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Five Good Ideas Podcast

Maytree Foundation

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/52d. Total Eps: 61

The Five Good Ideas podcast airs some of the best sessions of Maytree’s popular lunch-and-learn program. For each session of Five Good Ideas, an expert from the non-profit or corporate sector shares five practical ideas on a key management issue facing non-profit organizations today. You find sessions from the past season at https://maytree.com/five-good-ideas/.

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🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
15/08/2026
#83
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13/08/2026
#73
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
12/08/2026
#66
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
11/08/2026
#53
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
10/08/2026
#44
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
09/08/2026
#35
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
08/08/2026
#27
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
07/08/2026
#17
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
24/07/2026
#72
🇨🇦 Canada - nonProfit
23/07/2026
#56

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https://maytree.com/five-good-ideas/five-good-ideas-about-taking-networking-to-the-next-level/
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https://maketheroadny.org/
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https://drjohnizzo.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
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Five Good Ideas for being inclusive of Indigenous Peoples

Season 21 · Episode 8

Monday, July 8, 2024 • Duration 45:31

Bob Goulais, founder of Nbissing Consulting Inc., joined Five Good Ideas to discuss some wise practices to be more inclusive of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.

“Most of all,” said Bob, “consider integrating Indigenous values and ways of being.”

Bob’s five good ideas:

Be values-based in everything you do
Involve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in co-development, collaboration, and partnerships
Consider developing a Reconciliation Action Plan
Take cultural competency or cultural safety training
Consider personal, sustained action as an ally to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit

You can download the session handout, view Bob's bio, and read the transcript here.

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Five Good Ideas for values-driven digital transformation

Season 20 · Episode 4

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 • Duration 52:14

How can you advance your non-profit’s values through the use of technology?

In this session, recorded live on January 23, Amy Sample Ward, CEO of NTEN and author of The Tech That Comes Next¸ and Katie Gibson, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience, presented their answers to this question.

[5:38] 1. Never put technology ahead of people.

[10:23] 2. Create diverse tech committees to support decisions, testing, and feedback.

[15:01] 3. Only collect data you can protect. And give it back to its owner.

[19:52] 4. Make your values the foundation for technology adoption and investment.

[27:41] 5. Make your voice heard in the technology policy-making process.

[34:13 ] Q & A

Download the session handout. Follow along with the transcript.

Presenter bios:

Amy Sample Ward believes that technology should be accessible and accountable to everyone, especially communities historically and systemically excluded from the digital world. They are the CEO of NTEN, a non-profit creating a world where missions and movements are more successful through the skillful and equitable use of technology. Amy’s second book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere, was a Terry McAdam Book Award finalist. Their most recent book is , with Afua Bruce.

Five Good Ideas for non-profits to manage their office space

Season 20 · Episode 3

Friday, December 9, 2022 • Duration 48:50

When searching for a new office space, it’s all about the lease.

In this session, recorded live on November 25, George Georghiades, Principal and CEO of Lexington Park Real Estate Incorporated, presents his advice on who to hire for help, what to look out for, and how to minimize risk in what is often an organization’s second largest expense.

These are his five suggested steps for a non-profit’s leasing process.

[6:03] 1. Define your space needs

[11:56] 2. Align your internal team

[15:51] 3. Hire the right external specialists

[21:04] 4. Be mindful as you negotiate your lease and prepare for occupancy

[26:56] 5. Use your rent-free period wisely

[32:58 ] Q & A

Download George’s leasing process checklist, the handout, and session slides. Follow along with the transcript.

Presenter bio: George leads and oversees Lexington Park’s team of investment, asset management, and development professionals. Prior to co-founding Lexington Park, George held progressively senior roles at McKinsey & Company, serving both its Private Equity and Institutional Investor Practice and providing guidance on a wide range of issues related to alternative asset class investing, specifically real estate and private equity. A Loran Scholar from the Class of 1995, George was the first alumnus to serve on the board of the Loran Scholars Foundation. He has also served as Board Treasurer for the Design Exchange, Canada’s Design Museum. He holds a BA in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, an MSc. in Real Estate Economics and Finance at the London School of Economics, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Five Good Ideas on bringing your financial story to the board

Season 20 · Episode 2

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 • Duration 49:29

If the well-being of a non-profit organization depends on its financial health, then the quality of the relationship between senior, or finance, staff and the board of directors is key.

In this session, recorded live on October 24, Michael Herrera, Chief Financial Officer at George Brown College, shares lessons from his wealth of experience as a staff member and a director.

These are his five good ideas on bringing your financial story to the board.

[3:12] 1. Set up your new board members for success

[4:52] 2. Write brief and useful meeting packets

[6:18] 3. Design a clear, concise, and purposeful meeting agenda

[9:13] 4. Present accessible, meaningful, and relevant financial information

[12:05] 5. Develop a strong relationship with your Treasurer and Board Chair

[17:01 ] Q & A

Download the session handout. Follow along with the transcript.

Michael’s recommended resources:

Six steps to being an awesome treasurer | CharityVillage

27 Tips for Improving Your Nonprofit Board’s Operations (bloomerang.co)

Presenting financials to boards | Airbase

Five Good Ideas for evolving your non-profit's impact in periods of transformation

Season 20 · Episode 1

Thursday, October 20, 2022 • Duration 48:04

The charitable sector has navigated many new challenges in the past few years. How do we now quantify our impact, respond to the future of work, and relate and respond to social movements?

In this Five Good Ideas session, recorded live on September 28, Sabreena Delhon, executive director of the Samara Centre for Democracy, discussed how to break out of default binary non-profit work processes to find exploratory, creative, and substantive approaches to making meaningful change.

