Brampton Non-Profit & Charitable Sector Development Learning series
The Advance Brampton Fund in partnership with The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Toronto Metropolitan University is presenting a limited online seminar series to support the development and growth of the non-profit and charitable sectors in Brampton.
See below to learn more and register for these workshops.
Digital/Virtually Delivered Seminars:
These seminars are delivered virtually and are provided at an introductory level for those who have never attended them before. These sessions offer a theoretical introduction to the topics outlined.
Seminar Details:
Strategic Planning for Non-Profits
Instructor: Junie Facey
Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Course Description:
This seminar explores the process of determining the strategic direction and priorities for a non-profit, and how to integrate them into the budget, fill out funding applications, and understand the structure and culture of the organization. It also looks at challenges of planning in dynamic and changing environments as well as key ingredients of successful strategic planning processes.
Program Evaluation and Impact Measurement 101 (Introductory Level)
Instructor: Anthony Lombardo
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Course Description:
This seminar will provide insights into the need for a program within a community, and researching how programs impact a community in both the short and long term. For example, a food bank may measure short-term impact through the number of pounds of food it provides to users, and may measure longer-term outcomes by considering the ways that food provision impacts those they serve through better nutrition, and/or the easing of financial burden. The seminar will also introduce quantitative and qualitative methods and tools for investigating impact, as well as discuss how organizations can improve, or strat, evaluations of their projects and programs.
Financial Management
Instructor: Max Zhu
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Course Description:
Non-Profits can do everything right but unless they have effective financial management and budgeting practices, they will not be successful. This seminar explores some of the key elements of non-profit finance/accounting basics, budgeting, and reporting. It also includes some common red flags that non-profits need to watch out for.
Grant Writing: Strategies and Best Practices 101 (Introductory Level)
Instructor: Caryl Arundel
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Course Description:
This session will cover strategies and best practices to follow when writing grants and grant applications. The session will also cover the grants process and include examples taken from various funding applications (e.g. Trillium and United Way).
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Legal Considerations/Incorporating as a Charity or Non-Profit
Instructor: Benjamin Miller, Ontario Non-Profit Network
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Course Description:
This seminar will cover how to incorporate and comply with legislation, how to apply for charitable status, and will provide an overview of the different legal obligations for charities and non-profits.
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Marketing Strategies for Non-Profits
Instructor: Elissa Beckett
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Course Description This seminar will provide an overview of how marketing strategy supports the non-profit mission. Additionally this seminar will review the role of marketing in organizational strategy, branding, competition, social media, market research, evaluation, ethics and inclusion.
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In Person Delivery - Advanced Level Seminars
Attendance in these seminars requires attendance in the previously offered introuductory level seminars on the same topic. Pre-requisite courses were offered in 2022 and 2023 and are being offered in 2024. In order to gain access to these in person classrooms registered attendees must be included among those who actually attended virtual seminars and registered to enter the virtual classrooms this year or in previous years.
Program Evaluation and Impact Measurement 102 (Advanced Level)
Instructor: Anthony Lombardo
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: City of Brampton, West Tower, 41 George St. S. Brampton, ON.
Pre-Requisite Attendance Required at: Researching and Discovering Impact (2022) and/or Evaluation and Impact Measurement (2023 & 2024)
Course Description: This seminar will provide a more in-depth look at some aspects of evaluation. Participants will consider evaluation design, process, as well as how to interpret and use evaluation findings. There will be opportunities to apply evaluation concepts to non-profit examples. In person hand-on learning will take place through small and large group work.
Attendees will:
Design a useful evaluation, including building an evaluation budget
Learn about fine-tuning evaluation questions
Work with Outcome vs. Impact examples
Work through non-profit examples on how to engage others and collect evaluation data and input
Learn to communicate to stakeholders using the evaluation findings.
*Registrations to this seminar will be monitored and only those who have been confirmed as attending the 101 level seminar will receive an invitation to the event that includes the location of the classroom.
Grant Writing Strategies and Best Practice 102 (Advanced Level)
Instructor: Caryl Arundel
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2023
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: City of Brampton, West Tower, 41 George St. S. Brampton, ON.
Pre-Requisite Attendance Required at: Grant Writing Strategies and Best Practices (2022, 2023 & 2024)
Course Description: This seminar will offer a more in-depth look at some aspects of grant and funding applications. Participants will have opportunities to apply concepts to non-profit examples. In person, hands-on learning will take place through small and large group work.
Attendees will:
Work through examples of funding application content
Align success indicators (outcomes and impact) with application focus
Negotiate with project partnerships for funding applications.
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*Registrations to this seminar will be monitored and only those who have been confirmed as attending the 101 level seminar will receive an invitation to the event that includes the location of the classroom.