Our Services - How We Help

GREAT SERVICES START WITH PLANNING. GREAT PLANNING STARTS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE ORGANIZATION BEST.

When you call on CMCS for values-driven strategic planning services, you get:

• 3 or more strategic priorities
• Goals for achieving each priority
• Actions for achieving the goals
• A new vision, mission and values (optional)
• A description of how the plan will be implemented

How we help:

• Meet and finalize the process
• Conduct a stakeholder survey and facilitate focus groups/interviews
• Consolidate the stakeholder input 
• Facilitate planning meetings
• Prepare plan (drafts, final version)
• Help develop implementation strategy

Why a CMCS strategic plan is better:

• Exceptional content based on broad stakeholder input, augmented by our expertise
• Enough detail that you can be confident the plan will be implemented
• Great look

EVERYTHING A BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW....PLUS A BONUS

Tom and Nancy provide Governance By BIG IDEAS, Board training that is down to earth and practical. It appeals to both new Board members and those with lots of experience. 

Topics covered include: 

• Who tells boards what they must do and can do
• Legal duties of a board
• Board role
• Board/management relationship
• Planning
• Recruitment
• Structure
• Meetings
• Decision-making
• Risk. 

Over the course of discussion, Board members always identify many actions they want to take as a result of the new ideas Tom provides. 

So Nancy records these actions. Then she feeds them back at the end of the session. 

Only CMCS Board training produces a work plan the Board can use to make its governance even better.

BYLAW & POLICY UPDATES 

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Our services include helping to update your organization's bylaw and develop Board or management policies.

Your bylaw includes many important details about how your non-profit will operate. Right now, many non-profits in Ontario need to update their bylaws. This will allow them to transition to the new Not-for-Profit Corporations Act. We are here to assist.

Policies are "how-to's" that explain 'the way the Board or the employees will operate. For the Board, they cover all those areas not included in the bylaw. Policies are especially important for demonstrating due diligence.

STUDIES
Our studies can cover a range of topics. We have explored ethical decision-making, how to best serve clients whose first language is not English and developing pioneering housing options. 

​REVIEWS
​Reviews tell you how things are working currently. They can be organization-wide, or they can address a particular aspect of organizational effectiveness such as staffing structures.