[5:18] 1. Measure the obvious

[8:17] 2. Challenge the production formula “PDF, Tweet, repeat”

[13:17] 3. Maximize your resources through partnerships

[15:20] 4. Fill knowledge and lived-experience gaps

[18:06] 5. Make it easy to be your audience

[21:41] Q & A

Download the session handout.

Follow along with the transcript and check out Sabreena’s recommended resources.

Presenter bio: Sabreena Delhon is the Executive Director of the Samara Centre for Democracy, a non-partisan civil society organization that is committed to securing an accessible, responsive, and inclusive democratic culture in Canada.

Prior to joining Samara, Sabreena was the Principal of Signal Strategies and managed access to justice initiatives at the Law Society of Ontario. She has directed research studies that examine public perceptions of legal technology and the justice system; results have informed the work of Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General and can be found on law school syllabi.

Five Good ideas on creating a psychologically healthy and safe workplace

Season 19 · Episode 8

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 • Duration 50:21

In this session, originally recorded on June 1, 2022, we asked Katharine Coons, National Senior Manager, Workplace Mental Health at Canadian Mental Health Association, to share her five good ideas on how create a psychologically healthy and safe workplace.

Read the full transcript. Download the session handout.

Five Good Ideas

Reduce stigma

Normalize the conversation
Use appropriate language
Hold space to check in

Prioritize flexibility

Involve your employees in decision-making
Remain agile and flexible
Get comfortable with the accommodation process

Lean on the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace

Tools not rules
Explore how it can work for your organization
Bring in an expert

Review policies and procedures

Psychological health and safety policy
Periodically review
Share, update, and reshare

Provide training, programs, and benefits

Leadership training
Evaluate EAP programs and benefits
Consider additional programs (e.g., Not Myself Today)

Resources

Reducing stigma and building empathy

Five Good ideas for building thriving partnerships within the charitable and non-profit sector

Season 19 · Episode 7

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 • Duration 48:31

In this session, originally recorded on April 26, 2022, we asked Teresa Marques, president and CEO of the Rideau Hall Foundation, to share her five good ideas on how to navigate effective development within the non-profit and charitable sector.

Read the full transcript.

Download the session handout.

Five Good Ideas

Form should follow function. Figure out your internal and shared goals, the table stakes for each party, and your respective strengths and weaknesses, then design the partnership model that best suits your situation. Don’t make assumptions about your partner.
Be open to unconventional arrangements and “unusual bedfellow” partners. Seek out complementarity as opposed to similarity.
People matter. Yes, the partnership is between organizations, but people and relationships are the critical glue and enabler of success.
Details matter. Figure out the parameters for decision making, accountabilities, and timelines (including sunset) and write them all down. Plan for anticipated and unanticipated costs and think ahead about financial management.
Trust matters most. You will be able to move much more quickly, and go farther together, if there’s trust and open communication between partners. Invest early in a culture of trust.

Resources

(Book) Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country – by David Johnston (2018).
(Paper – Conference Board of Canada) “The Status of Collaboration and the Role of Innovation: Supporting Networks in Canadian Industry” – by Sorin Cohn and Bruce Good

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Five Good Ideas about using human-centred design for social change

Season 19 · Episode 6

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 • Duration 49:48

In this session, originally recorded on March 29, 2022, we asked Nandita Bijur and Galen MacLusky to share the mindsets and principles that have helped their organization, Prosper Canada, introduce and integrate human-centred design into their projects.

Download the session handout at https://maytree.com/wp-content/uploads/5GI-Mar2022.pdf.

Five Good Ideas

More poetry, less long-division
Use design tools as a scaffold, not a checklist
Start and end with people’s experience
Focus on the “why’s” when creating together, not the “what’s”
Use boundaries and constraints as creative springboards

Resources

Creative Reaction Lab’s Equity-Centred Community Design (ECCD) approach – An excellent guide to doing values-based and equity-driven design work. This includes a field guide on how to centre equity in the design work you’re doing.
IDEO.org + Acumen’s free Introduction to Human Centred Design course – A free, online, seven-week course that takes you through the basic tools and approach behind Human-Centred Design. It’s a great way to build your toolkit and understanding of what this practice can offer you in your work, from two amazing organizations.
Service Design Tools – A curated selection of service design (a practice within Human-Centred Design) tools that you can use as a scaffold for your own explorations into research, idea-generation, prototyping, and implementation activities.
Mental Wellness at Work in Toronto’s Downtown East – A helpful case study by the Health Commons Solution Lab that gives insight to how to frame challenges and design an approach that meets the needs of participants.

Five Good Ideas to get your communications fundamentals in order

Season 19 · Episode 5

Monday, April 4, 2022 • Duration 50:20

In this session, originally recorded on February 24, 2022, we asked Marlene Oliveira, a communications advisor and copywriter, to share her five good ideas on how to best get an organization’s communications fundamentals in order and how to plan to strengthen them.

In her presentation, Marlene discussed the importance of specific frameworks, tools, and tactics, including a non-profit’s strategic plan, brand, website, and storytelling.

Read the full transcript at https://maytree.com/five-good-ideas/five-good-ideas-to-get-your-communications-fundamentals-in-order/.

Five Good Ideas

1. Use the strategies and frameworks that you already have

2. Always come back to your audiences

3. Let branding be your guide

4. Give your website content the attention it deserves

5. Deliver your nonprofit’s narrative over time

Resources

How to create communications objectives from nonprofit strategic goals by Nathalie Noël on the Nonprofit MarCommunity blog
Big Duck podcast episode on audience personas: How can you use donor personas to guide your communications?
Is your brand healthy? Four steps to give it a check-up by Farah Trompeter on the Big Duck blog
Content updates or rethink your nonprofit’s website content approach? by Marlene Oliveira on the moflow blog

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