The one year anniversary forum of Social Enterprise Weekly titled "The Imagination of 500 Seeds for the World" discussed whether society can allow everyone to dream. Francis Ngai, the founder and CEO of the Hong Kong Social Venture Fund, spoke at the event about innovating social change. The Social Venture Fund is Hong Kong's first venture philanthropy organization, founded in 2007. It focuses on providing financial and non-financial support to social purpose organizations through an equity-based model and has mobilized over 35,000 hours of support from 300+ professional volunteers.
Presenting at Startup Edmonton for Make Something Edmonton, SiG National Executive Director, Tim Draimin, explores "Making Change Through Social Innovation" - introducing what social innovation is, why it is important, and the opportunity for Alberta to become a social innovation leader.
What is social Innovation? Why is social innovation position to drive change in telecentres and telecentres networks? What is the process of social innovation? The Australian Centre for Social Innovation shares its views with the telecentre movement.
Presenting in partnership with United Way Central Alberta in Red Deer, SiG National Executive Director, Tim Draimin, explores social innovation: what it is, why it is important, and the opportunity for Alberta to become a social innovation leader.
Restart+ Module 3 Placemaking a Powerful Tool for Community Regenerationcaniceconsulting
In this module, we explore placemaking as a process for community regeneration.
We focus in detail on the four main types of placemaking and hone in on how each one works. We look at some great real life applications of these in communities.
In the final section, we provide you with a pack of useful exercises and templates to help you start using placemaking in the planning of your new regeneration project/s!
Destination Changemakers is a project aiming at helping social entrepreneurs to scale up and maximize their social impact. After one year and a half of preparation in the UK and France, we will help social entrepreneurs in Asia and Africa during nine months, before coming back to France to share our experience to the general public.
Presenting at Startup Edmonton for Make Something Edmonton, SiG National Executive Director, Tim Draimin, explores "Making Change Through Social Innovation" - introducing what social innovation is, why it is important, and the opportunity for Alberta to become a social innovation leader.
What is social Innovation? Why is social innovation position to drive change in telecentres and telecentres networks? What is the process of social innovation? The Australian Centre for Social Innovation shares its views with the telecentre movement.
Presenting in partnership with United Way Central Alberta in Red Deer, SiG National Executive Director, Tim Draimin, explores social innovation: what it is, why it is important, and the opportunity for Alberta to become a social innovation leader.
Restart+ Module 3 Placemaking a Powerful Tool for Community Regenerationcaniceconsulting
In this module, we explore placemaking as a process for community regeneration.
We focus in detail on the four main types of placemaking and hone in on how each one works. We look at some great real life applications of these in communities.
In the final section, we provide you with a pack of useful exercises and templates to help you start using placemaking in the planning of your new regeneration project/s!
Destination Changemakers is a project aiming at helping social entrepreneurs to scale up and maximize their social impact. After one year and a half of preparation in the UK and France, we will help social entrepreneurs in Asia and Africa during nine months, before coming back to France to share our experience to the general public.
ecoNOVATE – community driven innovation! INTRO - Dream-2-Destiny JourneyJoris Claeys
ecoNOVATE – community driven innovation! INTRO
Cultivating Change! Do it with PASSION!
INTRO - Dream-2-Destiny Journey - our purpose and differentiator as an incubator
econological inspired
inspire people ● harmonize planet ● balance progress
Making communities & business human again!
Promote entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, SMEs & cooperative communities!
Building on your Dreams towards communities that THRIVE!
Bringing a new dimension in makingcommunities & business human again!
Promote entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, SMEs& cooperative communities!
Inspire people in harmony with the planet for balanced progress towards building communities that THRIVE!
