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’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 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.

Sign up here.

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