Jump online and take advantage of Natural Step's unique multi-pronged approach to helping your organization walk the talk of sustainability.
Non-profit organizations create positive social, environmental and economic impacts for their communities. At the same time, they are expected to be role models whose own staff and operations “walk the talk” in terms of sustainability. This can be a challenge given limited time, support and funding.
ECVO and The Natural Step Canada are excited to offer the 2020 NGO Sustainability Champions Workshop Series virtually, supporting non-profits to build their strategic planning capacity and contribute to a sustainable future with the help of expert advice and peer coaching.
Outcomes
- Each participant will gain a huge boost to their strategic planning skills and leave armed with a world-class planning framework based on the award-winning approach pioneered by The Natural Step Canada.
- Your organization will have developed a strong sustainability-inspired strategic plan to boost your organization's long-term sustainability guided by expert facilitators.
What Does 'Sustainability' Mean?
While this workshops series aims to empower non-profits to become champions of environmental sustainability, The Natural Step's framework is relevant in any scale and applies universally across numerous fields, including finances, staffing, and operations.
Each Sustainability Champion brings their own unique opportunities and challenges to the workshops, and will walk away with an action plan developed from within and tailored to your organization's needs. Sustainability Champions welcomes organizations of all shapes and sizes, and with any mandate.
Here's a short video that sums everything up nicely:
Are you a good fit to be a Sustainability Champion?
Are you keen to build your knowledge and professional skills in strategic and sustainability planning?
Are you eager to boost your organization's sustainability performance?
Do you enjoy opportunities to connect with peers for forward-thinking dialogue in a co-learning environment?
Anybody can be a Sustainability Champion. If you're eager to learn new techniques and gain insight into sustainability planning, then this workshop series is for you!
Want to know more? Check the FAQs!
Frequently Asked Questions
The Process
Virtual Workshop #1 (2hrs) - Monday, April 20 @ 1:00-3:00pm MST
Theme: Core Concepts Overview
Homework: Organizational Snapshot
Virtual Workshop #2 (2hrs) - Monday, April 27 @ 1:00-3:00pm MST
Theme: Strategic Sustainability Goals
Homework: Draft Sustainability Goals
Virtual Workshop #3 (2hrs) - Tuesday, April 28 @ 2:00-4:00pm MST
Theme: Engaging Stakeholders
Homework: Engage Stakeholders
Virtual Workshop #4 (1hr) - Late May, exact date TBD
Peer Coaching & Progress Check*
Homework: Draft Action Plan
Virtual Workshop #5 (1hr) - Late June, exact date TBD
Peer Coaching & Progress Check*
Homework: Draft Action Plan (continued)
Virtual Workshop #5 (1hr) - Late July, exact date TBD
Final Review & Wrap-up
* Participating organizations will also be support by individual coaching calls with experienced facilitators as needed.
How to Apply
There is no registration fee for the workshops, however, to maximize the learning experience there are three criteria for participation:
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A $200 commitment fee that is fully refunded based on full participation (i.e. workshops, webinar and coaching call), in addition to submitting a draft plan at the end of the series. Participating organizations must provide a cheque for the deposit amount in advance of the course. Upon completion, it will be destroyed or returned in full to the organization.
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Two participants from each organization to participate in the workshop series.
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A written letter of support for their participation from the Executive Director.
To maximize learning, this workshop series will have a limit of 8 participating organizations (16 attendees total). Coffee and lunch are provided.
Once you have registered, you will be contacted by Ilya Ushakov (ilya@ecvo.ca) who will provide you with further instructions regarding the refundable deposit, letter of support and other information required to complete the registration.
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