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ONESTEP AGM Reminder

ONESTEP's Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 20,2006 from 11:00am-1pm.

The meeting will be located at the Holiday Inn on King Street in Toronto. Lunch will be provided.

July 14, 2006
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Member News
Meetings, PDWs and member only resources

CBT Agencies: SHARE your financial vibrancy “Dos” and “Don’ts”!  
South West Regional Meeting  

News/Alerts
CBT related media reports, RFPs and announcements

ICE Report on "Neighbourhood Action: What Works Locally" and Updated ICE Inventory  
CARS Internationally Trained Workers Project  
Interested in Electoral Reform in Ontario?  
McGuinty Government Helping People With Disabilities Find Jobs And Increase Their Income  

Events
Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture  (Toronto (North Etobicoke))
High-Demand I.T. Jobs and the Skills Needed for them  (Toronto (North Etobicoke))
How to Get a Professional Engineering License in Ontario  (Toronto (North Etobicoke))
ONESTEP Annual General Meeting  (Toronto)
Uncovering the Genius: Enhanced Facilitator Training  (Blind River)

Online Resources
The Impact of Welfare State Restructuring on The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Canada and the US
The Non-Profit Sector in a Place-based Policy World

Job Postings
Executive Director  (Toronto)
Communications Specialist  (Mississauga )


Member News


CBT Agencies: SHARE your financial vibrancy “Dos” and “Don’ts”!

 


 

CBT Agencies: SHARE your financial vibrancy “Dos” and “Don’ts”!

Please refer to the following attached documents:

1. The Lessons Learned Sharing Guide

English     Français

2. The Lessons Learned Sharing Template

 English       Français

 Or participate in the Online Discussion

Deadline: August 11th, 2006

 

 

The Paths to Financial Vibrancy Project

 

 

Bold change is needed in the community-based training sector to adapt and stay effective in the new funding environment.

 

There are many paths to financial vibrancy – and we know that many of you have experienced success in one or more of these paths. No agency excels at all of them, but many have had success in some.

 

We are inviting CBT agencies, including member agencies of ONESTEP, OAYEC (Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres) and ACTEW (A Commitment to Training and Employment for Women), to share their experiences, successes, and lessons learned on financial vibrancy. We are asking that you share – in point form if you wish – “do’s” and “don’ts” in any of the following inter-related paths to financial vibrancy:

 

  • Governance
  • Entrepreneurship/Business Development
  • Program Innovation
  • Financial Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Results-Monitoring
  • Technology Use
  • Relationship Building and Communications
  • Research Utilization

 

By gathering what community-based training (CBT) agencies have learned – large or small, urban or rural – and regardless of the scale of their success, we will come out knowing more collectively as a sector than ever before.

 

 

CBT Agencies: please SHARE your lessons learned!

 

Attached are two documents to help us facilitate the knowledge-gathering process:

 

  1. The Lessons Learned Sharing Guide
  2. The Lessons Learned Sharing Template

 

The Sharing Guide provides an overview of the project, some background information about financial vibrancy, and instructions on how to participate. Please refer to this Guide first to get you started.

 

The Sharing Template makes it easy for you to share your experiences. Imagine yourself in a conversation with a peer in another agency like yours. S/he has come to you for advice. What would be the most important do’s and don’ts that you’d share? What things would you warn them about? What, if anything, would you recommend they read? Insert as much space as you need on the sections in the template. And only share your thoughts on the paths you feel comfortable writing about.

 

If you’d rather share your thoughts through a bulletin-board type forum, we are also hosting an Online Forum. It’s easy to participate in this forum -- instructions on how to log-in are posted on the home page. Check back as often as you like to add more thoughts or read and respond to what others have written.

 

To get started:

 

·         Open and read the attached Lessons Learned Sharing Guide (French and English documents attached)

·         Open and read the Lessons Learned Template (French and English documents attached)

·         Type right onto the Lessons Learned Template. Insert as many lines as you need throughout. Please type your responses directly into the Template and send it back to us.

·         Don’t be put off by the length of this guide – remember to only share lessons learned in those paths you and your colleagues are most comfortable in.

 

If you’d prefer to participate on the Online Forum, click HERE.

 

The second step of the knowledge-gathering phase of this project will be an exciting two-day Think Tank Forum scheduled for September 20th and 21st in Toronto. Participants will be from CBT agencies from across the province that have succeeded in one of the above paths of financial vibrancy. People who participate in the Online Forum or Sharing Guide will be considered for this ‘gathering of the minds’ forum in Toronto.

