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Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times with Paul Born and Peter Block

1:00-2:00pm ET

FREE Webinar!

Membership to a strong community has the capacity to improve our physical, mental, and economic health, as well as our overall sense of happiness and fulfillment. In short, everyone benefits from a strong community. It's in our DNA.

So how do we create a deep community in an age where we've learned to value keeping mostly to ourselves, only occasionally seeing our friends and relatives?

Bestselling author of Stewardship Peter Block joins us for a discussion on the subject of community with Deepening Community author and founder of the Tamarack Institute, Paul Born.

In the chaos of the world that we live in, with environmental, economic, social uncertainties, it is only natural to join together out of fear of what lies ahead. Fear shapes our communities in interesting and powerful ways and Born invites us to explore these ideas with him.

In this webinar, we’ll discuss:

  • How to identify a “deep” community over a shallow one
  • What leaders and organizers stand to gain from a stronger community whose members focus on serving each other
  • Examples of stewardship and deep community in action

…and more!

Block and Born will share their thoughts in dialogue for 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q & A session between listeners and our speakers.

BONUS: Everyone who signs up for this webinar will receive a discount code in your email for 40% off your next order from our website!

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Embedding CED and the Social Solidarity Economy in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Webinar recording)

Background

One of the main outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, was the agreement by Member States to develop a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs).  Rio+20 did not elaborate specific goals but stated that the goals should address all three dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced way and be coherent with and integrated into the UN development agenda beyond 2015. 

The Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS) is preparing recommendations for the post-2015 UN Development Agenda that would include a greater role for innovative social solidarity economy practices and networks globally.  RIPESS is currently undertaking broad consultations to ensure these recommendations are reflective of the priorities of social solidarity economy stakeholders globally.  

Presenters

  • Shannon Kindornay    , North-South Institute (NSI)
    Shannon leads NSI’s work on development cooperation and is a researcher with NSI's Governance for Equitable Growth program, focusing on governance of the aid architecture, aid effectiveness, and aid and the private sector. Prior to joining NSI, Ms. Kindornay worked on human rights, governance, and trade and development at the Canadian International Development Agency.
     
  • Daniel Tygel    , Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)
    Daniel is Operations Manager of RIPESS, representing the Network at the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service Consultations on Advancing Regional Recommendations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda last fall.  He was previously Executive Secretary of the Brazil Solidarity Economy Forum. 

Download the PowerPoint presentation (pdf)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

United Nations

North-South Institute

RIPESS

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Other Resources

Ways to Monetize Your Passion | Creative Entrepreneurship

12-1pm Eastern time

This webinar will cover:

  • How to build the “skills + passion = profitable products” equation
  • How to find out what you’re good at (strengths)
  • 3 ways to discover your strengths
  • The 6 steps to monetization (on-line and off)
  • Real-life examples of people who are making money off of their creative passion
  • An exercise for participants to generate some ideas for additional or new revenue streams

[ register here ]

Webinar participation is FREE, although registration is required.
Once registered, you will receive the access instructions for webinar participation.

Format:

12:00 - 12:05 pm ET | Welcome
12:05 - 12:45 pm ET | Presentation
12:45 - 1:00  pm ET  | Question Period

Guest Speaker:

April M. Stewart, CPRS | PR/Communications Consultant
Alba Public Relations | www.albapr.ca
 
As a public relations and communications consultant for Alba PR, April specializes in serving small businesses, community organizations and the agriculture sector. Her 12 years of management experience with three Montreal businesses, growing up on the family dairy farm and being a small business owner herself has provided her with the insight to recognize business marketing and consumer relationship challenges and meet them head-on in a creative, but effective manner. View April's LinkedIn profile and blog site.

For more information:

Mary Sicoli, Webinar Coordinator
CEDEC SBSN
514-903-3753 (ext. 221)
 
 
The CEDEC Small Business Support Network is an initiative of the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC). CEDEC is funded by the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities and by the Government of Canada.

Introduction to Social Enterprise

1pm - 2pm Eastern Time

This webinar, hosted by Innoweave in partnership with enp Canada and presented by David LePage, Accelerating Social Impact, will provide an introduction to Social Enterprise featuring examples of social enterprises that support a range of outcomes (e.g. social inclusion, environmental sustainability, child development, employment and others).

The content in this webinar is a requirement to participate in a Innoweave Social Enterprise workshop on developing your social enterprise idea. Upcoming Social Enterprise workshops are listed here.

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Participants in the webinar may also be interested in the Innoweave Social Enterprise Opportunity Identification web session. This 2 hour distance workshop is designed to help leadership teams generate and screen ideas to develop a social enterprise. More information on this workshop is available here.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@innoweave.ca.

Food Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice

7:00 to 9:00 PM
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
The University of Winnipeg

On February 27th we will be welcoming Dr. Eric Holt-Gimenez who will be discussing "Food Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice".

In 2008 and again in 2010 record food prices pushed the number of hungry people in the world to over 1 billion–despite record global harvests and record profits for the world's agrifood monopolies. The proximate causes of the food crisis have appeared in in the media and are regularly debated among government leaders, industry and multilateral organizations.

Along with soaring food prices and hungry people comes violence and conflict. Violence is not only caused by hunger, but impedes food security of people around the world. Follow these links for more information

Menno Simons College Esau Lecture Series

How We Grow, Share and Eat: Moving Towards Just and Sustainable Food & Farming Systems

Food and farming are a fundamental component of human society. Yet in the face of a burgeoning global economy many people face a scarcity of food while many other people face an over-abundance of it. Moreover environmental challenges such as declining agricultural biodiversity and growing reliance in chemical inputs require careful reflection on the state and direction of food and farming systems.

Over the course of the 2013-14 academic year, Menno Simons College will host a series of lecturers by distinguished speakers addressing the topic of “How We Grow, Share & Eat: Towards Just and Sustainable Food & Farming Systems.” The series will be comprised of a series of public lectures, academic courses, social media engagement, and the publication of the collected works of the Esau Distinguished Scholars.

For more information visit: http://www.mscollege.ca/foodsecurity/

Citizen-Led Sustainable Change March webinar: Vivre St. Michel en Santé

1-2 pm ET

St. Michel is one of Montreal’s oldest suburbs. Since 2004, Vivre St. Michel en Santé (for a Healthy St. Michel) has employed an innovative urban and social revitalization strategy that has rebranded a neighbourhood once known for its high crime rates and lack of services into one that is known for its active and unified citizens and coordinated action. Particularly innovative are the processes used build “community” among a transient, diverse and largely immigrant population. Vivre St. Michel en Santé takes an integrated approach involving citizens, community organizations, donors and government offices. Collectively, their efforts have helped residents, with its mix of new immigrants, experience a better quality of life in the areas of art, culture, housing, security, health, sports, leisure, transportation and access to services.

Join us on Thursday, March 6, 2014, 1-2 pm ET (noon - 1 pm CT) when Brianne Peters and Jean Panet-Raymond present this Citizen-Led Sustainable Change webinar on an innovative urban and social revitalization strategy.

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Jean Panet-Raymond talks about some of the factors that have contributed to the success of his organization.

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Event Contact

Deb Markley
Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
919-932-7762
deb@e2mail.org
http://ruralwealth.org/page/webinars-1

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