Category: Organizational Development
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Facilitating Strategic Planning Program – A Free Webinar Training Series for (Not-For-Profit) Organizations
A Free Webinar Training Series For (Not-For-Profit) Organizations This train-the-trainer series is designed for organizations to gain valuable skills and tools to facilitate their own strategic planning. Based on the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ Strategic Planning Resource manual, this step-by-step interactive webinar series will help organizations improve their effectiveness, strengthen their volunteer…
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Save the Date: ‘Health and Safety in the Workplace’ Webinar for Food and Beverage Processors
Looking to learn more about programs and supports available to protect worker/employer health and safety in the food and beverage processing sector? On December 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., OMAFRA is hosting a free webinar for processors to help them guard against the spread of COVID-19 and its variants in the workplace. This webinar will…
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Informative Resources for Potential Entrepreneurs in the Food Industry
The Government of Ontario is offering new educational resources to assist and guide those who are interested in starting a food business. These resources are intended to inform potential entrepreneurs about various components of starting and operating a food business, as well as to help them discover whether the food industry is right for them.…
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Tips for Hosting a Successful Virtual Annual General Meeting
With the ongoing pandemic, Annual General Meetings (AGM) are being held in a virtual environment using video conferencing. Video conferencing is a good option when meetings can’t be held in-person. Participants still have the ability to be heard and seen in real-time using online meeting platforms. Now more than ever, it is very important to…
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Using Focus Groups for Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E)
A thorough Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E) exercise can take several months to complete. However, there may be times when an economic development practitioner may need to gather data quickly. Recently, I had the opportunity to work with the County of Simcoe and the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury to address this challenge as they…
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The Importance of Collaborating to Support Economic Recovery
COVID-19 has brought with it, unprecedented challenges for the economy that can be difficult for individual businesses to tackle alone. To help communities during these times where much remains unknown, organizations need to work together and collaborate to achieve effective outcomes. This three-part blog series will discuss how organizational development can support economic recovery through…
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Become a Local Food Broader Public Sector Champion
Ontario’s local food industry impacts our economy, our environment and our culture. The local food value chain includes farmers, processors, distributors, retailers, restaurants, other food service organizations like the broader public sector, who are working to provide quality products to Ontarians. In March of 2019, the Government of Ontario established the final goal of the…
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Tips for Encouraging Volunteer Success- Happy National Volunteer Week!
This week is National Volunteer Week! National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate and thank Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers. Without volunteers’ dedicating their time and talent, many organizations simply would not exist. Volunteers can be extremely helpful to any organization. They can help manage the workloads of other employees to make the work easier and less…
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Statistics Canada Releases the Results from the Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy
According to Statistics Canada, Canadian businesses are becoming much more innovative and as a result are increasing competitiveness, economic growth and social wellbeing. However they say, there must be sufficient data available to advocate for the creation of policies that support innovation. Sufficient data is gathered by the Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (SIBS)…
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Preparing for Your Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meetings (AGM) are meetings that are held annually for the members or ‘owners’ of an organization. The meeting allows the board of directors to demonstrate how they have governed the organization over the past year and an opportunity for members and directors to talk with each other. All AGMs should cover the following…
