12:00pm - 1:30pm Eastern Time

Croatan Institute has been supporting rural value chains seeking funding to build and keep wealth local through the WealthWorks development approach, which aims to simultaneously advance a region's overall prosperity and self-reliance, strengthen existing and emerging sectors, and increase jobs and incomes for lower-income residents and firms. Join us as we discuss how crowdfunding provides a way to support the kinds of businesses which can lead to the creation of the New Economy, and how start-ups be supported by small-scale, low-risk gifts or investments.

In this webinar, we will give an overview of the Wealthworks approach to local and regional economic development, and within the spectrum of financing available for new businesses, we will introduce how online crowdfunding can fill the gap of funding in early-stage ventures, and essentially be the new form of New Economy "barn-raising" we need to support this work. For questions and to register for the webinar, please email kristin@croataninstitute.org.

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Register online or by sending an email to kristin@croataninstitute.org.

Innoweave is pleased to partner with enp Canada to offer a web-based Social Enterprise workshop this Fall. 

The workshop is designed to help leadership teams of 4-5 (including board members) start to explore a concrete opportunity or idea for creating a social enterprise by:

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

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Event details:

To apply for this workshop:

• Complete the Social Enterprise Self-Assessment; you will be asked to include your results code in your application.
• Click here (or on "Apply", above) and follow the instructions to create an application. Prior to creating an application, you will need to create an account and log in. Once you are logged in, start a new submission under "Innoweave Applications" and choose Social Enterprise workshop.
• Complete the application in full and please remember to click "Submit Application" when you are done. Only one application form per team is required.

12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern

The Canadian Women’s Foundation is hosting an orientation webinar on Monday, November 24th, 2014 at 12:00 pm EST, for anyone wishing to apply to their Leadership Institute.

The webinar will provide more detail about the Leadership Institute and the opportunity to ask questions. To participate in the webinar, interested candidates must register with the Canadian Women’s Foundation at edgrants at canadianwomen.org.

If you miss the webinar, you can review it online after November 25, 2014 at Coady Institute.

Featuring Adrian Banford:
Adrian will reflect on processes for sustaining farms and rural livelihoods. Read more >>

Upcoming Rural Development webinars

Featuring Paul Born:
Paul will reflect on collaborative leadership, community engagement and collective impact. Paul is the President and cofounder of the Tamarack Institute which since 2001 has provided leadership in Canada on issues of citizen engagement, collaborative leadership and community innovation. Prior to Tamarack, Paul was the Executive Director and co-founder of the Community Opportunities Development Association one of Canada’s leading community economic development organizations that was recognized by the United Nations as one of the top 40 projects in the world. Paul was elected into the world’s largest network of social innovators, as a Senior Ashoka Fellow in 2013. Read more >>

Upcoming Rural Development webinars