This week is super busy as we approach the holiday season. Apart from the whack of daytime work events to explore on the TO Events Calendar, fundraising and evening socials dominate the calendar this week.

The week began Monday with the #pepsitweetup, celebrating all the great Canadian initiatives Pepsi is supporting in 2010. There was a chance at the event to show what you care about. And whether you have an environmental, cultural, health, educational or arts project you’d like to tackle in 2011, be sure to submit your idea for funding to the Pepsi Refresh Project.

This week also prevents us with the Movember Gala Thursday evening. You’ll be able to catch me there in support of Prostate Cancer Canada. Even if you can’t make it, you can still donate to our fundraising team here. With over $1500 raised, we’re pretty happy with this year’s efforts and I’ve noticed a real jump in awareness from last year.

Also, Matt will be at tonight’s Sproutup, so be sure to say hi.

And feel free to join me at =People Downtown’s Tequila Monthly this Friday evening as we celebrate world electronic music and the relaunch of indianelectronica.com.

Lots more on the go
As always, you can find all the great weekly events on Yeah Social’s TO Events Calendar. And feel free to add your favourite events to the TO Events Calendar or reach out to us with some suggestions so we can keep everyone up to date.

The post Events for the week of November 22 to 28. appeared first on Say Yeah!.

In the spirit of men’s clubs of yore, we had fantastic food catered from Little Kitchen, an assortment of scotch from Say Yeah!, fine brew from the Great Lakes Brewery, cigars and ambiance from FTJCO, and pleasant conversation to be had with each of our distinguished guests.

Of course, with Movember in full swing, we did our best to ensure that no man left bearded. Though this sometimes required some aggressive bidding and a little muscle, we got the job done with the exception of one bearded chap who made for a rapid exit once he spotted what was in store.

The beard that got away:

All in all, a successful evening which netted upwards of $1500 for Prostate Cancer Canada. Of course, Movember continues with the gala party happening on November 25th. Until then, you can help support this initiative by donating to The Beards.

And you’ll find the full set of photos from the evening on Flickr. Thanks to everyone for their support and all the moustachioed ladies for their good sport.

The post Movember fundraiser photos. appeared first on Say Yeah!.

Also a great way for the ladies to participate without gluing fur on their face!

Here’s how our Movember wallpaper looks in action:

Download the full sized wallpaper from flickr here or by clicking on the images above.

UPDATE: If you don’t have an iPhone, here’s a version without the black bars which will hopefully be more suited to your phone.

The post Mo your phone! appeared first on Say Yeah!.

We were a little quiet with publishing last week, somewhat distracted planning our somewhat private Movember fundraiser, which took place this past Thursday. To make up for that, we’re dubbing this week Movember week and will be sharing Movember related treats all week long. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, this week presents a number of healthy event options for design geeks, tech nerds, startups, change agents, science nerds and gamers. See you out there!

And, if you’d like to help support Prostate Cancer Canada, you can donate to our team, The Beards, here.

The post Events for the week of November 8 to 14. appeared first on Say Yeah!.

Well, this is unexpected. I submitted a design for the Movember Tshirt contest this morning only to have it rejected on the grounds that:

Your idea could use a little more work to be up to the standard that will give it the best shot.

I’ve always wondered why most of the Threadless tees are overly detailed images more about storytelling or ensuring a high percentage wearable hipster friendly humour than visual impact, now I know: they don’t dig minimal.

Following Threadless’s recommendation, I’ve submitted the tee for critique.

My submission is as follows:

Bold and confident, you can promote the mo year round with this golden nugget, complete with positive affirmation. Just say yeah to mos!

So, too minimal for you? Have your say!

The post Threadless doesn’t dig minimal. appeared first on Say Yeah!.