Join us online for the fifth season of our Fundraising Ask Anything Online Events!

We are here to help. We are hosting a five-part series of drop-in online events over Zoom where you can connect, learn, and ask questions of non-profit leaders, peers and the ViTreo team. Join us as we explore a variety of relevant topics in the sector, designed to inform and inspire your fundraising efforts. See you online!

All events take place from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

TBA Online Events:

TBA: It’s 1995. We are being told that the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history is about to happen. And philanthropy is definitely going to be at the center of this transfer. We are fundraisers. We are excited. Wow! It’s 2022. We are still being told that this transfer is “about” to happen. What? What happened? Why didn’t these trillions of dollars in wealth transfer happen? Or…if it did, did we miss it? Did it bypass philanthropy? Were we asleep at the switch? Join us as we explore: Intergenerational Wealth Transfer. Was it it a Hoax? Or, is it Still Happening With a Wee Bit of Delay?

TBA: Board diversity. Pay equity. Equity. Diversity. We are finally getting around to putting some real action behind these words. Board membership is changing. More women are on boards. Pay equity appears to be moving, albeit, slowly, towards where it needs to be, i.e., towards equal pay for equal work. But…but there are definate setbacks, slowdowns, and outright fails. Join us for check-in on where we are and where we are not. Diversity and Equity: Still a Bunch of Words on a Page or Actual Zeros on a Paycheque?

Previous Events:

October 27, 2022: Facebook will be 19 in February 2022, Twitter turned “Sweet 16” this past March. In the early days of social media there was a lot of hype about how it was going to change fundraising forever. For a while, this early hype remained just that. But then...THEN…#BOOM. In March 2021, Facebook announced that its community had raised over $5 billion for non-profits through Facebook and Instagram tools. New additions to the social media family like TikTok now have effective giving tools designed to reach new audiences and younger donors. This is just the beginning.

Join us for an engaging conversation with three experts: Julia Campbell, Speaker and author of How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days, Camber Clemence, Social Media and Community Manager at GiveWP, “The Best Wordpress Donation Plugin” and our own social marketing genius, Julie Cann, Marketing Coordinator at ViTreo. Social Media for Next Generation Donations.

Watch the recording of this session here.

March 30, 2023: Are you tired of playing by the rules and still not getting the grants you deserve for your non-profit? Are you ready to learn the secrets of grant writing from a panel of experts that will lead to funding success? We invite you to dive into grant writing as we show you how to stand out from the crowd. Learn how to inject pizazz and strategy into your writing to grab the attention of grant reviewers.

Join us for an engaging conversation with three experts: Tracy Lee, Director of Conservation Research, Miistakis Institute; Matthew Blough, Director, Evaluation and Learning, Calgary Foundation; and Sara Stepa, Grant Writing Expert, ViTreo Group. If you’re ready to shake things up and take your grant writing to the next level, register for: Grants that stand out from the crowd: How to write for success.

Watch the recording of this session here.

April 27, 2023: One of the most significant donors in the world is a woman. Mackenzie Scott has given away $12.8 billion in charitable gifts since 2020. Women have been a force in philanthropy from the beginning of time however it is only in the last two decades that this power has been publicly recognized. Canadian women are no slouches in philanthropy. Anne Tannebaum gave $10 million to the University of Toronto in 1996 to support medical research across U of T’s network of research and clinical partners, creating six chairs in the burgeoning fields of neuroscience and molecular medicine, part of Tanenbaum’s support for advancing research in Alzheimer’s disease. In 2018, Gina Cody, an Iranian immigrant, named the first engineering school in Canada named for a woman at Concordia University with her gift of $15 million.

Our guest speakers are Suzanne Duncan, Vice President of Philanthropy, Canadian Women's Foundation; Wafa Kadri, Manager of Global Social Responsibility, Cenovus Energy; and Dr. Sharilyn Hale, President, Watermark Philanthropic Counsel. Join us as we explore: Gender Dynamics in Giving: A Focus on Female Philanthropy in Canada.

Watch the recording of this session here.