Date:
26 March, 2013
Start Time:
12:00PM
March 26
12:00 - 1:00 pm PST
Young people the world over are leading a new wave of social innovation and social entrepreneurship- creating social change, supporting community economies and forging new ways of work. Learn from young people in our communities about what motivates them and inspires them about social entrepreneurship, what are some of the successes and challenges they’ve faced along the way. This webinar is especially relevant for anyone interested in applying for our partnership training and business development program with Community Micro-Lending, Launch!
Presenters:
- Kanika Gupta: founder of Social Journal (SoJo), a web based learning tool geared towards youth passionate about social change and building social ventures. The development of SoJo was influenced by Gupta’s master’s thesis experience in Canada-wide study on the factors influencing the start-up of youth-initiated social ventures.
- Julia Norman: founder of social enterprise, the Didi Society, which is working towards empowering women through fair, direct trade and educating local youth on social justice issues and using marketing, sales strategies and traditional cooperative values.
- Adam Olsen: is one of the Olsen family members who started local small business Salish Fusion Knitwear, producing modern knitted products with inspiration from Coast Salish art. The small business is providing employment opportunities for the local knitters and supporting the local art.
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Youth Social Entrepreneurship Webinar Series
This webinar is being hosted as part of the Youth Social Entrepreneur Webinar Series:
Are you a young person interested in social entrepreneurship? Or an organization working with young people interested in learning more about how you can incorporate social enterprise into your work?
Starting March 2013, The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria is launching a new webinar series on Youth Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Canadian CED Network. The webinars are an opportunity to learn about how young people and youth serving organizations are using social enterprise in creating sustainable livelihoods. The webinars will reflect on the successes and challenges of operating successful and well-functioning youth-led and youth serving social enterprises. Presenters will discuss a variety of local, regional and national best practice examples.
Who should attend:
- Young people interested in social entrepreneurship
- Non-profit or other youth serving organizations interested in using a social enterprise model with their clients
- Funders, community partners, local government stakeholders interested in learning how to scale up the sector.
UPCOMING:
Also look out for our third webinar on ‘Animating Youth Social Enterprise’: the Role of Funders and Partners, coming in April.
This webinar will look at some best practice examples of what funders and community partners can and are doing to support strengthen opportunities for youth social enterprise, locally and nationally.
Host:
Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria
Webinar --
Canada