Creating Vision - Connecting Resources - Achieving Goals

Senior Consultant Vectors Group


Fundraising is not about raising funds, 

it is about raising like minded partners. 

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My Background

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Hello there, and welcome to Canfund. My name is Brenda Norman, and it is a pleasure to get acquainted here. From my earliest memory, I recall lending support to help make good things happen with others. As a seasoned fundraiser and community development leader, I have successfully engaged partners, not for profits, businesses, government, volunteers, and every day folks to come together, to be on purpose, and explore vision towards achieving fundraising goals. I know how to access the necessary resources. There is no cookie cutter approach to fundraising and community building. Likewise, client's values, motivation, and mission to creating common good, are unique. Canfund has a creative approach that supports your goals to fundraise in a manner that is right for your organization.

About You

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Looking for creative and fun ways to raise funds? Have an idea you want to bring to life? You are a Not for Profit or organization that is exploring innovative and ecological approaches towards fundraising? Want to create an event to fundraise and showcase your work? Canfund Consulting is here to facilitate moving forward.

Change and Grow

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Ottawa is the hub of national organizations. All sorts of good works are going on, but fundraising is a challenge that needs to be faced over and over again. How would you like to explore ways to create ease in the effort?

We rise by lifting others, let's work together, enhance teamwork, and be inspired to build up the good work you do.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. W.Dyer

Change is easier than you think. Everything is possible when you are open and ready. Embrace change, be challenged, and build on your vision and purpose to accomplish the results you need.

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Remember why you commited to this

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Make it fun and rewarding

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impact through Storytelling

Organization Story

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Archive your organization's process, history, and story on video. Connect with others who believe in your cause

Entrepreneur Story

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Video gets you more visibility online, lets people know about you, and what you can do to help them

Team Storytelling

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Teambuilding through video and shared stories creates cohesion, builds up leadership, and collaboration

"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today." - Robert McKee 


 "Stories are a communal currency of humanity." - Ahir Shah, in Arabian Nights


"Great stories happen to those who can tell them." - Ira Glas


Tell Your story

LET ME SHARE MY CREATIVITY AND LOCAL PHILOSOPHY

AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND EVENT PRODUCER I CAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS BY CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES AND THE STEPS TO CREATE A FLAGSHIP EVENT, OR HELP BRING NEW IDEAS TO ANNUAL EVENTS.

Testimonials & Areas of Practice

#eogarlicfest

  • Brenda's pulled off some magic bringing community together to feature all sorts of local agri-food assets we did not realize were all around us. This single event over 3 years has generated over $130,000 for local farmers, prodcuers, artists and community groups, and a welcome addition.

#bringfoodhome

  • Brenda produced a social event like no other before it at the 2017 Bring Food Home Conference! 80% of the participants rated the Halloween Social as the #1 highlight of the conference and the other 20% second.

#community

  • Brenda's innate resourcefulness, and tenacity are the perfect equation, summing up to successfully actualizing any initiative she takes on. Her love of people and community is refreshing, inspires, and motivates.

#fundraising

  • With 25 years experience working with groups and organizations Brenda has demonstrated that she has the know how and resources to help achieve fundraising goals, and even exceed them.

#publicspeaking

  • Having Brenda speak at our annual event had all the members feeling like they were entertained, educated and empowered.

#leadership

  • Leadership that is flexible and on target at the same time is a tough act. Brenda has a natural ability to bring the best out of everyone, engage and get people participating. Process is her art, positive change and growth is the canvas.

#workshops

  • Brenda has a creative approach to lead and guide experiential learning with groups. She created a custom learning experience for our clients based on their specific needs, and helped enhance their professsional and personal growth.

#youthleadership

  • The experiences I have had learning by doing, being challenged, and having fun, under Brenda's facilitating was a great influence on my character, self awareness, and abilty to take direction on my own vision for my life. This continues to guide me as an entrepreneur to stay connected to my intuition.

#projects

  • The creative process Brenda brought to helping us realize our project was exactly what we needed to get on target to mobilize our vision. Her knowledge of group development, leadership, and community building were essential to us sustaining our project, and bringing it full circle.

#networking

  • Inviting Brenda to help us create a networking approach that was inclusive, while respecting that some people are less likely to join in has proven to be exactly what we needed to breathe new life into hosting network events.

#tradeshows

  • The capacity of follow up engagement increased with Brenda joining us at our tradeshow kiosk. She definitely is able to attract attention to the work we do with her fun and influencing approach. 

#marketing

  • As a professional working in a competitive field, Brenda's marketing strategies to be present online, and redesign my business image has drawn a lot of attention and new work to my company.

Contact CANFUND

Looking forward to supporting you.

CANFUND

GLEBE OTTAWA

613-606-9404