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Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge

Elaine Ng — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:06:43 +0000

If you are a budding social entrepreneur who is ready to walk the talk or you are already in the midst of doing so, then the Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (RYSEC) might just be for you.

Through the competition, RYSEC hopes to encourage the social entrepreneurs in youths by providing assistance in securing funding, and more importantly, in gaining support from a network of experienced business people in Singapore.

Submission Deadline: 23 August 2010

For more information, do visit the RYSEC website at http://rysec.sg/

Sustainability: Changing the way we change the world

Elaine Ng — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:40:06 +0000

For the next installment of Green Drinks Singapore, guest speaker Steve McCoy from Green Drinks Kuala Lumpur will examine the environmental movement in the world today and share about how we could contribute. He is the founder and principal of Counterpoint, a consultancy firm which provides sustainability-related support services for corporate, government and non-profit sectors. He was also the CEO of the Force of Nature Aid Foundation which works on recovery of communities affected by natural disasters.

Date: 29 July 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm

Venue: Artery, Red Dot Traffic Building, #01-04, 28 Maxwell Road

For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121829344528406&ref=nf

LOHAS: The Next Consumer Swarm?

Elaine Ng — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:37:13 +0000

Learn more about the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) at ‘LOHAS: The Next Consumer Swarm?’ through speakers Adam Horler, president of Asia-Pacific LOHAS, and Tay Lai Hock, founder of Ground-Up Initiative. LOHAS represents a growing market segment of consumers who are particularly interested in issues of sustainable living, health and wellness, as well as ecology and the environment.

For this particular Social Conversation, organised by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation, there will also be a macrobiotic and vegetarian fare prepared by chef Alexandra Hsieh as well as a goodie bag from the Kranji Countryside Association for the early birds.

Date: 15 Jul 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 5.00-6.30pm

Venue: Glassroom Cafe, Level 2, School of Information Systems, 80 Stamford Road, SMU.

For more information, visit http://www.lcsi.smu.edu.sg/emailer/100715social_conversation.htm or email Jared Tham at jaredtham@smu.edu.sg . To register, go to http://www.lcsi.smu.edu.sg/prog_reg.asp.

In Conversation with Dr. Timothy Stanton

Elaine Ng — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:01:11 +0000

Social entrepreneurs seek to create and sustain social value through a process of continuous innovation, adaptation and learning. Service-learning is a pedagogy that integrates community action with structured reflection in support of service to others, community development and empowerment, and reciprocal learning. Can service-learning promote effective social entrepreneurship?

In this talk by Dr. Timonthy Stanton, he will examine the history and theoretical foundations of service-learning to consider its possibilities for strengthening the work of social entrepreneurs.

Dr. Stanton is the director of the Stanford University Bing Overseas program in Cape Town and Visiting Senior Fellow at the John Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities in the school of Education in Stanford.

Speaker: Dr Timothy Stanton, Director, Stanford University Bing Overseas Program in Cape Town, S Africa.

Date: June 21 2010 (Monday)

Time: 2pm-4.30pm

Venue: BIZ 1 #2-1, Mochtar Riady Building, NUS Business School

Attitude is the Greatest Ability

Elaine Ng — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:05:47 +0000

Caroline Casey was born legally blind but she lives beyond her disability—achieving all her dreams—to drive a race car, ride an elephant across India and start her own business. She is founder of social enterprise Kanchi which promotes inclusiveness by partnering businesses, governments, medias and the general public. She is also the first Irish person to become an Ashoka Fellow and Young Global Leader of The World Economic Forum in 2006.

Hear from Caroline yourself in Hong Kong this June. She will be sharing her life experiences as well as her work at the Kanchi Foundation. She will also be open to hearing new opportunities for people with disabilities in China and areas with potential for collaboration.

A Conversation with Caroline Casey

Date: 15 June (Tuesday)
Time: 12.30pm-2pm
Location: HKUST Business School Central, Room 1501-02, 15/F Hong Kong Club Building, 3A Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
Organised by: HK University of Science and Technology
To register or for more information, Interested participants may contact Ivy Ngan at ivyngan@ust.hk

Mini MaD x Caroline Casey Ability Workshop

Date: 16 June (Wednesday)
Time: 2pm-4.30pm
Location: HKICC Auditorium, 135 Junction Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Organised by: HKICC (HK Institute of Contemporary Culture)
To register or for more information, Interested participants should visit http://www.M-a-D.asia

Who Wants to be a Social Entrepreneur?

