PINs Quarterly Meeting #2September 16, 2015

Volunteer Toronto

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Goal:To work collaboratively with professional immigrant associations to increase their capacity to connect their skilled immigrant members to employment.

Objectives: • Raise awareness of the associations to skilled

immigrants and to employers

• Foster collaboration between the associations and key partners – employers, professional associations, service providers, government, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Develop leaders of professional immigrant associations by providing learning opportunities and refer them as experts on immigrant employment at consultations and in the media.

Purpose of the Meeting1.Build relationships by sharing information,

best practices and success stories and discussing opportunities to collaborate

2.Learn about programs/initiatives that help build the capacity of PINs associations

3.Provide input on PINs program planning

Agenda – TO BE REVIEWEDTime Agenda Item

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Registration, dinner and networking

6:00 – 6:10p.m.  Welcome and introductions 

6:10 – 6:20 p.m.  Volunteer Toronto presentation

6:20 – 6:45 p.m. Information sharing 

6:45 – 7:25 p.m. Network Mapping – Survey Results 

7:25 – 7:35 p.m. PINs Updates 

7:35 – 7:45 p.m. Connector Program presentation

7:45– 7:50 p.m. Best Practices – UnstoppableMe.ca  

7:50 – 8:00 p.m. Next meeting and wrap-up

Who’s in the room? PIN Associations

• ARGANA – Association des Femmes Maroco-Canadiennes

• Association des Senegalais de l'Ontario

• Association of Professionals in Thorncliffe

• Alliance of Technology and Science Specialists - ATSS

• Communication, Advertising and Marketing Professionals - CAMP Networking

• Canadian Hispanic Bar Association• Council for Access to the

Profession of Engineering - CAPE

• Chinese Workers Support Network Professional Group

• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - CIMA Canada

• EXATEC Ontario• HispanoTech• Indo Canadian Community of

Professionals• Manyatta Community Network• New Canadians Media

Professionals• Paralia Arts Network• PINs@YorkU• UnstoppableMe.ca

Who’s in the room?PIN Partners

• Active Career Advancement Project (S.U.C.C.E.S.S.)

• Alternative Career Pathways• Humber College• Ryerson University - Magnet• Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office

PIN Observers

• Immigrant Filmmakers• Serbian Young

Professionals• Office of the Fairness

Commissioner

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Volunteer Toronto Presentation

Nimira Lalani Researcher/Educator 

Claire McWatt Education Assistant

Grassroots Growth Project and Useful Resources for PINs

Nimira Lalani, Researcher/Educatornlalani@volunteertoronto.ca416.961.6888 ext. 249

Claire McWatt, Education Assistantcmcwatt@volunteertoronto.ca416.961.6888 ext. 233

Grassroots GrowthBuild Capacity amongst volunteer-run organizations in Ontario to manage volunteers effectively, through providing tailored workshops, resources and mentoring

ResearchResource

Development

Outreach Pilot Testing Program Launch

Deliverables and Timeline Research and Analysis March – September 2015

• 3 consultations with agencies• 4 focus groups across the City• 1 online survey across Ontario • In process of identifying 8 most useful topics for grassroots groups• Environmental scan report finished Sept 30

Resource Development October 2015 – March 2016• Develop a suite of training sessions and resources including manuals,

templates, webinars, and an online forum for a peer mentorship program

Outreach October 2015 – March 2017 Pilot Testing and Evaluation February – August 2016 WHERE PINs WILL

BE INVOLVED Program Launch August 2016 – April 2017

Pilot Testing• PINs and other volunteer-run

organizations in Toronto• 4 workshops• Starting in February through until

June of 2016• Will help us insure the materials will

be useful for grassroots groups, and allow us to make changes before the final launch

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES FROM VOLUNTEER TORONTO

Trailblazer SeriesFree for grassroots groups!Recent subjects:• Volunteer-Led Social Media

in Action• Finding and Keeping Great

Board Members• Resolving Conflict Like a

Pro

For more info contact:Camara Chambers

416.961.6888 ext. 224cchambers@volunteertoronto

.ca

Subscriptions ProgramCommunity Subscribers• Free for volunteer-run

groups• Up to 6 Posts• Access to our Intermediate

and Advanced training manuals

• And more!

For more info contact:Kasandra James416.961.6888 ext. 225kjames@volunteertoronto.ca

Online Learning Centre

THANK YOU!

Follow is on Twitter: @VolunteerTOLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/VolunteerTorontoCheck out our Website: www.volunteertoronto.ca

Information sharing

What are 1-2 things related to employment that your organization would like other PINs associations and partners to know about the upcoming quarter (events, opportunities to collaborate, success stories)?90 seconds!

Network Mapping

Penny ScottDiversification and Business Development Coordinator,

Health Nexus

Robyn KaldaHealth Promotion Specialist – Technology Specialization,

Health Nexus

Network Mapping and Visualization: Strengthening your connections and partnerships

Teleconference information:647-788-1817 or 1-877-765-2693 (N. America)Participant Passcode: 611-877-1073Adobe Connect for the slides: http://healthnexus.adobeconnect.com/networkmapping/

