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Grandview Woodland Village

Join folks in your neighbourhood working toward a resilient community and future. Commercial Dr. VV holds a monthly potluck & workshop the third Thursday of every month starting Jan. 2013.  See below for details. Sign-up for our monthly potluck & workshop reminders: www.tinyurl.com/commercialdrivevillageSee More
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Grandview Woodland Village

Join folks in your neighbourhood working toward a resilient community and future. Commercial Dr. VV holds a monthly potluck & workshop the third Thursday of every month starting Jan. 2013.  See below for details. Sign-up for our monthly potluck & workshop reminders: www.tinyurl.com/commercialdrivevillageSee More
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Joey Liu and Mara Riordon joined sidria hawkins's group
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Grandview Woodland Village

Join folks in your neighbourhood working toward a resilient community and future. Commercial Dr. VV holds a monthly potluck & workshop the third Thursday of every month starting Jan. 2013.  See below for details. Sign-up for our monthly potluck & workshop reminders: www.tinyurl.com/commercialdrivevillageSee More
Oct 18, 2012
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Grandview Woodland Village

Join folks in your neighbourhood working toward a resilient community and future. Commercial Dr. VV holds a monthly potluck & workshop the third Thursday of every month starting Jan. 2013.  See below for details. Sign-up for our monthly potluck & workshop reminders: www.tinyurl.com/commercialdrivevillageSee More
Sep 24, 2012
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Right Livelihood Circles

Part of the Village Vancouver Economics and Livelihood Network.Details to follow.See More
Sep 8, 2012
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Grandview Woodland Village

Join folks in your neighbourhood working toward a resilient community and future. Commercial Dr. VV holds a monthly potluck & workshop the third Thursday of every month starting Jan. 2013.  See below for details. Sign-up for our monthly potluck & workshop reminders: www.tinyurl.com/commercialdrivevillageSee More
Jul 6, 2012
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Cabot Lyford added a discussion to the group Right Livelihood Circles
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update from June 20

Last Wednesday we spent half our time working with Carol's "big idea" of a Music Garden, inspired by the one in Toronto. This is a huge project in the non-profit realm, and our role in the circle was mostly the generation of ideas and connections, with some time spent identifying Carol's core gift and mission driving this idea.The second half was devoted to helping Evan work his way toward his…See More
Jun 24, 2012
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Cabot Lyford added a discussion to the group Right Livelihood Circles
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update from June 13

I think we have proven that practice promotes improvement. Last Wednesday we had another go at the all-important area of market research/idea development. I was left with a strong sense of how the process works, and I believe we also came up with some high-quality info on the challenges and opportunities of the business idea we were exploring, which was Urban Permaculture Design.One of the temptations of interviewing possible clients is to attempt to sell them an idea without knowing what their…See More
Jun 16, 2012
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Right Livelihood Circles

Part of the Village Vancouver Economics and Livelihood Network.Details to follow.See More
Jun 13, 2012
Cabot Lyford added a discussion to the group Right Livelihood Circles
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update from May 30

Wednesday was our foray into doing effective market research. Dave Pollard was again with us, this time leading the group in a conversational role-play about getting first-hand information from the customers, suppliers and other stakeholders of an enterprise. The idea is to test the business idea and illuminate the needs of the clientele, possible hurdles and viability issues and possibilities not yet thought of. It is a process that normally would happen after a fair amount of secondary…See More
Jun 1, 2012
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Cabot Lyford's event was featured

Right Livelihood Circle at Grace MacInnis common room

May 30, 2012 from 6pm to 9:30pm
This Wednesday evening from 6-9:30pm, Dave Pollard, who has helped many entrepreneurs to establish and succeed in their businesses, will lead a free workshop on Market Research: Finding and Filling Unmet Needs. The session will begin with a brief orientation to a proven 5-step process for world-class market research, followed by hands-on 'role-play' exercises designed to teach you how to ask the right questions of potential customers to identify unmet needs that are aligned with your personal…See More
May 29, 2012
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Cabot Lyford added a discussion to the group Right Livelihood Circles
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May 23 Summary and May 30 announcement

Last Wednesday (May 23), Dave Pollard joined us as we continued with the process of pitching ideas to each other and playing with ideas to fill in gaps, identify challenges and ascertain viability. It was again a stimulating and enjoyable session, with the added bonus that it gave us a business idea to use as the focus of our next session on Wednesday May 30. Three people pitched their ideas, which were for:a social and material rewards system to create incentive for people to engage in…See More
May 27, 2012
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Right Livelihood Circle at Grace MacInnis common room

May 30, 2012 from 6pm to 9:30pm
This Wednesday evening from 6-9:30pm, Dave Pollard, who has helped many entrepreneurs to establish and succeed in their businesses, will lead a free workshop on Market Research: Finding and Filling Unmet Needs. The session will begin with a brief orientation to a proven 5-step process for world-class market research, followed by hands-on 'role-play' exercises designed to teach you how to ask the right questions of potential customers to identify unmet needs that are aligned with your personal…See More
May 27, 2012
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Colin Angel commented on Cabot Lyford's event *Right Livelihood Circle
"Unfortunately I have to miss this week's meeting due to another commitment. Wednesdays have gotten busy for me. Wish you all well and hope you have a lively and productive session!"
May 21, 2012
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Right Livelihood Circle at Grace MacInnis common room

May 23, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
This is a group for sharing our time, talent and resources to create enjoyable work for ourselves that is "part of the solution" rather than "part of the problem". The eventual aim is to create a network of individuals and businesses that produce useful goods and services that support Transition. We will hold our next session this Wednesday at 7pm in the common room of Grace MacInnis Housing Co-op at Adanac and Salsbury. Please join us! You can RSVP here or email me to let me know you're…See More
May 12, 2012
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Cabot Lyford added a discussion to the group Right Livelihood Circles
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RLC update from May 9th

Last session was taken up with 5 of us pitching ideas for businesses or unmet needs and receiving ideas, information, observations and questions from the group. It was largely a brainstorming session, resulting in expansion of the field of possibilities for each idea. The ideas were: · Wholistic Health and Wellness Centre· Consulting to help businesses find efficiencies and synergies that emerge out of Earth-friendly practices· Urban Farming – Permaculture style· Connecting Immigrants with the…See More
May 12, 2012
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Please tell us which areas of Transition interest you. For example: growing more food/urban agriculture, relocalizing our economy/local currency, Permaculture, transit, energy efficient buildings, the arts, urban homesteading, preserving seed diversity, potlucks, outreach, organizing events, community-building, having fun while saving the world, or...
edible landscaping and veggie gardening, building a less-consumptive lifestyle so we can devote time and resources to the good stuff, music (especially singing), expanding people skills to build community.
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At 12:42pm on February 20, 2012, Carol Shinker said…

Hey Cabot!  I am so glad you enjoyed the party and the evening with Nicole. Quite a woman... on a mission from god (from the Blues Brothers movie..).  Nice to see you at the Heinberg event too.  And thanks for the great strudel.. will get that one again.

At 12:10pm on January 27, 2012, Ross Moster said…

Hi Cabot,

Just a heads up for Tuesday -- we're currently at 13 confirmed and 3 maybes (and I expect the numbers to rise).

Cheers,

Ross

At 6:59pm on January 16, 2011, Ross Moster said…

Hi Cabot,

 

We may be moving the Art & Celebrations gathering date. We'll keep you posted.

Cheers,

Ross

At 6:02pm on February 15, 2010, Randy Chatterjee said…
Welcome, Cabot.

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