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The Community Development Unit delivers sessions and workshops to help organizations strengthen their services.
Community Development works to improve, enhance or otherwise contribute in a positive way to the lives of Albertans.
The Community Development Unit offers facilitation, public engagement, community collaboration, and learning and development services to non-profit organizations, staff and volunteers, and the sector as a whole. Topics covered in these services include:
Services are mainly tailored to:
The Community Development Unit continues to provide high quality facilitation, skill development and coaching services to the non-profit and voluntary sector at this time. Email [email protected] or call 310-0000 then dial 780-963-2281.
The Community Development Unit is offering a number of online webinars to support the non-profit and voluntary sector in Alberta. From board governance basics, grant writing, cybersecurity and many more, the unit is regularly offering workshops for your non-profit needs.
Visit the unit's Eventbrite page for more details.
Community Development facilitators can facilitate sessions to help:
Community Development facilitators can support you and your collaborative team in exploring, building and strengthening methods and processes for working effectively together.
The Community Development facilitators can provide crucial process design expertise, as well as advice on project planning and management. Whether it's a clear strategic plan you need, an agreement on a challenging or complex issue, or collecting extensive input on an idea, our facilitators are process experts.
Facilitators design sessions and projects that:
The Community Development Unit offers facilitation training workshops to help employees learn how to lead meetings and groups.
Community Development facilitators can assist your organization with a broad range of services related to fundraising and fiscal management, including:
The Community Development facilitators can help your organization build a culture of leadership by providing personalized workshops focused on:
Community Development works with board members and staff teams of organizations to help them find ways of working more effectively and efficiently.
The topics we cover include and are not limited to:
See the Board Development Program for in-depth information bulletins and worksheets to guide your Board's development and growth.
Community Development facilitators work with you to design and deliver sessions that may include and are not limited to:
Public participation consists of a variety of activities ranging from sharing information to active engagement of stakeholders in the implementation stages.
Public and stakeholder participation processes include:
The Community Development Unit offers facilitation training workshops to help non-profit and public staff and volunteers learn how to lead meetings in a facilitative way. Community Development Facilitators cover facilitation theories and tools as well as provide practical hands-on learning opportunities.
Whether you are leading groups for clients or with coworkers, facilitation skills will help you:
3 Day Basic Facilitation Skills workshops (PDF, 150 KB) – Fact sheet for non-profit and public volunteers and staff are regularly scheduled around Alberta.
New workshops to be added soon.
If you would like to host a 3 Day Basic Facilitation Skills workshop in your community, review the Hosting Expectations (PDF, 297 KB).
You can contact the Community Development Unit for more information about scheduled workshops or about hosting a workshop in your community.
Did you know there is a lot of work to be done before you ever start completing a grant application form? The Community Development Unit grant writing workshops explore organizational preparation before writing grants, what funders are looking for, and the components of developing a successful grant application.
New workshops to be added soon.
You can contact the Community Development Unit for more information about scheduled workshops or about hosting a workshop in your community.
The Community Development Unit collaborates with a wide variety of local community organizations to offer these training events across the province every year. Board Leadership events are day-long programs of engaging and informative workshops focused on non-profits boards and governance. The events provide networking opportunities as well as sessions on a wide variety of topics identified as priorities by the communities.
April 2021
Edmonton, Alberta
More information: Board Leadership Edmonton
March 2021
Medicine Hat, Alberta
More information: Board Leadership Southeast Alberta
April 2021
Lethbridge, Alberta
More information: Board Leadership Lethbridge
Fall 2020 - Virtual Event
Calgary, Alberta
More information: Board Leadership Calgary
February 1, 2021
St. Paul, Alberta
More information: [email protected]
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Board Governance and Running Effective Meetings
Alberta Labour Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Navigating the Job Interview Videos and Guides
Retain and Gain: Career Management for Non-Profits and Charities
Tamarack Institute tool for building community readiness for collective impact
Tamarack Institute tool for leadership, governance and backbones
Five Phases of Collective Impact (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Collective Impact Forum blog: Beyond Seats at the Table: Equity, Inclusion, and Collective Impact
Harvesting the Wisdom of Coalitions: Review highlights
Harvesting the Wisdom of Coalitions: Literature review
Harvesting the Wisdom of Coalitions: A Study of the Sustainability of Coalitions in Alberta
Building a Successful Coalition Conversation Guide
Facilitating Large Public Input Events Handbook (PDF, 449 KB)
Facilitating Large Public Input Events Tip Sheets (PDF, 603 KB)
International Association for Public Participation
Connect with us if you wish to request a facilitator or trainer or would like information about our programs:
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 780-415-8594
Address:
905 Standard Life Centre
10405 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4R7
Phone: 780-963-2281
Address:
Room 3501, Provincial Building
10320 99 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 6J4
Address:
Room 414, Provincial Building
5025 49 Avenue, Box 318
St. Paul, Alberta T0A 3A4
Edmonton and area contact Stony Plain office
Phone: 780-963-2281
Phone: 780-963-2281
Address:
Provincial Building
4709 44 Avenue
Stony Plain, Alberta T7Z 1N4
Address:
6th Floor, Provincial Building
4920 51 Street
Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6K8
Calgary and area contact Cochrane office
Phone: 403-932-2970
Phone: 403-932-2970
Address:
Box 970, Provincial Building
213 1 Street West
Cochrane, Alberta T4C 1A5
Address:
Room 406, Administration Building
909 Third Avenue North
Lethbridge,Alberta T1H 0H5
Address:
Room 203, Provincial Building
346 Third Street SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 0G7
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