Check out the agenda for the Good Business Forum

Starts at 8:30am to 4pm Pacific Time
Vancouver Island University, Building 250

The Day of Learning will bring together organizations who are considering social enterprise together with already operating enterprises, and experts in the field for a day-long skills-building conference focused on delivering practical and relevant learning to help social enterprises launch and expand. Brenda Kuecks from Ecotrust is the morning’s keynote speaker and will be talking about the economic power and potential of social enterprise. Adrian Legin, Coastal Community Credit Union’s CEO, is the afternoon keynote speaker and will be presenting: Building the Network, Strengthening the Sector.

PLUS: Check out the Social Enterprise Catalyst Gala Event on Wednesday, May 20th at The Port Theatre.

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Doors open at 6:00pm | Program starts at 6:45pm

Online sales are now closed. Please purchase tickets at the door. Ticket sales at the door of the event are $20 if available and cash only.

Following our sold out, first ever Failure Wake last fall, we're back for more! Failure happens. It is the fertile soil in which new ventures grow. It’s the master class in the school of entrepreneurship. But it's really hard to talk about.

On the eve of the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX), RADIUS will host the entrepreneurial community where we celebrate audacious attempts that did not work out like planned. Mistakes and failures will be shared openly. Located at the discrete Backstage Lounge on Granville Island, the evening will feature three stories from brave entrepreneurs, a lightening round for inspired members of the audience to share lessons learned, and an Irish Wake style celebration to help put this all firmly behind us.

Location: Backstage Lounge, Granville Island
                 1585 Johnston Street
                 Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R9

Cost: $15.00 + GST online till 12:00pm Noon PST on May 26 or sold out
          $20.00 + GST at the door if available

Note: Backstage Lounge is a 19+ only venue. They may ask for Photo ID at the door.

Cancellation Policy: A refund will be made (less $5.00 administration fee) if the cancellation is received via email to Miguel Guerrero mguerrero at radiussfu.com. Exchanges are permitted (a friend can go in your place).

Speakers include:

Michael Tippett, an entrepreneur, journalist, and Director of New Products at Hootsuite, and his team started Ayoudo in 2011. Designed to stimulate the local economy as a type of next generation classified ad platform, Ayoudo would use social networks to power a local marketplace for goods and services.

Preet Marwaha started OrganicLives as a means to facilitate change—his own and the society’s. Preet’s personal story led him to build a visionary health food company. The company grew quickly from a simple buying club to a restaurant and retail outlet. Preet will share his story and the lessons learned from the process of closing the business.

Brieanna Ingram sees the potential in children with ADHD. She believes they are independent, critical thinkers who struggle with the constraints of the educational system. She started ADHD Services, a tutoring company to serve the community with her knowledge. Her curricula methods yielded impressive results and she quickly attracted new clients for her specialized ADHD tutoring business.

Donalda Weaver started East of Main Café with her sister as a Social Enterprise to support Project Limelight Society, a free performing arts program for youth living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. East of Main was able to provide a home and hundreds of healthy meals for Project Limelight Society, which is now entering its fourth successful season.

17:00 to 18:00 [GMT (London) Time]

PROMOTING PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACES (POPS), CITY OF TORONTO, CANADA

James Parakh, Manager of Urban Design for Toronto and East York District at the City of Toronto Planning Division outlines his work mapping and publicizing the city’s hundreds of privately owned but publicly accessible plazas, parkettes and courtyards - owned by developers but often provided as part of agreements with city planners.

CHARM BRACELET PLACEMAKING, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH, USA

Chris Siefert, Museum Deputy Director outlines how over 20 cultural, recreational and educational organizations in Northside Pittsburgh have collectively: created a new theater in an old building; used art to transform an unwelcoming underpass; put on events at the local Farmers Market; worked with schools; renovated a city park; awarded micro-grants.

About The New Barn-Raising

The New Barn-Raising is an initiative to encourage the exchange of international best practice around sustaining community and civic assets such as parks, recreation centers, libraries, neighborhood stores, senior centers, museums and theaters. These are places and spaces characterized by a high degree of accessibility, popularity and sense of belonging to 'the people'.

The term New Barn-Raising refers to how different groups (business, citizens, foundations, non-profits groups, politicians, social entrepreneurs, social investors, taxpayers and unions) can all pull together to support assets.

Read more and register for the Public Space webinar

10:00-11:00am PST

The economy wants to change.

Learn about proven models for mobilizing people, drawing from over a decade of work by the Storytellers’ Foundation in the Gitxsan Territory. Gain insight into how community organizing is fundamentally about relationship building and working with people.

Do you want to learn how to accelerate the transition to local living economies?

If you are considering enrolling in the SFU Certificate Program for Community Economic Development, this webinar series is a unique opportunity to meet four of our instructors. If you participate in all 4 webinars of this series, we'll mail you a copy of Michael Shuman's most recent book The Local Economy Solution (will be published in June 2015).

Register for the Mobilizing Your People