Five Good Ideas is a lunch-and-learn program where subject-matter experts discuss powerful and practical ideas about key issues facing non-profit organizations. The sessions are most useful for management staff and board members at small and mid-sized non-profits.
- The podcast is hosted by Maytree president Elizabeth McIsaac.
- Visit the Five Good Ideas main page for the full archive.
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Session 7 – Five Good Ideas for building a sustainable and resilient collaboration
In this session, recorded live on May 8, 2023, Liz Weaver and Mike Des Jardins of the Tamarack Institute share stories and provide helpful ideas about how to make a collaboration more sustainable, resilient, and impactful. They discuss how collaborations can develop a sustainable approach during the early phases of their work. They also pose the question: What really needs to be sustained and how might this work?
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.
Session 6 – Five Good Ideas to create a sense of community and belonging at your workplace
In this session, recorded live on March 31, 2023, Dr. Tanya (Toni) De Mello, Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion, Toronto Metropolitan University, shared the ways in which feeling like you belong, knowing you’ll be included, and seeing your work community as “your” community matters. She provided some advice on how you can achieve this sense of community and belonging at your organization and shed some light on what you may be doing to hinder it.
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.
Session 5 – Five Good Ideas for building effective relationships between community organizations, governments, and businesses
In this session, recorded live on February 23, Agapi Gessesse, Executive Director, CEE Centre for Black Young Professionals, shared her five good ideas on how community organizations, governments, and corporations can create ecosystems where everyone benefits from each other’s work, and advances the social change that we all want to see.
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.
Session 4 – Five Good Ideas for values-driven digital transformation
How can you advance your non-profit’s values through the use of technology? In this session, originally recorded on January 23, Amy Sample Ward, CEO of NTEN and author of The Tech That Comes Next¸ and Katie Gibson, Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, CIO Strategy Council, presented their answers to this question.
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.
Session 3 – Five Good Ideas for non-profits to manage their office space
In this session, originally recorded on November 25, 2022, George Georghiades, Principal and CEO of Lexington Park Real Estate Incorporated, presents his advice on who to hire for help, what to look out for, and how to minimize risk in what is often an organization’s second largest expense.
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.
Session 2 – Five Good Ideas on bringing your financial story to the board
In this session, originally recorded on October 24, 2022, Michael Herrera, Chief Financial Officer at George Brown College, shares lessons from his wealth of experience as a staff member and a director.
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.
Session 1 – Five Good Ideas for evolving your non-profit’s impact in periods of transformation
In this session, originally recorded on September 28, 2022, Sabreena Delhon, Executive Director of the Samara Centre for Democracy, presents her five good ideas for how non-profits can evolve their impact in this period of transformation.
For the five good ideas, resources, and full transcript, visit the session page.