The Building Community Organizations (BCO) program is a mentorship and capacity-building program of the BCODN.
BCO is a mentorship program of the BCODN. The program supports the growth of BC-based non-profit organizations and provides valuable mentorship experiences for emerging OD practitioners.
On April 25, 2024, BCODN celebrated 20+ years of community impact through the Building Community Organizations program.
Did you know that the BCO concept inspired the OD Network’s Social Impact Day in 2019? The model isn’t just going strong in BC… it has spread, and is going strong internationally!
Watch this video to learn about the history and legacy of the BCO program:
How the BCO program works
Emerging OD practitioners volunteer to work on organizational issues with non-profit organizations. Their work is shadowed and led by an experienced senior consultant (with experience in scoping, contracting, utilizing OD methodologies and frameworks to increase systemic change and development, organization design, and improving organizational effectiveness). The mentor provides the volunteer consultants with coaching and guidance as they work collaboratively with the not-for-profit client on three to four-month long projects.
Potential Focus of BCO Projects
- Staff development
- Communication
- Team building
- Organizational change
- Organizational design
- Leadership
- Strategic planning
- Process improvement
- Performance management
Investment
- Volunteer Consultants – time & commitment!
- Community Organizations – time & commitment!
- Project Mentors – time & commitment!
“The professional support and consideration of the BCODN Team was empowering and encouraging. Their assessment and recommendations strengthen our internal structures and organizational effectiveness”.
~ Allen Brooks Nature Conservancy Society
To get involved:
For more information
Please contact our BCO Liaison at bco@bcodn.org