Vancity Celebrates its Values with Paul Hawken Presentation Public event marking credit union's 65th anniversary to inspire thought leadership and action When Paul Hawken gave the University of Portland's 2009 commencement address, Elisabeth Geller printed out a copy, highlighted her favourite text, and posted the paper on her office wall. Read More  How is The Dwyer Group Driving Social Change, Achieving Business Success? CEO spreads word about the power of values and franchising Last week was an exciting time for Dina Dwyer-Owens as she sat down with renowned leadership consultant Ken Blanchard to work on a book they're co-authoring on leading by a suite of values she says have been at the root of her company's success. Read More  World's Social Innovators Gather in Cincinnati Conversation underscores an 'invisible' movement making profound change "Something is afoot in the world, and I'm a participant in it." That's what Peter Block says resonated most true for him as he took part in a recent first-ever conversation of its kind in Cincinnati. Read More  Advocacy Blog   Sparking Happiness in Communities through Generative Journalism In my 10 years of practicing generative journalism with Axiom News, my most memorable experiences have been seeing how we spark happiness in communities, mostly workplaces but also other congregate settings. Axiom News stories the good work, vision and commitment of organizations and their people. In the process, we seek to heighten their culture of storytelling, appreciation and commitment, aiming to catalyze individual and organizational achievement. Read More  Stories At Work   New OLTCA Story Series Recognizing People's Creativity Ryan Rogers says stories can help association meet its objectives Walk into Baycliffe Lodge on a Tuesday morning, and you'd learn things are a little different. Before breakfast, the Ajax long-term care home starts its day with piano playing, singing and dancing. Morning Melodies is the brainchild of the home's music therapist Elaine Ma, who was encouraged to use her expertise in whatever way she felt could enhance the lives of seniors living at Baycliffe. The program was introduced several weeks ago with positive results; residents are happier and hungrier. Read More  Get Involved Website Changes Coming Soon You'll soon notice some significant changes to our website and this e-news publication. The new site will provide us more ways to leverage content from movements making a difference, like business for world benefit, workplace democracy, strengths and more. While we'll continue creating stories, we will also be constantly looking to our community for items to curate such as videos, blogs, photos and stories. Stay tuned and contact us if you have content suggestions: Jennifer@axiomnews.ca or 705-741-4421 ext. 26. Join Our Mailing List