Case Study: Special Olympics Canada achieves a secure, flexible extranet and improved chapter communication with Valo Extranet

Valo Extranet’s Flexible Security and Architecture Allows Access to Right People at the Right Time

Special Olympics Canada, a national charity with a federated structure (national office, 12 provincial/territorial Chapters, >200 staff and 20,000 volunteers), faced an outdated SharePoint site and a reliance on unchecked Dropbox accounts and email that made files hard to find and track. They needed a flexible, secure extranet to deliver the right information to the right people across different organizational layers; Valo (with Premium Partner Creospark) was engaged and recommended Valo Extranet as the solution.

Valo implemented Valo Extranet—a cloud-based SharePoint extranet using its Mega Menu, security groups and Microsoft Teams integration—creating a single entry point where users see the same menu but access only permitted content. The result: streamlined, centralized access for the national office, Chapters and volunteers, improved communication (notably during COVID-19), a phased, future-proof deployment and affordable pricing through Microsoft for Nonprofits and Valo’s charity rates.

Special Olympics Canada

Denise Strong

Director of Information Systems