Ken Chapman
Ken Chapman is a lawyer, founder of Cambridge Strategies Inc., a consummate political animal, media commentator and dedicated blogger.
While many look at politics only as lobbying and elections, Ken sees it as the ultimate expression of citizenship. He appreciates the personal consequences that every aspect of our human interactions has a political dimension. He is a "resolutionary" and is particularly adept in facilitating complex relationships within and among organizations, stakeholders and special interests while increasing member engagement.
No stranger to conflicts, Ken revels in them and takes reconciliation of differences to an art form. He loves to finding and designing positive mutually beneficial outcomes from adversarial relationships. He has applied his skills in everything from forest conservation to inner-city community development. He has worked on finding policy solutions for family violence to securing supports for the developmentally disabled to getting smoking eliminated in the workplace and getting volunteers exempted from lobbyist legislation.
A new media evangelist and top-rated workshop and conference speaker, Ken combines his insights into public policy issues and politics to train and mentor others in social media best practices, how to propagate and populate social media networks and which platforms to use to reengage their audience.
Ken learned from his under-30 mentors the role and infinite outreach made possible by social networking and since beginning his foray into the blogging four years ago, Ken now has 200 000 readers and over 2,000 followers on Twitter.
Ken's volunteer life is that of an uber-citizen community servant. He feeds his passions for all things creative in the arts, culture, consciousness, education and social justice concerns. In 2004 Ken was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for his "...contributions to Canada, to community...and to fellow Canadians" and has just been named one of Alberta's Most Influential People.
To read Ken's political and social commentary blog on current events both Alberta and Canada wide , please click here.
Satya Brata Das
Satya Das's mission in life is to make a difference in the world. After a successful first career as an award-winning journalist, author, and leading opinion maker, Satya co-founded Cambridge Strategies with K.J. (Ken) Chapman on Jan. 1, 2001. Their business partnership grew out of 20 years of weekly lunches, where no-holds-barred arguments were always the top item on the menu. Satya values the creativity and connections sparked by this continuing clash of ideas, and uses it to offer high-value strategic advice.
Satya's significant work includes advising senior-most levels of the Government of Canada on engaging Western alienation; building a better understanding of Alberta in Ottawa and vice-versa; developing a business case for the public sector's role in the development of the Alberta oil sands; advising the Government of Alberta on immigration, international marketing and value-added opportunities; elaborating a comprehensive Northern Development strategy for Alberta; and helping Alberta's forestry industry secure its social license from citizens.
Satya's pro bono work focuses on inclusion, diversity, and community building, often viewed through the perspective of human dignity and social cohesion. Satya is fluently trilingual in English, French and Oriya; and has a working knowledge of Hindi, Bangla, Spanish and Bahasa Indonesia. His books include Dispatches from a Borderless World and the best-seller The Best Country: Why Canada Will Lead the Future.
After collecting a shelf-full of awards and recognitions, Satya counts his life partner Mita and their two daughters as his most significant achievements.
