Vancouver’s Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative is a presenting sponsor of Building Opportunities: the largest event in North America dedicated to creating and managing shared non-profit workspace, administrative services, technology, and programs. This June 3 – 5th conference in Denver will explore how we WORK DIFFERENT to harness the power of collaboration to create collective impact.

Montecristo Magazine has done a wonderful interview with Carol Newell in an article on philanthropy

SVN's 2013 Innovation Awards are open for applications.

Two of the recent winners of the 2013 Successful You awards, Lunapads and EthicalDeal, are Social Venture Institute Alumni. Congratulations to the winners!

SEE Change Magazine's March Issue contains a variety of content with social and community sustainability at its core, including Social Venture Institute alumni Mike Rowlands and Hilary Mandel.

Judy Wicks, who will be a True Confessions speaker at Social Venture Institute Hollyhock in 2013, will be launching her book, Good Morning Beautiful Business in Philadelphia on March 14th. Please read on for information.

Rebecca Cuttler, Executive Assistant to Joel Solomon at Renewal Partners, has written an article for FarmFolk CityFolk Magazine about Vancouver's urban farming scene. Read on for the article.

Joel Solomon was recently featured in Blue & Green Tomorrow, a UK-based news site that focuses on businesses that balance the needs of the planet, its people and prosperity. Please read on for the article.

In a surprise move, New Society Publishers – a former imprint of D&M – has been re-acquired by its previous owners and D&M creditors Chris and Judith Plant and Carol Newell of Renewal Partners, all Social Venture Insitute Alumni. Please read on for the press release.

On October 21, TEDx Vancouver brought together 2,300 people for a day of ideas worth spreading. The Social Venture Institute community was well-represented, with SVI participants Joel Solomon, John Izzo and Mark Brand each taking the stage to deliver the talks of their lives. If you missed it in person, the videos of their talks have just been released: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/search/?search=TEDxVancouver