Within CMU blogs, you'll find fascinating stories and pieces on current students and accomplished alumni. You'll also hear directly from students, faculty, and staff, as they tell their personal CMU stories in their own voices.
Analyzing conflicts and finding solutions
Danäé Smelsky-Rémillard really enjoys problem solving and analyzing current issues and events.
Pursuing a Conflict Resolution Studies (CRS) degree at Menno Simons College (MSC) provides him with skills and opportunities to analyze conflicts using a multi-faceted approach.
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Alumnus uses new films to explore old stories
What would it look like to retell a handful of biblical stories in a modern day context?
That’s the question that sparked Kid Shorts, a series of five videos from filmmaker and CMU alumnus Paul Plett (2004-05).
“I had this idea that you could take a look at scripture and you could envision it in a new way,” Plett says. “You could breathe some life into it by setting it in a modern day context, and you could do that through the perspective of a child.”
Five questions with Gayle Goossen, workshop facilitator
1. What is the 140-character version of your two talks at Going Barefoot?
Workshop 1: Acquiring and Keeping Donors: Donors are your key partners to change. Developing strong, loyal relationships with them is critical your organizational growth.
Workshop 2: Marketing Strategies for the Non-Profit: Strengthen your fundraising by healthy marketing including brand, campaigns, content and digital.
2. What do you see as the biggest opportunity for nonprofit communicators in 2016?
Looking at their communications through the eyes of the donors.
3. What is one thing you wish every nonprofit knew and acted on?
To erase the word "not-for-profit" and replace it with “Agencies for Social Profit.”
The potential of pulses
Madeleine Goodwin (MSC ‘15, CRS 3–year) is passionate about the potential of pulses to feed people in Canada and around the world.
As the International Year of Pulses Coordinator with Pulse Canada, Goodwin has learned a lot about pulses, the category for dried pea, bean, lentil, and chickpea seeds. Pulse Canada is the “national industry association that represents growers, processors and traders of pulse crops in Canada.”
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Five questions with Joel Thiessen, keynote speaker
By David Turner
What's the 140-character version of your Going Barefoot talk?
Canadian religiosity is on the decline. What does this mean for church-based non-profit groups and denominations, and for Canada’s social and civic fabric?
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