PINs Network Mapping & Analysis September 2, 2015

Penny ScottRobyn Kalda

Agenda

1. Review of project goals2. Review of patterns in network maps3. An overview of the results

– Methods/Approach4. Overview of survey results

– Demographics – Connections-live

5. PINs Network Analysis– Applying network theory to achieve your goals

PINs Mapping Project Goals

PINs is a mature network looking to renew and revitalize itself

Network mapping will be the tool to:visualize existing ties and connections

amongst key stakeholders identify new opportunities for relationship

development design strategies to create new connections,

partnerships, collaborations amongst the stakeholders

5. Connectors

4. One-way trail

6. Isolate

Making the abstract visible

2. Clusters

1. Node

3. Link

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Core

Overview of survey results

Methods/Approach– Electronic survey

Demographics • Number of respondents: 55

– Added organizations: approx. 50• Level of involvement

– Very involved 69%– Somewhat involved 25%– Only occasionally involved 6%

Geographic Breakdown

From those that responded to the question

All:• felt that increased awareness of their

association’s profile among immigrants, employers and/or key stakeholders since joining the PINs program

• had participated PINs activities last year

CurrentInvolvement with PINS

• Not very involved 6%• Only occasionally involved 27%• Somewhat involved 44%• Very involved 23%

Perceived benefits of PINs membership

Applied Learnings:– Absolutely 44%– Somewhat 56%

• Increased Awareness Of Immigrant Value– Absolutely 78%– Somewhat 22%

Benefitted From PINs– Absolutely 89%– Somewhat 11%

• Helped Support Members– Absolutely 73%– Somewhat 22%– Not at all 5%

Expertise & skills

Connections

Live maps!

Who’s missing?

Some observations:

• Private Foundations• Ontario Trillium Foundation• Social enterprise

Next Steps

• What collaborations/ties already exist?• How do you leverage existing

relationships?• What’s next for the network?• Who else is missing from the network?

Network Mapping – Other Findings

PINs annual evaluation

Network Mapping – Draw Winners

• Galo Ginocchio – HispanoTech • Nestor Perez – Council of Filipino-Canadian Professionals in Ontario • Elena Rakitskaya – Alternative Career Pathways• Joe Ferreyro - Sunlife

PINs Updates – Annual Check-ins- Goals:

- Keep abreast with any changes in leadership- Learn about associations’ successes and challenges- Offer support

- Process:- 56 associations contacted

- 34 responded- 29 calls completed

- Learnings:- New leadership is not always aware of the benefits of PINs- Associations respond to connection requests coming through PINs website- Support needed: more job postings, events for job seekers, publicity

PINs Updates – TMP Info Session

Event summary:- 37 registrations / 8 associations- 20 attendees 

Feedback:• “Having a mentor will be very useful in my job search.”• “The best aspect of the session was networking with other internationally

trained professionals; the outcomes appear promising and positive.”

Things to consider:- Can we better promote such events?- How can we get higher turnout?

PINs Updates – Opportunity for PINs Members

- York Region IEP Conference – Monday, Nov 9

- Richmond Hills (Hwy 7 & Leslie)- Promote widely!

PINs Updates – Ethnic Media Briefing

• Objective: Strengthen TRIEC’s relationship with key ethnic media in order to strengthen our ability to reach immigrant audiences

• Strategy: Invite target ethnic media to a ‘briefing’ to discuss what TRIEC has to offer (human interest stories, immigrant employment expertise etc.) and how we can support them

• The Ask: To help us identify the most important media in your ethno-cultural group and facilitate connections to contacts at those media (or just provide details)

Connector Program

Anna KosteckaConnector Program Coordinator, TRIEC

Presenter // Date //

CONNECTOR PROGRAM

Presentation for the PINs Quarterly Meeting #2

September-16-2015Anna Kostecka

FUNDED BY

CONNECT. LEAD. IMPACT

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?

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PROGRAM• 54 Participant - Connector Introductions• 11 Participants completed the program • Almost all of Participants met with their Connectors ( 3 are still 

arranging)

OUTCOMES• Feedback after Participant-Connector meetings is almost always 

extremely positive• First success stories • 11  Participants found jobs (attribution analysis to be applied)

CONNECT. LEAD. IMPACT

POST-MEETING FEEDBACK

• Participants• Meetings are relevant to their career goals, productive and they would recommend their Connectors to others

• Receive referrals within a week from the meeting or longer

The connector I met in this meeting sets the standards of the program to very high levels indeed.

[Connector] was awesome. She gave me lots of great advice on how to get my career goal. She is very approachable, resourceful and insightful and mainly she has a strong willingness to help!

CONNECT. LEAD. IMPACT

POST-MEETING FEEDBACK

• Connectors• Find the meetings productive and Participants are perceived as 

professional and well prepared for the meetings• Feel confident hiring the Participant or recommending them to a colleague

[Participant] was very well prepared and we were able to discuss some of the issues she has had with applying for jobs. I am going to explore a number of different connections to set her up with the right one.

It was a very productive meeting. [Participant] came prepared with questions to ask, and was clear about the kind of connections he prefers. That makes it easier for me to check my contacts and see which ones would be suitable. I was also able to give him some insight about the industry and trends.

CONNECT. LEAD. IMPACT

FUTURE

• Completing the pilot, analyzing learnings, sharing the results• Understanding the relationship with the Mentoring Partnership and 

PINs• Enhance the program model and improve systems • Grow the program 

– Train others to deliver it– Integrated service delivery model

CONNECT. LEAD. IMPACT

Funded by 603-250 Dundas Street WestToronto, Ontario  M5T 2Z5T: 416 944 1946

www.triec.ca

THANK YOU

Best Practices – UnstoppableMe.ca

Coaching members on informational interviews

AICA Model(Turning Strangers to Sponsors)

Awareness

Involvement

Commitment

Action/Ambassador

Closing remarks• How can we use what we

have learned today with our members?

Next PINs Events

• Employer networking evento November – date TBA

• Next Quarterly Meeting:o Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Thank You!

www.networksforimmigrants.ca

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