May 21st, 2008
CBC's Shelagh Rogers interviews CIEL's Mike Stolte on Sounds Like Canada
(LISTEN by clicking on CBC logo on Home Page) - Mike Stolte was interviewed by Shelagh Rogers on...
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May 4th, 2008
Australia Turns to Canadian Organization for Small Town Economic Revitalization Solutions
Nelson, BC - How do you revitalize a small town economy? In the state of Victoria, Australia, theyâ€...
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February 27th, 2007
Mike Stolte interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
CIEL's Executive Director, Mike Stolte, is currently on a speaking tour in Australia. Mike is...
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Stay tuned to our web-site (or contact us) for our new sustainability tools for communities - Green Light & the Community Sustainability Initiative (CSI) - featured at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities "Sustainable Communities 2008" Conference.
Is your community thriving?
CIEL - Building Vital & Entrepreneurial Communities
CIEL is a Canadian centre of excellence in community, entrepreneurial and economic leadership. We provide strategic tools and processes, training and innovative solutions that allow communities to realize their potential. Throughout Canada, the US, and Australia, CIEL has provided expertise and assistance on community, entrepreneurial and economic development as well as a leadership training, and custom tool development. Our tools have been used on every continent (except Antarctica).
Watch our Business Vitality Initiative video (hosted on Google video).
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership are key characteristics of successful communities. Our tools and services reflect our commitment to these characteristics.
At CIEL, we continually develop tools and services that assist communities, organizations, and individuals become more innovative and entrepreneurial while building strong, responsive leadership.
Our virtual Resource Library includes reference material, research and links to information on community economic development and community entrepreneurship.
In our Library you will find documents and weblinks to high quality, relevant material from both CIEL and our colleagues around the world. The resources are organized into categories that allows for easy information browsing and retrieval.
View our Resources & Publications
- About CIEL
- Leading Communities BC
- About the Business Vitality Initiative (BVI)
- Communities Matrix - a one page guide to community readiness used around the world
