Communicopia

On the weekend I got to attend the first ever Social Venture Institute in Toronto, at the Kingbridge retreat centre just north of the city. It was a fabulous weekend - not just because of the 24 degree C in the sunshine but the amazing quality of the presenters, participants, and nascent community of socially engaged business people forming in Ontario.

For me 2007 will be remembered fondly as the year sustainability, social innovation, and Web 2.0 breached into the mainstream. The topics we've been quietly building a practice around for 14 years are finally top of mind for everyone from business leaders to politicians to the media to Jane Q. Public. As such, 2007 was such a phenomenal year for Communicopia that I wanted to reflect on and share our top 7 successes of an incredible year.

Every year for the past 5 years we have held a collaborative, year end holiday celebration with some of the leading members of our community: Renewal Partners, Tides Canada Foundation, GiveMeaning, Hollyhock, Strategic Communications, and party organizers Richards and Chan. Last Saturday our "Partners for Change" celebrated one of our most successful years as individual organizations and as a community, with over 500 people converging on the seaside Watermark Restaurant in Kits Beach for our event.