UPDATED: 5.24.13 12:09 PM
Aging in Community
Curator's Notes
Axiom News and the Pioneer Network
Over four days in early August, the largest North American gathering of changemakers dedicated to the lives of elders across the continuum of care takes place in Jacksonville, Florida.
Violet Rouwhorst
In mid-September, I had the honour of staying with the team of Axiom News for one week. What struck me most, besides the enthusiasm and passion each team member has for the work they are doing, was their ability to have an eye for beautiful small stories and larger societal-change stories all at once.
Kristian Partington
Honouring the lives of elders behind vision of Ron Schlegel
Ron Schlegel has been connected to business with a social purpose his entire life. He’s a farmer and an educator; an entrepreneur and a philanthropist.
Dr. Allen Power
In Community: The Structure of Belonging, author Peter Block suggests that the true vehicle for change is not elected leaders, but groups of people coming together at the local level and deciding, “What will we create today?” Harnessing the power of stories and conversation is a goal all communities should strive for, and makes an ideal vehicle for engaging elders with the larger community, to share their experiences and increase their social capital.
Aging in Community
Calling for long-term care workers to help foster interpersonal relationships
Speaking to an international milieu of 1,000 delegates at the 12th annual Pioneer Network Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, Pioneer Network convener and co-founder Carter Catlett Williams described how it’s the strong relationships around her that offer strength in times of need.
Journalism
Peter Pula presents approach to communications advisors, journalists from Belgium, the Netherlands
At the invitation of a City of Amsterdam team and Belgian news agency, Peter Pula of Axiom News met with a group in Europe last week to share what the company has learned about what it’s come to call generative journalism.
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