TED Talks opens in Vancouver this week and they are all about Big Ideas!
In this TED Talk video, Dan Pallotta turns our thinking about charity assessment, fundraising and ‘admin costs’ on its head.
Dan Pallotta is best known …
As of March 8, 2014 26 Community Social Service Agencies have signed the “There Is a Better Way” call to action.
If your agency has endorsed the call and you are not on the list, let us know …
Collective Impact is in approach to solving ‘wicked social problems’ with Five Conditions of Collective Success: common agenda; shared measurement systems; mutually reinforcing activities; continuous communications; and backbone support organizations.
Collective impact is explained in a paper by John Kania …
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The past month has seen some extraordinary strides on the Social Policy Framework: two municipalities have passed resolutions calling on the provincial government to begin a process to create a SPF.
We are working hard to keep this …
BoardVoice has approved one more Community Boards in Action Grant, this one in Kamloops.
The Kamloops Non-Profit Community Social Plan will develop a non-profit sector social plan, enhancing the strength of the non-profit sector as a voice for the populations …
Former MLAs are getting a peek at BoardVoice’s Social Policy Framework initiative.
The newsletter that goes to all retired MLAs has published a story by Craig East, Treasurer of BoardVoce, on the signing of the “There Is A …
Nelson City Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling on BC’s premier to begin creating a Social Policy Framework.
Nelson’s resolution will be now be considered at the 2014 Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) Conference in Creston, …
One of our keynote speakers at the BoardVoice AGM in November 2013 was Leanne Wagner. She was integral to the public engagement and subsequent development of Alberta’s Social Policy Framework.
This is a video of her presentation. It is quite …
The City of Duncan’s decision to call for a province-wide Social Policy Framework is in the latest edition of the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial: Read it here
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We often talk about the social determinants of health, and how we could do a much better job of allocating scarce resources by paying more attention to preventative measures rather than only dealing with health issues once people are sick.…
