October 31st, 2008
CBC's Shelagh Rogers interviews CIEL's Mike Stolte on Sounds Like Canada
(LISTEN by clicking on CBC logo above) - Mike Stolte was interviewed by Shelagh Rogers on her...
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October 30th, 2008
CIEL Announces Winners of 2008 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards
Nelson, BC - An arts organization and a scientist are the 2008 winners of two annual awards for the...
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September 12th, 2008
Latin Americans Look to Kootenays for Community-Building Tools
Nelson, BC - A pair or top researchers from South America were in the Kootenays this week to check...
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Is your community thriving?
CIEL - Building Vital & Entrepreneurial Communities
The Centre for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Leadership (CIEL) strengthens communities by helping them become more business-friendly, more culturally vibrant, and more sustainable. We also assist them in improving leadership and enhancing community involvement.
Take a Video Tour of our Tools and Services 
CIEL Communities Matrix Business Vitality Initiative Community Vitality Initiative
Leading Communities BC Green Light Check-Up Tool
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
