The Most Important Decision at any Start-Up & A Welcome to Cam Scott!

Of all decisions we make at Sustainable Waterloo Region, hiring full-time staff is – without a doubt – the most important one. This probably wouldn’t even conjure up much debate amongst local entrepreneurs, and the reason is a no-brainer:  organizations are the people that contribute to them. When you do a good job hiring superstars, [...]

The New Website Has Launched!

In just over 2 ½ months we went from early conversations about improving the old Sustainable Waterloo Region website to launching the new site in time for our second annual Evening of Recognition. Idea to action. It’s a common theme around Sustainable Waterloo Region these days. The result is a new website that we hope [...]

5 Questions about our Website Redesign

Currently we’re reassessing the Sustainable Waterloo Region website and wondering if we provide people with the experience they’re looking for when they visit. Over the last few weeks, as we got this project off the ground, we’ve chosen not to take the standard redesign approach. Instead we’re taking the website update from the angle of [...]

A Valuable Lesson: Social Media Breakfast Waterloo Region

This past Wednesday, September 22, Sustainable Waterloo Region’s events manager, Helena, and I attended Social Media Breakfast Waterloo Region at the Kitchener Market. The guest speaker, Joe Thornley, spoke about “Building Relationships. Creating Opportunities” within the sphere of social media. I enjoyed attending Social Media Breakfast Waterloo Region and would recommend attending future breakfasts – [...]

Sharing our Experience of “Working Together” at Climate Change Conference 2010

When we launched the Regional Carbon Initiative in June 2009, one of our speakers – Derek Satnik from Community Renewable Energy Waterloo – candidly told the audience that (5:30 on the video below) “it’s amazing to me to look around Canada and see how people are watching, believe it or not – Waterloo – and [...]