear from Mayor Nenshi in moderated conversation with Naomi Grattan, President & CEO of Fort Calgary. This session was an opportunity for nonprofits to connect with and submit questions to Mayor Nenshi about the City’s relationship with Calgary’s nonprofit sector, and the sector’s role in community recovery. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Merging For Good: Are nonprofit amalgamations moving from the margins to the mainstream?

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021
At this gathering, James Stauch discussed a framework for nonprofit mergers produced by MRU's Institute for Community Prosperity, based on a chronicle of the recent Trellis merger. He moderated a panel discussion with local nonprofits who explored such topics as what kinds of conditions need to be present for mergers to succeed, the roles of boards, funders, and consultants – and the prospects for a widespread wave of nonprofit mergers in the post-COVID era. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Pandemic Recovery in Our Communities: Who has been left out and how can we build back better?

Date: Thursday, April 8
At this gathering, panelists reflected on the past year of the pandemic; who has been left out of recovery; and how we can collectively work to build back better, emerging as stronger communities. Panelists shared their insights and perspectives related to the impacts they’ve experienced in the areas of economy, equity, culture, and community wellbeing. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Systemic Racism and Diversity in the Nonprofit Sector

Date: February 18, 2021
In this session, panelists focused their discussion on systemic racism and diversity in Alberta’s nonprofit sector, and how organizations and the community can work together to create an inclusive and safe space, supportive of all backgrounds. This gathering convened a panel of leaders who are passionate about influencing systemic change through equity and inclusion. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Social Finance and Social Entrepreneurship

Date: January 21, 2021
In 2020, many nonprofits and charities saw a staggering decline in their overall donations and funding. Moving forward, innovative solutions are needed to ensure that the nonprofit sector remains a vital support for the prosperity of our communities through the pandemic and beyond. At this Nonprofits at 2:00, Neetu Sidhu of ATB Financial moderates a panel of expert speakers who will discuss how social finance and social enterprises can support organizations in recovering lost revenue and establish more secure sources of revenue moving forward. >>WATCH RECORDING<<

government budgets and alberta nonprofits: what to watch for in 2021

Date: November 26, 2020
Albertans can expect the release of Budget 2021 in February, which will set out the government’s financial plan as well as its overall taxation and spending priorities. Moderated by CCVO President & CEO Karen Ball, this Nonprofits at 2:00 brings together an expert panel of speakers for a candid discussion about what the nonprofit sector might expect in next year’s budgets at different orders of government, how nonprofits can be influential during this time, and what the next few months will mean for the sector. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

Shifting trends in corporate investment

Date: September 24, 2020
Corporate investment is shifting in new ways in response to not only the pandemic, but also economic and societal changes across Alberta and Canada. What do these changes mean for corporate investors and their investment response? What does future adaptation for corporate investments look like? In this session, moderator Lori Hewson led a discussion around the impacts of multiple external factors on investment into the nonprofit sector, as well as ways in which nonprofits can realign their funding priorities to reflect the shifts in corporate investment. >>WATCH RECORDING<<

Building a strategy for community prosperity

Date: September 17, 2020
Consequences of a weakened nonprofit sector are serious and far-reaching, both economically and socially, and no single economic recovery plan will be enough – future prosperity will be built through strategies that involve government, the nonprofit sector, and the private sector. In this session, moderator Todd Hirsch joined panelists in conversation as they addressed the effects of the pandemic on the nonprofit sector in Canada, as well as related impacts on the private sector. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<

one big door: nonprofit CEOs share their merger experience

Date: June 4, 2020
In this session, Shirley Purves, CEO of Aspen Family and Community Network Society, and Jeff Dyer, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary, joined us in conversation about their recent merger experience. Attendees learned the new organization created by this merger, and the process of becoming one, unified organization. Shirley and Jeff joined David Mitchell in discussing the merger journey from how it began and evolved, to challenges and surprises along the way. >>WATCH THE RECORDING<<