2023 MFC Schedule

Monday, June 12^th – Conference Schedule

 09:00 – 09:30

Welcome! Opening Remarks

Daisy Cobden and Vanessa Burns, MFC Co-Chairs

Whitney MacLean, AFP NS President

Stacey Scott Nykolyshyn and John McCabe, Global Philanthropic Canada

Global Philanthropic Presentation

(PDF 585 KB)

 09:30 – 10:30

Session 1 - Articulating Your Societal and Transformative Value
Sarah Joynt-Bowe, Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia (IONS)

 10:30 – 10:45

Nutrition and Networking Break

 10:45 – 12:00

Session 2 - Government Relations Discussion Panel

Christian Bolduc, Co-Founder, BNP Performance

Lori Barker, CEO, Ronald McDonald House Canada - Atlantic

Fiona Valverde, VP Revenue Generation, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

Moderator, Alison Clements, Manager of Strategic Engagement, Health Services Foundation of the South Shore

BNP Presentation
(PDF 461KB)

 12:00 – 1:00

Lunch

 1:00 - 2:00

Session 3 - Grant Writing Discussion

Vanessa Burns, Principal, Vanessa Burns Consulting
Charles MacKenzie, Sr. Manager Foundation Giving, Second Harvest

 2:00 – 2:15

Nutrition and Networking Break

 2:15 - 3:30

Session 4 - IDEA: Open Discussion

April Howe, P4G

 3:30 - 4:30

Session 5 - Donor Relations and Communications Discussion

Sarah MacDonald, Sr. Director, Community in Atlantic Canada, MS Canada
Liz Struijf-Mandishora, Director Revenue Development & Donor Engagement, United Way Halifax

Links for further study:

• Changing the Narrative about Narrative: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/changing-our-narrative-about-narrative
• Broke Project: https://www.brokeproject.org/
• Building Narrative Power Animation: https://bnpower.org/animation/
• Race Class Narrative: https://www.wemakethefutureaction.us/history-of-the-race-class-narrative
• Measuring Narrative Change: https://www.orsimpact.com/directory/Measuring-Narrative-Change.htm?categories=&keywords=&pg=1_4

 4:30

Closing Remarks