The Canadian CED Network's 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on May 29th on line, at 2:30pm Newfoundland, 2pm Atlantic, 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific. (Verify the time where you are)

• Board Nominations and AGM Resolutions
• Board Elections
• AGM Documents
• Register for the AGM

Board Nominations and AGM Resolutions

The deadline for Board Nominations and AGM Resolutions was April 8.
 

Board Elections

Five valid nominations were received for the four vacancies.  Meet the candidates.  Online elections were held between April 29 and May 11.  Results will be announced at the Annual General Meeting.   
 

AGM Documents

AGM Documents will be posted here as they become available.

• Agenda
• Minutes from the 2014 AGM
• 2014 Annual Review
• Audited Financial Statements
• By-law Amendment

In terms of background materials, you can consult CCEDNet's current By laws.
 

Register Now

The deadline to register for the AGM is May 26.  All members in good standing are eligible to participate.

12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern Time

The webinar will provide an overview of social enterprise, and will review concepts and basic approaches associated with social enterprise and will be led by David LePage of Accelerating Social Impact CCC.

The webinar will also provide an overview of the Innoweave Social Enterprise workshops that you can access through Innoweave. Details on upcoming workshops can be found by visiting Innoweave’s Events Page - click here.

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The Social Enterprise workshop, which builds on this webinar, will help leadership teams of 3-4 (including board members) get greater clarity on:

• Assessing the market for their potential product or service
• Identifying potential customers
• Developing potential pricing structures
• Identifying next steps to become launch-ready

The content for this module was developed by enp Canada.

Calling all social innovators!

This bootcamp is an ideal opportunity for those who have a social innovation or social enterprise idea, but need some help fleshing it out. At this bootcamp, you will have the opportunity to either join a team, or recruit team members for your idea, get up to date on the social innovation space by listening to talks by over 13 dynamic leaders in the space, PLUS learn how to use the Flourishing Business Model Canvass, AND compete for seed money at the end through a 3 minute Pitch Competition! 

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Full agenda

Presentations include:

• “SOCIAL INNOVATION:  IT AIN’T A PICNIC IN THE PARK”
  Hamoon Ekhtiari, MaRS Discovery District, Director, Studio Y
• SOCIAL INNOVATOR’S PITCH FEST TEAM FORMATION
  Antony Upward, Founder, Flourishing Business Model,   Sustainability Business Architect and Petra Kassun‐Mutch, Boot Camp Curator & Co‐Facilitator
• “BUILDING A FLOURISHING SOCIAL INNOVATION BUSINESS MODEL”
  Antony Upward, Founder, Flourishing Business Model,   Sustainability Business Architect

10am to 1pm Eastern Time

Al Etmanski has spent the last 10 years exploring the world of social innovation looking for useful insights about social change that lasts. He's met, read, studied, spoken, applied, travelled, stumbled and written. What emerged from his work were six recognizable patterns and a book that captures the energy of those interactions.

In his new book, Al explores the paradox between short term success and minimal long term impact. He suggests that strategies have limitations and that it’s worth paying attention to the deeper patterns of change. Al is hoping these ideas will ignite a resurrection of the ordinary.

This genuine Canadian perspective on social change is full of stories about Canadian innovators, activists and entrepreneurs, which is why we wanted to invite you to a public discussion about the book’s framework and stories.

Join us for a 1 hour webinar which will include an intro to the book, and a conversation with SiG Senior Fellow and Co-Founder, Al Etmanski. This event is proudly presented by SiG, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and Innoweave and will be hosted by SiG National Executive Director, Tim Draimin. 

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1:00pm to 2:00pm Eastern Time

Come join a webinar and online conversation on how organizations and practitioners in Canada can build capacity to create and sustain community infrastructure such as hubs, nonprofit centres and shared spaces for social enterprise and innovation.  In 2014, Tides Canada commissioned a scan and discussion paper to capture what is happening in the field of shared spaces and to provoke a look at how best can learning on shared spaces and social real estate be grown across Canada.  LoriAnn Girvan will present findings from the report.  You can download the full paper here:  https://tidescanada.org/

You will also hear about learning opportunities coming up, including the June 2015 Social Purpose Real Estate conference in Vancouver.  Following a 20-minute presentation, using online chat and shared notes, we will solicit  attendees questions and input on the opportunities and challenges they see and discuss ideas for next steps in advancing a pan-Canadian learning strategy.

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Moderator:  Margaret Dickson, Advisor, Tides Canada
Host:  Sarah Eisinger, Executive Director, Nonprofit Centers Network
Presenter:  LoriAnn Girvan, Consultant; Director of Social Purpose Real Estate - Civic Assets Project, The Commons, Inc.