I winced slightly during the opening session of SOCAP and wondered if I’d wandered into another variation of dealing with white man’s guilt. Phrases like “changed forever”, “southeast Asia”, “compelled to do something”, and “Peace Corps” sounded like the clichés of...
It’s easy to get a bit self-satisfied North of the border – especially, when we look South and think, “at least that’s not us.” The past two days of the market and guidance from world institutions show us that it’s not as rosy as...
My husband is a very good golfer. I played on my high school team. But that was ages ago. Yesterday, at the driving range, in hopes of improving my swing and shots I kept asking my husband for pointers. Should I move my feet? Are my knees bent? Am I moving too...
A prezi that I gave on the topics of Blended Valued – Social Business and Social Enterprise to University of Lethbridge students (June 1, 2011). Blended Value – Social Business & Social Enterprise on Prezi
Last week, I wrote to IDEO and recommended that, along with food production and maternal health, they should add ‘social finance’ as a design challenge on their OpenIDEO site. I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email, from a real person, acknowledging my...
A few weeks ago, I sat in a conversation about social finance amongst the community economic development (CED) crowd in Calgary. Together, we had a great conversation surrounding Canadian demand for slow money, patient capital, and discounted community mortgages. The...
