Nonprofits. Strength. Learning. Change.

We choose to focus only on the nonprofit sector – whether that is called social impact, social profit or social purpose. We have deep experience in this sector and its ongoing evolution in impacting complex and challenging social issues. We believe that nonprofits make our communities stronger by ensuring that everyone has the support they need to thrive and contribute. We thrive on working with you to build on and increase your strengths as individuals, organizations and collaboratives to make positive, sustainable change.

What We're About

Nonprofits

We have experienced the immense value of the nonprofit sector as clients, volunteers, frontline staff, staff leaders, Board members and consultants to over 200 organizations contributing to the well-being of society. We merge our experience with yours to support you in making even bigger impact.

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  • Our nonprofit consulting experience and focus
  • Assistance with your next step, within your resources
  • Building organizational capacity
  • Delivering your mission in a complex and changing environment

Strength

The strength of the sector is in people coming together to make a difference. We help you build organizational strength and sustainability through the skill and commitment of organizational leadership – with a focus on the Board / Senior Staff relationship and how well they work together to achieve organizational outcomes.

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  • Effective nonprofit Board Governance
  • Board and ED/CEO relationship
  • Strategic Planning and implementation
  • Board and ED/CEO succession

Learning

Leaders in nonprofits constantly deal with complexity both internally and externally. Regardless of the strength of your skills and knowledge base, complexity requires continuous learning as individuals and as organizations. We work and learn with you to find, develop and implement effective solutions for organizational and sector challenges.

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  • Leadership learning through action
  • Board Development
  • Board Chair supports
  • Board and staff team building

Change

Effective change depends on recognizing and leveraging strength, understanding areas for improvement and nurturing continuous learning for everyone involved. We help you identify what needs to change, and how to make it happen while maintaining a stable foundation of your mission and values.

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  • Change Management
  • Nonprofit Interim leader provision and support
  • Executive Transition Management
  • Organization Transition Management

Contact us for up to 30 minutes of free consultation about the opportunities and challenges facing your organization.

The Team

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Heidi Miller Zerr, MCE
Heidi works with organizations to navigate and thrive in the transitions inherent in growth and quality service delivery through leveraging the strategic partnership of the Board and Executive Director. She supports organizations in developing an appropriate balance of mission focus and business practice to achieve sustainable service to the community. In particular, she works with Boards and senior leaders to develop strong and effective partnerships to lead their organizations to greater success and impact. She has supported strategy development, planning and execution in nonprofits of all sizes, and focuses on designing and facilitating processes that reflect and enhance organizational culture and relationships.

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Judy Hansen
Judy is a motivated leader and project manager with strengths in governance, strategic and business planning and nonprofit management. Judy assists organizations in governance and in developing innovative and practical solutions to business challenges. She enjoys the challenge of customizing governance policies and bylaws that make sense for your organization. Approachable and supportive, Judy’s insights and experience come from a broad view of the non-profit sector, through her extensive experience as a management team leader, a non-profit Board member, and a consultant.

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Janice Bateson
Janice is an experienced facilitator whose belief in lifelong learning brings a fresh perspective to maximizing the talents and resources of your organization. She will facilitate learning in your organization to solve problems in real time or to learn more about how to work with others in your organization most effectively. Her work is driven by your desired outcomes, and she views success as your organization reaching its full potential. An innovative and creative thinker, Janice will develop processes that are results oriented and ensure input from all members of your team.

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Kim Anthony, CFRE
Kim is an accomplished non-profit leader with an extensive record of success. In over twenty years of non-profit experience, she has specialized in leadership and strategic planning, fundraising management, Board and community relations, marketing and volunteer management. She is known as a resourceful, perseverant relationship builder with strong strategic, analytical, planning and project management skills. After holding positions such as CEO and Director of Development in local non-profits, Kim now enjoys consulting with non-profits in our community, helping them to manage change and reach their potential.

Our story…

Since 2014, impact8 Inc. has been supporting the success of nonprofits and charities in Alberta. Before that, our founding partners were volunteers or staff of Centrepoint, a management consulting charity that provided support to other nonprofits and charities.

i8 Founding Partners:
Janice Bateson
Bill Brandon
Christine Clark
Judy Hansen
Carlo Jensen
Frank Johnston
Heidi Miller Zerr


Our experience and commitment to the nonprofit sector is deep, and is enriched every day through our work and collaboration with nonprofits and charities doing the hard work that makes communities great places to live.

We revel in the messiness and inspiration of organizations that bring people together to achieve a vision and mission that makes a difference in the lives of those they serve.

We focus our varied experience and abilities in a systemic approach to build on the incredible strength and passion of the people involved in the non-profit sector. Our strength is our commitment to long-term relationships with organizations. We walk with our clients through the realities of organizational life, assisting where needed to enhance outcomes and create exponential community impact.


impact8 is situated in Calgary serving Alberta



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Land Acknowledgement

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Stoney Nakoda Nations: Chiniki, Bearspaw, Goodstoney and Tsuut’ina Nation. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6. Impact8 Inc. recognizes our responsibility to serve the diverse people who live, work and play in this Treaty 7 Region of Southern Alberta as an act of meaningful reconciliation.

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