April 21, 2011
A three page article in the EMC Ottawa West with coverage of Recipe for Success and lots of details about LiveWorkPlay and even some deep background on how Julie and I founded the organization.
Spoke at Social Media and Crowdsourcing for Charities hosted by Telus and Fundchange. Started the morning bright and early, with an opening by Kelly Rusk. Familiar faces included Brendan Mullen and The Stacey from United Way Ottawa. I had a really nice response to my brief presentation on crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, the main
feedback was that I “made it real” for the participants. I like that a lot!
Spoke to the Walking In My Shoes (WIMS) parent support group. I was planning on a 45 minute presentation but this is the interactive type of audience that you usually only hear about. They actually took my invitation to ask questions throughout. Then after about 2 hours I officially took questions for another hour or so! There will be an effort to find ways to continue this relationship. The real “hit to the heart” moment of the evening was a parent who told me that “everything would be different starting tomorrow” because they were going to focus on just one responsibility that they could pass on to their child.
April 14, 2011
Hosted Recipe for Success with Mayor Jim Watson, Derick Fage of Rogers TV, and Sandy Sharkey of 93.3 BOB FM. The turnout was fantastic, about 300 people at the peak of the evening (about 8:30). Jim, Derick, and Sandy were fabulous. We had some fun live tweets from the likes of Councillor Scott Moffat and MPP Yasir Naqvi. In the end about $40,000 net proceeds were raised!
April 13, 2011
Enjoyed an interview with Sandy Sharkey on 93.9 BOB FM to promote Recipe for Success 2011.
Quoted in a story about proposed changes to OC Transpo. This story came out of a presentation I made to the City of Ottawa Accessibility Advisory Committee. The article features a great photo of two self-advocates associated with LiveWorkPlay.
April 8, 2011
Helped launch the United Way Ottawa announcement of their 2011-2012 community investment. I actually didn’t do anything until it was over, at which time I spoke with the media, but I don’t think any of those interviews went to air or print. There were a lot of great stories that had already been presented and United Way Ottawa has told our story in other ways and will do so again.
April 5, 2011
A feature article on social media in the Spotlight on Transformation publication of the Government of Ontario. I was very pleased to reach this critical group of my target market for social media messaging in the sector.
April 1, 2011
Hosted the LiveWorkPlay Foolish Family Feast. Another huge turnout with heavy participation in the Foolish Hat contest!
March 5, 2011
Hosted a one-day LiveWorkPlay workshop with Dave Hingsburger supporting people with intellectual disabilities to live positive lives in the face of the many challenges of community life.
March 4, 2011
Appeared on Rogers Daytime to discuss the LiveWorkPlay partnership with People First of Ottawa.
March 3, 2011 (3)
An article in Your Ottawa Region about social media and volunteer recruitment.
Presented as part of a LiveWorkPlay delegation to the Citizenship and Inclusion forum during the day.
Presented at the Art of Social Exchange event hosted by the Carleton Entrepreneurship Association where I had a blast with a well received presentation about philanthropy, social media, and social change.
February 16, 2011 (2)
Accepted a cheque, networked, and made a short speech at the launch of the Fundchange crowdsourcing initiative sponsored by Telus. Earlier in the day presented to students at the Sprott School of Business on the top of social media, social marketing, and non-profit organizations.
January 11, 2011
Presenter with Fran Childs for this month’s edition of the Volunteer Ottawa workshop series, I spoke about social media for social change. A packed house and a receptive audience.
December 31, 2010
A terrific annual tradition, hosted another LiveWorkPlay New Year’s Eve bash!
December 23, 2010
A nice “thumbs up” in a brief article in Abilities Magazine.
December 13, 2010
Interview on CBC Radio 91.5 Ottawa Morning to discuss social media for social change.
December 10, 2010
Hosted the LiveWorkPlay Festive Family Feast, great crowd out at St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall.
November 20, 2010
Hosted an inspiring one-day LiveWorkPlay conference on Social Capital featuring Al Condeluci.
November 19. 2010
I was honoured to help host the launch of a new People First of Ottawa chapter and present a Champion of Freedom award to Richard Ruston.
November 3, 2010
I jumped on the bandwagon (actually, it was a school bus) to set the stage for a United Way “Seeing Is Believing” tour as part of their annual campaign.
November 1, 2010
The United Way Ottawa posted their public service announcement. In this version I have a short clip along with several others supporters. This clip and others that I recorded ended up getting used in some interesting places, including the jumbotron at Scotiabank Place during Ottawa Senators games. I was quite surprised the first time it happened I got a text from a friend saying “I just saw you on the jumbotron” and I had no idea why!
October 23, 2010
British Columbia Association for Community Living joined Family Focus Society and the Canadian Association for Community Living to host a National Family Conference, “Families, a Journey of Generations Moving Mountains” in Whistler, B.C. October 22 -24, 2010. I presented on Saturday with a sold out session “Social Media for Social Change” that was very well received and most importantly is moving people to take action.
October 10, 2010
Radio interview on CFRA 580 about the United Way Ottawa.
October 4, 2010
Featured in a full-page article in the New Edinburgh News.
September 14, 2010
Appeared on Rogers Daytime to talk about co-location at the C3 Centre.
September 2, 2010
Helped out with hosting and speaking at the LiveWorkPlay Annual General Meeting.
August 31, 2010
Hosted a very successful edition of the LiveWorkPlay charity golf tournament.
