Get strategic insights into building fruitful partnerships and attracting donors for your association with our special guest Mike Ward and host Farhad Khan. Mike is a former Canadian diplomat who held senior assignments at Canadian embassies and consulates in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Ukraine, the United States & Thailand. Mike is now heavily involved in the nonprofit scene in Ottawa. A major focus has been on building and operating affordable housing in the National Capital Region through Multifaith Housing Initiative. While he stepped down as MHI’s president recently, Mike remains active on a number of its key committees. Enjoy the episode!
In this episode, we speak to Mike about why nonprofits should invest more in creating strategic partnerships to expand their reach and competencies. Partnerships allow organizations to have capabilities that are not available in-house and they broaden the reach of their work by leaps and bounds. However, good partnerships don't just happen, they are part science and part art!
You can find more about Mike's work in the non-profit housing sector at the MHI website -
https://www.multifaithhousing.ca
In our chats, Mike also told me about his meditation trips to Vipassana centres in different parts of the world -
Enjoy the episode!