Strengthening, connecting and mobilizing people, resources and tools to enhance community values for better life & work balance, creating a vivacious environment in which participants contribute their share as community leaders of change and participate in collaborative efforts to advance solutions towards thriving communities
Providing mentorship, coaching and participation to build communities that thrive, promote entrepreneurship, SMEs & cooperative communities to widen and strengthen the middle-class
Extending our expertise in change facilitation to the corporate and public sector, enabling their teams to embrace new challenges and strategies in an ever changing world
from appreciating to creating (AI)
- Discover and walk the positive road
- Dream and imagine what could be
- Design what should be (ideal)
- Deliver what will be creating the future
For speaking and coaching engagements, contact me via ExpertFile or LinkedIn
www.expertfile.com/experts/joris.claeys
www.linkedin.com/in/knowledgenabler
You can request this presentation in PDF or PPT with full animation email at
Joris.Claeys@outlook.com
Design for Social Innovation A Brief OverviewPenny Hagen
This presentation is a quick introduction and overview of Design for Social Innovation, including some local examples. The presentation was developed for students of the Design and Business Major at Auckland University of Technology and aims to help show how design extends and is adapted for the challenges of social innovation - with an emphasis on community involvement, collaboration and ownership of 'design' and 'change'.
Presenter: Mike Brcic
Love it or hate it, Facebook is the #1 social media site in the world, with more than 200 million active users. A growing number of companies and organizations are using Facebook to connect with their stakeholders and build community. In this workshop, you’ll learn simple, easy-to-implement techniques for using Facebook to connect with your audience, including:
* Facebook Groups and how to grow them
* Raising funds through Facebook Causes
* Creating Facebook events that sparkle and shine
* Developing a fan base with Pages
* Maintaining promotions and contests
* Other techniques for taking Facebook to the next level!
Have you been looking for perspective on how to better understand the world of social entrepreneurship? There are so many terms describing the idea of using business principles and the power of markets to grow social impact. Take a look at this slide show to gain some insight on how theSedge.org views the intersections of social innovation, social business, social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.
SPECIAL EVENT Social Entrepreneurship Training: Developing Community Capital ...DavidHopkins
Are you engaging your community as effectively as you could, whether for your business, product launch, event, or fundraising campaign? This Social Entrepreneurship Training will teach you the newest trends in corporate innovation, social responsibility, triple-bottom line accounting, and strategic partnership building. After this seminar, accelerate your impact in the markets and communities you serve. Come join us to make a profound, values-driven shift to better engage your community “beyond sustainability.”
ecoNOVATE – community driven innovation! INTRO - Dream-2-Destiny JourneyJoris Claeys
ecoNOVATE – community driven innovation! INTRO
Cultivating Change! Do it with PASSION!
INTRO - Dream-2-Destiny Journey - our purpose and differentiator as an incubator
econological inspired
inspire people ● harmonize planet ● balance progress
Making communities & business human again!
Promote entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, SMEs & cooperative communities!
Building on your Dreams towards communities that THRIVE!
Bringing a new dimension in makingcommunities & business human again!
Promote entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, SMEs& cooperative communities!
Inspire people in harmony with the planet for balanced progress towards building communities that THRIVE!
Strengthening, connecting and mobilizing people, resources and tools to enhance community values for better life & work balance, creating a vivacious environment in which participants contribute their share as community leaders of change and participate in collaborative efforts to advance solutions towards thriving communities
Providing mentorship, coaching and participation to build communities that thrive, promote entrepreneurship, SMEs & cooperative communities to widen and strengthen the middle-class
Extending our expertise in change facilitation to the corporate and public sector, enabling their teams to embrace new challenges and strategies in an ever changing world
from appreciating to creating (AI)
- Discover and walk the positive road
- Dream and imagine what could be
- Design what should be (ideal)
- Deliver what will be creating the future
For speaking and coaching engagements, contact me via ExpertFile or LinkedIn
www.expertfile.com/experts/joris.claeys
www.linkedin.com/in/knowledgenabler
You can request this presentation in PDF or PPT with full animation email at
Joris.Claeys@outlook.com
Design for Social Innovation A Brief OverviewPenny Hagen
This presentation is a quick introduction and overview of Design for Social Innovation, including some local examples. The presentation was developed for students of the Design and Business Major at Auckland University of Technology and aims to help show how design extends and is adapted for the challenges of social innovation - with an emphasis on community involvement, collaboration and ownership of 'design' and 'change'.
