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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
ZOË Alliance is launching our ZOË Challenge later today at an inspiring event in Toronto. Our goal simply put is to create a movement. Pretty audacious, we know. It’s worth a try, because it would help enable 1/3 of the people that we share this planet to live healthier lives.
We invite you to join us [...]
At ZOË Alliance in many ways we focus on something that is really a very small part of what most people think about – gifts & promo items.
With the all consuming demands of business and the broader scope of conferences and events, the giveaways or gifts are usually a fairly small part of the planning [...]
Social Responsibility covers a very broad range of potential action in our businesses and personally. At ZOË, social responsibility is at the core of our business, we enable people to have impact in one small, but powerful, area – leveraging existing promotional & gift budgets for sustainable change. While we are only 3 years old, [...]
“This was not just a case of giving money, but rather giving hope along with life skills.”
Bob & Jo-Anne Bryant – Okenshield Management Group
Almost every day it seems, I end up shaking my head and wondering how it was that I ended up working with such amazing people. I must [...]
Busy days are ahead as we participate in our first Incentive Works show. If you are in Toronto the next couple of days, why not drop by Booth 2224 and visit us? It’s a fantastic opportunity to leverage your budget for incredible impact. Hope to see you there!!
Every month we post an update from one of the villages we are working in because tangible impact in the lives of people is the reason we do what we do. We are excited to let you know that there is a new resource available that will provide weekly content from the field. [...]
