by Genevieve Dack-Tittley | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog
Join us for the 15th annual Gathering, October 20th at St. John’s High School I am new to the Gathering. My first experience was last year as a first year student in the Community Development/Community Economic Development program at Red River...
by Genevieve Dack-Tittley | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog
We’ve been thinking a lot about communications lately at Spark, specifically how challenging social media can be with its ever changing landscape. Post, viral, and tweet are all common social media terms now, but not so long ago they had very different meanings. A...
by Geoff | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog
When Ed Hildebrandt signed up as a pro bono consultant with Spark! he was delighted to be matched with a resource centre right in his own neighbourhood. But the HR advisor from Manitoba Hydro got even more out of the opportunity than he expected. Working with...
by Cate Friesen | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog
The following is a guest blog by Spark pro bono consultant Cate Friesen: Why I work as a pro bono consultant with Spark First of all, the staff at Spark make a mean cappuccino. Just saying. I called Spark out of the blue, around the time I launched my own...
by Geoff | Aug 3, 2017 | Matches
“I come from the business community, and now working in a community organization that runs a variety of social enterprises, I need to constantly walk that fine line between the business and non profit worlds” says Angela McCaughan, executive director at...
by Geoff | Jul 6, 2017 | Matches
“We need to get our posting out to networks we aren’t connected to yet” – Derek Pachal, The Jubilee Fund The Jubilee Fund provides flexible loans and bridge financing to community development and social change – related projects that...
by Geoff | Jun 16, 2017 | Matches
ACOMI or the African Communities of Manitoba is an umbrella organization of smaller community organizations. They also run a variety of mentorship and support programs for youth at different schools across the city, and a drop in and meeting centre for the African...
by Geoff | May 31, 2017 | Matches
“This is a wonderful connection to provide us with the type of organizational and business acumen we need right now through our Spark volunteer, George Harris. For the past 18 years, Indigenous women and Elder grandmothers in Manitoba have come together to...
by Geoff | May 18, 2017 | Blog, Matches
“The youth are all on Instagram! We need to be better at reaching and engaging them, as well as the other audiences that we want to connect with, who are probably on different platforms” states Teen Talk’s Bren Dixon. Klinic Community Health’s...
by Geoff | May 5, 2017 | Blog, Matches
The Restorative Justice Association of Manitoba (RJAM) is a new “umbrella” organization made up of local organizations who provide supports and resources to people and communities involved in and affected by crime. RJAM seeks to promote dialogue and...
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