So much of how we see the world is constructed by the frames in which we position our values and our ideas, in turn these frames ultimately shape our world view.  Frames clearly articulated by George LaKoff, are created through language.  Catapult Media has launched www.storyworks.ca  to begin to work in partnership [...]

Ubuntu is a sub-Saharan African philosophy and way of life. Ubuntu defines what it means to be truly human. The principles of include dignity, respect, honesty, empathy, caring sharing and compassion.  Social innovation when it takes root does so because it is based in our humanity.  It  takes root when we can  frame  [...]

“A story is a re-imagined experience narrated with enough detail and feeling to cause your listeners’ imagination to experience it as real,” says storytelling guru and author Annette Simmons.
One of the things that I have learned working in the NGO community for two decades is that we have a hard time telling our [...]

Just over an hour ago about a 1000 people packed the Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference in Ottawa to hear Stephen Lewis share his profound wonderment over the absence of corporate financial support in such an unprecedented time corporate abundance. “in the midst of billion dollar mergers,” Mr. Lewis observed, ” we have never [...]

The whiteband… we are seeing it more and more. Here at the Global Call to Action Against Poverty international meeting in Uruguay over 150 people are wearing a version of the whiteband. I was given a white beaded version from India and a band of seeds made by women in Brazil and the Russian [...]

Over 150 people from 110 countries will be meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay for four days to shape the next stage of the Make Poverty History global movement. Check it out here in Canada. I will be meeting with campaigners and activists to participate in notching up global efforts to eradicate poverty and inequality. [...]