Hollyhock Leadership Institute

Getting Major Gifts for Your Cause & How Small Groups Raise Big Money: Capital & Endowment

September 18 – 19, 2008

Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, BC

Learn how to identify prospective major donors, how to plan a major gifts program, & conduct specific campaigns, including developing compelling messages & materials. As well as, look at how to ask people

for larger gifts than they have ever made, and discuss what has to be in place for capital campaigns to work.

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Exciting Lunchtime Lecture Series Announced

By Thea Richmond on August 6, 2008 - 4:13pm

Want to make a difference but don’t know how? Explore the tactics, creativity, pitfalls, and challenges of what it takes to create change in the world. A potent mix of storytelling and skill sharing, this series brings together leaders who used creative thinking and courage to change the world. Speakers come from the worlds of activism, business, the arts and many others. With this series you’ll learn new ways to make change in your community and beyond, by hearing their personal struggles and what they did to overcome the odds.

Building Power Without Domination

December 10, 2008

UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

Judy Rebick, Sam Gindin Chair for Social Justice & Democracy at Ryerson University, has first-hand experience in making change happen. She was instrumental in the National Action Committee on the Status of Women in the 1990s, and has a strong background in journalism.

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Bridging the Gap with Peter Robinson

November 26, 2008

UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

As the former CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s most popular outdoor gear retailer, and now as CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, Peter Robinson has often played the role of uniting environmental perspectives with business, government and the public interests.

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Changing Corporate America - How Hitting the Wallet Can Make Big Business Behave with Tzeporah Berman

October 28, 2008

UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

When local conservation group Forest Ethics found out that Limited Brands, owner of Victoria Secret, were using paper made from old growth forests to print their 365 million catalogues, they saw red. This led to an effective and revolutionary anti-brand campaign that included full page ads of chainsaw-wielding Victoria Secret models, causing the $10 billion dollar company to rethink its practices.

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Great Social Change Career Opportunity

By Thea Richmond on June 25, 2008 - 2:14pm

The Hollyhock Leadership Institute (HLI) is looking for a Senior Consultant. Keep reading for more details regarding this employment opportunity.

On the Way to Social Change Institute

By Joel Solomon on May 28, 2008 - 4:30pm

I'm traveling with colleagues Carol Newell, Pamela Chaloult, from Renewal, and Heidi Hartman from Social Venture Network.

We are on the familiar pilgrimage to Hollyhock for another blockbuster crafted gathering compliments of Karen Mahon, Rhian Walker and Jennie Reckon of Hollyhock Leadership Institute.

Great Bear Rainforest

The Great Bear Rainforest is an ecosystem of global importance and a vital, natural, cultural and economic resource for First Nations, coastal communities and British Columbia. Success here means protecting the ecological integrity of the land while respecting indigenous cultures and strengthening local economies.