The fall is typically a very busy time for us. After people (thankfully) slow down and enjoy life and time off in August, by September, everyone calls to start new projects, campaigns, and refresh their online presence. By the time the planning and scoping and quoting gets done, October means down to work.
This year we are really excited to be working with 3 fabulous new clients: the United Nations Foundation, The Natural Step Canada, and the Goldie Hawn Institute.
It was fun to spend the day at our Toronto office again, which is at the Centre for Social Innovation at 215 Spadina St. It’s a beautiful scene, in a vibrant, diverse and hip part of town – steps away from Chinatown, Kensington Market, and Queen St West. The building itself is very cool, with a “living wall” of plants cleaning the air and welcoming you into the lobby, a roof top deck, and one of Toronto’s only green roofs. Very livable.
The Centre is a shared space with over 30 tenants so the biggest perks are the people you run into. Today I had a meeting with the Executive Director of The Natural Step Canada, who knew and worked with at least 3 other tenants. Toby, the CEO of Corporate Knights, Canada’s foremost CSR mag, was over in the corner, and my good friends Tonya Surman, who co-founded and runs the Centre along with Social Innovation Canada, and Phillip Smith, a partner we do Web of Change with, were also there.
