You use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and a zillion more social media platforms... But are you using them to your advantage? How exactly are you using them strategically to contribute to your personal brand?

Join Edmonton's NextGen in an interactive and engaging professional development opportunity on making social media work for you! 

When: Wednesday, May 9 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Where: 99ten, 9910 109 Street Northwest

Tickets: $5 (to cover food and venue)

This is an 18+ event

Explore using social media marketing as part of your personal branding and defining who you are and what you do to those visiting your social media pages.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Ignite event last Monday! 

And a big thank you to Ahmed Knowmadic, Keren Tang and Moréniké Ọláòșebìkan for sharing your inspiring stories about moving, living and working in Edmonton. 

Thanks to all the Ignite volunteers and The Nook Cafe for giving us the opportunity to host our event at their establishment and to Apathy is Boring for encouraging our attendees to register to vote in the upcoming provincial election.

Discover a new and unique part of Edmonton this weekend. Participate in one of over a dozen walks as part of the 12th annual Jane’s Walk, an initiative that supports the growth of strong, resourceful and connected communities through the simple act of walking. 

Free walks are scheduled throughout the weekend until May 10, with celebrations kicking off Friday at City Hall.

Jane’s Walk was founded in 2006 by friends of the urban thinker, Jane Jacobs. Jane’s Walk has since become a worldwide, free, volunteer-led event that allows residents to share unique stories. Jane’s Walks in Edmonton will discuss themes including history, art and architecture such as Exploring the Funicular, Spruce Avenue House Histories, YEG Garden Suites and Rossdale and the River Crossing.

Edmonton’s Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Strategy is being developed in consultation with the scientific community and stakeholders.

Five public information sessions are scheduled in May (5, 9, 10, 12, 17) to help citizens learn more about climate change and the development of the strategy.

Drop in, be informed and contribute to the vision for a climate resilient Edmonton.

The AGA is looking for volunteers to help at Art on the Block on May 11th!

All positions are listed below along with the shift for each one, and how many volunteers are still needed in each area. If you are interested in any of these roles and can commit to the shift, please send an email to josee.blouin@youraga.ca and she will confirm your schedule. Please note: volunteers for this event must be over the age of 18. 

Art on the Block is one of the Art Gallery of Alberta’s most important fundraisers of the year – it’s a fun and lively event which features an art auction. They need support in a variety of areas. Be a part of this special event by volunteering! 

Checkout Support: Help transform the main floor from a check-in space to a check-out space while the attendees are in the auction. This means helping with moving tables, guiding guests to the correct lineups and helping with distributing envelopes with receipts as needed 

Friday, May 11, 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm (1 volunteer needed)

Bidder Registration: Assist our Guest Services team in checking guests who wish to bid in the auction in and assigning them a bidder number as well as providing some information about the auction process.

Friday, May 11, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm (1 volunteer needed)

Payment Desk: These volunteers will support the check-out process after the auction is complete. In this position we will need people to help find the envelops which correspond to the lot the guest has won, and we will need help taking payment from guests.  

Friday, May 11, 8:30 pm – 11:45 pm (4 volunteers needed)

Sponsor Support: Support one of our event sponsors with their on-site activation. You’ll help deliver special “debit cards” attendants can use on their purchase of art that evening and explain the program to them.

Friday, May 11, 6:45 pm – 10:00 pm (1 volunteer needed) 

Auction Attendant: Auction Attendance volunteers will be present in the party space and will be assigned to a section of auction sheets to keep an eye on them as the lots come to a close and ensure they are removed on time. While bidding is ongoing, the attendant will also help check on sheets to make sure bidders are bidding using the correct increments.

Friday, May 11, 6:30 pm – 10:15 pm (8 volunteers needed)

City of Edmonton Youth Council Presents SpotlightYEG

Brought to you by the City of Edmonton Youth Council’s Health and Wellness Subcommittee, “Spotlight YEG” is an event exhibiting art to promote mental health awareness. They have brought youth aged 13-23 together to showcase their art expressing their sentiments on mental health and/or stigma reduction. This will be through music, poetry readings, fine arts, films, dramatic arts, and various other forms of artistic expression to inspire those dealing with mental health issues.

Attend this event, there will be performances, speeches, an art exhibition, and interactive workshops.

When: Friday, May 11 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Where: City Hall

This event is Free

In celebration of International Museum Day 2018, the Friends of Royal Alberta Museum Society (FRAMS) presents Connections Through Collections: The Future of Museums.

Good museums tell good stories. And telling good stories requires that museums consider carefully how human experience can, and should, be reflected in their services, and the audiences those same services will, and must, reach. This places message and interpretive method at the center, alongside inclusiveness, consultation, and audience feedback.

When: Thursday, May 17 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Where: Betty Andrews Recital Hall, Allard Hall, MacEwan University, 11110 104 Avenue 

Tickets: $15

Dr. Dean Oliver, Director of Research at the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa, will address the creation of compelling, respectful narratives in a museum setting, and how museums can create and maintain focus on their publics. The traditional roles museums have played – collecting things and displaying them for educative purposes – are merely the starting points for modern museology. 

Good ideas can change the world. And we make the best ideas together.

Roundhouse is thrilled to officially open their doors to the community and would like you to join them for their Grand Opening and Launch Week. The event will feature a brief program, light refreshments, live music and a pop-up social enterprise market, with plenty of time to explore our space and meet other like-minded changemakers.

Grand Opening

Date: Thursday, May 31

Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Roundhouse, Main Floor, Allard Hall at MacEwan University, (11110 104 Avenue)

Cost: Free!

Roundhouse’s Grand Opening kicks off our Launch Week, which will feature a number of exciting events and programming from June 1 to 8. Stay tuned for schedule details and registration!

InterVivos Spring 2018 Mentorship Program

Socrates and Plato.

Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerbeg.

Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey.

Professor Dumbledore and Harry Potter.

A protégé is defined as a person who is guided and supported by a more experienced or influential person. Connect with a mentor and get ready to grow professionally and personally.

interVivos is seeking young professional protégés for their Spring 2018 Mentorship Program! 

Cost: $60

Due to the popularity of the Mentorship program, early registration is recommended as spots fill up quickly.

Are you passionate about the River Valley? They need people like you to fill four positions on the River Valley Alliance Community Engagement Committee. You will assist and support River Valley Alliance as they participate in events, projects and other activities.

Apply online by May 13.

Young Edmonton Grants (YEG) application now open!

Requests can be made for up to $3,000.

YEG program supports activities that are initiated, led, and organized by young Edmonton and area residents. Ideas and projects of all kinds are supported. The most important consideration is that the applicant is an Edmonton and area resident between the ages of 13 and 24 and is involved in the project’s planning and execution.

The applicant will need to partner with their school or a registered charity. The next online application deadline is May 15 for projects after July 1. Future deadlines include October 15 (for projects after December 1) and February 15, 2019 (for projects after March 1, 2019).   

DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!

When: Saturday, December 1

Where: The Starlite Room

On June 7 we will announce the bands who will be opening City Jam. Then at the end of July, we'll announce the special headliner performing at City Jam!

Start volunteering in June and once you reach 10 volunteer hours, you can sign up to get your name on the City Jam guest list! Then you and 600 other volunteers will get to be part of an amazing concert with great music.

If you're a non profit or charity who would like more info about City Jam 2018, please contact us @ nextgen@edmonton.ca.

Thank you to the City of Edmonton and Volunteer Alberta for being partners for City Jam 2018!

These surveys are currently being conducted by the City of Edmonton. 

You can access online surveys that are open to the general public by clicking on the Survey Name.

Check back often for more ways to share your voice.