This Week in Social Entrepreneurship: Social Procurement Challenge, Events, Challenges, Opportunities and More!
4 September 2017
Events & Opportunities:
Pitch For Good 2017 — Parramatta, Australia
Do you have an idea to change the #Parramatta #community? #PitchforGood can help make it happen! Applications must be received by midnight September 4
A regional programme designed to discover innovators from Southeast Asia who are accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through cross-sector partnerships and disruptive innovations. The Challenge presents opportunities to identify and strengthen new innovations and to achieve select outcomes around the SDGs.
Crowdfunding and the Social Economy — Adelaide, Australia
14 September 2017: Two of the leaders of crowdfunding will share their experience and insight for one evening in Adelaide. Presentations will be followed by a lively Q&A session (MCed by Matthew Wright-Simon) and time to network over a glass of wine and wood oven pizzas (all diets catered for).
Workshop: Social Good Crowdfunding Adelaide- 15 September 2017
StartSomeGood, the Crowdfunding Platform for Social Good, and Social Capital, Adelaide’s social business champions, presents this Social Good Crowdfunding workshop with StartSomeGood CEO Tom Dawkins.
Calling all problem solvers! Wednesday, August 30th, applications opened for the Eidos Social Procurement Challenge. The winner will receive a $25,000 contribution towards turning their idea into reality.
Calling the global community to submit current projects or proposals focused on the Challenge topic: reimagining the new life experience by addressing the diverse challenges of all mothers, babies, and those who care for them. They will be accepting proposals until 11:30 pm PST on Sunday September 24th.
Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch Competition — Melbourne, Australia
The Early Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch Competition is going to be held as part of the Ethical Enterprise Conference 2017, on 16th and 17th of October in Melbourne, VIC.
I Have an Idea! (Now What…?) Bootcamp — (Toronto, Canada — 20 Oct)
What does it really take to be an entrepreneur? Find the answer to “I don’t know what I don’t’ know” with this one day workshop to create and maintain a sustainable business! If you have a business and are stuck or thinking of a business and don’t know where to start, this Bootcamp is for you!
Opening up to an era of social innovation conference — Lisbon, Portugal
The conference aims to boost social innovation in Europe because social innovation is a good, cost-effective way to advance inclusive and wealth-creating public policies, by developing a new narrative and giving this new narrative the means to take root, grow, blossom and bear fruit. 27–28 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
Social Enterprise Exchange — Accelerate Workshop, UK
Social Enterprise Exchange is a new initiative providing a comprehensive programme of support to social enterprises across the Sheffield City Region to promote social entrepreneurship and contribute toward job creation, growth and social inclusion.
How to start your own social enterprise — Podcast
Learn how to start your own social enterprise, with StartSomeGood’s founder Tom Dawkins. #podcast #socent
News, Reports & Insights:
Social enterprises seek to end historic indigenous inequalities
Indigenous people around the world are benefitting from the interventions of social enterprises, writes Ellie Ward.
Social enterprise sector grew by 32% from last year: raiSE
SINGAPORE: The social enterprise sector has grown by 32 per cent over the past year, with 401 registered social enterprises — up from 303 enterprises in 2016, according to the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) on Saturday (Aug 19).
3 Questions For Problem-Solving Social Entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs want to make a difference, but complex problems that face our communities around the globe are in need of more than band aid solutions: they need real solutions, oftentimes complex, to combat the most pressing issues of today. It’s time to ask: Are we solving the right problems?
Lessons in Social Entrepreneurship from the People Making a Real Impact
There is clearly a balance to be struck between making a profit and making an impact (of the social variety). How do you straddle that line?
Interest in social entrepreneurship high in Nepal
Stories of students and faculty involved in socially oriented organizations are common in Nepal. It is interesting that in a poor country where much of daily life revolves around the use and conservation of basic necessities like electricity and potable water is where students and faculty members are interested in helping society before making a profit for themselves.
Five Signs You’re a Social Entrepreneur…Or you want to be.
If you live in Silicon Valley, Seattle, DC, Chicago or LA, you may think that entrepreneurship is on the rise. However, the US has actually seen a steady decline in startups. In fact, CNN reported that the amount of startups per year are currently about 400,000. While that might sound like a lot, Americans were opening nearly 600,000 businesses per year in the 70s
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