ABOUT NEWPACT

Built for the organizations that build communities.

Built for the organizations that build communities.

Built for the organizations that build communities.

newpact partners with charities, nonprofits, municipalities, social enterprises, and mission-driven businesses to solve organizational problems and ensure the solutions last.

newpact partners with charities, nonprofits, municipalities, social enterprises, and mission-driven businesses to solve organizational problems and ensure the solutions last.

newpact partners with charities, nonprofits, municipalities, social enterprises, and mission-driven businesses to solve organizational problems and ensure the solutions last.

Our story

Our story

Our story

When we started in 2020, our hypothesis was that the best way to drive social impact for organizations is through learning and development. We believed these organizations already had the internal talent they needed, but lacked the right learning opportunities to leverage it for change.

So we trained subject-matter experts to become phenomenal experiential learning facilitators, then offered their services to nonprofits and small businesses. Over five years we served 50+ organizations and trained over 2,000 people.

What we learned: for some organizations, upskilling alone is not enough. They also face structural burdens that no amount of individual skill-building will overcome. We built the FWRD Framework™ to address these. And we realized it’s not either-or. It’s both.

When we started in 2020, our hypothesis was that the best way to drive social impact for organizations is through learning and development. We believed these organizations already had the internal talent they needed, but lacked the right learning opportunities to leverage it for change.

So we trained subject-matter experts to become phenomenal experiential learning facilitators, then offered their services to nonprofits and small businesses. Over five years we served 50+ organizations and trained over 2,000 people.

What we learned: for some organizations, upskilling alone is not enough. They also face structural burdens that no amount of individual skill-building will overcome. We built the FWRD Framework™ to address these. And we realized it’s not either-or. It’s both.

What we believe

What we believe

The problem is solvable.

Organizations don’t have intractable issues. They have undiagnosed root causes and interventions that addressed symptoms instead of structure.

Knowledge isn’t enough.

Knowing what to do and doing it are fundamentally different. The gap between them is facilitation, practice, and systems design.

Proof is the standard.

If you can’t measure that the problem improved, you haven’t solved it.

The social sector deserves rigour.

Enterprise-grade methodology shouldn’t be reserved for organizations with six-figure budgets.

THE FOUNDER

Dwaine Taylor

Dwaine Taylor

Dwaine is a learning, development, and equity leader with over a decade of experience at the intersection of education, systems change, and community building. He has designed programs for thousands, led teams across multiple countries, and raised over $1 million for social causes.

Dwaine is a learning, development, and equity leader with over a decade of experience at the intersection of education, systems change, and community building. He has designed programs for thousands, led teams across multiple countries, and raised over $1 million for social causes.

We partner with organizations that have real problems to solve.

We partner with organizations that have real problems to solve.

We partner with organizations that have real problems to solve.

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