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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Friday, January 15, 2010

Great Turnout for Power of the Hour Launch!

Amanda Speaking

We had 200 guests, 10 CEOS and executives from their not-for-profit partners, all show up yesterday (1/13/10) at the TSX for the launch of Power of the Hour and the Corporate Council on Volunteering's pledge of 814,900 employee volunteer hours over the next year! We're now well on our way to our goal of 2,000,000 volunteer hours for 2010. Executive Producer (and q media Senior Partner) Dorothy Engelman, TVO CEO Lisa De Wilde and Volunteer Canada President Ruth MacKenzie all were on hand. Link here view BNN's live coverage of the event.

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  1. Chris JarvisJanuary 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM

    An amazing program, excellent day! Thanks for your leadership in promoting volunteerism in Canada.

    Hats off to Dorothy and her posse!

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  2. Get Involved GANGJanuary 16, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    Chris couldn't have done it without the amazing support of people like you!!
    Cheers and thanks for coming

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  3. Online DegreesFebruary 1, 2010 at 7:36 AM

    It is really a amazing program, i wonder to see that i think it is a very big and also good deal, thanks for the sharing this post here.

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