18th – 19th March 2010; Bangkok. Come meet, engage with and learn from Social Entrepreneurs who are changing the world! From teams around S.E. Asia competing for over $15k in price money to leading thought leaders in social entrepreneurship.

Social Enterprise in Community –

Conference and Study Visits in Shanghai

April 8-10, 2010

~LEARN about the updated social enterprise trends in Shanghai
~EXCHANGE with outstanding social entrepreneurs
~UNDERSTAND current social issues in Shanghai
~VISIT commnity-based social enterprises

HKD$1,500 (Application Deadline: Feb 26, 2010)

*the price only covers meals, transportation cost, administrative cost for the conference and visits. It does not include flight, hotel accommodation, insurance and personal expenses

Day 1 (April 8, Thu) Whole Day Conference  – Social Enterprise in Community: Best Practices of Social Enterprise Cases in Shanghai and HK

-          Community in Action: social entrepreneurship and community rejuvenation

-          Action with Impact: measurement of social impact

-          Multiplying Impact: partnership with public and private sector

Day 2 (April 9, Fri) Social Enterprise Visits

Visit innovative social enterprise projects in Shanghai such as community-based multi-media centre, traditional handicraft project, factory which employs various disdvantaged groups and organziation that services visually impaired persons.

Day 3 (April 10, Sat) Social Enterprise Visits and Sharing with Social Entrepreneurs

visit more social enterprise projects in the morning and exchangewith social entrepreneurs in the afternoon session

Enquiry: contact Jessica Tam, Business Development of Manager of HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre at jessica.tam@hkcss.org.hk or info@hkcss.org.hk

About the Organizers

This visit is an Angel’s Planet  programme organized by HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre (SEBC). The goal of Angel’s planet is to enable experience exchange with social angels and like-minded counterparts on social community and social enterprise development. SEBC is resource hub, funded by the government, HSBC and HKCSS and its aims is to advocate social innovation, incubate social enterprises and encourage social investment. http://www.socialenterprise.org.hk

Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) is a non-governmental organization founded with the support from the government, international and domestic funding organizations, enterprises and academics. Since its establishment, NPI takes it as its mission to advance social innovation and to foster social entrepreneurs, aiming to provide substantial support to start-up, small or medium-sized social enterprises, and at the same time, to explore a way for the development of NGO supporting organizations at the early stage of China’s philanthropy. http://www.npi.org.cn

At a time when traditional businesses and their leaders are failing, the world is seeking new models to bring innovative solutions to solve issues related to poverty, the environment, education, and health.

Social enterprises, businesses that have a double or triple bottom line, change societies and systems, invent new approaches, and create sustainable solutions that generate social development.

Beyond Profit, a new social enterprise magazine, presents the stories, challenges, viewpoints, and best practices of social entrepreneurs, their enterprises, and those that invest in them from around the world.

Beyond Profit covers the spectrum of social ventures from not-for-profit to for-profit, across geography with a focus on activities in emerging and developing markets.

Check out the inaugral issue of Beyond Profit Magazine, available for download here

Jared Tham shares with us his photos and notes from the Hong Kong SE Summit held between 13-14 Nov 2009.

Here is a pdf of his notes.

“The Phoenix Economy symbolizes the various strands of social and environmental innovation and enterprise that could help create a more equitable and sustainable future.” Volans Ventures.

This report by Volans charts the progress to date, spotlighting five key trends that are driving change—and 50 organizations that are spearheading that change.

To download the report as a PDF, please click here.