The Paths To Financial Vibrancy Project

Welcome to FinancialVibrancy.org!

FinancialVibrancy.org is a hub of peer-to-peer learning for Ontario’s community-based employment and training sector (CBET). It is an online community of practice where leaders and practitioners can learn from others and share their own experiences. It is part of a process to build organizational capacity from within.

The insights on this site are actual experiences of leaders within this sector, shared by them in their own words.

In the increasingly uncertain funding environment, financially vibrant organizations are not dependent on any one funder. To attract investment and diversify funding, financially vibrant organizations think and act holistically. They are adaptable to change. They are effective in all organizational functions. And they deliver outstanding results in their community.

FinancialVibrancy.org is designed to help agencies:

Learn from the experiences of leaders “in their own words”
Identify practical steps to enhance their organization’s effectiveness
Develop their agency’s action plans for financial vibrancy
Share experiences, success stories and resources to build capacity within the sector.

Sign up to the Newsletter to stay tuned for new peer-learning events, workshops, new resources, and other ways to build financial vibrancy within your agency.

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How to Use this Site?

First step, determine what financial vibrancy means for your agency. The Self-Assessment Tool will help you define your agency’s goals.

Next, reflect on the nine interrelated ‘paths’ that are critical to building effective, financially vibrant organizations. Search content using the left drop-down menus or search keywords (or tags) by using the Tag Cloud. The Tag Cloud helps access the multiple points of interconnection within the paths.

The site is designed using advanced Web 2.0 technologies to build networked communities and share knowledge in a participatory way.

Join the Online Community and add your own stories, resources and experiences.

Tips on Selecting a Consultant

Do your research ahead of time so you know what you want a consultant to bring to the process (e.g., advise on an ad hoc basis, train, carry out a project such as a strategic plan).

Brockville and Area YMCA

“In our community, our YMCA has a long history. However, its history did not always include its mandate to be ‘open to all, regardless of circumstance’. In 2003, we engaged, for the first time, in Annual Giving campaigns. The purpose of this exercise was to engage the community at large in supporting our work, especially our work with those unable to pay full fees for our services and programs. With a small goal and a staff of one, our YMCA forged ahead and clung strongly to our values and mandate when developing our ‘Case for Support’. We are in our 4th year of Annual Giving Campaigns, and our success has been tremendous, not only in dollars, but in the community’s recognition of their YMCA as a worthy charitable organization. Our goal in 2003 was surpassed by 11%; our goal in our 2006 campaign was surpassed by 50.8%.”

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