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You’re trying to decide when and how to grow your enterprise. Learn about “the why” behind social enterprise growth, ways of "scaling" your enterprise, and how to assess and plan for growth strategies.  Discover different models for growth including replication and franchising.

Presented by: Cathy Lang, C. Lang Consulting

Following the webinar, a coaching session allowing for individualized follow up about applying the webinar topics to your organization. Pre-registration for the coaching session is not required. 

Register now

Other webinars in this series include:

• Introduction to Social Enterprise and Earned Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits - April 16, 2014
• Business Idea Exploration for Nonprofits - April 29, 2014
• Social Enterprise Feasibility - May 21, 2014

The Rural Social Enterprise Constellation is connecting, supporting, and growing social enterprise in rural Ontario. It’s a unique partnership among a diverse network of supporters and doers of rural social enterprise and is part of a broader movement to strengthen the social economy in Ontario.

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The initial assessment of your business idea was positive.  Now it’s time to figure out if it really is feasible!

This webinar will:

• provide an overview of key challenges and questions related to social/environmental, business and organizational feasibility of your idea
• includes case examples from social enterprises demonstrating the importance of feasibility assessment and opportunities to refine social enterprise ideas
• explore tools to assess feasibility and readiness in more depth

Presented by: Cathy Lang, C. Lang Consulting

Following the webinar, a coaching session allowing for individualized follow up about applying the webinar topics to your organization. Pre-registration for the coaching session is not required. 

Register now

Other webinars in this series include:

• Introduction to Social Enterprise and Earned Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits - April 16, 2014
• Business Idea Exploration for Nonprofits - April 29, 2014
• Growing Your Social Enterprise - June 4, 2014

The Rural Social Enterprise Constellation is connecting, supporting, and growing social enterprise in rural Ontario. It’s a unique partnership among a diverse network of supporters and doers of rural social enterprise and is part of a broader movement to strengthen the social economy in Ontario.

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So you’ve got an idea for a business that could generate revenue for your nonprofit.  Now what?

This webinar will:

• introduce social entrepreneurship
• identify how business ideas for social enterprise are generated
• assess organizational readiness for social enterprise

Presented by: Mary Ferguson, Eko Nomos

Following the webinar, a coaching session allowing for individualized follow up about applying the webinar topics to your organization. Pre-registration for the coaching session is not required. 

Register now

Other webinars in this series include:

• Introduction to Social Enterprise and Earned Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits - April 16, 2014
• Social Enterprise Feasibility - May 21, 2014
• Growing Your Social Enterprise - June 4, 2014

The Rural Social Enterprise Constellation is connecting, supporting, and growing social enterprise in rural Ontario. It’s a unique partnership among a diverse network of supporters and doers of rural social enterprise and is part of a broader movement to strengthen the social economy in Ontario.

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This webinar will:

• introduce participants to the concept and language of social enterprise
• build a basic understanding of the social enterprise development field
• provide participants with information about services and resources available to support social enterprise development

Presented by: Mary Ferguson, Eko Nomos

Following the webinar, a coaching session allowing for individualized follow up about applying the webinar topics to your organization. Pre-registration for the coaching session is not required. 

Register now

Other webinars in this series include:

• Business Idea Exploration for Nonprofits - April 29, 2014
• Social Enterprise Feasibility - May 21, 2014
• Growing Your Social Enterprise - June 4, 2014

The Rural Social Enterprise Constellation is connecting, supporting, and growing social enterprise in rural Ontario. It’s a unique partnership among a diverse network of supporters and doers of rural social enterprise and is part of a broader movement to strengthen the social economy in Ontario.

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Join St Paul's GreenHouse and the Faculty of Environment's International Development program in celebrating the culture of youth-led social entrepreneurship on campus at the University of Waterloo.

Agenda

    5:30PM  Opening of social entrepreneurship displays and networking reception
    6:30PM  Welcoming remarks
    6:45PM  Panel discussion on social entrepreneurship
    7:30PM  Wrap-up and networking
    8:00PM  Conclusion

We're also happy to announce that Howard Armitage, Special Advisor to the President on Entrepreneurship, will be joining the celebration with opening remarks.

The talk is being sponsored by St. Paul’s GreenHouse. The lecture will take place in Alumni Hall at St Paul's. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Please Note: A limited amount of parking is available at St. Paul’s for this event.

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For more information, please contact:
Sean Campbell
sean.campbell@uwaterloo.ca
519-885-1460, ext 235

GreenHouse is a new innovation community, similar to VeloCity, with social entrepreneurship goals. Under the guidance of professional mentors and specialized learning opportunities, upper-year undergraduate students from various faculties conceive of initiatives that create environmental or social justice change and work in teams to implement them. While involved in the program, students gain valuable skills, build relevant networks and put their academic knowledge into practice.