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Stephen Huddart, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation — Challenges Facing the Community Sector

by J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Stephen talks about the challenges facing the Canadian community sector, including a lack of resources, a need for training, and difficulty for organizations to recruit people. Through providing a short history of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) — a collaboration between Plan Institute, University of Waterloo, MaRS, and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation — Stephen sets the stage for describing Innoweave and the Platformation learning event.

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Matt Thompson, Mozilla Drumbeat, a Mozilla Foundation project — Six Words that can Change Your (Digital) Life

by J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Matt distils his philosophy of digital strategy into a mere six words that have a big impact: “Think small. Work open. Do less.” Matt explains how these ideas can change the way your organizational culture can become nimble and adaptive.

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Dave Kranenburg, Meal Exchange — A Brief Overview of Meal Exchange

by J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Dave provides a brief overview of Meal Exchange, sharing concerns about information transfer and being efficient with data management.

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Anil Patel, Framework — The Platformation Way

by J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Anil shares how cloud technology has the potential to revolutionize every aspect of non-profit operations and help organizations work more effectively, be more efficient, and become more transparent.