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Tourism Toronto the Good - Social Sourcing in Action

Ever since Toronto’s 25th mayor, William Holmes Howland, coined the term “Toronto the Good” for his campaign the term has often been used as an earnest effort to call our city to greatness.

This blog post is a genuine shining example of efforts by the meetings industry to leverage it’s *significant economic muscle to [...]

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Since our TEDxToronto talk the one question I have been asked most is what our biggest challenge is in building the Social Sourcing movement.

Our biggest challenge has been a little like you feel when you have decided you really want to do something like squeeze in a last minute getaway. You are excited about it, [...]

Social Impact Ideas for your Next Event

As a nice alternative to reading, this month’s blog share a quick 5 minute video report that explores the many ways that the Meetings Industry can incorporate social impact into their events and who benefits as a result. Lots of ideas inside, from flowers from local shops that employ adults with disabilities, to print services, [...]

Sustainable Swag - Gifts that Give Back!

This month’s blog is a reprint of an article authored by us for Corporate Meetings & Events Magazine appearing in the September 2012 issue. It’s a quick and fun walk through a story that illustrates how much impact socially sourcing your gifts can really have.

Recycled Paper Pens in Production in a Rural Village

Sustainable Swag: [...]

RIO +20 - Poverty Report Card & What Your Biz Can Do

Twenty years ago global leaders began gathering to set shared goals to address the critical needs of our planet, which resulted in the UN Millennium Development Goals, UN Declaration on Human Development, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Agenda 21 and a host of other global agreements with shared goals addressing poverty, the [...]

Guatemala Trip Report - Challenged & Inspired

ZOË Alliance has been working with the team at Asociación Hogares Internacionales Para Ninos for just over two years and we all got together in Guatemala this past February to review our progress, and to work on some key areas to ensure growth in the impact of this collaboration. This month’s blog is our trip [...]

Video Blog Update Straight from the Village

For this month’s blog, we bring you a video blog update with Mercy Abraham Imondi, the Managing Trustee and leader of Mahalir Aran Trust and our partners in India. Enjoy!

A BRIEF BACKGROUND FOR CONTEXT

India, while a prospering and growing nation, continues to be home to 40% of the world’s poor [...]

Guatemalan Update - A Glimpse Into Some Great Work!

The ZOË Alliance team has the privilege of working with some truly incredible leaders in each country. This month’s blog brings us an update directly from the field in Guatemala. It provides a pretty comprehensive look into their principles, the way in which they engage the communities they serve and some great examples of impact.

UPDATE [...]

Ottawa Law Firm Takes Leading Edge CSR to Rural India

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. – A Law Firm that Genuinely Understands and Get’s Results … in the Courtroom and in the Community.

On June 8th, I had the incredible privilege of sitting in a room with three partners of Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall to talk about their recent experience with not only [...]

The Abnormal Is Not Courage – Tribute to Village Leaders

“…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 [...]

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