Growth for Good

S2 E7 | Growing with Ryan O'Neil Knight, Afro-Caribbean Business Network & Detailing Knights

Ryan-O'Neil Knight is an entrepreneur living in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The founder of Detailing Knights and the current Chairman and President of the Afro-Caribbean Business Network. After founding one of the first social enterprise car cleaning companies he now uses ACBN Canada to promote more companies to become social Enterprises. Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-oneil-knight-6534b134/ Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielfrancavilla Growth for Good is hosted by Daniel Francavilla, Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist. The show is produced by CreatorClub for Daniel Does Consulting. Get more from Growth for Good at http://GrowthforGood.ca. For support with marketing and more for your organization visit https://danieldoes.co. Looking to produce a podcast of your own? Visit http://CreatorClubStudios.com.

S2 E6 | Growing with Mike, EPIC Leadership & Unity Charity

Michael ‘Piecez’ Prosserman is a bestselling author, professional B-Boy (“breakdancer”), university instructor, and certified coach who specializes in scaling start-ups, team culture, fundraising, and succession. In Michael’s book Building Unity [http://www.epicleadership.ca/book]: Leading a Non-Profit From Spark to Succession, he shares practical tools and stories to launching, leading and leaving a sustainable organization. He scaled a grassroots organization from the ground up as the Founder of Unity Charity [http://www.unitycharity.com/], an organization using Hip-Hop to improve youth mental health. Over 15 years Michael grew Unity from a volunteer group to employing 80 staff, raising $7 million, and having an impact on 250,000 youth. By high school, Michael was accepted into Cirque Du Soleil and featured in the major motion picture “Honey”. Michael is committed to empowering leaders in the public and private sector to build more resilient and responsible organizations through his social enterprise EPIC Leadership [http://www.epicleadership.ca/]. EPIC facilitates peer learning for a growing community of over 60 senior non-profit leaders.  Mike’s Book: Building Unity: Leading a Non-Profit from Spark to Succession https://amzn.to/4289s7H [https://amzn.to/4289s7H]  Connect with Mike on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelprosserman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelprosserman]  Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielfrancavilla [https://linkedin.com/in/danielfrancavilla]  Growth for Good is hosted by Daniel Francavilla, Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist. The show is produced by CreatorClub for Daniel Does Consulting. Get more from Growth for Good at http://GrowthforGood.ca.  For support with marketing and more for your organization visit https://danieldoes.co.  Looking to produce a podcast of your own? Visit http://CreatorClubStudios.com [http://creatorclubstudios.com].

S2 E5 | Growing with Kavita Dogra, Ontario Nonprofit Network

Kavita (she/her) has been in the nonprofit sector for over a decade and possesses a variety of communications skills. She is currently the Communications and Development Manager at Ontario Nonprofit Network. Kavita has spent years developing her digital engagement strategy skills and learning how to build and grow digital audiences. She is an intersectional feminist, an avid volunteer, passionate about equity and social justice, and a proud aunt. Kavita also co-chaired the committee that organized the Women’s March in Toronto (2017-2019). Connect with Zhara on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahraebrahim/ Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielfrancavilla Growth for Good is hosted by Daniel Francavilla, Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist. The show is produced by CreatorClub for Daniel Does Consulting. Get more from Growth for Good at http://GrowthforGood.ca.  For support with marketing and more for your organization visit https://danieldoes.co.  Looking to produce a podcast of your own? Visit http://CreatorClubStudios.com [http://creatorclubstudios.com].

S2 E4 | Growing with Zhara Ebrahim, Monumental

Zahra Ebrahim is the Co-Founder of Monumental. She is a public interest designer and strategist, and her work has focused on community-led approaches to policy, infrastructure, and service design. She is an established bridge builder across grassroots and institutional spaces, and is a leading practitioner in surfacing key stories and narratives that build trust and connect communities. Prior to this role, she built and led Doblin Canada, focusing on engaging diverse sets of stakeholders to use design-led approaches to address complex organizational and industry challenges. In her early career, Zahra led one of Canada’s first social design studios, working with communities to co-design towards better social outcomes, leading some of Canada’s most ambitious participatory infrastructure and policy programs. Zahra has taught at OCADU, MoMA, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto. She is the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Urban Institute, and the Board Chair for Park People. She was recently named Next City’s Vanguard “40 under 40 Civic Leader”, Ascend Canada’s Mentor of the Year, one of “Tomorrow’s Titans” in Toronto Life, and one of WXN’s Top 100 Women in Canadian Business. Connect with Zhara on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahraebrahim/ Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielfrancavilla Growth for Good is hosted by Daniel Francavilla, Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist. The show is produced by CreatorClub for Daniel Does Consulting. Get more from Growth for Good at http://GrowthforGood.ca.  For support with marketing and more for your organization visit https://danieldoes.co.  Looking to produce a podcast of your own? Visit http://CreatorClubStudios.com [http://creatorclubstudios.com].

S2 E3 | Growing with Tonya Surman, Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)

Tonya Surman is fuelled by her belief in the power of collaboration and belonging. She knows that putting the right people in a room is only the first step in creating real change, and that you need to build a culture where everyone knows they have value and a voice to radically redesign our futures. She did this with the Constellation Model, an entirely new take on governance. She did this with the Centre for Social Innovation, which re-invented the workplace by collecting social purpose organizations under one roof. She did this with Community Bonds, an innovation that allows a nonprofit to turn their social capital into financial capital. She knows building relationships between people is the foundation for a better world. Connect with Tonya on Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/tonya-surman-19859911/ Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielfrancavilla Growth for Good is hosted by Daniel Francavilla, Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist. The show is produced by CreatorClub for Daniel Does Consulting. Get more from Growth for Good at http://GrowthforGood.ca.  For support with marketing and more for your organization visit https://danieldoes.co.  Looking to produce a podcast of your own? Visit http://CreatorClubStudios.com.