As I’m prepping for a presentation on storytelling this weekend I’ve been going back through some posts and resources to sum up what I think about story as it relates to the web and charity. Colleague/friend/former intern/BFF’s wife Hannah Eloge passed on a TED Talk I had...

I was lucky to go to TEDxVancouver recently which stirred up memories of last year’s presentations. One in particular was on “The Power of Story” by Greg Power that I find relevant to nonprofits and charities as we enter the hallowed end of year season. I’ll be posting...

In the latest post I discussed some of the “psychic benefits” of working for charity and touched on some motivations on why we work. Below is a great animated video from RSA Animate giving a visual run down from Dan Pink’s presentation on his book “Drive” and what...

I pseudo read this book when it first came out but am finding the topic more and more relevant so I snagged the audio book and it is my commute listen now. Good stuff....

I was fortunate enough to present at the Kwantlen University Leadership Conference on “Making an Impact: Effecting Social Change”. The topic is obviously HUGE, much to huge for a one hour session so I tried to discuss some theories, principles and techniques for effecting social...

Fantastic TED Talk that was recommended to me by my friend John Meyer (Yellow Sandbox, 9 Clouds, Inc.). I’d love to see how charities can corral the cognitive surplus in ways to increase efficiencies and impact....

Hans Rosling covers 200 countries over 200 years in four minutes in this video from ” The Joy of Stats” on  BBC Four. A very cool video showing very crucial data in a very compelling way....

Another great TED Talk for you. I love his discussion on the diffusion of innovations and how he talks about Apple’s inside out approach as opposed to the other way around....

I watched this TED Talk at TEDxVancouver and thought Mike Rowe was tremendous in his presentation. Pretty good for “just” a Discovery Channel...

One of my favourite TED Talks talking about the “slow hunch” and where true innovation and thoughtful ideas come from. It is not the “aha” moment where the light bulb comes on but rather a series of ideas that are connected with one another and coalesce in our brains...