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Believe and it will happen

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:02-04:00March 31st, 2010|Education, Community and Leadership, Shifting Perspectives|

Often people ask me, does social media really work? It takes so much time, does it pay off? Is anyone really listening? There are times when the "mind viruses" even get to me and I question myself, wondering whether I can accomplish all I have set out to do. Last night, I went to see Deepak Chopra speak in Montreal. He was outstanding and incredibly inspirational, as anyone knows who has seen him live. This morning I was reminded of his "Seven Laws of Success". In particular, I was thinking of his sixth law, the Law of Detachment: Allow yourself and others the freedom to be who they are. Do not force solutions-allow solutions to spontaneously emerge. Uncertainty is essential on your path to freedom. As I try to detach from any particular outcome of my work, with the highest intention and hope that I can help others, I continue to post blog articles and communicate them through social media. This morning, I posted on Twitter an article on Smart Follow-ship that a good friend, Corry [...]

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Nobody owns land, we borrow it from nature

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:05-04:00March 19th, 2010|Connecting To Nature, Inspired Messages, Shifting Perspectives|

What would happen if we started to think of ourselves less as "land owners" and more as "land stewards"? This is something that indigenous people understood and which allowed them to respect and protect the environment that sustained them. What would happen if we started to shift our thinking in this direction?

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Using technology to make a difference

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:05-04:00March 16th, 2010|Shifting Perspectives|

What is Cloud Computing? In plain terms, Cloud Computing refers to working with a variety of software applications that are available online (for free or limited fee) to fit your specific need. In the case of a socially conscious enterprise or not-for-profit organization, this means using a combination of online software (SaaS or Software as a Service) designed to help communicate with stakeholders inexpensively. This allows social entrepreneurs to leverage the latest communication techniques that currently exists without having to rely on IT knowledge or investing in expensive software. By using free or low cost web-based software to build web sites, blogs, emails, etc., social entrepreneurs have access to their own virtual workbench to design, build, deploy and measure their own communications and campaigns. New social media, personalization technologies coupled with marketing automation, all available online, provide the power tools to cost-effectively create, manage and deploy communications that can adapt to new information, interactions and data. Especially in light of the recession, forward thinking organizations are seeing the large cost savings that can be realized from the cloud [...]

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Finding beauty in an empty canvas

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:05-04:00March 10th, 2010|Crisis, Loss and Renewal|

Rebuilding my life from the ruins of loss Five months ago, when my husband passed away, I started to spiral downwards. For a year and half prior to his death, I had tried to keep it together, to be the strong and supportive wife, mother, bread-winner and care giver. I couldn’t imagine how I would heal my broken heart or how I would fill the gaping hole that his passing left behind. When faced with such a dramatic life changing event, my whole world literally turned upside down. […]

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An unforgettable journey of service

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:05-04:00February 8th, 2010|Education, Community and Leadership|

Air Canada swaps paid seats for much-needed relief for Haitians As I was pursuing my friends' updates on Facebook this past weekend, I learned that one of my friends, Sue, had been down to Haiti and back on a volunteer mission with her employer, Air Canada. When I mentioned to her that this was an awesome thing for her to do, she humbly replied, "I truly felt honoured to be able to go". In fact this was an awesome thing for Air Canada to do. The benefit to the hundreds, if not thousands of earthquake victims are enormous. Of course, it doesn't hurt their brand image either. But, this relief mission will profoundly impact the lives of the volunteers, their valued employees; something that could never have been done with a mere pay cheque. This type of win-win-win thinking is necessary for today's organizations to be successful and sustainable in the future. Way to go Air Canada and way to go Sue! This is her incredible story: This weekend I was privileged to be a member of the Air Canada volunteer [...]

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The 3 P’s of the New Economy
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The 3 P’s of the New Economy

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The 3 P’s of the New Economy

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:06-04:00August 10th, 2009|Career and Business, Shifting Perspectives|

Much has been written about the unprecedented global economic crisis, including the causes - greed, selfishness, financial and loan schemes, rampant consumerism. As I hear talk of the recession easing, I am a bit concerned that we will come out of it too quickly to make real change. Our current economic model is not sustainable. Many of us are waking up to this fact. We have a chance to create a new economy based not only on the profit bottom line, but also on the social and environmental bottom lines - referred to as the triple bottom line of People, Planet and Profit.

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Why Right-Brainers will Rule the World

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:06-04:00August 4th, 2009|Career and Business, Shifting Perspectives|

Daniel H. Pink has created a body of inspiring and thought-provoking work in his book A Whole New Mind. This is a book that Oprah gave to 4500 graduating students from Stanford last year, because it offers a whole new perspective on the skills and apptitudes that will be required for the next generation of leaders. In his book, he argues that a “Whole New Mind” is required to thrive in the future, one that is more holistic, balancing both the attributes of left and right brain thinking. […]

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The Dalai Lama is Following my Tweets!

By Lianne Bridges|2017-07-13T17:44:06-04:00July 30th, 2009|Shifting Perspectives|

"The Dali Lama is now following your tweets on Twitter." Less than a year ago I wouldn't have even understood the meaning of this phrase. The word "Twitter", let alone the concept of Tweets from the Dalai Lama were not in my lexicon a short year ago. Everyone talks about the power of the Internet and new social media. Receiving this message in my morning inbox is one of the most wonderful examples of this I have experienced to date !

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