 

 

Please return the Template by August 11th.

Agencies have until mid-September to send in their Guide and/or contribute to the online forum but if you’d like your agency to be considered for the Think Tank Forum in Toronto, we will need your contribution in to us by August 11th (or posted on the web-based discussion forum by the same date). The reason is that we need time to select an optimal mix of organizations, given that we only have funds to host forty agency representatives.

 

 

When emailing your Template back, send it to both Adam Lodzinski and Shelley Smith at:

 

adamlodz@rogers.com

shelley@onestep.on.ca

 

THANK YOU!!

 



Le projet des voies du dynamisme financier

 

Dans le secteur de la formation en milieu communautaire (FMC), nous devons modifier en profondeur nos méthodes afin de nous adapter au nouveau cadre de financement tout en demeurant efficace, mais nous devons également exploiter le potentiel existant.

 

Dans l’immédiat, notre objectif est de mettre en commun notre expérience, nos connaissances et notre compréhension collectives – notre « sagesse collective » si l’on veut – des leçons tirées sur le dynamique financier. À long terme, nous souhaitons, certes, que le secteur de l’emploi et des services au marché de l’emploi soit plus efficace, mais aussi que les organismes deviennent sans cesse plus dynamiques au plan financier.

 

Les voies du dynamisme financier sont nombreuses, et nous savons que beaucoup parmi vous ont connu du succès en utilisant une ou plusieurs de ces voies. Aucun organisme n’excelle dans toutes les facettes, mais nombreux sont ceux dont les efforts dans certaines d’entre elles ont été couronnés de succès.

 

Bref, nous vous demandons de nous indiquer – dans un style télégraphique si vous désirez – quelles sont vos règles de conduite (choses à faire et à ne pas faire) et vos mises en garde, compte tenu de vos réussites passées avec l’une ou l’autre des voies du dynamisme financier :

 

·         GOUVERNANCE

·         DÉVELOPPEMENT DE L’ENTREPREUNARIAT ET DU COMMERCE

·         ÉLABORATION DE PROGRAMME

·         GESTION FINANCIÈRE

·         GESTION DES RESSOURCES HUMAINES

·         SUIVI DES RÉSULTATS

·         UTILISATION DE LA TECHOLOGIE

·         CRÉATION DE RELATIONS ET COMMUNICATIONS

·         UTILISATION DE LA RECHERCHE

 

En compilant les connaissances acquises par les organismes de FMC – grands et petits, urbains et ruraux – et, en faisant abstraction de l’échelle de la réussite de l’une ou l’autre de ces voies, le secteur tout entier ressortira enrichi de cet exercice.

 

Les questions relatives à la politique occupent une grande place dans le financement et seront abordées dans le cadre du projet. Personne n'ignore qu'au cours des dernières années, les politiques du gouvernement fédéral, en particulier, ont posé d’énormes défis au secteur dans lequel nous évoluons. Cependant, la signature de l’Entente Canada-Ontario sur le développement du marché du travail (ECODMT) nous permet d’espérer que des politiques plus souples et plus réalistes verront le jour.

 

 

Guide d’échange des leçons tirées

 

Nous avons fait parvenir le Guide d’échange des leçons tirées à environ

200 organismes de FMC, dont des organismes membres de Réseau ontarien

des organismes pour le développement de l’employabilité (ROODE/ONESTEP),

l’Association ontarienne des centres de consultation pour l’embauche des jeunes (AOCCEJ/OAYEC) et l’organisme ACTEW (A Commitment to Training and Employment for Women).

 

Les documents sont joints (en Anglais et en Francais).

 

Outre la compilation des leçons tirées dans le présent guide, nous hébergeons un forum sur Internet – cliquez ici.

 

Dans un cas comme dans l’autre, il est facile de partager vos connaissances, vos expériences et vos impressions.

 

Ce projet comportera également un Forum de réflexion de deux jours les 20 et 21 septembre prochain à Toronto. Pour l'occasion, nous réunirons un groupe représentatif de 40 organismes de FMC provenant de tous les coins de la province qui ont connu du succès avec l’une ou l’autre des voies du dynamisme financier, afin d’échanger leurs connaissances et leurs perspectives.

 

Ne laissez pas la longueur du présent guide vous intimider. Rappelez-vous que nous vous invitons à relater que les leçons apprises pour les voies que vous-même et vos collègues connaissez le mieux.

 

 

NOTA :

 

Dès la réception du présent fichier, attribuez-lui un nom en utilisant la fonction « enregistrer sous » et en incorporant, par exemple, le nom de votre organisme dans le nouveau nom de fichier.