Presenter: Mike Brcic
Love it or hate it, Facebook is the #1 social media site in the world, with more than 200 million active users. A growing number of companies and organizations are using Facebook to connect with their stakeholders and build community. In this workshop, you’ll learn simple, easy-to-implement techniques for using Facebook to connect with your audience, including:
* Facebook Groups and how to grow them
* Raising funds through Facebook Causes
* Creating Facebook events that sparkle and shine
* Developing a fan base with Pages
* Maintaining promotions and contests
* Other techniques for taking Facebook to the next level!
Have you been looking for perspective on how to better understand the world of social entrepreneurship? There are so many terms describing the idea of using business principles and the power of markets to grow social impact. Take a look at this slide show to gain some insight on how theSedge.org views the intersections of social innovation, social business, social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.
SPECIAL EVENT Social Entrepreneurship Training: Developing Community Capital ...DavidHopkins
Are you engaging your community as effectively as you could, whether for your business, product launch, event, or fundraising campaign? This Social Entrepreneurship Training will teach you the newest trends in corporate innovation, social responsibility, triple-bottom line accounting, and strategic partnership building. After this seminar, accelerate your impact in the markets and communities you serve. Come join us to make a profound, values-driven shift to better engage your community “beyond sustainability.”
Looking for quick, easy, and cost-effective solutions to improve your peer-to-peer fundraising site? CD Labs has some bright ideas to share with you.
Learn how Charity Dynamics can get you up and running with these exciting new features within two weeks time and for less than $10,000 investment:
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Presented during Tshikululu's first Serious Social Investing workshop, which took place on 25 and 26 February 2010. Michael Norton OBE discusses social entrepreneurs and the ability of individuals to change the world.
Social entrepreneurs & enterprises: Taking Responsible Steps Towards Sustaina...Collective Responsibility
In this presentation, give on November 28 to a group of NYU students in Shanghai, I speak about several topics to help frame sustainability and the role of social entrepreneurs in bringing solutions to the market
throughout the presentation, I worked to show my own history, highlight the importance of having a tangible relationship to the issue, and the importance of build a platform built on knowledge and real solutions.
Do Donations, Charities, CSR programs really have any impact long term?
We should rethink the way we give and empower others if we are serious about solving the most pressing problems we face.
This is a career development workshop, which shifts participants' awareness toward a clarity of vision and career opportunities that "do well" for yourself while "doing good" for others.
Social Intrapreneurs : Driving Change from WithinJean-Yves Huwart
Heather Dietz is an expert in social intrapreneurship for Imaginals. She has worked with companies such as Nike. Her presentation, given at the Intrapreneurship Conference 2012 (Paris, Dec 13), mention, a.o., the Ashoka Changemakers project.
Key note presentation josephine green- piramids to pancakescsdbdv
This is Josephine Green's key note presentation from our Squaretable event which we hosted 22-9-2011 on the subject of 'new customer realities: capturing added value from sustainability'.
Presentation for Synergos Fellows about the power of technology and social media for social good with cases Charity Water, Alex lemonade and Sammer and Vinay ( Dragonfly Effect)
Similar to 社企流一週年論壇「五百個種子對世界的想像」-魏華星-社會可以讓每一個人都夢想嗎? (20)
2. S
First Venture Philanthropy
organization in HK
Founded since 2007
300+ Professional
SVhk at a Glance …
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Volunteers
Non-profit Social Inv Fund
Focus in Equity-based SPO
Pioneering Venture People-based Civic
“SVhk mobilizes young
Philanthropy Organization
professionals to provide
We create a brand new sector Over 35,000 professional
financial and extra- of social innovation to excel hours contributed to support
financial support to Social the impact to unmet social social enterprises by our
Purpose Organizations need with social enterprises. members.
(SPO) in Hong Kong.”
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3. S “Over 35,000
professional hours
being matched with the
initial VP fund raised,
Venture Philanthropy Model
Good Start in Hong Kong
and significant impact
achieved in society.”
