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What’s the difference between a plan that’s put into place and one that’s put on a shelf? People. If you want something to show for your hard work, you need to build strong local leadership and grassroots support. This webinar will focus on how to grow effective local leaders who can nurture volunteers, corral resources and build the public support that can move community design or planning work from paper to practice.

Join Milan Wall from the Heartland Center for Leadership Development to learn about their research on keys to thriving communities and effective leadership. Milan will describe characteristics of effective local leaders, roles and responsibilities to guide community action, and tips for recruiting new leaders in a changing world.

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This call is part of a capacity-building series offered jointly by CommunityMatters and the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design.

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What It Takes to Be an Effective Community Leader

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Milan Wall, Co-Director of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development
 

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Warren Nilsson

11:00am-12:00pm Pacific, 2:00-3:00pm Eastern

• Warren Nilsson, senior lecturer in social innovation, University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business; faculty member, UCT Bertha Centre for Social Innovation
• Tana Paddock, coordinator, Organization Unbound
• Marlon Parker, social entrepreneur and founder, Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs)

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Tana Paddock

How can you build a capacity for innovation within your social purpose organization? Organizations that excel at social innovation tend to have in common one apparently simple practice: They pay a great deal of attention to the inner experiences of the people who work in them.

Please join SSIR on February 5 as Warren Nilsson and Tana Paddock discuss the theory and practice of "inscaping"—their term for the work of drawing on personal experience to generate the raw material of social change. Nilsson and Paddock will present examples and insights from specific organizations that use inscaping to foster innovation "from the inside out."

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Marlon Parker

Joining them for the webinar will be Marlon Parker, founder of RLabs, a social enterprise based in Cape Town that promotes community-driven innovation in 21 countries.

The webinar will build on Nilsson and Paddock's article "Social Innovation From the Inside Out," in SSIR's Winter 2014 issue. There will be time for Q&A during the last 20 to 30 minutes of the webinar, which will be moderated by SSIR Senior Editor, Michael Slind.

This webinar is for people at nonprofit organizations, foundations, and other social purpose groups who want to create internal processes that will help to build a deep, long-lasting capacity for innovative thought and action.

Learn more about this webinar and register here. To view previous webinars in the SSIR Live! webinar series, go to https://ssir.org/.

Regina Starr Ridley
Publishing Director
Stanford Social Innovation Review

P.S. Away from your desk on February 5? That's OK! Register and you can view this webinar on-demand three hours after the live event ends.

What do you get when you bring together local entrepreneurs and everyday investors?

Answer: A pitchfest!

A pitchfest (also called an entrepreneur showcase) is a fun, informative event where local entrepreneurs who are looking to raise capital can connect with everyday investors and community members.

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During the event, the entrepreneurs give presentations to “pitch” their business ideas to the audience in an informal setting that typically includes food, drink, and plenty of mingling. A pitchfest is a matchmaking event of sorts, serving as the first step toward connecting local entrepreneurs and investors in meaningful ways.

On February 6, New Dream hosts a free webinar about how to organize a pitchfest in your community. Dovetailing with New Dream's Guide to Going Local, the webinar will cover topics such as how to get started, identifying local entrepreneurs and investors, and maximizing the success of your event. Register now!

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014
Time: 1:00-2:00pm EST (10:00-11:00am PST)
Cost: Free

Guest speaker:

Bob Marino of Seacoast Local, an education based nonprofit organization working to keep more money rooted in the Seacoast, NH community. Seacoast Local's Entrepreneur Showcases are featured in New Dream's Guide to Going Local — watch the video here.
 

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is proud to once again partner with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) to celebrate International Development Week, which runs from February 2 – 8, 2014. We invite you to join us on Thursday, February 6, from 12 to 1:15 pm EST for a webinar on tourism development for local economic development (LED).

What You'll Learn:

During this webinar, you will learn how three Canadian municipal experts work with their counterparts in Nicaragua, Cambodia and Ukraine on innovative approaches to tourism development to benefit community economic growth. The interactive format of the webinar will give participants the opportunity to exchange ideas, share best practices and ask questions.
 
Our valued partners in local government development cooperation are helping build more inclusive and resilient communities. The webinar creates a venue to tell their story and share their expertise, to further support the important peer-to-peer exchanges fostered by FCM international projects.

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Please note that this webinar will be held in English only.

More information:

Should you have any question regarding the webinar, please do not hesitate to contact Pascal Lavoie, Program Manager (MPED Asia).

The Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network is presenting this webinar to explore how the co-operative sector employs their 5th principle of co-operation - education, training and information.

The featured speakers are Karen Miner, Christina Clamp and Erin Hancock.

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Erin will begin by providing the results of a scan of Canadian co-op educational initiatives including those undertaken by primary co-ops, federations, universities and consultants. This research provides an understanding of what type of work is happening and points to opportunities for improvement as well. Erin is the Manager of Research and Education for the Canadian Co-operative Association.

Karen will speak about the status of a current study for the 2014 International Summit Co-operatives on the state of co-operative management education. Also, she will profile the International Consortium of Leaders in Co-operative Business Education - a new, global network of institutions providing education and training for co-operative enterprises. Karen is the Managing Director of graduate level Co-operative Management Education at Saint Mary’s University.

Chris will report on a US-focused cooperative inventory project that captured: the scope of educational and/or training programs and materials; evaluation of specific materials; identification of other outstanding materials; and gaps in, or problems with, cooperative educational materials. Chris also conducted research to map the study of cooperatives in higher education in the USA and Canada in 2012-13.  She will report on the results of both studies and discuss the policy implications for co-op education. Chris Clamp is a professor of sociology at Southern New Hampshire University and director of the doctoral program in Community Economic Development and of the Center for Co-operatives and CED. 

*Please note we have changed our audio system, so prepare to join on your computer (mic and headphones) or phone into a Toronto-based number*

12:00 to 13:00 EST

Join us in this FSN Teleconference to learn about a recent survey of institutions about local food across Canada.

In 2012 Farm to Cafeteria Canada conducted the first nationwide survey of activities taken by Canadian schools, universities and colleges, and healthcare facilities to provide local food. The purpose was to better understand the activities underway within these settings, the barriers to and impact of such activities, and the types of assistance needed to propel activities forward. The results were released in the October 2013 report Local Foods: Canadian schools, campuses, and health care facilities speak up. Mary McKenna will present the results of the report, highlighting the activities in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Presenter: Mary McKenna, PhD, RD, is a Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton and a Registered Dietitian. She is one of the authors of the Farm to Cafeteria Canada report.

To register please contact Rick Kelly at richardkelly@foodsecuritynews.com or at 709-237-4026.

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