 

Nous vous prions de faire parvenir le document rempli à Adam Lodzinski et Shelley Smith aux adresses suivantes :

 

adamlodz@rogers.com

shelley@onestep.on.ca

 

DÉLAI IMPORTANT : Dans la mesure du possible, veuillez nous faire parvenir votre guide d’ici au 11 août.

Veuillez cependant noter que vous devez nous fournir votre guide (ou participer à notre forum de discussion sur Internet) d’ici au 11 août si vous voulez que votre organisme ait la chance d’être invité à notre Forum de réflexion à Toronto. Comme nos ressources financières ne nous permettent pas d’accueillir plus de quarante représentants de différents organismes, nous avons besoin d'un certain temps pour constituer un éventail optimal d’organisations.

 

MERCI!

 

South West Regional Meeting

The next South West Regional meeting is to take place September 29th, 2006. An agenda and location information will be sent out prior to the meeting.


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News/Alerts


ICE Report on "Neighbourhood Action: What Works Locally" and Updated ICE Inventory

The Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Labour Force Development in Toronto have recently added a report from the ICE Network Meeting on Neighbourhood Action: What Works Locally and updated and improved the ICE inventory of over 100 government programs and almost 40 intergovernmental projects related to economic and labour force development in Toronto.

Click here for more information.

CARS Internationally Trained Workers Project

The Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council (CARS) is undertaking a study to determine why internationally trained workers do not work in the automotive sector in Canada.

Click here for more information.

Interested in Electoral Reform in Ontario?

The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform will be conducting an assessment of Ontario's electoral system by holding discussions and reviewing public feedback between September 2006 and April 2007.

Click here for more information.

McGuinty Government Helping People With Disabilities Find Jobs And Increase Their Income

The McGuinty government is helping people with disabilities gain greater financial independence and increase their standard of living by improving the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Minister of Community and Social Services Sandra Pupatello announced today.

Click here for more information.


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Events


Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture (Toronto (North Etobicoke))

MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to atttend a workshop on Understanding Canadian Workplace Culture.

Click here for more information

High-Demand I.T. Jobs and the Skills Needed for them (Toronto (North Etobicoke))

MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to attend a workshop on High-Demand I.T. Jobs and the Skills Needed for them.

Click here for more information

How to Get a Professional Engineering License in Ontario (Toronto (North Etobicoke))

MicroSkills Employment Resource Centre invites you to attend a workshop on How to Get a Professional Engineering License in Ontario.

Click here for more information

ONESTEP Annual General Meeting (Toronto)

The ONESTEP AGM will be held on Wednesday September 20th at 11:00 am in Toronto. Details regarding the key note speaker and the location will be announced shortly. Mark your calendars now!

Click here for more information

Uncovering the Genius: Enhanced Facilitator Training (Blind River)

YOUR MIND IS YOUR GREATEST TECHNOLOGY!
THIS PROGRAM TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE IT
TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
* Increase your ability to inspire your clients to succeed
* Improve overall participation and performance
* Motivate clients to take control of their lives

Click here for more information


 

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Online Resources


 

The Resource Library is an online searchable database of information about community-based employment and training across Ontario and beyond. Visit the ONESTEP Resource Library: www.onestep.on.ca/resource/intro.cfm Below are some recent additions:

The Impact of Welfare State Restructuring on The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Canada and the US

Building on a previous study in the state of Delaware and a review of research done in other locations in the US, I recently investigated the impact of welfare state restructuring on the nonprofit social services sector in two provinces in Canada, British Columbia and Ontario. Research in the US has shown that welfare state restructuring has produced unforeseen (and largely negative) consequences for nonprofit sector capacity and inter-organizational relationships. Welfare reform has increased the demand for services from the US nonprofit social services sector.

Manuscript
Summary of Findings

Click here for more information

The Non-Profit Sector in a Place-based Policy World

The value of the non-profit sector has never been clearer. In addition to its age-old role of providing social goods and services that the market and public sectors have failed to deliver adequately, the sector is a key player in the new social policy era. So argues David Hay, Director of CPRN’s Family Network. Hay says that despite the challenges inherent in funding regimes, reporting requirements and regulations, the sector is still a major source of social innovation. Its committed workforce, experience, knowledge, flexibility and creativity, its entrepreneurial capacity and its holistic approach are its strengths. Hay suggests that non-profits are well placed to play an increasingly important part in place-based policies of the future.

Click here for more information


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