Ben Weinlick
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Lori Campbell, M.Ed, PhD
"The Diversity team at Enbridge luckily became aware of Ben Weinlick’s consulting services through a colleague who had experienced Ben’s work through the community she was engaged with. We are very aware at Enbridge of our need to improve our organizational capacity to attract, recruit and develop employees with disabilities, but really felt we needed a fresh eye and perspective on our approach. We asked Ben to come in to lead a full day session with employees across several departments and the feedback from that session has been extremely positive. It led to Ben assisting us with the development of a community of practice which we hope to sustain over the next few years. It’s not just Ben’s experience and knowledge that makes him an excellent facilitator. He was able to bring to us what we needed – the ability to help us re-conceptualize this area and to think critically about our processes and practices. Most importantly he made his creativity and thoughtfulness around the area of diversity very accessible to us, and in that way, left us with a great sense of possibility in the area of hiring adults with disabilities. We are looking forward to our continued relationship with Ben.
john brewer - the conference bard
I design a lot of events and it's really important that they begin well. Lose the audience then and you are never getting them back. Ben did a great job opening the Conference Board of Canada's 2015 Western Public Sector Transformation conference in Edmonton. As an opener you are expected to introduce some new ideas, provide some concrete value yet still in some way make a presentation that sets the tone for the event and connects to the sessions that follow. Ben nailed it. Great slides. Good use of video. Plenty of humour and much food for thought. You can't ask for more than that.
Lori Campbell, M.Ed, PhD
"The Diversity team at Enbridge luckily became aware of Ben Weinlick’s consulting services through a colleague who had experienced Ben’s work through the community she was engaged with. We are very aware at Enbridge of our need to improve our organizational capacity to attract, recruit and develop employees with disabilities, but really felt we needed a fresh eye and perspective on our approach. We asked Ben to come in to lead a full day session with employees across several departments and the feedback from that session has been extremely positive. It led to Ben assisting us with the development of a community of practice which we hope to sustain over the next few years. It’s not just Ben’s experience and knowledge that makes him an excellent facilitator. He was able to bring to us what we needed – the ability to help us re-conceptualize this area and to think critically about our processes and practices. Most importantly he made his creativity and thoughtfulness around the area of diversity very accessible to us, and in that way, left us with a great sense of possibility in the area of hiring adults with disabilities. We are looking forward to our continued relationship with Ben.
john brewer - the conference bard
I design a lot of events and it's really important that they begin well. Lose the audience then and you are never getting them back. Ben did a great job opening the Conference Board of Canada's 2015 Western Public Sector Transformation conference in Edmonton. As an opener you are expected to introduce some new ideas, provide some concrete value yet still in some way make a presentation that sets the tone for the event and connects to the sessions that follow. Ben nailed it. Great slides. Good use of video. Plenty of humour and much food for thought. You can't ask for more than that.
Lori Campbell, M.Ed, PhD
"The Diversity team at Enbridge luckily became aware of Ben Weinlick’s consulting services through a colleague who had experienced Ben’s work through the community she was engaged with. We are very aware at Enbridge of our need to improve our organizational capacity to attract, recruit and develop employees with disabilities, but really felt we needed a fresh eye and perspective on our approach. We asked Ben to come in to lead a full day session with employees across several departments and the feedback from that session has been extremely positive. It led to Ben assisting us with the development of a community of practice which we hope to sustain over the next few years. It’s not just Ben’s experience and knowledge that makes him an excellent facilitator. He was able to bring to us what we needed – the ability to help us re-conceptualize this area and to think critically about our processes and practices. Most importantly he made his creativity and thoughtfulness around the area of diversity very accessible to us, and in that way, left us with a great sense of possibility in the area of hiring adults with disabilities. We are looking forward to our continued relationship with Ben.
john brewer - the conference bard
I design a lot of events and it's really important that they begin well. Lose the audience then and you are never getting them back. Ben did a great job opening the Conference Board of Canada's 2015 Western Public Sector Transformation conference in Edmonton. As an opener you are expected to introduce some new ideas, provide some concrete value yet still in some way make a presentation that sets the tone for the event and connects to the sessions that follow. Ben nailed it. Great slides. Good use of video. Plenty of humour and much food for thought. You can't ask for more than that.
Lori Campbell, M.Ed, PhD
"The Diversity team at Enbridge luckily became aware of Ben Weinlick’s consulting services through a colleague who had experienced Ben’s work through the community she was engaged with. We are very aware at Enbridge of our need to improve our organizational capacity to attract, recruit and develop employees with disabilities, but really felt we needed a fresh eye and perspective on our approach. We asked Ben to come in to lead a full day session with employees across several departments and the feedback from that session has been extremely positive. It led to Ben assisting us with the development of a community of practice which we hope to sustain over the next few years. It’s not just Ben’s experience and knowledge that makes him an excellent facilitator. He was able to bring to us what we needed – the ability to help us re-conceptualize this area and to think critically about our processes and practices. Most importantly he made his creativity and thoughtfulness around the area of diversity very accessible to us, and in that way, left us with a great sense of possibility in the area of hiring adults with disabilities. We are looking forward to our continued relationship with Ben.
john brewer - the conference bard
I design a lot of events and it's really important that they begin well. Lose the audience then and you are never getting them back. Ben did a great job opening the Conference Board of Canada's 2015 Western Public Sector Transformation conference in Edmonton. As an opener you are expected to introduce some new ideas, provide some concrete value yet still in some way make a presentation that sets the tone for the event and connects to the sessions that follow. Ben nailed it. Great slides. Good use of video. Plenty of humour and much food for thought. You can't ask for more than that.
Experience
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Skills Society
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Canada
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Feb 2019 - Present
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Senior Manager of Community Supports, Research and Social Innovation
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Feb 2011 - Feb 2019
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Coordinator of community supports
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Feb 2004 - Feb 2011
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Think Jar Collective
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Canada
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Business Consulting and Services
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Consultant and Speaker
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2009 - Present
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Founder
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Dec 2010 - Present
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MyCompass Planning
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Canada
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Co-Founder
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Jan 2015 - Present
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Innoweave
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Canada
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Coach / Consultant
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Jun 2015 - Present
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The Creativity Post
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Think Tanks
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1 - 100 Employee
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Columnist
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Dec 2012 - Present
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Community Connecting Consulting
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Individual and Family Services
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Community and Disability Specialist
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Jan 2008 - Present
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Make Something Edmonton
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Edmonton, Canada Area
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Board Member
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Jun 2014 - May 2016
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MacEwan University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Sessional Instructor
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2011 - 2013
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Education
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2009 - 2011
Royal Roads University
Master of Arts, Leadership -
2000 - 2007
Grant Macewan College
Disability studies: Leadership and Community, Disability studies
Community
