Strengths-Based Collaboration & CICs Creation

MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010 ENGAGING MOVEMENTS EDITION

Engaging Movements

Broad-based Collaborations the 'Next Frontier' in Solving Global Issues Individual organizations becoming 'outmoded' as a way of getting to solutions, says EnCompass VP
Broad-based, global collaborations and conversations embedded with the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) methodology have enormous potential to surface real, effective solutions to the world's environmental and social issues, says AI expert Jeri Darling. Read More

B.C. Begins Consultation on Community Interest Companies
New legal structure would encourage growth, investment in social enterprise, say advocates British Columbia is Canada's first province to begin a consultation process on the development of Community Interest Companies (CICs), a move advocates say would encourage the growth of businesses pursuing social and financial objectives. Read More

Groundswell Needed to Realize WorldBlu Vision
Organizational democracy movement growing as new ways to get involved unfold
With a groundswell needed to support WorldBlu's vision for global organizational democracy there are now more ways than ever for organizations and individuals to get involved in the movement. Read More

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Making Meaning

Leading Beyond Our Walls: To the Next Frontier
When Jeri Darling makes the case that broad-based, strengths-based collaboration have enormous potential to surface the best responses to global questions she strikes a deeply resonating chord.

She goes as far to say that single organizations are becoming outmoded as a vehicle for creating massive change. The thought isn't to discount the power of individual organizations. Yet, two horses can pull four times what one can. It's still a team of horses. By collaborating, and more importantly co-creating, we can exponentially increase our impact.

When speaking with us, Darling posed a few organizing principles to get us started: broad-based, a little structure, a lot of space, a broad based diversity of participants, and a common interest or question. Read More

British Columbia should be praised for being the first Canadian province to begin a consultation process on the development of Community Interest Companies (CICs).

If new legislation is passed, the province already hailed as a leader in social enterprise could serve as a model for provinces considering similar legislation and play a hand in advancing the national social business and social finance sectors.
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Discovering Stakeholder News

Easy-to-use News Program a Way to Foster Team
Engagement

Program sparks interest of client
When a Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls (BLJC) team or one of its members makes it to the front page of the firm's internal news program, the stories are mentioned in team meetings, circulated and posted on the office bulletin board. Read More

OLTCA News Program May Trigger More Community Education, Involvement
Volunteer services co-ordinator shares ideas
Local media came calling on Roberta Place after stories about a volunteer's laughter yoga program and a young, award-winning volunteer were featured in the Ontario Long Term Care Association's (OLTCA's) Morning Report publication. Read More

News Program Provides Venue for School to Share Stories, Build Relationships
Service connects schools to one another and larger organization, says director
London District Christian Secondary School (LDCSS) director of advancement and curriculum Kerry Wilson says the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools (OACS) News service is a "great avenue" for telling the school's stories and building relationships with its partners. Read More

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