For this season we’re going back to our roots of changemakers taking a moment from their day to pause and reflect on their journey through complex problems, but, we’ll be adding a twist. We’ll be pausing to reflect not only on the journey but specifically about the stories these changemakers have of using social innovation techniques and if they sizzled or fizzled!
S3: E28 - ABSI Connect and AB Seed on what is the social economy and social innovation and how they fit together.
About the EpisodeIn our first, and maybe only, B side episode, ABSI Connect and AB Seed staff/members discuss what the social economy and social innovation is and how they go together like peanut butter and jelly. You’ll hear a bit about both the organizations as a whole, what their individual fields look like, and where the overlap and connection points are between the two of them. About AB SeedAB Seed (Alberta Social Economy Ecosystem Development) is a collaborative of social enterprise and social finance leaders seeking to develop a strong social economic ecosystem in Alberta.Resource Links* AB Seed: https://www.ab-seed.ca/
9 Sept 2021
S3: E27 - Matthew Taylor of Communities United with a story about how they scaled up their program Market Ready.
About the EpisodeBringing yet another new flavour to this season of Pause, this episode features Matthew Taylor, manager of Communities United (at United Way), who shares two stories with us. The first about the inception of Communities United and the second about how running a small pop-up market in the dead of winter with a sky dancer bloomed into their program Market Ready. With both stories taking the arch of fizzle (or rather starting as a small sizzle) to a full blown sizzle. About Communities UnitedCommunities United is a collaborative initiative in five Edmonton Neighbourhoods that is building connections and activities to strengthen the lives of individuals, families, and communities. Resource Links* Communities United website: https://cuyeg.org/ (https://cuyeg.org/)* About their Market Ready program: https://cuyeg.org/local-economic-development/new-market-ready-business-program-stirs-up-excitement-for-local-entrepreneurs/ (https://cuyeg.org/local-economic-development/new-market-ready-business-program-stirs-up-excitement-for-local-entrepreneurs/).
13 Jul 2021
S3: E26 - Miki Stricker-Talbot sharing two warm-up techniques that help gather and ground people together
About the Episode
Bringing a new flavour to this season of Pause, this episode features Miki Stricker-Talbot, an intrapreneur with the City of Edmonton, who shares two warm-up techniques from her facilitation practices. With more of a tutorial style ‘how to’ episode, her and I walk through both techniques talking about what they are, demonstrating examples of how you can use them in your own practice and the impact and importance of them both.
The first technique is a way to really check in with each other and see how we’re actually doing. It allows folks the opportunity give a surface answer if they don’t feel like sharing, but also space for a deeper answer if people are wanting to share.
The second technique was created in collaboration with her daughter. This technique helps people recognize that we are physical beings and brings people into a different way of being together.
Both allow a space for connection, camaraderie, humanness, and curiosity.
Resource Links
* Check out this blog post from Miki Stricker-Talbot that she previously wrote for ABSI Connect https://www.absiconnect.ca/news/2018/12/12/unicorns-in-government?rq=miki
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