Agile Strategy for the Social Venture with Mike Rowlands, Junxion Strategy
How do you translate ideas into impact? How do you hold to your values, while competition and opportunities try to push you off course? And how do you decide what’s most important now—compared to what you thought was important during your last planning retreat?
Today, effective strategy integrates culture and brand, embraces the change that’s all around us, and is captured in a living document that empowers leaders through change, growth, and organizational development.
In this session Mike Rowlands will share insights into Junxion’s Turning Point™ approach, which blends Agile methodologies, Appreciative Inquiry, stakeholder engagement and systems thinking in an integrated model that’s been implemented by many SVI alumni in their ventures—and a long list of visionary, social purpose organizations.
Authentic and Actionable ESG in a Social Enterprise Context with K. Alison Fraser, KAF Consulting Group
- Why ESG and DEI are the only business objective any social enterprise should prioritize.
- How equity is good business.
- Explore the difference between equality and equity.
- Shift belief systems to make decisions using Cognitive Reframing.
- Take a pragmatic approach to build Equity into a corporate strategy’s DNA.
- Exploration of a new ESG-centred enterprise structure.
Finding Center in Uncertain Times with Alima Ali, North Star Visioning
In an increasingly VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world, it is common to feel fearful and become reactive. This workshop draws on timeless wisdom practices from India to help participants find and return to their center when faced with uncertainty. Participants learn practical techniques to ground themselves and align their will center with their heart center, which they can use in moments of fear or when triggered by a difficult situation. Instead of getting stuck in a reactive negative spiral, these practices help build resilience and open up intentional choices about how to respond in the moment.
The Lens of Permaculture with Amy Moroni, Long Table Grocery + Consulting
This workshop will explore how to apply Permaculture principles, ethics and systems to business as a framework to build sustainable and efficient models. Using a case study of Long Table Grocery, a small grocery store and catering company in northern BC, and drawing from permaculture best practices, learn how to simply audit your business systems in a way that helps align them into a more sustainable and efficient operation.
Messaging and Marketing Strategies for Purpose-Led Leaders & Brands with Shannon Emmerson, Forge & Spark Media
It’s not easy to deliver effective marketing you actually take pride in. The balance between expressing what’s in your heart and building your business is a tricky one to strike, and to maintain. In this session, looking at a few stellar brand examples, I’ll walk through a framework my agency has developed for crafting your brand marketing messaging, while breaking down exactly where purpose, values, positioning, story pillars, and key messages fit in your overall marketing equation. This will serve as a working session for you to create or fine-tune your messaging, whether for your brand or for yourself as a leader.
