Biking to Build Community, Social Enterprise to Solve Unemployment

A weekly, Friday morning bike ride in Kelowna is attracting a growing number of community members who are developing camaraderie through a shared love of cycling. The brigade was launched by Urban Systems CEO Martin Bell as a personal thankfulness project. It combines Martin's love of cycling with his idea to generate an appreciative spirit for the community's assets and gifts.

Wheels in Motion Enhance Community Engagement

Thankfulness project puts focus on riches like cycling infrastructure

Noticing a marked decline in the level of public discourse in Canadian communities, Urban Systems CEO Martin Bell decided to do something about it. And so, about a year ago, he launched the 100 Bike Brigade in Kelowna, B.C. as a community-building effort.

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Generative Journalism Gets Uptake
in Europe

Peter Pula hosts workshop on approach with communications advisors, journalists from Belgium, the Netherlands

At the invitation of a City of Amsterdam team and Belgian news agency, Peter Pula of Axiom News met with a group in Europe last week to share what the company has learned about what it's come to call generative journalism.

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Could Social Enterprise Solve New Brunswick's Employment Problems?

Saint John's group proposes five-year initiative to strengthen city's social-enterprise ecosystem

Two-thirds of Saint John teenagers don't see themselves staying in the region within 10 years, according to a survey released in late April. Access to jobs was cited as one of their top concerns.

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Generative Journalism Workshop Sparks Life-changing Conversations

On May 15 I was one of 30 participants in a workshop on generative journalism led by Peter Pula, CEO and founder of Axiom News. We were all former participants and students in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) networks. It was my first formal encounter with generative journalism, but being an AI practitioner, what Peter told us sounded familiar. At the same time it was very provocative.

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U.K. Social Enterprise Network Features Muhammad Yunus

The U.K.-based Guardian's social enterprise network recently featured godfather of microfinance Muhammad Yunus. In light of the recent building collapse in Bangladesh, Yunus talks about the garment industry, corporate social responsibility and starting up a social enterprise. Watch