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Social Profit Sector Perspectives On Change And Innovation with Paul Nazareth

by Doug Nelson | Jul 24, 2019 | Podcasts

As the world offers more means for people to help, the social profit sector has come to adapt to it. Paul Nazareth, the Vice President of Education and Development for the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, opens up the doors to take us into the...

Arts Leadership And Organizational Transformation with Kim Gaynor

by Doug Nelson | Jul 17, 2019 | Podcasts

The social profit world is so big that no leadership and organization are the same. Taking us into the arts and cultural sector of social profit, Kim Gaynor, the General Director of the Vancouver Opera, sheds light to its differences against other kinds of...

Palliative Care: The Importance of Informed End-Of-Life Choices with Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider

by Doug Nelson | Jul 10, 2019 | Podcasts

More and more unfortunate patients are spending their final weeks, days, and minutes of life hidden away from the people they love, and sometimes they are in significant amounts of pain. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, a physician and a palliative care activist,...

Barbara Grantham: Impact Philanthropy

by Doug Nelson | Jul 8, 2019 | Podcasts

No one is insignificant in driving forward that sense of mission and purpose when you are part of a social profit organization. Barbara Grantham, CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, dives into the power of healthcare philanthropy as she instills the...

Building Credibility Through Campaigns & Board Engagement with Judy Savage

by Doug Nelson | Jul 3, 2019 | Podcasts

Many organizations are confounded with the problem of having their boards support them. Judy Savage, the CEO of Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, has successfully veered from that by building credibility through campaigns and letting the boards actively engage....

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