9:00 am to 12:00 pm
United Way of Winnipeg Learning Centre
1^st floor, 580 Main St.
CCEDNet Members: $25 | Non-Members: $75

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So you have landed the interview or you have been booked for a media panel, now what? This workshop will offer up skills and tips on how to prepare for a print, radio or TV interview, how to deal with challenging interview questions, and techniques to make sure your key messages are delivered. Participants will get hands-on practice and take away tools that will help them prepare for and leverage media opportunities.

This three-hour workshop is designed to give individuals the tools and practice they need to:

• To prepare for a print, radio or TV interview
• To deal with challenging interview questions
• To ensure that key messages are delivered

Participants will learn to:

• Identify the key messages and stories they need to have ready
• Research key information that will help in delivery
• Use techniques to get key messages across and deliver compelling content

Register for When Media Comes Calling: Prepare and Deliver!

FACILITATORS

A journalist for almost two decades, Tim Fontaine has worked for APTN National News, CPAC, CBC Manitoba and most recently as lead reporter for CBC Indigenous. A member of the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, he has also produced documentaries for iChannel in Toronto, including a series called The Trangender Project, which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2015.

As the driving force of The Story Source, Cate Friesen brings together 25 years of experience as an award-winning CBC producer, storyteller, documentary maker, performer and coach. She was part of the team that created CBC’s multiple award-winning interactive Missing and Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls and, as a freelance broadcaster, she produced feature documentaries for CBC Radio.  Cate volunteers as a pro bono consultant for Spark and a board member for West Central Women's Resource Centre.

October 5

9:00 am to 12:00 pm
United Way of Winnipeg Learning Centre
1^st floor, 580 Main St.
CCEDNet Members: $25 | Non-Members: $75

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Non-profits and social entrepreneurs are increasingly considering social enterprise – a blended value model where business methods are put to work achieving social impacts. This workshop will explain what social enterprise is and what it’s not, then lead participants through an overview of the typical steps in an enterprise’s early development. The facilitators will introduce participants to tools for deciding if you’re ready to take on an enterprise, how to clarify your idea, test its feasibility, plan the business model including legal and financial considerations, start-up and then evaluate and strengthen.

Anyone curious about social enterprise will benefit from this half-day session. Non-profit organizations considering the model and economic or business developers wanting to expand their knowledge are particularly welcome. All participants will receive a copy of the Canadian Guide on Social Enterprise, developed by Enterprising Non-Profits.

Register for Build and Grow Your Social Enterprise

Learning Objectives:

• What social enterprise is, and what it isn’t.

• The steps in a typical social enterprise development path, including some important legal and financial pieces.

• Resources & tools that exist to support enterprise development.

• If you’re eligible and how to apply for the Social Enterprise Manitoba Development Grant.

FACILITATORS

Frank Atnikov is Social Enterprise Program Manager with the Canadian CED Network. With support and coaching on everything from social enterprise and strategic planning, to marketing, finance and operations, Frank helps expand ability to do good in the community without sacrificing the value-based essence that makes an organization who they are. He provides insight from the best of both worlds, helping take social missions further. An ever-increasing resource squeeze and demand that outpaces capacity is leading many organizations to acknowledge the divide between big dreams and practical reality. Frank helps clients bridge the gap between business best practice and the greater good.

Prior to taking on the position of Manager, Business Development Services at SEED Winnipeg in September 2016, Gilbert Dion served on SEED’s Board of Directors from 2008 to 2014, with the last three years as Chairperson.  He was also an originating Board member of Winnipeg’s Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce, the first in Canada, and served two terms.  Gilbert brings with him a strong background in financial analysis and business plan preparations, as well as proven skills in the delivery of small business start-up workshops and seminars. He has previously owned a public accounting practice for 15 years and a small business consulting firm for 5 years.  His passions include Community Economic Development and poverty reduction in inner city communities.

9:00 am to 12:00 pm
United Way of Winnipeg Learning Centre
1^st floor, 580 Main St.
CCEDNet Mbrs: $25 | Non-Members: $75

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Working in diverse communities requires strategies for community engagement that are inclusive of all people. How do we ensure that our programs are welcoming and engaging? How do we recognize barriers to participation and what can we do to address this? This interactive and discussion based workshop will encourage participants to share their challenges around community engagement and present some practical tools for developing more inclusive community programming.

Register for Working Together to Create Inclusive Community Programming

Learning Objectives:

• Share challenges you face regarding community engagement and identify participatory models applicable to your community.
• Develop tools to build on your existing community engagement strategies within your organization.
• Gain knowledge to identify barriers in your programs so you can begin to produce a more culturally appropriate model of community engagement.

FACILITATOR:

Levi A. Foy is a two-spirit member of Couchiching First Nation who has lived and worked in Winnipeg’s inner city community for the past three years. He was one of the founding members of the Like That @ Sunshine House collective, and has worked with Winnipeg’s homeless population in several different capacities. Levi’s approach to inclusive programming is based on personal experience and work with organizations that have varying levels of success including people that may experience discrimination based on gender identities, health condition, race, sexuality, and social status.

Registration opens September 1st!

For more information on this year's Gathering, how to sponsor or get involved, contact gathering at ccednet-rcdec.ca

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