The Advent Conspiracy on Steroids

EITHER/OR  VERSUS BOTH/AND

Sometimes we get caught up in either/or thinking.  Lots of people have been asking me what I think about The Advent Conspiracy given that our ZOË Challenge advocates for helping those in developing nations by buying gifts that are produced in accordance with fair trade principles.

This week’s blog is a summary of my [...]

November 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Giving, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment

How We Define Ourselves and Others

Recently, I’ve come to a greater appreciation for the importance of how we define ourselves and others.  It was all triggered by the new partnership we just launched in Ottawa with Grow, a social enterprise that employs adults with disabilities in various services and product based initiatives.

Launching the product was easy and went live on [...]

November 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Canada, Corporate Social Responsibility | Leave a comment

The Deadly Consequences of Niche Aid in Africa

Ro Wyman and Bill Wyman posted a thoughtful blog on HBR last week with this title.  As someone who breathes and lives in this space of effecting social change I thought their post was worth highlighting.

Whether it’s health issues, micro-finance, “crowd funding”, or whatever the next craze is that will capture the attention of the [...]

November 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment

Face to Face with Wilma & the Power of Our Gift Choices

This week we follow the storyline of impact created by a simple decision.  A small decision that didn’t take much time for one person however substantially improved the life of another and her entire family.

It all began with a large financial services client who was planning a fall conference for their associates.  Like many of [...]

November 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment

Equip Leadership Finds A New Way to Equip Leaders

“The leadership training that we do can seem like a high and lofty theoretical thing at times.  When you look

Lorie Hartshorn of Equip Leadership on the left

at this pen, the people that made this pen are leaders.  They face problems and challenges and the making of this pen is helping to provide [...]

November 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Out of India, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment