This month’s blog has been written by Guest Expert – Julie McDowell, President TARIS Incorporated and Founder of ClearlySo Canada. In it she shares her insights into the role that Canadian social businesses are playing in ensuring that the social impact of our efforts are clear and measurable AND why this is so important.
Numbers Tell [...]
“…But I say courage is not the abnormal. Not the marvelous act. Not Macbeth with fine speeches….Not the surprise. The amazed understanding. The marriage, not the month’s rapture. Not the exception. The beauty that is of many days. Steady and clear. It is the normal excellence of long accomplishment.” Jack Gilbert
This quotation is [...]
Things are on the move in Dharmapuri, India. Mercy and Vinci Imondi, and Janet Rogers have long been working toward establishing a medical clinic in the small village to serve the over 400 families in the vicinity. It’s a significant milestone with big implications for the health and vitality of the community.
Implications for health because [...]
At ZOË we have been consistently blogging and making use of the various ways in which we can communicate with those who are interested in our movement for almost 2 years now. It’s hard to believe it has been that long and it’s even harder to believe how many of you have joined with us [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
