Join us for an honest conversation about women in leadership, workplace culture, and the role internal communications play in shaping both.
Women in
SOCIAL
IMPACT
We work in impact, but are our internal structures and communications keeping up with our values?
Our upcoming roundtable will explore emotional labor in the workplace, building cultures of care, and how women in leadership are reshaping our sector.
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Time: 10 AM PT / 11 AM MT / 1 PM ET
Location: Call link shared after registration
Duration: 1 hour
MEET YOUR HOSTS
CEO & FOUNDER,
SUNFLOWER COMMUNICATIONSWith experience across nonprofit communications and international development, Nina is a storyteller and strategist who helps impact organizations turn meaningful work into clear, compelling communications that build trust and support.
She is the founder and director of Sunflower Communications, a bilingual agency supporting nonprofits and social enterprises globally. Her work centers on helping teams clarify their strategy, strengthening their storytelling, and building sustainable communications systems that allow them to grow without losing the human depth at the heart of their mission.
Before founding Sunflower, Nina worked in communications, fundraising, and education in Canada, South Korea, and Guatemala. She holds a degree in Philosophy and Psychology from York University, a Digital Marketing Management certificate from the University of Toronto, and a Project Management and International Development post-graduate from Humber College. She is also the recipient of the 2023 BMO x Humber College Women’s Entrepreneurship Pitch Award.
Chief operating officer
opportunity collaboration
CONNECTIVE IMPACTWith over 15 years of experience across fields of education, health, and impact investing, Jessica is a mama, bridge-builder, and systems-minded leader who helps organizations build order out of chaos and turn values into practice.
She serves as Chief Operating Officer of Opportunity Collaboration and Connective Impact, global communities of social impact leaders working to alleviate poverty and injustice. Her work centers on supporting growth while honoring the often invisible labor that holds teams and communities together. Her facilitation is grounded in rhythm and human connection to create spaces that are relational, grounded, and alive.
Previously, Jessica has held leadership roles at JumpScale LLC, Meridian Institute, Toniic, The Future Leaders Institute, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia.
whAT TO EXPECT
This 1-hour conversation in community is designed to be interactive and grounded in the realities of internal communication: how decisions are shared, expectations are set, and responsibility is distributed inside teams. We’ll explore how these systems shape workplace culture, and why they so often affect women differently.
We will explore three key themes:
Emotional labor and power: Where do communication gaps quietly create extra, often invisible work, and who is most likely to carry it? How do patriarchy and embedded power dynamics shape whose labor is expected, whose voices are amplified, and whose needs are deprioritized?
Leadership responsibility: How do leaders shape the emotional and relational load their teams carry, especially for women and other historically under-supported groups? What shifts when leadership becomes more relational, less hierarchical, and less transactional, and when power is intentionally shared rather than concentrated?
Culture by design: What does it look like to build internal systems that reflect care, clarity, accountability and higher awareness of our human and cyclical needs instead of relying on unspoken or gendered expectations?
WHY THIS MATTERS
Our work is values-driven and can be emotionally charged. The expectations are always high.
And in many teams, internal systems fall short of what collaboration and care actually require.
In a sector that relies on trust, coordination, and communication, the real questions become:
Who ends up filling the gaps when communication or ownership isn’t clear?
How can rethinking and redesigning make work easier or harder for the people doing it?
What changes when care, clarity, and accountability are built into systems instead of relying on individuals?
This roundtable creates space to examine the internal dynamics that shape workplace culture, and to share honest reflections on how leaders are navigating communication, responsibility, and care in practice.
SIGN UP HERE
A week before the event we’ll send you the link to join the session, along with a short summary of the key themes we’ll be exploring. These prompts will go out ahead of time so you have time to reflect, but no preparation is required.
We’re not coming with answers, but with questions worth exploring together.
