Quite a lot has already been shared about the 2014 Social Finance Forum, which took place at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing in Toronto on November 6 and 7. So, for this piece, I’m going to keep my thoughts to three good ideas that I took away from the event this...
Looking into someone’s eyes for 10 seconds straight is a daunting task. It yanks you unceremoniously out of your comfort zone, invades your personal space and makes even the most self-assured among us question the authenticity of our alleged sense of confidence. But...
It might have been pure coincidence, but last month, Bill Drayton, speaking at Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District and Bill Gates, at Stanford University in California, made separate cases for why empathy is so important to the social change movement. Before I...
How is one organization using innovation and Coca Cola’s distribution channels to tackle health issues in the developing world? On the heels of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Toronto recently,...
Donna Morton explains how a stint with the Unreasonable Institute inspired a new paradigm for finance – one that meets the needs of all social entrepreneurs “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”...
The conventional three bottom lines (people, planet, profit) are said to be “transparent”- they can be seen and seen through. The fourth bottom line, called purpose, is often expressed as spirituality or culture. So, what is it exactly and how does it promote social...
