There’s an upside to everything, even a global pandemic. After Board Voice started hearing of some of the amazing innovation coming out of our sector as we adapted to the tremendous impact of the pandemic, we set out to capture that upside.
The result is a fascinating and inspiring collection of thoughts from nine of our member organizations, who found the time to respond to the request while juggling all the other pressures, strains and weirdness of this COVID era.
BC’s nonprofit social services sector responded quickly and with much innovation and energy to the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. We wanted to capture some of the fast responses, caring and success stories that happened in the midst of an incredibly difficult time for our organizations’ clients, staff and boards, so we asked these five questions of some of our members.
- What made you most proud of how your organization, staff and board adapted to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic?
- What kind of innovations did you see happening as your organization worked to manage the impact of Covid-19 on staff and clients?
- What surprised you the most about how the coronavirus impacted your organization and its clients?
- If it were up to you to prepare the non-profit social services sector for another pandemic, what are the “lessons learned” that you’d give the most attention to?
- Are there service changes and staff processes/policies that your organization brought in during the pandemic that you’re thinking of keeping because they turned out to be a better way of doing things?
Read all about it at this link. Board Voice encourages you to share this report within your circles of influence and with federal, provincial and municipal politicians. Much thanks to Board Voice board member Gerry Olund for spearheading the collection of these important stories.
