Non-profit Webinars
Through its Non-profit Advisors Program, the Trust hosts a series of free webinars that can help build the knowledge and capacity of your non-profit.
In addition to these webinars, the Trust hosts a series of in-person workshops, learn about upcoming sessions here.
Current Webinars
Non-Profits and Employment Standards – May 6
What crucial element of employment law should non-profit leaders be aware of? This session will cover key human resource and employment standards lessons for board members and management staff. We will discuss how the law treats various categories of personnel that typically support a non-profit (e.g., volunteers, contractors and permanent staff), their rights, and employer obligations.
Presenter Jonathan Arkle is a lawyer with Doak Shirreff Lawyers LLP in Kelowna and specializes in employment and human resource law. The information shared during this webinar is for educational purposes and is not considered legal advice or guidance.
Speaker: Jonathan Arkle
Date: May 6, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm PT
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_JcYHPqcTf2c9Nk-AOc3KQ
Past Webinars
Conflict Management for your Non-Profit
Navigating conflict and hard conversations is at the core of the human experience, and these are opportunities to learn how to meaningfully engage and transform our relationships with the people, world and workplace we care about. In this webinar, equip yourself and your team with the leadership skills to notice tension and address division early, to de-escalate conflict with clear and compassionate communication, and to build a workplace culture with belonging and trust.
Natasha Edmunds is a conflict resolution consultant, mediator, facilitator and coach. Natasha helps businesses, organizations and individuals transform conflict into solutions and shared agreements, strengthen relationships, build cohesive teams, communicate effectively, and find common ground to overcome polarization.
This webinar took place on April 21, 2026.
Effective Communication and Facilitation Skills
Join Michelle Laurie for a 90-minute interactive virtual training session focused on communicating and facilitating for effective meetings. The session will be geared toward novice-intermediate facilitators and meeting hosts.
Michelle Laurie brings 25 years of experience supporting corporate, government, and community partners in environment, sustainability, and organizational development. She specializes in designing and leading collaborative processes that foster strategic thinking, learning, and tangible results. She has trained thousands of leaders around the world to improve their facilitation, engagement and communications skills. Michelle is the founder of Convene Consulting Inc.
This webinar took place on April 22, 2026.
Bylaws and Policies: Essential Tools for Effective Non-profit Boards
Strengthen your Non-Profit’s foundation with this practical webinar on creating clear, effective bylaws and policies. Learn how bylaws define your organization’s purpose, how policies guide day to day operations, and which governance tools every Board needs—from financial oversight to meeting management. We’ll wrap up with key resources available to nonprofits across the Columbia Basin.
For more than forty years, Heather Rennebohm has worked with and taught across the full spectrum of non-profit organizations, all of which depend on community goodwill, volunteer energy, and shared resources. Her experience spans youth sports, arts and culture, environmental research, and community development. Throughout her career, Heather has helped organizations identify the people, plans, funding, and social enterprise opportunities needed to move ideas from early concept to pilot projects and, ultimately, to strong, sustainable policy.
This webinar took place April 29, 2026.
