The Core Skills Toolkit is a collection of practical, easy-to-use resources and insights curated by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) to help new and small community groups and not-for-profit organisations thrive.

In this session CSI associates Kathryn Nemec and Aimee Kaio will talk about why being a Te Tiriti-focused organisation matters and offer some practical tips on how to do this in partnership with Māori as tāngata whenua, and inclusive of tāngata Tiriti. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your skills and network!

About the presenters:

Kathryn Nemec offers research, evaluation, and project management support to CSI and its clients, with a particular interest in participating grant making, capability development and the use of evaluation to improve organisations. As a community psychologist, she has extensive experience consulting for not-for-profit, local government, and philanthropic sectors. Kathryn brings a values-driven, collaborative approach to support organisations to demonstrate their impact.

Aimee Kaio - Ngāi Tahu, Te Arawa, Ngā Puhi

Aimee specialises in strategy development, iwi Māori engagement, research and evaluation. Aimee is a strong advocate for intergenerational regional development through partnership and collaboration.

Aimee’s experience has predominantly been in hapū, iwi and regional developments working across the social, educational, and cultural not-for-profit sectors. More recently, Aimee has worked within the commercial sector with SMEs and corporates.

Aimee has experience in strategy development, organisational change, management solutions, systems change, ecosystem design and start-ups. Aimee is an emerging governor, where she has a personal commitment to contributing to positive impact for people, our environment and our future generations.