They Did What? News from Canada's Non-Profits
January 27 - Too much green, and now folks at Ornge are blue. Ornge is a non-profit organization responsible for medical transport, mostly by air, in Ontario. Some of its calls involve emergency response to traffic accidents where victims have suffered life-threatening injuries. You have probably seen pictures on television of an Ornge helicopter landing on a highway so it can rush someone to hospital after being extracted from their car or truck. Ornge operates a fleet of those helicopters, airplanes and land vehicles so it can fulfill its function. Ornge’s services... read more
Governance by BIG Ideas: Tom Little's Training for Non-Profit Boards
Board Training Like Never Before! Board training just got a lot better. Bartimaeus Inc. and I have combined forces to bring you Governance by BIG Ideas on Saturday February 4th, based on my new book Tom Little's BIG Ideas for Non-Profit Boards (which you get to keep). Governance by BIG Ideas sets out the foundation for an exceptional Board, constructed on my 13 BIGGEST of the BIG Ideas. If you act on these ideas, your Board will stand out. Augment that with the 23 BIG Ideas also described in the book, and your job as Director will be both productive and easy... read more
What can you get from Tom Little right now?
- A free monthly newsletter for non-profit Executive Directors and others interested in non-profit issues
- A free quarterly newsletter for non-profit Boards of Directors
- A unique and helpful book: Tom Little's BIG Ideas for Non-Profit Boards (sorry, not free, but great value)
- Advice and assistance related to:
- Strategic planning
- Year planning for Boards
- Year planning for Executive Directors
- Training for Boards, Executive Directors and staff
- Research
- Special projects
And just who is this Tom Little anyway?
Tom Liitle is big. Six foot four. Two hundred and fifteen pounds … maybe two twenty …two twenty-five absolute tops, but only when his love of butter and orange juice starts creeping towards addiction.
So when Tom Little has an idea, it’s automatically a BIG idea. But that’s not the only reason.
Tom has spent his career working for, and with, non-profit organizations. That exposure, first as an executive director and then as an advisor to non-profits (you might use the term “consultant”), has given him many insights into how these strange and wonderful creations operate.
Along the way his colleague Nancy Moulsdale joined the fray, bringing acuity and youthful enthusiasm to complement Tom’s years (Nancy describes them as many, many years) of experience.
When you call on Tom for planning (strategic, Board and management), for training, for research, or for special projects, you get two things: a skilled facilitator and an informed advisor.
For example, when it comes to planning, Tom starts by uncovering the knowledge and ideas of the organization's stakeholders (clients/customers, staff, management, Board, community partners). He knows they are the experts about their own agency. Then he adds to that knowledge and ideas with his own, developed over his time working in the field.
Non-profit organizations are built on ideas. The better the ideas, the better the organization. Tom provides you with the best ideas available!
For more information, contact Tom today!