Stephen Huddart is the Chief Operating Officer of the JW McConnell Family Foundation and a critical participant in our Social Innovation Generation collaboration. The richness and thoughtfulness of his perspective is honed from his extensive background in business, non profits … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2011
Tim Draimin – Becoming Visible 2011 – Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
The legendary Tim Draimin is Executive Directive of Social Innovation Generation (SiG), Chair of Causeway Social Finance and prior to that the founding CEO of the Tides Canada Foundation. He is the key behind the scenes force behind the Canadian … Read More
TYZE CEO one of headliners Global Social Innovation and Finance week
Global Social Innovation and Finance week starts in Vancouver, Monday January 17th. As a warmup to a series of events including an Ashoka/SiG/PLAN Institute/Causeway – led study tour to Vancouver here is a repost of a recent article on Tyze … Read More
Arthur Wood – Becoming Visible 2011 – Eleven Global Social Finance Trends
Arthur Wood is the Einstein of social finance. He knows the secrets of how the universe's money works! He is brilliant and full of insights and well worth paying attention to. Previously Global Head Social Finance Services for Ashoka he … Read More
Adam Kahane – Becoming Visible 2011 – Power and Love
Adam Kahane is a best selling author, global consultant with Reos Partners and peace maker. His abilities have drawn invitations from warring factions to help resolve their differences in many of the world's trouble spots. He knows how to solve … Read More
Alison Loat – Becoming Visible 2011 – Democracy
Alison Loat is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Samara. They seek to improve political leadership; the participation of citizens in public life; and public affairs journalism and have adopted a creative multi-communication strategy to do so. Samara is the winged … Read More
Martin Luther King and Waddie Welcome
Martin Luther King Junior and Waddie Welcome have four things in common. One they both hail from Georgia. Two, Waddie died at the age of 87 on January 17th, a date now recognized as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in … Read More
BC Government establishes Advisory Council on Social Entrepreneurship
Things are moving faster in British Columbia on the social innovation, social finance and social enterprise front. Gordon Hogg, BC's and Canada's first Parliamentary Secretary for Social Entrepreneurship, announced today (January 12, 2011) the creation of an Advisory Council on … Read More
David Eaves – Becoming Visible in 2011 – Comfort with Decline and Death
David Eaves is a proficient blogger and open government activist. He is in demand as a public speaker and consultant on open government, negotiations, strategy and public policy. Here is his provocative answer to the question: What would you like … Read More
Stacey Corriveau – Becoming Visible 2011 – Community Economic Development and Environmental Solutions
Stacey Corriveau is the Director of the BC Centre for Social Enterprise and the founder and Executive Director of Resilient Communities Canada. She has been the driving force behind the research and adaptation of legal structures that would increase the … Read More