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 [...]
INTRODUCING…EQUITAS!
Every day at ZOË seems to bring exciting new developments! Today we have the privilege of introducing you to Grow. Grow is a social enterprise in Ottawa, Canada that provides training and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities.
Two of their projects include wood and pottery shops, and we are delighted that the teams working in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This week a great article came out in SSIR (Stanford Social Innovation Review), by Judith Samuelson called Big Business Matters.
I’d encourage you to read it. The premise is that we need to engage big business in achieving social impact because they bring a great deal of resources to the table in addressing our global challenges [...]
