the hub Halifax » Social Innovation http://thehubhalifax.ca There is no absence of good ideas in the world. All that we face is a crisis of access, scale, resources and impact. So what would happen if there was a place to go to access resources, connections, knowledge and investment? Welcome to The Halifax Hub. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Thanks guys! http://thehubhalifax.ca/2010/02/26/thanks-guys/ http://thehubhalifax.ca/2010/02/26/thanks-guys/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:40:00 +0000 Hub Katimavik http://thehubhalifax.ca/?p=1181 To all those that participated in the climate change talk, either in person or via our social media outlets, we’d like to say thank you, thank you, and thank you! Overall, the night went quite well and it was a great learning experience that will surely help us in planning future HubTalks.

If there’s anything that you feel would be beneficial for us to do in our next HubTalk, feel free to let us know.

Also, stay tuned for the upcoming announcment of the winner of the climate change’s social innovation award.

]]> http://thehubhalifax.ca/2010/02/26/thanks-guys/feed/ 0 The Great Give Get Offer… http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/12/03/the-great-give-get-offer/ http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/12/03/the-great-give-get-offer/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:36:12 +0000 tboyer http://thehubhalifax.ca/?p=1102 On Tuesday, November 17th, Dale Zak submitted the first iPhone application – Meet Me Here on behalf of a new business called Apps4Good.

The Give: When you purchase the Meet Me Here application, the proceeds will benefit Phoenix Youth, who offer ten programs and services that support at-risk and homeless youth, ages 12-24. Phoenix help youth transition from a place of need, to a place of happy and healthy independence. Their mission is to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

The Get: A useful, well designed and built iPhone application that allows you to quickly send a Meet Me Here message to your…

]]> http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/12/03/the-great-give-get-offer/feed/ 0 Coworking 101: A Brief History http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/04/02/coworking-101-a-brief-history/ http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/04/02/coworking-101-a-brief-history/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:46:24 +0000 tboyer http://thehubhalifax.ca/?p=711 ARTICLE FROM: www.webworkerdaily.com

March 30th: Stretching all the way back to April of last year, coworking – the growing movement of independent café-like collaboration spaces for freelance professionals – has been a popular topic here on WebWorkerDaily, covered from many perspectives by our writing team and also attracting some thought-provoking commentary from our readers.

At its heart, the concept of coworking is very attractive to many web workers. You get to work in a creative environment with other professionals, freed from unhappy workplaces, with the option to be as flexible as you choose.

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]]> http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/04/02/coworking-101-a-brief-history/feed/ 0 A tribe called hub http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/01/02/a-tribe-called-hub/ http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/01/02/a-tribe-called-hub/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:10:49 +0000 sthompson http://thehubhalifax.ca/?p=164

I just finished reading Seth Godin’s new book “Tribes”, it has a really beautiful cover design and a simple message.  As humans we intrinsically want to belong, not to just one tribe, but to many.  Social networking technologies have made it easier than ever to find others with shared passion and interest, connect and make thinks happen.

Even before I picked up this book, I knew that in starting the hub we were building a tribe.  the hub is a tribe that wants to make things better.  There are hundreds of examples in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the world where positive…

]]> http://thehubhalifax.ca/2009/01/02/a-tribe-called-hub/feed/ 2 The Hub | Creating an Ecology of Social Innovation http://thehubhalifax.ca/2008/11/14/the-hub-creating-an-ecology-of-social-innovation/ http://thehubhalifax.ca/2008/11/14/the-hub-creating-an-ecology-of-social-innovation/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:55:36 +0000 admin http://thehubhalifax.ca/?p=84 Article start:
What’s the Infrastructure for Realizing Ideas for a Radically Better World?
Work isn’t working. That much is clear. Freelancers, flexi-workers, nomad professionals and social entrepreneurs are more and more often characterizing the landscape of contributors to social and ecological responsibility. As we see a shift toward more flexible and entrepreneurial working patterns and an increased ambition to create world-changing products and services, there is demand for new forms of workspace that attract, inspire and support people to realize that ambition.

The Hub | Creating an Ecology of Social Innovation

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