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Telling a Digital Story - Tech Together Webinar

 

Telling a digital story

From the time that we are young, we are told stories. These stories help to shape our lives and expand our language through reference and metaphor. Stories remain a large part of our life regardless of age and are a valuable resource. Telling the story of your organization can help you attract and keep clients and opportunities. Stories allow people to get a better understanding about your organization and to connect. There are so many ways to tell a digital story, be it pictures, videos, social media or the much more traditional blog or article post, you really can tell your story your way. We'll take a brief look at how telling a good digital story can help you.
 
The presentation will be Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 2:00pm in the GreenIt Classroom (links will be sent out via email prior to the presentation if you have signed up). It should be approximately 15 minutes in length.

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TECHtogether is an innovative cross-sectoral partnership that transforms how small non-profits use technology day-to-day to communicate ideas and share knowledge. The Canadian CED Network is a proud partner in this project.

Neighbours: Programs and Policies

 

Join John McKnight and Jim Diers - two of the most important thinkers and advocates for neighbours in North America today - for an unprecedented gathering exploring programs that advance neighbourhood resilience and capacity.
 
This event will be held from June 10-12, 2013 in Kitchener, Ontario and will bring together some of the most passionate leaders from across North America on the topic of neighbours and neighbourhood engagement.  It will be an interactive time of learning in unique settings, focused exclusively on the topic of neighbours and neighborhood engagement. One highlight: A dialogue about – and possible co-creation of - cutting-edge policies that cities can adopt to promote citizenship, belonging and neighbourliness.
 
Be part of this important gathering of some of the most recognized leaders and thinkers on the possibility of neighbourhoods who, together with the Tamarack Team, invite you to this unprecedented learning event!

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Co-operatives, Co-operation, and Peace

 

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Multipurpose Room, Suite 203 | Station 20 West
1120 – 20th Street West | Saskatoon
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Ian MacPherson

Emeritus Professor of History, Specialist in Co-operative Studies
Director, Co-operative Initiative for Peace and Social Inclusion
Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, University of Victoria
Centre for the Study of Co-operatives Scholar, University of Saskatchewan
 
From its beginnings as formal co-operative enterprises in the midnineteenth century, the co-operative movement has demonstrated a commitment to the cause of peace, but what is intended has varied from time to time and with the dominant context. Ian MacPherson’s presentation examines the co-operative approaches to peace, discussing the various ways in which the movement intentionally and unintentionally has sought to foster peace in communities, across regions, and between nations. It concludes with some observations on how it might be argued that co-operatives, co-operative movements, and co-operation can particularly contribute to peace around the world today.

Scott Kim

Visiting Researcher, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
 
Scott Kim is a visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives as part of an MA in­ternship for his degree in conflict transformation at the Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia, US. His main research interest is the intersection of the peace building and co-operative movements, with a primary focus on organizational peace building in co-ops. Scott has worked with a variety of international relief and development organizations such as Korea Food for the Hungry International, the Korean Foundation for World Aid, and a refugee resettlement program in the US. He will present on the possibility of collaboration between the peace building movement and the co-op movement in northeast Asia.

Concentra and the Resurgence of the Financial Co-operative Model

 

The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and the Edwards School of Business are pleased to invite you to the 2012/13 Dean's Speaker Series seminar.
Join us as we welcome Ken Kosolofski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Concentra Financial  who will discuss Concentra and the Resurgence of the Financial Co-operative Model. 
 
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Room 18, Edwards School of Business
University of Saskatchewan
4:00-5:30 pm
Reception to Follow  
 
With the trend for today’s financial institutions to move to a more customer-centric business model, and with impending changes in federal legislation for credit unions, Concentra Financial believes its strategies are in line for success. Join Ken Kosolofski, President and CEO of Concentra, for a presentation about the state of today’s co-operative financial system and how operat- ing under this model affords Concentra the opportunity to highlight the value it offers to Canada’s credit union community and in turn, grow its own business.

