The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?

For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Come see the centre!


Make this June the month you check out the Centre for Social Innovation.
Toronto’s CSI is a fantastic space in the city’s downtown (215 Spadina, just north of Queen) where the latest (and greatest) and most innovative social, environmental, economic, and cultural ideas come to life on a daily basis.
Whether as a unique workplace, or a social innovation meeting space, the Centre is on the cutting edge of meaningful discussion, planning and change.
Take a look at some of the June events CSI is talking about here: CSI June.
From a tour of the uplifting space itself on June 4th (Get Involved liked it so much we held the launch of our TVO doc series and website there!) to a series of workshops, meetings and presentations around town (an interactive workshop on gauging the feasibility of your social enterprise idea at George Brown… a discussion of the secrets of green manufacturing at the Ontario Investment and Trade Centre…or Tech Soup’s Social Innovation reception at MaRS) CSI is in the centre of things – and in the know. And it's a place you should know too. Make this the month you do!
Posted by Get Involved GANG at 6:06 PM
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