Learn more and register for these webinars below. Attend the webinars live to benefit from the chance to ask questions from specialists in their fields. These webinars will be recorded and made available online.
March 24 - Stronger Boards 1: Board Leadership
This webinar will focus on board and committee meetings and effective meeting leadership. It will cover basic roles and responsibilities of the chair, other board members and committees. It will offer some chairing tips. The session will look too at how much autonomy committees need to be effective in responding in a timely manner to trail operations. Facilitated by Grant MacDonald (see bio below).
Register Here for March 24
April 2 - Stronger Boards 2: Good Board Practices
This webinar will look at bylaws that do not get in the way, at the value of some straight-forward policies and procedures, not just ones about your trail. Policies need not be long or complicated. A short list of what ones are likely to be most valuable will be shared. We will also touch on the matter of having a quorum and what to do if it is a recurring problem. Facilitated by Grant MacDonald (see bio below).
Register Here for April 2
April 23 - Stronger Boards 3: New Approaches and Burning Questions
What are some simple ideas for improving how your board is working? Some groups have adopted a board planning calendar to help ensure that board meetings make time for longer and more strategic discussions. Themed meetings might also be considered. We will pick up from the previous two webinars and add to some of the burning questions that likely exist for community trail group boards. Facilitated by Grant MacDonald (see bio below).
Register Here for April 23
April 8 - Accessible Trails 1: Case Studies and Design
This webinar will look at accessible trail design considerations and provide examples of trails that have addressed accessibility issues. Facilitated by Chloe MacDonald (see bio below).
Register Here for April 8
April 14 - Accessible Trails 2: Planning and Funding Your Project
How do you go from ideas to implementation? This webinar covers what funding is available and tips for grant writing. It will also cover how to stretch your budget when funding is limited. Facilitated by Chloe MacDonald (see bio below).
Register Here for April 14
May 6 - Mental Health and Trails
This webinar will cover the role trails can play in bettering our mental health and how trail groups can support this to bring more people to the trails. Facilitated by Glenn Rodgers and Wil Brunner (see bios below).
Register Here for May 6
May 21 - Volunteer Recruitment and Retention
This webinar will focus on how to recruit and retain board members and volunteers,
including how to attract younger, more diverse people to your organization. Facilitated by Heather Killen (see bio below).
Register Here for May 21
Webinar Facilitator Bios
Grant MacDonald
Grant MacDonald is an adult educator and consultant living in Halifax. He has a long-standing and enthusiastic interest in non-profit governance and leadership. He keeps the
Governing Good website, which focuses on non-profit leadership practice, providing Insights for boards and senior executives.
Learn more about Grant here.
Chloe MacDonald
Chloe MacDonald is a Recreational Therapist, a Designated Professional with the Rick Hansen Foundation and Owner of
AccessiBUILD. Through AccessiBUILD, Chloe provides accessibility education, consultation, and assessment of the built environment.
Learn more about Chloe here.
Glenn Rodgers and Will Brunner
Glenn Rodgers is the Ed and Training Coordinator with the
Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division. Wil Brunner is the owner of
Soft Pine Wellness, which offers nature therapy and guiding experiences in Nova Scotia.
Heather Killen
Heather Killen is the Program and Communications Coordinator with
Volunteer Nova Scotia and Kings Volunteer Resource Centre. She has volunteered and worked in the nonprofit sector for most of her professional life.
Hike Nova Scotia’s Trail Builder’s Network, with the support of the NS Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, is offering a series of educational opportunities for the trails sector in NS. Its focus is on building the capacity of trail organizations and managers to:
