It has been difficult to avoid the news about allegations of exaggeration and mismanagement that have swirled around author and nonprofit director Greg Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute (CAI) over the last month. Speaking in a 60 Minutes interview, author Jon...
Last month, Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada held its second annual re:Vision conference on social entrepreneurship. The re:Vision series brings together some of Canada’s brightest young and emerging social entrepreneurs each spring to connect and drive this...
You did it! You started, or you are starting, your own business. Good for you. The days of sticking it out at the same monster corporation for 30 years and ending with a cushy pension are over. There’s never been a better time to take charge of your own life and start...
Deep Leadership session 1. Sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming Admittedly, as a first-time attendee at Skoll, I often found myself a tad lost, dazed and confused. For one thing, there were questions with answers not easy to find, probably since many depended on...
1. “The impact of poverty on health is not an issue of the developing world,” said Rebecca Onie. “It’s an issue of poor people anywhere.” One of the winners of the 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Onie is effectively doing her part to transform the...
{jcomments off} Ladies and Gents… it’s that time of year! Time to pay the tax man (insert grimace or uncomfortable shift in chair). Taxes are boring to think about and even more boring to write about, let me tell you. However, they are a must. Although...
