Knowledge Hub
A hub for resources relating to career development and employment in Nova Scotia.
4 Reasons Community Outreach is Important for Businesses
"Community outreach or community outreach marketing is a process where businesses build relationships with the people and organizations in the areas they operate". In this article from BRAINZ,...
Exploring the Insider Role in Community Practice within Diverse Communities
This paper reports on community practice and the roles of the insider worker in diverse communities. Outlining key elements, advantages, and dilemmas, "this paper argues that it is crucial for...
Whare are Some of the Benefits or Rewards that you get from Doing Community Outreach Work?
In this short post LinkedIn community members share personal anecdotes about the benefits of community outreach and provide tips and tricks to help others get started and get involved in their own...
How Nonprofit Leaders Can Get to Know their Target Audience Better
"One critical factor that determines the success of an organization is how solid its connections are with its target audience". In this article, members of the Forbes Nonprofit Council share their...
The Power of Inclusive Marketing in Modern Business
"Inclusive marketing is more than throwing a diverse individual into your messaging. It begins with recognizing the need to understand and present unique perspectives, experiences, and identities...
365 Social Media Content Ideas for 2024
This list from Dropbox shares 365 social media content ideas to engage, connect, and motivate your audience with different mediums, ideas, and prompts.
Nonprofit Email Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful NPO Email Strategy
"Effective email and newsletter marketing is crucial for a nonprofit organization's (NPO) success. With scarce resources, limited staffing, and divided leadership attention, investing in marketing...
Inclusive Engagement – Why Knowing Your Audience Matters
This blog post highlights the importance of knowing your audience and constructing inclusive public engagement to build strong, sustainable relationships. With strategies, tools, and advice, this...
How to Increase your Nonprofit Donor or Member Enaggement 10x by Thinking like a Tech Startup
So you want to grow your member engagement? That's good, but question is, where should you start? We want to give you some simple and proven marketing methods that are widely used by technology...
Why Community Engagement is Essential to Climate Adaptation and Resilience
"This article explores the critical role of community engagement in climate adaptation and resilience efforts. It highlights the disproportionate impacts of climate change on equity-deserving groups...
6 Tips to Help your Nonprofit Improve its Outreach with Diverse Communities
"A successful strategy for outreach with diverse communities will help your organization transform issue at local levels and achieve long-lasting benefits. Here are the top 6 outreach tips I've...
Why Embracing Outreach is Important for Nonprofits
"Outreach is a vehicle for community engagement that can be used for many purposes in organizations". This article, from the ASU Lodestar Center, shares the importance of community engagement...
A Guide to Community Engagement & Outreach for Community Groups
"Those who dedicate their time and efforts to community engagement and outreach do so out of a sense of service to the greater community and with a commitment to improving the community for all that...
Why, What, and How of Community Outreach & Engagement
"Healthy communities have an active and engaged citizenry". This resource from University of New Hampshire Extension highlights the importance of community outreach and engagement, the benefits,...
Outreach & Engagement Community Toolkit
"Intended for non-profits, local governments, and community leaders looking to create an outreach and engagement strategy for their project, plan, or initiative, the toolkit is a comprehensive...
7 Steps to Successful Community Outreach: A How-To Guide
"Learn to forge strong connections with effective community outreach. This article outlines goal-setting, engaging techniques, and evaluation strategies to ensure your outreach efforts resonate with...
Best Practices for Meaningful Community Engagement
"Meaningful community engagement can take shape in a variety of ways and requires time and flexibility. Building trusting relationships with people - and finding a variety of ways to enable their...
Community with Kristina Bartold
"Community with Kristina Bartold is a podcast focused on helping entrepreneurs and small businesses grow their network, increase their impact using marketing techniques like social media, increase...
Checkbox Outreach Podcast
"Checkbox Outreach features stories of change-maakers and leaders working to make an impact in their community". Disrupting traditional community outreach and engagement, Checkbox Outreach...
Building Connections through Community Bread Ovens in Laval
This blog post is part of a series on the need to co-create a pan-Canadian strategy for belonging, that leaves no one behind. This post highlights Lenka Belkova and how she is using a community...
FEATURED RESOURCES
2023 Nova Scotia Career and Employment Student Symposium
View recordings of research presentations on topics relating to career development and employment, presented by students from across Nova Scotia.
Innovation Video Series
A province-wide video project documenting innovations and unique employment narratives found within the Nova Scotia Works employment services system.
CEI Youth Engagement Framework
A resource for those looking to better support youth (18-34 years) in the early phases of their careers. Developed from peer-reviewed research, stories of successful initiatives, downloadable tools, and more.
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