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Friday, June 12, 2009 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (ET)
The Skills Exchange is an event unique to Net Change Week. Designed to show how interactive agencies can work with non-profits to solve a “wicked problem,” the outcomes are meant to lift these organizations to the next level. On May 25th, three of Canada’s most talented interactive agencies were paired with three organizations. The teams have two weeks to come up with a solution for the organizations that will be presented at MaRS on Friday, June 12th.
Join us for this exciting presentation that will also bring a close to the Net Change week. A reception to follow. Registration is free, but space is limited!
Friday, June 12th 4pm – 6pm
MaRS Auditorium
Idea Couture + Social Purchasing Portal
Idea Couture – http://www.ideacouture.com
Idea Couture is a strategic innovation and experience design firm. We partner with clients to uncover uncommon ideas that will advance business goals, create shareholder value and leverage social technologies to transform enterprises. We bring together the analytical capability and financial competency of a strategic consultancy, the customer empathy of a research and design firm, and the creativity and technological capability of an interactive agency.
Social Purchasing Portal - http://www.sppwaterlooregion.org/
The Social Purchasing Portal facilitates the targeting of existing everyday business purchasing to suppliers of goods and services to blend business and social values. The Social Purchasing Portal (SPP) is an innovative and effective tool helping to build healthy communities.
The Movement + Grassroots Youth Collaborative
The Movement - http://www.thmvmnt.com
The Movement is a Change Agency focused on using design for progress, change, and engaging experience for social good. Managed by Patrick Keenan and Alan Smith
Grassroots Youth Collaborative - http://www.grassrootsyouth.ca
The Grassroots Youth Collaborative (GYC) was formed in May 2004 to advocate for policies that empower young people to have a voice and contribute to their communities. GYC is a collective of culturally and racially diverse youth-led organizations that work in underserved, lower-income, at-risk communities where violence, especially youth violence, is regularly in the media spotlight. The programs delivered by GYC members reach out and engage young people who are typically missed by more mainstream youth programming.
Polar Unlimited + 211 Toronto
Polar Unlimited - http://www.polarunlimited.com
We are a digital relationship agency that helps you create meaningful relationships with your customers and prospects. We believe that with the web as a hub, digital brand strategies and tools can engage a larger audience more efficiently and effectively than traditional media.
211 Toronto - http://www.211toronto.ca
Since 2002, Findhelp Information Services has operated 211Ontario.ca as a portal to specialized provincial information and referral databases. In 2007/2008, community-based information and referral providers will collectively work toward realizing their long-standing vision for 211Ontario.ca – to coordinate and web-enable local data to create a fully searchable, bilingual point of access to over 60,000 community, social, health and related government programs and services in Ontario.
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MaRS (www.marsdd.com) is a non-profit organization focused on maximizing the economic and social impact of Canadian innovation. MaRS was founded in 2000 by leaders from the private and public sectors in order to improve commercial outcomes from Canada’s strong foundation of science and technology innovation. MaRS connects and fosters collaboration between the communities of science, business and capital through co-location in the MaRS Centre and more broadly through catalytic programs, structured networks and the MaRS web portal. The MaRS Centre opened in 2005.
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