Multimedia
February 2012
Video: Where Does Our Food Come From?
Where Does Our Food Come From? presents an animated history of the world's food system. The video was produced by Emily Carr University students for Herb Barbolet, a leading expert in local food systems and sustainability.
February 2012
Video: Introducing Innoweave
Innoweave, an initiative of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and Social Innovation Generation (SiG), provides community sector leaders with new tools and processes to effect large-scale change. Watch the video to learn more.
February 2012
Video: Stephen Huddart, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation — Challenges Facing the Community Sector
Stephen talks about the challenges facing the Canadian community sector, including a lack of resources, a need for training, and difficulty for organizations to recruit people. Through providing a short history of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) — a collaboration between Plan Institute, University of Waterloo, MaRS, and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation — Stephen sets the stage for describing Innoweave and the Platformation learning event.
February 2012
Video: Matt Thompson, Mozilla Drumbeat, a Mozilla Foundation project — How the Web won’t Change the World...but Web Thinking Might
Matt talks about the value of failures and the need for humility when working with technology: It’s not a panacea, and won’t save the world. Matt poses five thought-provoking questions to frame how people and organizations can use technology to make an impact on digital strategies.
February 2012
Video: Matt Thompson, Mozilla Drumbeat, a Mozilla Foundation project — Six Words that can Change Your (Digital) Life
Matt distils his philosophy of digital strategy into a mere six words that have a big impact: “Think small. Work open. Do less.” Matt explains how these ideas can change the way your organizational culture can become nimble and adaptive.
February 2012
Video: Tatiana Fraser and Juniper Glass, Girls Action Foundation — A Brief Overview of Girls Action Foundation
Tatiana and Juniper provide a brief overview of Girls Action Foundation and what their organization has done regarding peer learning, and how they are becoming more innovative about communicating impact in a collaborative context.
February 2012
Video: Dave Kranenburg, Meal Exchange — A Brief Overview of Meal Exchange
Dave provides a brief overview of Meal Exchange, sharing concerns about information transfer and being efficient with data management.
February 2012
Video: Chris Kang, Schools Without Borders — A Brief Overview of Schools Without Borders
Chris provides a brief overview of Schools Without Borders, and talks about some low-cost and scalable tools to address the administrative challenges of running an organization.
February 2012
Video: Anil Patel, Framework — The Platformation Way
Anil shares how cloud technology has the potential to revolutionize every aspect of non-profit operations and help organizations work more effectively, be more efficient, and become more transparent.
February 2012
Video: Noorin Ladhani and Amanda Grainger-Munday, Framework — Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - Cloud Technology in Action
Noorin and Amanda discuss how Framework has leveraged cloud technology to raise over 90,000 volunteer hours in 8 cities working in from the office and in airports, on trains, and in taxi cabs across Canada.