About the Presenter:

Ken Kosolofski
President and Chief Executive Officer Concentra Financial
Ken’s career began almost thirty years ago, when he received his Bachelor of Commerce and chartered accountant designa- tion. He held senior financial positions with health and government organizations before joining the credit union system, working first with Credit Union Electronic Transaction Services and then SaskCentral, where he served as CFO. In 2010, Ken was appointed CEO of Concentra. Eager to carry on the work of developing its business model and growing the value Concentra delivers to credit unions, his enthusiasm and commitment continually energize the Concentra team. Ken is a prairie boy and proud of his Saskatchewan roots. A believer in the power of building communities, he actively participates in a number of community organizations, including the Regina Food Bank. He and his wife, Darlene, have raised three children, all of whom continue to live in Regina.

 

 

Strengthening Alternative Systems through Diffusion of Innovations | Webinar

Monday, March 18th
9am (PST); 12pm (EST)

 

Discussing: How do we successfully diffuse and  scale what is working for other contexts into our own?

This presentation will focus on social innovations in differing contexts, such as fair trade, community waste, social franchising, and co-operative banking, schools and social care. Participants will walk away with insight regarding the significance of particular types of intermediaries and federated structures as means of expanding (and defending) these systems.

Featured Presenter:

Robin Murray is an economist whose work has recently focused on co-operative development and social innovation.  He was author of ‘Co-operation in the Age of Google’ a report on strategy for Co-operatives UK (the umbrella body for co-operatives in Britain), a co-author of ‘The Open Book of Social Innovation’ and is currently working on a text on Co-operative Accumulation.  He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, for whom he co-authored two books on social innovation, and is also a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.
 
This webinar will continue the discussion from BALTA’s recent webinar with Pat Conaty, which focused on how innovations develop and spread within the social economy.
 
Robin prefers not to use the word ‘scale’ because of its association with mass production, and finds it more helpful to think in terms of generative diffusion and the gradual development and strengthening of alternative systems.  Pat discussed this process in the case of community land trusts, community finance, and local energy projects.
 
Robin will look at differing experiences in such fields as fair trade, community waste, social franchising, and co-operative banking, schools and social care. They suggest the significance of particular types of intermediaries and federated structures as means of expanding (and defending) these systems.
 
 

Champions for Change: Leading a Backbone Organization for Collective Impact

Collective Impact results when actors from different sectors commit to a common agenda for solving a complex social issue. Backbone Organizations play a complex, behind-the-scenes role in the success of these collective impact initiatives. The Backbone Organization's role spans six major activities, requires a diversity of skills and is essential to maintain alignment across the partners. The effectiveness with which a Backbone Organization fulfills its role often determines the success or failure of the Collective Impact Initiative as a whole.
Champions for Change: Leading a Backbone Organization for Collective Impact is a multi-day interactive workshop designed specifically for the leaders of Leadership Roundtables, Coordinating Committees or Backbone Organizations of mature collective impact initiatives. The Tamarack Institute and FSG have partnered to develop this dynamic learning experience to offer leaders of Backbone Organizations an advanced learning opportunity designed exclusively for collaborative leaders.

As a participant you will:

  • Strengthen your ability to guide your collective impact initiative toward results;
  • Learn from, and build connections with, other experienced leaders of backbone organizations across a range of social issues; and
  • Participate in creating new resources and tools for the field of community collaborative and collective impact practitioners, which will be disseminated after the workshop

Workshop sessions will include topics such as:

  • Deeply understanding the roles and impact strategies of the backbone organization;
  • Developing and learning from shared measurement;
  • Community Engagement to build the will of your community;
  • Making Collaborative governance effective;
  • Sustaining funding for collective impact over the long term;
  • Working in complexity and the importance of adaptive leadership; and
  • Getting to true impact and systems change
Learn how your team can benefit from this amazing learning opportunity. Special rates are available for teams of three or more who attend together.

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