10 portfolio social innovation
More than 300 professional
volunteers
Inspire minds
Invent ideas
Incubate ventures
Invest in people
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4. S People Created the Impact
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5. S About Francis
Founder & CEO of SVhk since 2007
Profession: Marketing, Advertising, Strategy
(ex-Head of Strategy/ AVP, PCCW)
Govt Advisory: Central Policy Unit (09/10),
Sustainable Dev Council, HAD ESR Fund, …
Academia: Part-time Visiting Lecture, CUHK (focus
in social entrepreneurship)
Ten Outstanding Young Persons 2011
Young Global Leader 2012 of World Economic Forum
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6. Every man dies.
Not every man lives.
Only a few dreams.
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23. Hong Kong – is it a desert?
Income Inequality Ageing Population Poor Family Youth Issue
World#1 Gini Coefficient (43.4) Population to be doubled in Around 1M of people at poverty Drug problem, Internet addiction,
among developed economies 10 years, over 20% of total line, new problem with immigrants crime, family and value
Ethnic Minority Disabled People Social Mobility Environment
Over 300K Pakistan, Indian Over 360K, lack of employment Children from low-income, low Air pollution, urban greening,
and Nepali, under serious opportunity, disable-friendly -educated family, lack of social carbon emission, education etc
discrimination and with limited facility, and fair treat from public capital to move out of their loop
career choice
City Stress & Integration with Economic Restructuring … and many more
Mental Illness Mainland China & Employment Retraining Urban Problems …
Government can no longer support the growing, complex social demand.
Non-Government Organizations lack of innovative solution to tackle new problem.
Traditional Charities shift their focus to sustainable help.
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33. ?
Do we have a choice in this game?
To Break ?
Or To Build ?
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34. Case: Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
• Grameen Bank: Micro Financing
• Most successful SE in the world
• Open up shunned market with big social
impact
• Replicate in several tens of countries
• Extension: e.g. Grameen Telecom
• Nobel Prize Winner
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41. Diamond Cab: Incubation-driven
Diamond Cab
Barrier-free Transportation
Ground-breaking social
innovation, nurtured by
SVhk from idea stage.
Social Need: High Quality Barrier Free Taxi Service …
Wheel-chair users, and
ageing population grows
Social Mission:
Barrier-free transportation
vehicles everywhere
SVhk’s Role
Groom idea from scratch
Major shareholder in project
All-round business support
by a strong volunteer team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwkMG1FS3Q
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42. Dialogue in the Dark: Tailored Support
Dialogue in the Dark
Enlightening with Darkness
Social franchise imported
from Germany, HK business
broken even in one year.
Social Need:
Marginalization of people with
disabilities.
Social Mission:
Dark experiential exhibition
and other ‘dark’ products.
SVhk’s Role
Institutional Investor
Volunteers with retail and
theme park experiences
Social marketing support
by strong PR/Media network
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43. Concert in the Dark: Social Innovation
Concert in the Dark
Pure Music Experience
Magnified DiDhk’s mission
with ‘mainstream’ concert
event, high awareness and
business momentum
created.
Achievements
Co-produced by pop singers
and visually impaired
Almost 300 media coverage
in last 2 years
More than 4,000 audiences
HKMA Marketing Award
SVhk’s Role
Innovative idea generation
Overall project management http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmlyl2ve-WA
Line up key partners
Sustain as a new venture
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44. HAPPY GRANNIES
~ ELDERLY SPONSORSHIP ACTIO
Rebuild the Ageing Culture
Dec 2010
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45. Green Monday – Baby Step to Go Green!
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77. Time to start your journey…
Dream with your heart.
由心出發,一步一步的走向夢想。
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78. Playtao is a social enterprise initiative that aims to address Hong Kong’s growing
education needs, with a special focus on children of low income family.
Playtao Foreverland will provide an afterschool childcare and education program
targeted towards children of low-income families. We seek to empower children by raising
their skills and exposure through multi-disciplinary, extra-curricular learning, while freeing
up their parents to pursue employment and thus better the lives of the entire family.
(Academic-Assist) (Extra-Curricular) (Life Education) (Social Exposure)
•Hard skill to assist in •Wider, all-rounded •Life skills like •Exposure program to
school learning development emotion broaden their
management, moral horizons
•Learning how to •Focus on body,
study
learn heart, mind growth •Outreach in their
•Parent education/ local district
sharing
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