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
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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
Tim Brodhead – Becoming Visible 2011 – Dethroning the GDP
Tim Brodhead is one of Canada's intellectual leaders and most accomplished activists. He is also President and CEO of the JW McConnell Family Foundation and co-founder of Social Innovation Generation (SiG). Here is his response to the question: What would … Read More
Prime Minister Harper announces Award for Social Innovators
On January 7th Prime Minister Harper announced a series of national and regional awards that honor individuals, (particularly young adults), non profits, businesses and social enterprises who are improving the well being of their community and supporting social innovation. The … Read More
Richard Faucher – Becoming Visible 2011 – Leveraging Our Collective Assets
Richard Faucher is a modern courier de bois. He is Executive Director of the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion. Read his refreshing call to action below. Here is his response to the question: What would you like to become more … Read More