Elaine Ng — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:29:43 +0000

‘Who Wants to be a Social Entrepreneur?’, jointly organised by the Hong Kong Social Entrepreneurship Forum (HKSEF) and HKU SPACE, is a six-month long course that could change your life.

If you are contemplating a career in a social enterprise or as a social entrepreneur, or you are simply interested to learn more about social entrepreneurship, you should consider signing up. The course will equip you with the knowledge of what it takes to become a social entrepreneur, how to launch a social enterprise and prepare a compelling business plan for a social enterprise among others. What’s more, selected business plans will be presented to a group of potential investors.

Proposed date of commencement: 14 August 2010

Enrollment deadline: 7 August 2010

Duration: 30 hours of interactive sessions over a period of six months. Most sessions will be held in the evenings, with one to two half-day weekend sessions

Course Facilitators: Dr. KK Tse, Chair of HKSEF and advisor to several social enterprises in Hong Kong and Ms Yvonne Yeung, Vice-Chair of HKSEF and General Manager of social enterprise MentalCare Connect Co. Ltd.

Course Fee: HK5,000

Tel: (852) 2867 8473

Interested participants may contact Dr. Paul Leong (Program Director) at Ms Lydia Kan (Program Executive) at Lydia.kan@hkuspace.hku.hk or visit HKUSPACE and HKSEF for more information.

Talk by Mr Ghosh – Founder & CEO of Bandhan

Elaine Ng — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:09:19 +0000

The Speaker
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh is a Senior Ashoka Fellow who is the Founder Chairman of Bandhan Financial Services.
He has over 25 years of relevant industry experience, and his grasp over the subject of microfinance and development is exemplary and has won him various accolades and recognition in the fraternity. Mr. Ghosh is also on the Governing Board of SA-DHAN – the
primary association of Microfinance Institutions of India.

The Organisation
Bandhan is a leading example of creating a market at the bottom of the pyramid. It is one of the leading MFIs in India, and was ranked 2nd in the world by Forbes magazine. Bandhan is operating in 15 states in India through a network of over 1,000 branches with a workforce of over 6,000 employees servicing over 2.4 million poor people.
Bandhan has received recognition by the Pro Poor Innovation Challenge Award by CGAP, Skoch Challenger award for financial inclusion and the Micro Finance India Award 2009 under the category of ‘Institution of the Year’.
Join us to find out :
• The reasons for Bandhan’s achievements in a short span of 8years!
• Is commercialisation is key to growth for an MFI? And how to manage social impact or double bottom line at the same time?
• Bandhan has a social entity as well as a commercial entity. What are the challenges and advantages?
• What are the key measures to ensure growth is manageable?
Get involved in the discussion and hear the success story from the Founder – Chairman of Bandhan.

Date: 5th May 2010

Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm

Snacks & tea will be served

Venue: Seminar Rooms (level 11)
Raffles Corporate Suite Pte Ltd
108 Robinson Road
Singapore 068900

Fees: $5 per person

Social Conversations: Engaging Women at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Elaine Ng — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:39:02 +0000

For the next Social Conversations session, the Lien Centre for Social Innovation has invited Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, founder Chairman of Bandhan, one of India’s leading micro-finance institution. He is also Senior Ashoka Fellow and on the Governing Board of SA-DHAN, the primary association of Microfinance Institutions of India, as well as READ India.

Date: Thursday, 6th May 2010
Time: 4.30-6.00pm
Location: Seminar Room 1.1, Level 1, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 50 Stamford Road,
Singapore Management University.

Businesses, organisations and individuals interested in idea generation and discussion may register here.

School for Wellbeing: Annual Summer Course

Elaine Ng — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:17:39 +0000

School for Wellbeing’s annual summer course in 2010 consists of a four-week participatory learning experience, including a study visit to Bhutan, the country of Gross National Happiness (GNI), and excursions to “new paradigm” projects of social development in Thailand. The course will be held from 27 July to 26 August 2010. For more information, visit the School for Wellbeing website here.

d.shop: design + social innovation workshop

Elaine Ng — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:28:56 +0000

d.shop: design + social innovation workshop puts you through the Design Thinking problem solving framework as a means to create innovative solutions to social problems.

The workshop on 13th March focuses on Animal Welfare and will conclude with a pitch to a NGO, which will provide feedback as well as an opportunity for institutional support to bring your idea to life.