United Way of Calgary & Area
Board Strategic Retreat · June 24, 2026 · KPMG

Framing the Future — Big Bets

Be bold, not incremental. Today is about transformative thinking — surfacing revenue & impact ideas that go beyond the plan, not refining what's already there.

Capture your big bets in the group workspace below; the full group ranks them over lunch.

Objective today

Identify the big bets that close the gap to accelerated growth across:

  1. Revenue — grow / diversify the top line
  2. Impact — deepen / sharpen our impact
  3. Enablers — the capabilities & model shifts to support them
Plan for the day
  • Part 1
    75 mins
    Breakout discussion. Work the questions and identify your big bets for revenue, impact, and the enablers to support them. Capture them in your workspace.
  • Lunch
    60 mins
    Rank the big bets from all groups by scanning the QR code on your phone.
  • Part 2
    40 mins
    Full-group synthesis. Review key themes, hear 1-minute pitches on the top-voted bets, then align on direction, prioritization, and risk appetite.
Group assignments
Group 1Group 2Group 3
RoomBoard22122211
LeadGeoffKathleenRhonda
Participants Marc
Beth
Shasta
Janet
Yvette
Lara
Lillian
Claire
Bruce
Susan
Stephanie
Shaheen
DB
Cynthia
Connie

Group workspace

Pick your group to open its template. The questions are discussion prompts; only the big bets are captured.

Rank the big bets

Put them in order from most promising (top) to least. Use the arrows to move each one. Tap a bet to see its detail.

    Facilitator

    Show the QR so the board can vote, and watch the ranking come in live.

    Scan to vote

    Board members scan this to open the ranking screen on their phones.

    Generating…

    This auto-fills with your live link. Edit it only if you want the QR to point somewhere else.

    Facilitator results

    The live ranking is hidden from participants. Enter the facilitator passcode to view it.