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Michelle Strutzenberger

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It’s a New Day for the Knowledge Worker

A fitful journey at Axiom News this past year has created just the sort of anxiety-ridden conditions for provoking new revelations. One of the most recent for me was that these could be some of the most exciting and painful times for knowledge workers yet.

Elisha Kittson

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A Lesson in Change

For a mere $35, on Oct. 1 in Calgary you could have had insight into how pervasive social problems might be addressed through shared value, impact investing and communities of practice.

Elisha Kittson

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Social Networks Importance to Community Economic Development

Co-operation is central to community economic development (CED). And so are the social networks that transcend the geographic boundaries of the communities in which we live, work and play.

David Cooperrider

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Igniting a Revolution in Hope

Business as one of the most positive forces for a better world? It's true!

Lynn Serafinn

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Goodbye Old Economy – Enter the New Era of Social Enterprise

While it is becoming an increasingly popular idea here in the UK and Europe, the business model known as a "social enterprise" is still a new concept for many.

Celebrating Social Finance
The second annual Social Finance Awards held Dec. 5 in Toronto, Ont., was not only an awards ceremony but an evening of networking opportunities. The event, hosted by SocialFinance.ca and the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, engaged members of government, the private sector, and investors to celebrate, recognize and learn more about social ventures. Read more.

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Second Social Finance Awards an Evening of Recognition and Networking
'It’s really our annual celebration of amazing social ventures and really exciting developments in social finance': Ellen Martin

TORONTO - The TMX Broadcast Centre in downtown Toronto was buzzing with excitement Thursday evening during the second annual Social Finance Awards hosted by SocialFinance.ca and the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing.

Zero Health-care Claims Experience, Wellness Program Sets The Gazette Company Apart
Celebration and Caution as ‘Amazing’ Social Finance Evolution Continues
A Benchmark in Co-op Education
Belgian Health-care Ecology Turns to Positive Workplace Innovation
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Axiom News, HIROC Partner to Co-Create News Site
Free standing news site opens the gate to engagement

The Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) is unveiling a dynamic new news site, offering subscribers and other stakeholders an insight into the organization and an opportunity to play a role in creating the safest healthcare system.

Photographer Wants World to Go Nose to Nose
Generative News Team Energizes Flemish Conference
Axiom-inspired Belgian News Network Draws Accomplished Freelancer

Feature: Biomimicry

Biomimicry's Newest Frontier: What can Nature Teach our Systems?
Nature has system resiliency, transformation expertise

Bioinspiration, biomimicry, biomimetics, biophilia. While there are various terms to describe it, the basic notion of nature as genius/genii with a seemingly infinite basket of solutions for our world's problem is a sexy topic these days. But can it be an economic game-changer?

Briefs

Can Social Entrepreneurship Solve Africa's Youth Employment Challenges?
Ashoka and The MasterCard Foundation have partnered to launch a unique project in sub-Saharan Africa. The Future Forward initiative aims to address youth employment challenges in the region by identifying and convening innovators, thought leaders and youth in a conversation about solutions. Social entrepreneurship holds a lot of promise for reducing the significant youth unemployment in the area, sources say. More
UK Employee Ownership Sector Receives £25m Boost
An additional £25m a year in tax incentives for employee-owned businesses was announced in the UK this week. Ministers are hoping to persuade more entrepreneurs to pass ownership of their companies to their staff, according to a Telegraph news article. The new funding comes on top of a £50m-a-year package unveiled in the country’s recent budget. More

 

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2014 Forum to Elevate Business as an Agent of World Benefit

In a recent blog, thought leader and Case Western Reserve University professor David Cooperrider describes Israeli businessman Stef Wertheimer's desert hub of residences, art centers, schools and an entrepreneurial think tank, all based on Arab/Jewish co-existence and co-ownership.  It's an epic story demonstrating the bona fide power of business to be a force for tremendous world benefit. The Third Global Forum for Business as an Agent of World Benefit is intended to discover, connect, magnify and refract many more of these stories. Slated for October 2014, the event will convene more than a thousand people and business leaders on the campus of Case Western Reserve. Read More

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