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.
Unique principal/business leader partnerships turn failing schools around
Three years ago, Kannemeyer Primary School in Grassy Park Cape Town South Africa was caught up in a negative, self-defeating spiral. Resentment towards the school was festering as teachers openly condemned each other and gossiped to parents.
BC Co-operative Association starts generative news program
When the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA) launched its news program in April 2012, the organization had the dream of eventually seeing a cross-Canada online news network where other co-operatives and co-operative associations could share their news.
Successful orientation to be rolled out across Vancity
How does an organization train new employees to understand and act on its mission and vision? And what if that mission, as in the case of a social business, is complex and multifaceted?
Aboriginal social enterprise creates jobs, installs cost-saving geothermal systems
Shaun Loney’s organization partnered to launch a new social enterprise when the need to create employment in Manitoba’s First Nations communities became clear.
Closed containment farms to provide sustainable alternative to open-net fishing
March 18 was an emotional day for members of the 'Namgis First Nation and their project partners who successfully launched Canada’s first land-based, closed containment Atlantic salmon farm.
Former Herman Miller senior leader says it’s imperative it do so
Business can help restore human spirits when it recognizes and taps the “collective genius” of people in the workplace — even a furniture-making workplace.
Cincinnati gathering reveals alternative narrative for community
CINCINNATI – His eyes sparkling, Vancouver high school student Adam Wray described what’s resonating with him after being part of a three-day gathering in Cincinnati last week.