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 [...]

Great News - Medical Clinic Underway in India!

Hi Everyone,

It has been quite a while since we provided an update on the progress of the medical clinic in India.  This past week Janet Rogers of VIA Design was in Canada for the launch of the ZOË Challenge giving us a great opportunity to get caught up on all the progress in India with [...]

Small Choices with Powerful Outcomes - Join us to Find out More

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 [...]

New Product Announcement from India!!

Honestly, this is so exciting!  A very big focus for us is to find items that can ensure a steady and growing stream of orders into the villages.  The first couple of years it was very difficult to compete in low dollar value items at high volumes because of some of [...]

Is ZOË Alliance Socially Responsible?

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, [...]

Guest Blog - Janet Rogers on our work together in India

ZOË Alliance was named as such because we work in partnership with NGO’s,  local business leaders, and corporations toward the creation of a global alliance that helps to break the cycle of poverty in developing nations.  To date we are working in India, Haiti and Guatemala and each partnership looks a little different based on [...]

A Chance to Source Fair Trade Gifts and Promo Items

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!!

Haiti Update - Jobs, Micro-loans, and Housing Orphans

On Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake.  It has been 6 1/2 months since that day.  So much has happened since then, with many countries, organizations and individuals seeking to provide help to the people of Haiti. And as always, in the midst of incredible chaos, there are [...]

Are Promotional Products Effective...Wasteful?

It’s summer and our minds have turned to backyard barbeques, the cottage, family vacations, and hopefully a more relaxed pace of life.  At work we usually enjoy a bit of a reprieve in our schedule, lunches on patios with colleagues, or business meetings on the golf course.

If you are in the [...]

Growth, a Clinic, and New Sewing Machines in India

The winds of change and progress are sweeping through the community of Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu, India.  Recently we received an update from our colleagues there and it is an exciting time.

Medical Clinic Update

The community is growing, soon there will be an additional 400 families moving into government built dwellings.  So the establishment of the [...]