I’m in Vancouver sitting at yet another favourite hang out spot here – Eternal Abundance (full of raw vegan goodness, comfy chairs, high ceilings and lots of natural light). I love places like this. I just finished my weekend workshop in Vancouver (and Victoria the weekend before that). You can see photos here. And something […]
This wonderful, two minute video is a great example of marketing for social change. Give it a watch. I promise it’s worth it. You can watch it here. [vsw id=”_TBd-UCwVAY” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Not all of us are activists. Not all of us will be called to the front lines of social change, or to camp out for weeks, to lock down, sit in and march. Some of us are working for healing the wounds that keep perpetuating the sick system we have. Some of us are working
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I never thought I’d hear the words ‘porn addiction’ on one of my coaching calls. I just hosted a coaching call all about identifying your hubs called “Seven Places to Find Your Perfect Clients”. We had five folks gathered who I was personally working with to help them sort out where they could find people.
is your partner addicted to this? Read More
This Spring I presented at an event called The Meaningful Work Retreat. One of the co-presenters, Brenna Atnikov was working with a cool Calgary group called Thrive. It was the perfect example of becoming a hub that I talk about so much. It’s in the non-profit context but I thought you might be inspired by
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Let’s talk about marketing from another angle: the environment. We’ve got a problem. And the problem is that no one wants to admit there’s a problem. To make it worse: there are many who actively don’t want us to see that there’s a problem. And if you try to speak up to say that there
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Edmonton lost one of it’s quiet Titan’s today. An invisible giant. Bob Ward (pictured here), the head of Edmonton’s Social Enterprise Fund, passed away the other night. I just heard and am not sure on all the details. I am so sad. Gone too soon. I don’t even know how old he was. In his
One of my dearest friends, Joey Hundert (pictured right), is rocking it out hard with Sustainval. What is it? Says his website: Sustainival has been designed to become the world’s premiere Green Carnival & Festival, bringing in all of the coolest stuff that you can possibly imagine. The world of “Green” is pretty huge these
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There’s often a wondering of if marketing is a purely negative force. I’d say no. At its heart – marketing is about getting people to do something different. And, given the state of the world – I would suggest that we need to get a lot of people to do things differently. But preaching and
A new documentary looking at economics through a whole new lense. ‘Both hard hitting and inspiring, ‘The Economics of Happiness’ demonstrates that millions of people across the world are already engaged in building a better world – that small scale initiatives are happening on a large scale. The film shows that countless initiatives are united
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