Archive for 2009

The Social Entrepreneurship Experience, a student-run conference under the Enterprize Canada umbrella, took place November 21 at the Museum of Vancouver. The organizers' goals were to "tackle the question of what social entrepreneurship really is and how local businesses are radically changing Vancouver and communities abroad." I put it a slightly different way: "Traditional business ...

I received a piece of direct mail advertising today that really missed the Olympic point. Established to celebrate all that is good in humanity, and to find ways to unite people, nations and cultures through the power of sport, the Olympic movement is arguably one of the great achievements of international ...

It was 7am on a dreary September morning, it was teeming with rain, and I'd been up for three hours already. The usual issues had plagued my night: Cash flow. Collaboration. Marketing. Not to mention my daughter kicking me in the head at 4am! So there I sat, windscreen wipers slapping before my eyes, waiting for two people I'd never met ...

Businesses' relationships with society are changing: The unmitigated race for profits is no longer to be tolerated if profits must come at the expense of people's well being, or the planet's preservation. For decades, the corporate world's thesis was that "the business of business is profit"—and nothing else. Yet for decades, ...

As roles in corporate, non-profit and governmental leadership begin to pass from those born in or before the 1950s to those born in the 60s and 70s, will we see a different style of leadership emerge? In a recent Harvard Business blog post, Tammy Erickson posits that we will: "The experiences that shaped those of you ...

An email arrived in my inbox today containing the following eight images and associated costs. It impressed me because it conveys a real problem in terms that are easy to understand, without laying on the guilt. As you scroll down, watch not only for the remarkable differences in costs, but also for the differences in food types. (Apologies if I'm ...

Times for donors are tough. You want to give, but your personal pot of generosity feels smaller than it did a year or two ago. Like most people, you’re now hesitating a second longer before pulling out your credit card. The kitchen renovation can wait a year. Last season’s summer clothes just need a belt, not a bin. You want to ...

This past February, Junxion participated in the Fraser Basin Council (FBC) State of the Fraser Basin Conference: The Many Faces of Sustainability. The FBC advances sustainability in the Fraser River Basin and releases a biennial report, Sustainability Snapshot, which summarizes indicator data across 18 topics to ...

After working with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the past 18 months, Junxion helped this organization launch its first green building rating system aimed at single family homes and multi-unit residential developments of three storeys or less. LEED Canada for Homes is Canada’s only national third ...

On the heels of delivering the successful Community Connections project, Junxion continues its relationship with BC Housing with the livegreen Employee Council. The Junxion interactive and online marketing team is working with BC Housing to conceive, design and develop an employee website, intended to encourage and support BC Housing employees to become more ...

At a packed event at a downtown Vancouver restaurant with more than 100 people in attendance, Bullfrog Power officially launched its operations in BC. Bullfrog Power is an electricity provider offering low-impact, EcoLogo certified green electricity to residents and businesses across the province. By its official launch date, Bullfrog had signed ...

Almost every headline we read, almost every story we hear or watch today is talking about the latest business casualty or struggling company trying to keep afloat in these rough economic waters. The financial value of many companies both in BC and globally has plummeted with the stock market. In our desire to hear some ...