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Jonathan Hanley

Jonathan Hanley is an entrepreneur, web guy, writer and photographer--- into all things social media and communications. He has worked with international green groups and sustainable businesses for more than 25 years. Bringing people together by building and growing social communities for 14 years.

A child's special gifts: Ta’Kaiya Blaney inspires with powerful voice at Earth Day in Vancouver, BC

Earth Day is a special day in our household, because we like to think we do our part to save the planet. It's become an even more important event after I became a dad in 2011. We make sure our...

Top 20 BCBusiness Innovators of the Year

Last week, I attended the "BCBusiness Innovators of the Year" event at the West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre. I was curious: what does BCBusiness magazine consider "innovative"? Who...
Adam Chapnick of crowdfunding site Indiegogo at the Grow Conference in Vancouver

Adam Chapnick of Indiegogo shares insights on the art and science of a million-dollar campaign

What does it take to create a successful online crowdfunding campaign?

Launch @ GROW features exciting startups

Venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and techies gathered in town for the second annual Grow Conference. This year, a new addition to the conference is the competition for Canadian startups to...

Highlights of Vancouver's Eco Fashion Week

The designers, promoters, producers and sponsors all showed that it's possible to combine sustainable solutions while also running a successful business.

Pecha Kucha 13: Hanley talks with Wang, Calder, Bollwitt, Farr, Meadows & Steinberg

Victor Wang, Director/Curator of Here is Now/ Make Art History and Brendan Meadows, Photographer of Brendan Meadows at Pecha Kucha 13 (photo by Jonathan Hanley | hanleymade.com)

Earthdance Night at W2 storyeum

Tune in online to Earthdance TV all day Saturday for various live feeds from around the world. Vancouver goes on from 8pm-10:30pm for our Conference then on till late at http://earthdance....

Join the world's largest simultaneous music and dance event at Earthdance Vancouver

I spoke with one of the Earthdance Vancouver organizers, Sobey, about what makes this year's Earthdance different than in previous years. This year to from morning to night with three different...

Billion dollar man Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh speaks about "Delivering Happiness" at Grow2010

The Grow Conference took place Aug 19-21 at the Vancouver Convention Center. I didn't attend any of the conference sessions, as I spent all day interviewing over 22 Grow speakers, organizers, and...

Thousands of zombies invade downtown Vancouver

Seemed like Halloween came early this year, as thousands of zombies filled the streets and stumbled their way from the Vancouver Art Gallery to Second Beach in Stanley Park. I'd never been to the...